DesignSTL
Built On Memory - A Couple Transforms An Old Pole Barn Into A Place That Celebrates Family And Country
As Adrian and Magdalena Luchini’s life took root in St. Louis—after a few years, it was clear that the couple was here to stay—it was important to Adrian to try to capture the life he had growing up in the Argentinian countryside. And what better place to do that than at Las Tres Marías, the couple’s second home, in Godfrey, Illinois? “I suppose that when I saw that I would never recuperate what I had in my childhood, I became more determined to reconstruct it—to give that kind of exposure to my children,” says Adrian. “To me, that is what a territory is all about, when you go to a place and feel like you’re a part of it.”
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November/December 2019
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Bloom Service - A flower-shaped brutalist beauty in Geneva gets a refresh
Tucked between the extensive campus of Geneva's University Hospital and a huddle of associated medical institutions, laboratories and surgeries, the Avenue de la Roseraie is trod by few casual visitors to the Swiss city. And yet here - out of sight in a small car park is an extraordinary structure that, situated elsewhere, would surely draw the attention of architectural students like bees to a nectar-rich flower. Horticulturalists, too, perhaps, for whom a building nicknamed La Tulipe might well incite curiosity.
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October 2024
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Second Nature -A remodelled museum in Lisbon, by Kengo Kuma & Associates, meshes Japanese and Portuguese influences to create a space that sits in harmony with its surroundings
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation's complex in Lisbon has been one of the city's best-loved landmarks since it opened in the 1960s. The foundation aims to improve quality of life through art, charity, science and education, and its Lisbon campus encompasses a main office, library, scientific research centre and contemporary art museum, Centro de Arte Moderna (CAM), which reopens this month following an extensive four-year renovation by Japanese studio Kengo Kuma & Associates. Designed in collaboration with landscape architect Vladimir Djurovic, the update cleverly reconfigures the space and extends the foundation's gardens to craft a more cohesive relationship between the existing structures.
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October 2024
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Cane and Able- Fusing traditional craftsmanship with contemporary vision, design studio Ibuku demonstrates the versatility of bamboo at a serene Bali villa
Over the last decade, Bali-based studio Ibuku, headed up by designer Elora Hardy, has become a leading expert in bamboo architecture, its output encompassing everything from a traditional Sumbanese house and a yoga and meditation space to playful treehouses and a riverside café at an eco-friendly jungle retreat in Ubud. In 2021, the studio completed The Arc sports hall at the Green School in Bali (founded by Elora's father, designer John Hardy). Made from a series of arches spanning an impressive 19m, it was a pioneering feat of bamboo engineering.
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October 2024
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Guest Editor Marcio Kogan - Marcio Kogan has been prolific since setting up his namesake studio in São Paulo in 1978 (it was renamed Studio MK27 at the turn of the century).
Marcio Kogan has been prolific since setting up his namesake studio in São Paulo in 1978 (it was renamed Studio MK27 at the turn of the century). The 72-year-old architect has since become synonymous with contemporary Brazilian chic, offering a sumptuous blend of raw, textured materials; clean geometric forms; effortless functionality; vernacular design features; and a deep knowledge and appreciation of the rich, tropical modernist architecture legacy of his home country.
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October 2024
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Building Site
Sun Tower, China, by Open Architecture
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February 2024
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Edge of Heaven
A cantilevered concrete house on the shores of West Vancouver offers a series of threshold moments
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November 2023
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A temple to luxury
Designed by the late American architect Ed Tuttle, Aman’s Greek outpost is a heavenly hilltop retreat in the Peloponnese
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June 2023
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Sun Catcher
Studio Weave’s first project in South Korea is a clifftop holiday home perfectly designed to capture a new day dawning over the East Sea
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June 2023
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Bare Essentials
The pared-back Casa Primitiva fits in perfectly in its semi-rural Spanish context
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April 2023
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Escape Route
A picturesque Mexican bolthole makes a dreamily idyllic retreat
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January 2023
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Into the blue
Atelier Bow-Wow's latest collaboration with design-led property developer Oliaros is a free-flowing, art-filled holiday home on the Greek island of Antiparos
3 min |
December 2022
Country Life UK
A fine mess
Former military buildings sold off as the armed forces modernise can be architectural gold dust to discerning developers, finds
4 min |
June 01, 2022
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Treasure Island
The latest addition to Japan’s Benesse Art Site, Tadao Ando’s Valley Gallery is a geometric gem that makes the most of its remote setting
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May 2022
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Hide & Seek
Open Architecture’s perfectly considered projects either disappear into the landscape or become new landmarks
6 min |
May 2022
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Green Gold
Yinka Shonibare’s new artists’ residency space, in a remote part of Nigeria, offers a lush landscape for cultural and creative discovery
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May 2022
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View from the Top
Reggaeton superstar J Balvin’s villa, by architects 5 Sólidos, is a minimalist frame for Medellin’s mountainous vistas
6 min |
May 2022
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Into the Wild
We take a walk in a Surrey garden that combines sharp architecture and naturalistic planting to great effect
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March 2022
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Best Retreat
Ballen Houses, El Retiro, Colombia, by LCLA Office and Clara Arango
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February 2022
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Best Roofscape
IWA sake brewery, Japan, by Kengo Kuma & Associates
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February 2022
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Lines of Duty
Not content with building a home and office in Halifax, Nova Scotia, just for himself, Canadian architect Omar Gandhi has dedicated nearly an entire floor of his new space to working on pro bono projects to improve the local area
3 min |
January 2022
Homes & Gardens
Spiritual Revival
Nancy Newberg worked with architects Marmol Radziner and Kathryn M Ireland to bring calm and cohesion to her home
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September 2020
The Oldie Magazine
Travel: Bernini's Rome
No artist left a greater mark on the city than the great baroque sculptor and architect. Loyd Grossman follows in his footsteps
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August 2020
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Who Holds The Power To Shape Our Cities?
Afterparti - Cities are unequal, and power struggles often play out in the arena of the built environment, say the London-based collective of young architecture writers. We asked them to take over the following pages to reflect on how we can make contemporary urban spaces more inclusive
7 min |
August 2020
Country Life UK
The Power Of Patience
The architect George Saumarez Smith describes how he created a home by slow evolution, rather than revolution
5 min |
April 01, 2020
Ideal Home UK
How To Use A Large-Scale Wall Mural
Choose the right design for your space and take a feature wall to the next level…
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June 2020
Country Life UK
Designs For Health And Beauty
The coming of mass tourism to the seaside produced an era of iconic Modern architecture and design, as Clive Aslet discovers
3 min |
March 04, 2020
25 Beautiful Homes
Factory Finish
Architect Mia Buzzi used unusual textures and bespoke design when she converted a derelict industrial unit into a warm and welcoming home
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February 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
STEAMER TRUNKS OF YORE ARE REINVENTED AS BAR CABINETS, LIBRARIES AND VANITY TABLES AT TRUNKS COMPANY JAIPUR.
For more than 14 years, on a nondescript lane in Jaipur's industrial Kartarpura area, Trunks Company Jaipur has been handcrafting exquisite leather creations that recall the steamer trunks of yore.
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September - October 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
ACNE STUDIOS' NEW HEADQUARTERS IN PARIS IS SET INSIDE A HISTORIC MANSION WITH AN ATTACHED LABORATORY.
Acne Studios, the Stockholm-based fashion brand known for its off-kilter minimalism and avant-garde denim, had long kept several satellite offices around Paris's Le Marais district.
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