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“Architecture is not created, it is discovered – the hand will find solutions before the mind can even comprehend them.”
—Glenn Murcutt

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Eco-Brutalism.

If you move in architecture circles, chances are you’ve heard the term ‘eco-brutalism’ floating around. It refers to an emerging movement that incorporates the tenets of brutalism – exposed materials, functional, largely concrete-based – and principles of sustainable building; mainly the integration of biophilic design, which emphasises the connection between humans and nature. The idea of transforming something cold and imposing into a green oasis is attractive. But does this trend go beyond aesthetics? What is the purpose of eco-brutalism?

—via Wallpaper*

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1960s modernist house by John Penn.

Interior Stylist and a viewing assistant for The Modern House, Brigitte D’Angelo, her husband Simon and their two children left north London in 2010, driven not by a specific pull towards Suffolk, but by the purist architectural vision of their 1960s modernist house designed by John Penn. The house near Rendham forms one of Penn’s nine ‘temple’ houses, so-called because of the classical symmetry he picked up working for Richard Neutra in California and installed into his designs. Importing a mid-century American sensibility to post-war Britain, Penn worked on houses given to light, spacious interiors that have become prised assets and gained a cult following.

—via The Modern House

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Miniature Architecture

At the back of American designer Giancarlo Valle’s New York studio, there’s a room that looks as though it could be a Wallace and Gromit film set. Shelves are lined with maquettes from architecture and interior-design projects, which include miniature furniture pieces such as thumb-sized lampshades and chairs no larger than hens’ eggs. For Valle, who trained as an architect, these small-scale buildings and furnishings are integral to his practice, which encompasses architecture, interiors and the decorative arts for residential and commercial projects. His studio has designed lofts in New York, villas in St Barths and residences in Mexico City. The team spends hours crafting and then rearranging the sculptures within the maquettes. The studio has acquired a 3D printer that renders products in materials such as aluminium and wood. But sculpting pieces by hand from clay is still a large part of the creative process.

—via Monocle

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Music for the Soul.

As with all our projects, we work closely with our clients to uncover meaning rooted in the personal. Resonance House is a home in South London, created to honour the life and legacy of a notable figure in the UK music industry, a producer, a creator, and a collector of sound.

—via Hyde + Hyde Architects

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New Project - Lymington, Hampshire.

We are deep into design for a new residence located on the edge of Lymington, within the ancient woodland of the New Forest, Hampshire. This is not a home that seeks attention. Instead, it folds into its landscape. Quietly aligned to sunlight, shaded by tall ancient trees, and fragmented to reduce its presence. Our goal has been simple: ‘let the forest remain the protagonist‘.

—via Hyde + Hyde Architects

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