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UK Trends/on May 31, 2024/ By DECORWORKS

Green panels “camouflage” Folded House in Cambridge by Westerdahl

London studio Westerdahl has renovated a house in Cambridge, reorganising an existing extension and cladding it in green zinc panels that blend in with the surrounding planting. Westerdahl was tasked with better connecting the home, named Folded House, to its large garden after it had…

UK Trends/on May 25, 2024/ By DECORWORKS

Doriza Design transforms stone building into Drakoni House in Crete

Greek studio Doriza Design has converted a 19th-century stone building into Drakoni House, a holiday home in Crete with purposefully rough and imperfect details. Located in the village of Pano Pines, Drakoni House occupies a structure made of local stone and owned by the same…

UK Trends/on May 20, 2024/ By DECORWORKS

House of Hackney announces #WeAreNature campaign

The #WeAreNature campaign calls for UK dictionaries to change definitions of nature to include people and is being led by a collective of lawyers, researchers and campaigners that work on behalf of nature and B Corp British interiors brand, House of Hackney. Yesterday saw the…

UK Trends/on May 14, 2024/ By DECORWORKS

Collective Works creates terracotta-hued house extension in London

Terracotta-coloured facades and warm wood-lined interiors define Mid Terrace Dream, a terraced house in north London renovated and extended by local studio Collective Works. Collective Works has expanded the home, which it said was previously “run down”, with two adjoining pitched-roof volumes at the rear…

UK Trends/on May 12, 2024/ By DECORWORKS

OFIS Arhitekti adds looping extension to Ring House in Slovenia

A semi-enclosed, winding extension that aims to facilitate “inside-outside living” defines Ring House, a 1930s villa in Slovenia renovated by local studio OFIS Arhitekti. Located in the suburbs of the capital city Ljubljana, the modernist villa required updating to improve its connection to the garden,…

UK Trends/on May 10, 2024/ By DECORWORKS

Emil Eve Architects brightens Aden Grove house with tile-clad extensions

Local studio Emil Eve Architects has revamped the Aden Grove house in east London, adding loft and rear extensions characterised by angular forms and terracotta tiles. The terraced Victorian home in Newington Green required an update due to its dark interior and series of narrow,…

UK Trends/on April 30, 2024/ By DECORWORKS

Unknown Works revamps co-founder’s “cramped” Oasis house in London

Architecture studio Unknown Works has renovated a terraced London house called Oasis, adding a side and rear extension to create a flexible interior and maximise natural light. The Victorian home in Kentish Town is owned by Unknown Works’ co-founder Theo Games Petrophilos, who wanted to…

UK Trends/on April 24, 2024/ By DECORWORKS

Lake Flato Architects looks to barns for design of North…

American firm Lake Flato Architects has completed a family retreat on Long Island that consists of three barn-like structures wrapped in cedar and constructed using prefabricated timber elements. The project, called North Fork, sits within the quiet town of Peconic and is named after its…

UK Trends/on April 23, 2024/ By DECORWORKS

Chris Pratt destruction of Ellwood house symptom of “systemic problems”

Unprotected modernist houses are at risk of demolition as land often holds greater value than architectural heritage, says Docomomo US in response to actor Chris Pratt tearing down a home by architect Craig Ellwood. Pratt and his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger drew attention online when news…

UK Trends/on April 21, 2024/ By DECORWORKS

IGArchitects slots skinny 2700 house into narrow plot in Japan

Walls of exposed concrete define this skinny house in Saitama, Japan, which local studio IGArchitects designed with a width of just 2.7 metres. Named 2700, the home is designed for a young couple on a long and thin site left over following a road expansion…

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