SMStudio includes pool with underwater windows in "bold" Vancouver house
Gridded fibre-cement cladding and a swimming pool with underwater windows feature at the East Van Residence in Vancouver by Canadian firm SMStudio. More
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Ochre-tinted precast concrete forms Nightingale housing by Kennedy Nolan
Australian studio Kennedy Nolan has completed Leftfield, an affordable housing block with a "playful" form of pigmented precast concrete panels in the Brunswick neighbourhood of Melbourne. More
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Tatiana Bilbao Estudio completes ruin-like aquarium in Mexico
Architecture studio Tatiana Bilbao Estudio has completed an aquarium in Mazatlán, Mexico, with a labyrinthine structure that "merges marine and terrestrial elements in its architectural design". More
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Matharoo Associates wraps concrete home around light-filled stairwell
A network of cubic concrete volumes and staircases forms Up to the Sea, a blocky family home that Indian studio Matharoo Associates has added to the coastal town of Dumas, India. More
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Spridd slots T-shaped house into rocky hillside in Stockholm
Raked concrete covers this T-shaped house, which architecture studio Spridd has slotted into a sloped site surrounded by trees on the island of Nacka in Stockholm. More
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Taller David Dana stacks concrete house on Mexico City hillside
Local architecture studio Taller David Dana has stacked a series of boxes to create a vertical terraced house on a hillside in Mexico City. More
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Living Breakwaters coastal defence system wins Obel Award 2023
Landscape studio Scape has won the Obel Award for 2023 for its "visionary" coastal defence system in New York City that will grow in efficiency as oysters inhabit it. More
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Gregory Katz merges clashing geometries for South African home
A collision of geometric forms in contrasting brick and concrete defines Great Primary Shapes House, a dwelling in South Africa designed by local architect Gregory Katz. More
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AAU Anastas designs The Wonder Cabinet in Bethlehem as hub for makers and creatives
Palestinian architects AAU Anastas have built a production facility and cultural hub in Bethlehem, which brings together the many strands of their cross-disciplinary practice and includes a radio station and restaurant. More
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Štvanice Footbridge in Prague designed as a "sculpture in the city"
Architects Petr Tej and Marek Blank collaborated with engineer Jan Mourek to create this minimalist bridge across the River Vltava in Prague, which is intended to resemble marble. More
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Práctica Arquitectura splits red infill home in Mexico with central courtyard
Local studio Práctica Arquitectura has elevated a concrete infill house with a red finish outside of Monterrey, Mexico. More
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Pink concrete forms "geometric and disciplined" wing of Polish Army Museum
Architecture studio WXCA has extended the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw, adding a low-lying wing with coloured-concrete walls that are imprinted with chevrons. More
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Studio Ardete wraps sculptural concrete ribbon around Indian home
An undulating skin of concrete weaves around the exterior of Ribbon House, a home in India designed by architecture practice Studio Ardete. More
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Looklen Architects sinks glass cafe into stepped circular landscape
A circular volume formed of concrete steps and planting wraps up and around The Pomelo Amphawa Cafe, completed by Bangkok studio Looklen Architects in Thailand. More
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Roth Architecture creates office in Tulum with "insect wing" forms
Local studio Roth Architecture has built an organically shaped creative lab in Tulum made of concrete and palm fibre with a form driven by "nature's artistic wills". More
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Edition Office uses concrete and copper to finish Australian apartment block
Exposed concrete and perforated copper screens define this apartment block overlooking a valley in Victoria, Australia, which was designed by local architecture studio Edition Office. More
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"This is the kind of brutalism I can support" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing an angular home in Portugal defined by stacked layers of warping glass and concrete. More
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Neri&Hu reveals design for monumental red concrete factory for Chinese furniture brand
Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu has revealed its design for Chinese furniture brand Camerich's factory in Jiaxing, China. More
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Bernardo Rodrigues Architects creates concrete Sculptor Studio in Portugal
Portuguese practice Bernardo Rodrigues Architects has completed a studio for a sculptor in the Azores, creating a curving poured-concrete form that references the work of its client. More
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Contaminar stacks concrete layers to enclose twisting Portuguese home
Warping layers of glass and concrete have been stacked to form Quinta do Rei, an angular four-storey home designed by Portuguese studio Contaminar. More
