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Dubrovska Studio uses “leftovers” in Kyiv to furnish local dance studio

May 6, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Local architecture practice Dubrovska Studio has created a fitness studio lined with curtains and outfitted with custom furniture made from materials sourced from sources around Kyiv in the face of wartime shortages. Located in Kyiv, Stan will host barre and yoga classes for up to 15 people in its main space and includes a reception

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Product Of The Week: Pistol Shaped Decanter Set

May 6, 2024 HD Staff 0

Raise a glass with a bang – this pistol-shaped decanter set is the perfect accomplice for a night of sharp ‘shots’ and bold toasts! Get it on Amazon. Recommended Reading:  51 Wine Decanters To Enhance Your Wine And Your Decor For more regular updates from Home Designing, join us on Facebook. If you are reading […]

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A Stepped Design For This Renovated Century-Old Edwardian House In San Francisco

May 6, 2024 Erin 0

Andrew Mann Architecture has shared photos of a century-old Edwardian house they renovated in a bustling San Francisco neighborhood. The family home needed a two-car garage, which was created by lifting the existing structure upward to create parking space and allowing for a meticulous refinement of the front facade, staying true to the character of […]

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Dalston Lane / DROO Architects

May 6, 2024 Paula Pintos 0

Dalston Lane, home to the London Youth Charity, St Mathias Boys Club, is now developed into 9 new Residential units. London Youth is a charity that focuses on supporting youth clubs all over London, although they had to sell their sites for cost and maintenance reasons. They have secured their future spaces through Legal agreements and planning to ensure they are guaranteed rent-controlled space as a part of the permitting and sale agreement.

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Peach-coloured walls enliven Goan holiday homes by Jugal Mistri Architects

May 6, 2024 Katie Last 0

Peach-toned walls and arched openings define Baia Villas, a set of six holiday homes in Goa that Mumbai studio Jugal Mistri Architects has designed to evoke local vernacular. Located in Mandrem, a small town in the north of the state, the homes are intended to mirror the character of the local area, including its colourful architecture

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GOH Conversion Gösserhalle / AllesWirdGut Architektur

May 6, 2024 Anna Dumitru 0

Of brewing and building, from yesterday into tomorrow – the history of the so-called Gösserhalle in Favoriten, Vienna’s 10th district, is a checkered one. Ever since its construction the industrial building, originally built as a workshop premises by the ÖBB before 1900, then converted into a beer warehouse for the famous Gösser company in the middle of the last century and most recently repurposed as an event venue, has, with its distinctive façade with clinker-clad wide arches defined the character of its urban quarter. This identity-forming brickwork structure was now taken into the future.

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Kooo Architects creates narrow Tokyo hotel with cut-out balconies and terraces

May 6, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Japanese studio Kooo Architects has designed the skinny Hotel Rakuragu in central Tokyo to have a “unique shape”, with cut-out balconies that help to preserve privacy. The nine-storey building occupies a site measuring just 83.5 square metres, which has buildings on either side. This inspired Kooo Architects’ unusual design, which features large balconies and terraces

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Architecture as a Product: What Makes a Building Worth Repeating?

May 6, 2024 Ankitha Gattupalli 0

Architecture praxis has traditionally focused on customized, project-based services – a well-established model continually favored by industry professionals. While this approach yields remarkable built environments, it struggles to achieve scalability and longevity. The architectural industry has shown little interest in exploring alternative practices, processes and business models, considering that the traditional mode is equally vulnerable to market cycles as other industries are. Bespoke design solutions, the cornerstone of conventional practice, make standardizing processes and scaling services challenging. This focus also leads to fragmented workflows among firms and stakeholders. The stability and establishment of traditional practices can breed a risk-averse culture, hampering disruptive innovations within the industry.