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Back Court Development

Adrian — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 18:55:27 +0000

Back Court Development can be difficult to achieve permission for and often leads to an unhealthy balance of inside vs outside accommodation.

This project by Donaghy & Dimond Architects treads the tightrope nicely creating a new back court ‘realm’ of small interlinked buildings to provide new kitchen, living and bedroom spaces to this 19th century split level terraced Dublin house. More at Arch Daily

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Christmas Lights

Adrian — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 12:27:21 +0000

Lovely display of Christmas Lights on Berlin’s main shopping thoroughfare of Kurfürstendamm. Click in for film.

More at Dezeen

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Lucid Stead

Adrian — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 19:17:55 +0000

Beautiful Art / Architecture project in the California Desert by Phillip K Smith III. Click on more for video footage

Love the way that the building reflects the landscape and changing light so that it appears by turn transparent and solid.

For more on this visit royale projects/lucid stead

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Modern Glass House, Sweden

Adrian — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 10:41:41 +0000

Simple and beautiful. Although I like the Highland ‘Longhouse’ vernacular it would be nice to see more uncompromisingly modern houses like this built in rural Scotland. It would fit very well with Highland scenery as the image, I think, illustrates. More at Arch Daily

PS If you’re thinking I’ve seen this somewhere before, it featured in David Fincher’s American adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as a home to a member of the mysterious Vanger family

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House remodelling

Adrian — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:43:27 +0000

A great example of how reconfiguring a house can transform it. This house in London’s Hoxton by David Mikhail Architects was only extended by 1m at the rear, however cleverly using under utilised space in the house remodelling completely transformed it into something really special. Read more at Dezeen.

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Umbrellas

Adrian — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:54:42 +0000

Wonderful canopy of umbrellas as part of the Agitagueda Art Festival, in Agueda, Portugal. Wonder if something similar may work in Glasgow. Probably needs to more continuous to keep out the rain ..

From Detail Daily

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Stairs

Adrian — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:43:17 +0000

Stairs. We all need them,they serve a purpose. Sometimes elegant sometimes merely functional. By virtue of their scale however they can become something much more. Sculptural, breathtaking, almost surreal. Check out this list of amazing staircases from World Geography for more.

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Tokyo Townhouse

Adrian — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:10:10 +0000

An interesting, if a little spartan, house in Tokyo via Detail Daily.

I like the concrete, dark wood, salt and light filtered from above. Imagine it with some lovely furniture from the likes of The Lollipop Shoppe or one of its many competitors (I have no affiliation) and it becomes calmer and less stark.

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