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Project • By FACE | Büro Florian Schätz • Pavilions
A Garden Pavilion
Can concrete appear as thin as paper and defy gravity?A cantilevered, ultra-thin concrete roof challenges gravity—not as an artificially generated image that ignores physical laws, but as a real built structure in an ordinary garden. With this 53-square-meter garden pavilion, FACE and DUCON bring ultra-high-performance concrete from the lab into practice, allowing it to float delicately. An 11 by 5 meter, just 90 millimeter thick roof slab hovers over a long table with an integrated fire pit. Along the line of maximum bending moment, a circular oculus frames the sky—and on clear nights, outlines Orion's Belt. The span is vast, the gesture minimal, the message clear: Concrete can be lightweight. White steel cantilevers lift the s... More
Project • By AR Design Studio • Private Houses
Meadow View
Meadow View is an exceptional extension and refurbishment in a scenic village of Leicestershire, completed by award-winning Winchester based architects AR Design Studio.
Martin Gardner
The clients desired a contemporary new build but lacked the budget for a full replacement. ARs approach therefore was to transform the rather unattractive house into what appears to be a new contemporary home without the expense of starting from scratch. Identifying what was useful to keep and what had to go in order to create the modern aesthetic and to keep on budget was the key to a successful outcome.
Martin Gardner
Perfectly positioned on its site, Meadow View implements innovative and cost-effective solutions to take full adv... More