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TrendHome: Spa House [Cape Town]
The Spa House designed by Metropolis Design in Cape Town, South Africa, is set on the mountainside on the urban edge of Hout Bay, overlooking the bay and harbour, and surrounded by weathered sandstone formations. The primary design intention was to integrate the building with the powerful landscape and to derive its poetics from the [...]

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Josef Schulz’s Architecture Photography
Awhile back we featured Josep Schulz’s “Sign Out” series, here is a selection of works from his “sachliches” and “formen” groups of work. In these works he photographs actual industrial architecture and edits/manipulates in order to place these buildings in a green field, to remove entrances, windows, or lettering on the factory workshops, and also [...]

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21st Century Oasis by Sou Fujimoto Architects
A huge redevelopment of Taichung City in Taiwan is underway in order to create a “Gateway City” where an abandoned former airport block lies. The competition to take on the development ended on November 11th and the winner is Sou Fujimoto Architects in collaboration with Taiwanese firm Fei & Cheng associates with their ’21st century [...]

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Japanese Flatiron by Eastern Design Office
Built by architecture studio Eastern Design Office, this Japanese Flatiron inspired building is located in the district of Youkaichi in Shiga Prefecture. A triangular residential complex of 13 meters height with 7 apartments each composed of a living room of 13 m2, two bed rooms with 13 m2 and 9m2, a prefabricated bathroom, a kitchen system [...]

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TrendOffice: No Picnic [Stockholm]
Swedish design consultant agency No Picnic recently introduced their stunning new office built in a 19th Century building in central Stockholm. Designed by Swedish architect duo Elding Oscarson. My favorite part is the trompe l’oeil meeting room area divided in two by

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TrendHome : Residential Church, Netherlands
In today’s TrendHome we bring you a Holy Gem! The former Saint Jakobus Church, a municipal monument, located in Utrecht, Netherlands is not what it appears to be from its exterior facade. Originally built in 1870 the church holds a lot of historical value. The current owners hired renowned Utrecht-based firm of ZECC Architects to [...]

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TrendHome: Nakahouse [Hollywood Hills]
TrendHome today is Nakahouse, located high in the Hollywood Hills, just below the Hollywood sign. Designed by LA based firm XTEN Architecture, the abstract remodel of a 1960′s hillside home was completely reconfigured, and the exterior was opened up to the hillside views and the natural beauty of the surroundings.
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