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    Peter Besley uses pale bricks and thick mortar to create monolithic facade of Brisbane's Couldrey House

    Mortar oozes between the off-white bricks that clad this house in Brisbane, which architect Peter Besley has designed to look “immensely heavy”. Couldrey House measures 320 square metres and is situated west of central Brisbane, nestled in the foothills of Mount Coot-tha. Besley wanted the house’s heavy materiality to contrast vernacular residential architecture in Australia, […] More

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    Dezeen becomes one of the top 3,500 most popular websites in the world

    Dezeen hit a major milestone this week, becoming one of the 3,500 most-visited websites in the world, according to ranking service Alexa. Dezeen has risen over 1,100 places in Alexa’s global internet engagement ranking since the start of the year, with our Virtual Design Festival propelling us further up the chart in the last few days. […] More

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    Lavandaria Morinha laundrette in Portugal takes subtle cues from old washhouses

    Design studio Stu.dere looked into traditional washing methods to create the interior of this laundrette in northern Portugal, which features marble and green-tile surfaces. Located in the municipality of Amarante, Lavandaria Morinha is a laundrette that includes a service area for garment alterations, repairs, dry cleaning and ironing. Although the space has a contemporary, pared-back […] More

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    Original beams and brickwork add warmth to pared-back Madrid apartment

    Architect Leticia Saá has woven historical features such as exposed brickwork and wooden pillars into the minimal interior of this open-plan apartment in Madrid. Located in Madrid’s Lavapiés neighbourhood, the two-bedroom apartment is spread across the top floor of a three-storey residential building that dates back to 1900. The apartment had been unoccupied for 35 […] More

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    Orange performance room stands out at Yale University's radio station

    New York architecture studio Forma has created contrasting orange and grey-coloured rooms for Yale University’s student-run radio station. Forma, led by Miroslava Brooks and Daniel Markiewicz, designed the interiors with a simple but striking colour palette that covers the floors, ceilings and walls. A recording studio is painted top-to-bottom in pale grey and is joined […] More

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    Timothee Mercier transforms rural French farm building into home for his parents

    Architect Timothee Mercier of Studio XM has converted a ruined farm building in France into  an “intimate refuge” for his parents. MA House is located in Vaucluse, a picturesque part of southeast France that boasts vineyards, lavender fields and quaint villages. It takes over an old farmhouse on a plot of land that architect Timothee Mercier’s […] More

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    Shanghai’s Canal St shop is styled like the New York subway

    A subway car-style corridor, worn concrete walls and metal railings feature inside this Shanghai clothing shop, which Sò Studio has designed to emulate New York. Canal St offers a selection of high-end streetwear and was designed by locally-based Sò Studio to “bring the downtown New York lifestyle to Shanghai”. The studio believes the two major […] More