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18-02-2022

ANNA Stay, made by Dutchman Caspar Schols for his mother, finds global success

Caspar Schols is a Dutch physicist with a passion for design and architecture who, in 2016, constructed a small sustainable cabin out of wood and glass to allow his mother to be in touch with nature. Five years later, ANNA Stay - as the house has been dubbed - has proved to be a resounding success, winning the prestigious A+ Awards and becoming available for anyone around the world to purchase for themselves.

31-01-2022

A barn by Dory Azar Architect Inc. (DAAi) as a rural landmark

A new rural building along Highway #3 in Tecumseh, Ontario offers the architects of Dory Azar Architect Inc. (DAAi) an opportunity to come up with a contemporary version of a classic construction of vernacular architecture. A simple structure with a specific agricultural use becomes a beautiful landmark of great contemporary value.

31-12-2021

BKP & Scaron’s brick expansion for a twentieth-century working-class home

Expansion of a working-class home offers BKP&Scaron an opportunity to experiment in the classic way with formal idioms and the structure of the building itself.

15-10-2021

NU Architectuur designs house in wood, lime hemp and straw

In Belgium’s countryside, a pentagonal wooden house combines classic and innovative building materials such as wood, lime hemp and straw

09-07-2021

House of timber, steel and polyolefin

A house made of steel, timber and polyolefin by LDA.iMdA. Architetti associati evoking the archetypal child’s drawing of a home.

09-11-2020

Casa Ocoxal by A-001 Taller de Arquitectura, living in nature

Casa Ocoxal designed by Mexican studio A-001 Taller de Arquitectura is located in a forest near the town of Valle de Bravo, about 160 kilometres from Mexico City. The house is respectful of nature and fits in with it thanks to a series of sustainable measures, including the use of renewable energy and thermal comfort.

16-10-2020

Faulkner Architects and the creative repurposing of a small barn

The US firm Faulkner Architects was commissioned to refurbish and convert a small barn in California. A very delicate project that harnessed the energy of the structure and even retained the smell of the old Douglas Fir commonly used in rural architecture and salvaged from the original construction.

31-08-2020

Anna and Eugeni Bach behind a sweet transformation in La Bisbal

The architects, Anna and Eugeni Bach, are the team behind a transformation that we could call sweet both because of their approach and because the object of the conversion was originally a chocolate factory in the centre of the small town of La Bisbal in Catalonia.

20-03-2020

Renovated timber, brick and laminated bamboo home in Beijing

A Siheyuan is a traditional Chinese home renovated by restoring the existing parts using local materials along with modern additions that add value to its classic style.