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Sam Crawford Architects crafts contemporary residences that respect heritage

Habitus Living

As a practice, Sam Crawford Architects (SCA) creates bespoke projects for its clients. His team of 17 also contribute their special talents, so that each commission becomes a unique example of excellent contemporary residential architecture. They are in dialogue through shared materiality and geometry.”

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La Brea Affordable Housing in West Hollywood is a contemporary take on art deco

Deezen

Located in West Hollywood , the La Brea Affordable Housing complex, designed by architects Patrick Tighe and John Mutlow , is a five-storey, 50,000 square foot (4,650 square metre) mixed-use building completed in 2014 for the non-profit West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation. But not what would be known as a 'ribbon environment'.

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Contemporary layers with industrial at the new Armadillo Melbourne showroom

Habitus Living

The original building has been celebrated through a material palette that allows the scale and magnificence of the site a second life. For Armadillo, the site in Fitzroy, Melbourne, offered both a historic connection to a contemporary neighbourhood filled with a good mix of design studios, galleries and homewares.

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A Futuristic Contemporary House Design

Design Thoughts Architects

The client is a business owner who desires a residential building for sale purposes in the bustling area of BTM Layout. The client was keen on contemporary house design, and we at Design Thoughts Architects were up for the challenge. The client wanted a G+6 building with parking on the ground floor for eight cars.

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Contemporary furniture meets beaux-arts interiors at Brussels gallery Objects with Narratives

Deezen

The gallery occupies 2,000 square metres over three floors of a landmark beaux-arts building on the Place du Grand Sablon, originally constructed as the sales room and workshop of Belgian furrier Raymond Mallien. The post Contemporary furniture meets beaux-arts interiors at Brussels gallery Objects with Narratives appeared first on Dezeen.

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Rain Studio combines raw and reclaimed materials for "native yet contemporary" home

Deezen

Named Karai, the house was created as a weekend retreat for its clients on a coastal site surrounded by fields that lead directly onto a nearby beach in the coastal town of Kuvathur. The post Rain Studio combines raw and reclaimed materials for "native yet contemporary" home appeared first on Dezeen.

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Coppin Dockray turns mid-century Hampstead House into contemporary family home

Deezen

Post-war buildings are notoriously flimsy and thermally volatile." It first identified key aspects of the house that were important to retain, such as the spatial sequence and material qualities of the building. Finally, it aimed to significantly improve the building's thermal comfort and energy performance.