Presicci + Pantanella D'Ettorre Architetti creates minimalist Tuscan farmhouse
Architects Valeria Presicci and Carlo Pantanella D'Ettorre have completed a house in Orbetello, Italy, featuring a simple stone exterior and pared-back interiors. More
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Commenter says Indian school is "the greatest architecture" they have seen
In this week's comments update, readers are wowed by an oval-shaped school for girls in India and sharing their views on other top stories. More
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Diana Kellogg Architects creates oval-shaped school in India's Thar Desert
New York-based studio Diana Kellogg Architects looked to symbols of femininity for its design of an oval-shaped all-girls' school in India made from local sandstone. More
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Feilden Fowles adds pointed arch extension to Carlisle Cathedral's fratry
Feilden Fowles has refurbished the medieval dining hall at Carlisle Cathedral in north-west England and extended it with a red sandstone entrance pavilion. More
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SpaceMatters uses red and white sandstone for medical college in Agroha
White stone lattice surrounds the entrance to a paramedical college in Agroha, India, clad in red sandstone by architecture practice SpaceMatters. More
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Goodmoods' handmade sandstone bottles are a "satire of our plastic use"
French creative publisher Goodmoods has released a collection of soft matte ceramics that mimic the shape of single-use plastic bottles. More
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Álvaro Siza clads International Design Museum of China in red sandstone
Blocks of red sandstone cover the volumes of a new design museum designed by Álvaro Siza and Carlos Castanheira on the Chinese Academy of Art campus in Hangzhou, eastern China. More
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Sandstone buildings create fortress-like clubhouse surrounded by a moat in Jiaxing
Sandstone blocks face into a central courtyard to create this huge clubhouse complex by More Architecture and AIM Architecture, which is set on an island in Jiaxing, China. More
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Multi-coloured sunscreens create stripy exterior for Sydney house by Smart Design Studio
Brightly coloured louvres screen the living spaces of this Sydney residence, which are contained in a pair of concrete boxes and set atop a sandstone plinth. More
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Neri&Hu mimics rocks and tree branches inside Shanghai theatre and exhibition centre
Shanghai studio Neri&Hu has used wood-covered sticks and sandstone slabs to create a cavernous interior for a new cultural centre in the city's emerging Hongqiao district (+ slideshow). More
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Stone-covered blocks make up staggered Spanish residence by OOIIO Architecture
OOIIO Architecture has applied varying tones of stonework to the irregularly stacked blocks that make up this house in central Spain (+ slideshow). More
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Ibda Design uses contrasting sandstone and white marble for mosque in Dubai
Arched openings in the sandstone facade of this Dubai mosque by Ibda Design lead worshippers into a bright marble courtyard with a textured minaret (+ slideshow). More
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Collective Architecture extends sandstone building to create Glasgow Women's Library
The titles of important works of literature are engraved into the walls of this extension to a sandstone library in Glasgow, which has been refurbished to create a centre for women's history (+ slideshow). More
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Daniel Valle Architect separates adults from children inside Hernandez Residence in Madrid
Daniel Valle Architects created a triangular notch in the roof of this sandstone-clad residence in Madrid, helping to visually separate the part used by the clients and the part occupied by their children (+ slideshow). More
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Knox Bhavan Architects completes pair of brownstone terraces in south London
Knox Bhavan Architects designed this pair of sandstone residences to complete an Edwardian terrace in Dulwich, south London (+ slideshow). More
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Sandstone-clad house in Wales designed by Hall + Bednarczyk to resemble local barns
Hall + Bednarczyk Architects paired rugged sandstone with contemporary details to create this rural house in Wales, which pays homage to vernacular barns (+ slideshow). More
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Max Dudler adds sandstone entrance building to Hambach Castle grounds
Castle specialist Max Dudler has completed his latest German fortress project – a new entrance building for the historic Hambach Castle on the edge of the Palatine Forest (+ slideshow). More
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Heidelberg Castle Visitor Centre by Max Dudler
We love projects that involve castles. Windows are set within two-metre-deep recesses in the stone walls of this castle visitor centre in southwest Germany by Swiss architect Max Dudler. More
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Bodega La Grajera by Virai Arquitectos
Spanish studio Virai Arquitectos have completed a sandstone winery that is partially submerged in the ground. More
