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Apr 25

The magical lane houses, which were once the dominant fabric that made urban Shanghai the intoxicating place that it was in the 1930s, are now slowly being demolished, taken over by high-density developments all over the city. Neri &Hu was commissioned to reconstruct a dilapidated lane house left with almost nothing except its glorious shell in the historic and artistic Tianzifang area in Shanghai, and the mission was to transform it into three separate apartment units.

Neri&Hu’s strategy was to rethink the typology of the lane house—keeping the split level formation, a typical trait to lane houses in this city, and add spatial interest through new insertions and skylights to accentuate the architectural integrity of such a typology, contemporizing it for today’s lifestyle. ….

dalmatianparade:

everyone was talking about the Supreme Court last week so I made a thing

LEARN YO’SELF

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Apr 22

iron-inside:

#justbecause

dcdecoder:

It’s Tax Day! Do you know where your dollars go?

Are your taxes fair? Increasingly, Americans say no.

Obama’s tax rate is 18.4 percent. Is that too low for a millionaire?

Tax Day freebies: Curly fries, Cinnabon, and document shredding

Graphic by Rich Clabaugh

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ilovecharts:

Inequality and New York’s Subway [article]

Apr 16

After concept, and current (“before”)

The changing needs of client warranted a complete reconfiguration of their existing 1950 concrete house, as well as a large extension. They wanted the extension to be contemporary but to harmonize with the modern spirit of the original house. The extension, capped on either side by generous glazing, follows the existing void of the house created by its split level. The living areas of the ground floor are distributed around a central core becoming the new focal point of the house. The new master bedroom was placed on the second floor, secluded from the children’s bedrooms accessed by a glass catwalk spanning the entrance of the home.

Type: Single family home

Intervention: Interior re-organisation and extension

Location: Notre Dame de Grâce, Montréal

Completion Date: in construction

really-shit:

Introducing the Berri Residence

A couple with a passion for contemporary architecture and two young children wanted an extension to their 1940s duplex. Their main desire was to create a dining room that would become the heart of the house, where family discussions take place.

At the center of the new extension is the dining room just off the re-modeled kitchen on the ground floor. It has generous south-facing glazing and and a large dining table in the center. The master bedroom is located below the dining room overlooking the sunken garden. Despite the use of wood cladding, the extension has a sense of lightness and transparency due to the dimensions of the glass panels being pushed to their limits. The exterior finish is an olive green stained pine with an overhanging glazed volume clad in galvanized steel.

Type: Single family home

Intervention: Interior re-organisation and extension

Location: Montréal, QC

Completion Date: 2012

Photo credit: Adrien Williams

Apr 14

very clever

Mar 28

ROLLIN’ ROLLIN’ ROLLIN’

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tastefullyoffensive:

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Mar 27

stolen from: http://asunnot.oikotie.fi/myytavat-asunnot/7612965?ref=ar-is-otas680

FOR SALE! anyone have a spare 2 million euro?

Living area241 m²The total area of

349 m²

…. 6 bedrooms.

Additional InformationThe house was designed by the architect and the interior designer Seppo Mäntylä Esko Saarenoja. First floor: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, living room, utility room, as well as patios, 2 fireplaces and an outdoor swimming pool (heated). Second floor: office / bar, fitness / entertainment room, guest room / bedroom, a sauna, 2 toilets. Bottom layer: wine cellar, daily entrance, spacious clothing storage space, walk-in closet, storage / utility room, two-car garage and a storage room. Puzer central vacuum cleaner. Procat / Brunner fireplaces. Hatric selective / active windows, windows with optimum sun protection and self-cleaning exterior surfaces. Garage / Warehouse 108 m2.

Mar 26

stolen from: http://www.archdaily.com/349352/albatross-bgd-architects/
Architects: BGD Architects
Location: Mermaid Beach, QLD Australia
Architect In Charge: BGD Architects, Bayden Goddard, Peter Fraser, Ion Chiet, Aaron Beattie
Interior Designers: Sonia Hill, BGD Architects, Edge Design & Interiors, POD (FF&E)
Structural Engineering: Cozens Regan Williams Prove

Area: 1,500 sqm
Year: 2008

stolen from: http://www.archdaily.com/287336/delany-house-jorge-hrdina-architects/

Architects: Jorge Hrdina Architects
Location: Seaforth, Sydney Australia
Architect In Charge: Jorge Hrdina
Project Team: John Marshall, Terry Bail, Tracy Loveridge, Dan North
Structural Engineer: D’Ambrosio Consulting

letsbuildahome-fr:

Historic Wicker Park 2-Flat Conversion + Modern Addition

Architects: dSpace Studio

Location: Chicago, Illinois

this is awesome considering how small it actually is!

baliset:

ain’t no party like a Gatsby party because a Gatsby party don’t stop until at least two people are dead and everyone is disillusioned with the jazz age as a whole

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