Tokyo is the setting for the NOIE co-operative housing development of eleven concrete and steel homes packed into a brownfield site that is superficially unprepossessing, yet which offers residents light, space, individuality and, if they choose it, communality too.
This is the extraordinary new residence created by long-established German architects nps tchoban voss for a local client. The design might at first seem brutal, yet in its detail this is a home that delights.
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El Papagayo Restaurant Cordoba by Ernesto Bedmar
We're not sure what the record is for the world's narrowest restaurant. At just eight feet, El Papagayo Restaurant Cordoba in central Argentina, must be a contender.
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Margot House Barcelona Hotel
While Margot House - its name doesn't include anything as crass as the word "hotel" - is in the heart of the busy Eixample neighbourhood, it doesn't exactly shout about its presence, and that's partly because of its compact size.
The Kew House Fuses Modernism and Architectual Heritage
Kew House, London's Kew Green area, adjacent to Kew Gardens, is a difficult place for a new-build home. There's the bureaucratic tangle of constructing in a conservation area to negotiate, along with working alongside the fine architecture of surrounding residential stock.
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House in Vale de Margem by Marlene Uldschmidt Architects
In this environmentally protected rural district of the Algarve, local architects Ultramarino / Marlene Uldschmidt opted for a sleek contemporary design that's conceived to be "balanced harmoniously".
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Oak Knoll Residence by Jorgensen Design
Modern architecture seems archetypal to vertical construction, yet the studio at Jorgensen Design prove to defy trends; constructing a contemporary home entirely on the base of the Valley floor.
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Villa Melana by Valia Foufa and Panagiotis Papassotiriou
Villa Melana is the work of architects Valia Foufa and Panagiotis Papassotiriou and is set on on a steep cliff. Athens Architecture, Greek Architecture
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Courtyard House by Kouichi Kimura Architects
The Courtyard House by Japaneseja firm FORM / Kouichi Kimura Architects, uses a minimal palette of white and raw concrete to fashion a U-shaped residence
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Antwerp Town House by Sculp(IT)
A newly-renovated townhouse in Antwerp marries the old city with the new in one very successful project from Sculp(IT) architects, Antwerp architecture
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The Outstanding Cast Iron Turntable by Fern & Roby
If you'd like something more bespoke to play your treasured collection on, may we recommend the new turntable by artisanal sound specialists Fern & Roby.
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