Bengaluru-based practice Greyscale Design Studio was commissioned by a couple to design a residence that highlighted the rawness of materials, particularly bricks. The diagonally placed brick structure forms the façade of the house. This…
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Architecture Building Materials Residential design
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Architecture Building Materials Residential design Sustainable design
NH Village Architects designs rural Vietnamese house with central courtyard using local wood and bricks
NH Village Architects has designed a house called the X-House in a rural area of Phu Tho province in northern Vietnam. Using predominantly Xoan (scientific name is Melia azedarach), a variety of local wood…
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Architecture Building Materials Community architecture Rural architecture Sustainable design
Bangkok Project Studio designs brick observation tower in rural Thailand made with excavated earth from nearby reservoir
Kui, the ethnic people of Surin Province in northeastern Thailand have been elephant keepers for centuries. Elephants are considered family members, and living with elephants has been an inseparable part of their long heritage.…
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Architecture Art Culture
Shuyang Art Museum by Zhejiang University design team draws upon its town’s calligraphic heritage
Located in the hometown of traditional calligraphy, Shuyang in China’s Jiangsu province, Shuyang Art Museum by The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University Co. Ltd is positioned as the calligraphy art museum…
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Adaptive reuse Architecture Community architecture Culture Leisure attraction
Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects converts former brick brewery warehouse into contemporary art museum in Japan’s Hirosaki city
Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects (ATTA) has designed the recently-opened Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art (Hirosaki MOCA), located in northern Japan’s western Aomori Prefecture. The city is known for being the largest producer of apples…
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Architecture Building Materials Education
Ho Chi Minh City kindergarten by Kientruc O highlights the building’s lego-like blocks designed for maximum interaction
This kindergarten project in Ho Chi Minh City by architecture practice Kientruc O, led by architect Đàm Vũ, was designed as a learning space that triggers and encourages meaningful interaction among the children and…
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Architecture Healthcare
Srijit Srinivas Architects designs hospice in southern India featuring louvered brick wall facade
Srijit Srinivas Architects has designed a hospice project in the southern Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram which provides free accommodation for cancer patients visiting locals hospitals. Commissioned by The Malabar Province of the Order of…