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concrete love

A 2000 square meter former sausage factory in the heart of Stockholm underwent an extensive renovation to give place to the new Usine concept. The new space includes Restaurant Bistro 38, Bar Poche 36, café, take-away, reception and conference spaces. Before the renovations, the premises were used by the Swedish Tax Agency and consisted of a maze of tiny meeting rooms....
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in the woods of the woods

The site for this home is a south-facing, boulder-strewn escarpment that rises over a hundred feet, from a wetland to the top of a ridge. The owners were drawn to the almost magical sense of tranquility they felt upon their first visit to this heavily forested land, striped with loose-laid fieldstone farm walls from the nineteenth century. Their mandate to the architectural team was simple...
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mid-century design odyssey

The leafy Provençal town of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence France is synonymous with Van Gogh, who found inspiration in its light (it receives over 300 days of sunshine per year). Still a favorite with artists, this once-sleepy place has become quite cosmopolitan with its world-class restaurants and designer shops. Emblematic of this historic-meets-modern wave is Hôtel d’Almeran set in a 17th-century palais in the center of...
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Signs of the zodiac

Moon – one of the architects who contributed to Korea's Golden Lion-winning Venice Biennale pavilion of 2014 – designed the two mixed-use buildings for a site in Goyang, a town located north-west of the South Korean capital. The brief called for one building for the client and a second for his younger brother. The architect took this idea one step further by treating the...
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open living

Permeability was the key word when designing this home and with an enviable realisation of open living, the house located in Mexico and designed by Elias Rizo Architectos, is a triumph of space and scale. Upon entering, you could almost pass through the entire house without feeling like you’ve ever been inside, such is the design that it...
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visually open

Ukrainian architecture firm 2B.Group has recently completed this apartment for a young couple located in one of the most picturesque sights of Kiev, on slopes of Dnieper river. Light hits and fills the space from dawn till sunset offering splendid colour change on both sides of the window. Taking inspiration from public space design 2BGroup opted for a minimalist...
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purity and honesty

Portuguese architect Manuel Aires Mateus refurbished and extended the ground floor of an 18th-century hillside townhouse located between Lisbon’s medieval castle and the Romanesque-style city cathedral. “The estate illustrated a period and an identity that were clouded due to extended neglect,” explained Manuel Aires Mateus – one of the two founders of Aires Mateus Arquitectos.  The garden made it possible to enhance the depth of...
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keeping it simple

Designed as a home and studio for a photographer and his young family, Lightbox by United States-based architectural practice Bohlin Cywinski Jackson enables one to view the subtlety and beauty of the site while providing comfort and pleasure in the constantly changing light of the forest. Located on a peninsula that extends south from British Columbia across the border to Point Roberts, Lightbox...
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Little Jewel

John Jacob Zwiegelaar set up John Jacob Interiors in 2005. He has since made his name as the creator of highly bespoke and glamorous work underpinned by attention to detail – truly tailored spaces. His apartment in Fresnaye in South Africa is no exception. The apartment is modest in footprint however Zwiegelaar has manipulated the space to look...
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amplifying the relationship

Located on the West Coast of Portugal in an agricultural area relatively close to the ocean, local architecture firm Ricardo Silva Carvalho Arquitectos designed this minimalistic and sophisticated private residence. The entrance of the house is characterised by a succession of spaces that mysteriously appear between volumes that never touch its limits and unravel through the continuity of the...
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