Concrete architecture
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This Dutch concrete villa is a calm symphony of interlocking rectangles
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Cliffhanger: Zaha Hadid’s Messner Mountain Museum is carved into Mount Kronplatz
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Heatherwick Studio’s 1000 Trees project takes root in Shanghai
By Austin Williams Last updated
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Chris Dyson transforms neglected east London workshop into modern loft apartments
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Metabolist architecture of 1970s eco-pioneer Alexandros Tombazis
Back in September 2010 (W*138), we explored the legacy and history of Greek architect Alexandros Tombazis, who this month celebrates his 80th birthday.
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Hard matters: Concrete Concept tours the world of brutalism
By Sujata Burman Last updated
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Introducing the MC20 – the new Maserati super sports car
We spoke to Klaus Busse, the man who heads up FCA’s design team, overseeing Fiat, Abarth, Lancia, and Alfa Romeo, as well as Maserati, about the origins and aspirations for the company’s new super car model
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Victorian townhouse in Hackney transformed by Dedraft
A late Victorian townhouse in East London's Hackney is transformed by Dedraft into a modern home with an emphasis on light, materials, minimalism and quality of space
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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This Portuguese farmhouse takes its cues from its natural surrounds
NaMora House is a Portuguese farmhouse by architects Filipe Pina and David Bilo that opens a dialogue with its leafy surrounds
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Omer Arbel's Pacific North West house is built on concrete ‘lily pads’
Construction progresses fast at OAO's new residential design in Canada's Pacific North West, where Bocci creative director and practice founder Omer Arbel's sculptural concrete and experimental methods take centre stage
By Giovanna Dunmall Last updated
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Venice Beach house bridges pragmatism and minimalism
A minimalist Venice Beach house by Los Angeles-based architect Dan Brunn combines pragmatism, functionality and contemporary aesthetics
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Govaert & Vanhoutte unveils brutalist villa in the Belgian woods
A brutalist concrete villa, nestled in its terrain in the Belgian woods outside Brussels, is the latest residential offering by Bruges-based architecture studio Govaert & Vanhoutte
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Ruby City by David Adjaye is Texas’ newest architectural jewel
By Benoit Loiseau Last updated
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London icon: inside Centre Point’s facelift by Conran + Partners
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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English National Ballet spins into a new glass box in east London
Glenn Howells Architects has designed the new glass-and-concrete home for the English National Ballet in London City Island, in the UK capital's east, inspired by industrial spaces and warehouses
By Clare Dowdy Last updated
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Kahlstrasse House: Buchner Bründler Architekten breaks the mould in Basel with stacked blocks of textured concrete
By Catarina de Almeida Brito Last updated
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park opens visitor centre designed by Feilden Fowles
By Alice Bucknell Last updated
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Brutalist cathedral in the UK opens to the public following renovation
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Italian architect Alfredo Vanotti designs house in the Alps as an ‘inhabited terrace’
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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SAOTA’s cliff-hanger house on Bali’s coastline has us hooked
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Architect Laurence Quinn welcomes us to his renovated Barbican home
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Pedro Reyes invites us into his sculptural art studio in Mexico City
A newly built, prefabricated, concrete object with rounded edges in the historical Coyoacán neighbourhood is artist Pedro Reyes' new studio and headquarters in Mexico City
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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MoDus Architects designs a tree-hugging tourist office in Northern Italy
A new, sculpturally concrete tourist office in the northern Italian town of Bressanone wraps itself around an existing Platanus tree to a design by South Tyrol based architecture practice MoDus Architects
By Jason Sayer Last updated
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Quiet contemplation: Vector Architects' beachside library in China makes the perfect reading retreat
By Frederika Fraser Last updated
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Oliver du Puy designs therapeutic house in Melbourne
Suceeding in its aim to be a spiritual piece of architecture, the ‘Skinny House’ artfully exposes concrete and casts divine light. Yet, there’s nothing like a vitamin C-infused shower to cleanse you of your sins...
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Mapping out concrete architecture in Los Angeles
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Harvey Nichols debuts its new department-less store concept in Birmingham
By Katrina Israel Last updated