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Category Archives: Single Family Homes
Casa Ponce – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Located on the slope of the historic section of San Isidro Labrador to the north of Buenos Aires, this renowned work by Mathias Klotz challenges the tolerance of the home in relation to the skills of modern architecture. Although a … Continue reading
Grand Union Canal Terrace – London
Nicholas Grimshaw was one of the leading exponents of the High Tech school of architecture that emerged in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s. This row of ten houses in north London was built as part of a mixed-use development … Continue reading
Kidosaki House – Tokyo
[/caption] Japanese architect Tadao Ando’s Kidosaki House, which was constructed in a Tokyo suburb between 1982 and 1986, takes careful account of ancient Japanese living conventions and accommodates them within a minimalist, modern-looking structure. It is the exquisitely planned combination … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Japan, Japanese Architecture, Minimalist, Single Family Homes, Tadao Ando, Tokyo
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London Street-Porter House
In the 1980s, Janet Street-Porter, a TV producer famous for her radical shows, commissioned this house from her student days. Gough went on to become a founding partner of CZWG, a practice that brought Pop Art sensibilities to architecture. Both … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Art Deco, CZWG Architects, England, Janet Street-Porter, London, Single Family Homes
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Donnybrook Quarter – London
This public housing project in London’s East End is more an exercise in city making than in building making. Created for developer Circle 33, the 48-unit project was designed to ‘unlock the density of the site’, Peter Barber explains. Its … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, England, London, Minimalism, Peter Barber, Single Family Homes
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