Architecture

Black wood and glass volumes stagger down Oregon woodland to form Royal house US architecture firm William Kaven Architecture has stepped a black house with expansive balconies down a wooded ground to overlook an Oregon forest. Two stacked rectangular volumes clad with black siding by Aspyre and large windows comprise the geometric 4,352-square-foot (404.3-square-metre) house, which is set on a concrete foundation. The house called Royal is situated on one of nine plots owned by the local studio and its partners that extend into Forest Park, an urban forest with hiking trails, near downtown Portland. "Royal is the first of...

Schemata Architects designs tiny Nakamata sweet shop in Maebashi Tokyo studio Schemata Architects has designed a confectionery store in Maebashi, Japan, with a courtyard to help open up and revive a shopping street that was on the decline. The Nakamata sweet shop is located on a once-busy street that was at risk of becoming a so-called "shutter street" – a street in Japan where most of the stores have been closed up. Above: the store sells traditional Japanese sweets. Top image: it is located in Maebashi To combat the decline of the street, the Maebashi Machinaka Agency was founded in...

Thomas Randall-Page transforms Devon barn into light-filled artist's studio Architect Thomas Randall-Page has renovated and updated an agricultural barn in Devon, England, to create a studio and archive space for his father, the sculptor Peter Randall-Page. Peter Randall-Page purchased the barn in 2011 and commissioned his son Thomas's studio to oversee its conversion into a storage space and archive for his work, which includes stone sculptures, drawings and prints inspired by the geometric forms found in nature. The building, named Art Barn, is located in the countryside on the edge of the Dartmoor National Park. The project brief called for...

The Urban Quartz Office Towers Emerge as Crystalized Cliffs in Rennes Hamonic + Masson & Associés helps rejuvenate the regional capital with a multimodal complex that meets a growing demand for flexible workplaces. Reflecting on the shape of crystals, Hamonic + Masson & Associés designed the Urban Quartz office towers to meet the growing demand for flexible workspaces in Rennes, France. Courtesy Takuji Shimmura As major train stations across Europe modernize, so do the post-industrial fringe areas that surround them. Dilapidated warehouses have made way for sleek high-rise office towers that provide these ancient citadels with much-needed square meterage and...

Detroit Ground Breaking For The New Flex-N-Gate Manufacturing Facility Perhaps a sign of a comeback for Detroit-based manufacturing, Flex-N-Gate, an automotive parts supplier, recently broke ground on a new production facility on the city’s east side. The new $95 million assembly plant represents the largest automotive investment in the area in more than two decades. Image Source: Curbed Detroit Manufacturing For Ford, Jobs For Detroit Due to open in 2018, the Flex-N-Gate assembly plant is expected to create between 400 and 700 new jobs within three years of its opening and up to 750 jobs when operating at full capacity....