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Progetto • By Toms Kampars • Padiglioni
Dome Next Door
In the summer of 2024, Dome Square, Riga Old Town’s largest open public space, was home to "Dome Next Door," a modular urban art installation inviting everyone to explore, connect, and playfully engage right in the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Old Town. "Dome Next Door" will be open to the public again in 2025.
Ana Barros
Ana Barros
Ana Barros
Located at the junction of seven historic streets, "Dome Next Door" offers an interactive experience inspired by Riga’s architectural heritage. With nods to medieval vaults, the Dome Cathedral’s Cloister, and the striking geometry of arched windows and historic façades, this project reimagines the past through a contemporary lens. It’s a spac... Altro
Notizie • Notizie • 10 feb 2021
10 highlights in the work of Tony Fretton Architects
Tony Fretton Architects, led by British architect Tony Fretton, is an international practice with work ranging from residential renovations to new civic buildings. Threaded through their projects is attention to materiality and careful use of architectural space. The firm emphasizes long-lasting ease of function over grand gestures. Especially skilled at establishing contemporary buildings within historic areas that blend into their surroundings, their portfolio embodies thoughtful architectural considerations and understated elegance. The firm has built an international reputation over decades and garnered numerous awards. Based in London, their work also includes feasibility studies and master planning.
Peter Cook
Templewood A... Altro
Progetto • By E.F-Architects • Alloggio
A house for an architect
Title:House for an architectDesign Team: Deniz Ebrahimi Azar-Yasaman ForoutanClient : Mrs.DehghanLocation:Yazd,Iran. Altro
Progetto • By Raj Karan Designs • Edifici individuali
Flux Farm
The site is a hide away, embraced by the Aravali Range with its greenery punctuated by quarried Rock, Kota village and the ITC golf course.The client being a golf enthusiast and having farming as a hobby, desired to use the place as a weekend getaway from his city life.
Client’s brief was to create a farmhouse which would merge with its surroundings. Finishes were to have minimum required maintenance as the place would be used only once in a week. The vocabulary of the place was identified to resonate with the client’s personality - a symphony of contemporary and rustic.
The site is of 3 acres, zoning of the which has been done in three parts, Main House, Servant Quarters and the Fields.
1.5 acres allocated to the fields and... Altro