Brooklyn-based studio Osso Architecture has built a pool house on a New Jersey horse farm, utilising standard timber framing and the skills of the local Amish community. The pool house was completed for the owners… Read More »Osso Architecture models timber pool house in New Jersey on horse arena
Dezeen School Shows: a park built from construction waste that also serves as an education space on sustainability is included in Dezeen’s latest school show by students at the American University in Dubai. Also included is… Read More »Twelve architecture projects by students at the American University in Dubai
Shanghai studio Xisui Design drew on natural shapes for the minimalist Thin-Shell Metal Woven Pavilion, which was designed as a sunken resting space on a pond in China. The ovoid metal pavilion was made to… Read More »Xisui Design models metal pavilion on birds’ nests and eggshells
Swirly cabinets and oak-lined ceilings feature in our latest lookbook, which collects eight residential kitchens from around the world where wood takes centre stage. Strong, versatile and often sustainable, timber is a favourite material among… Read More »Eight wooden kitchens that make the most of the material
Chinese studio Say Architects has designed a concept store for fashion brand Nice Rice in the seaside resort of Aranya, featuring bright-orange tiles and furniture intended to evoke the colour of a sunset. Having previously… Read More »Orange floors create “golden afterglow” in Aranya fashion store by Say Architects
Brooklyn studio CO Adaptive has retrofitted a terraced house in Queens, New York to meet Passive House energy efficiency standards. The 1,152-square-foot (107-square-metre) brick townhouse was originally built in 1945 and has undergone a considered… Read More »CO Adaptive overhauls Queens home to meet Passive House standards