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Sandton Residence Nico van der Meulen Architects Project Details Project Name Sandton Residence Location Sandton , SOUTH AFRICA Project Types Multifamily Project Scope Interiors , New Construction Year Completed 2022 Shared by Nico van der Meulen , Nico van der Meulen Architects Project Status Built Project Description This new 1400 sq.m. 3 storey residence located on a fairly sloped 4100 sq.m. site overlooks Johannesburg East. The design was conceptualised as stacked and intersecting perforated ‘boxes’, which rest on top of each other and intersecting monolithic concrete clad walls. The architectural material palette reflects this monolithic language through the use of...

Oyamadai House View all images (14) Project Details Project Name Oyamadai House Location Oyamadai Setagaya-Ku Tokyo , JAPAN Project Types Single Family Project Scope New Construction Size 110 sq. meters Year Completed 2016 Shared by will galloway , frontofficetokyo Team Will Galloway, director Koen Klinkers, director Misuzu Yoshikawa, architect Consultants Structural Engineer: Low Fat Structure Project Status Built Style Modern Project Description With a flag shaped site, bound on every side by close neighbours, the understandable instinct might be to step away from the city, retreat behind walls where privacy is better assured. The family that purchased the site saw...

Torres Bioparque Serrano Monjaraz Arquitectos View all images (23) Project Details Project Name Torres Bioparque Location Mexico City , MEXICO Architect Serrano Monjaraz Arquitectos Project Types Multifamily , Office Project Scope New Construction Size 22,235 sq. meters Year Completed 2020 Shared by Madeleine D'Angelo Project Status Built Style Modern Project Description FROM THE ARCHITECTS: At the edge of Mexico City's west area, a lot —on the brink of a very well located light industrial area— is recycled into a mixed used building formed by 2 housing towers and one for offices, with a retail space on the ground floor. Three...

Connected city streets mean healthier residents and communities Authors Chris Barrington-Leigh Associate professor, Health and Social Policy and the School of Environment, McGill University Adam Millard-Ball Associate professor, Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, cities around the world are rediscovering the value of walkable and bikeable streets. From Oakland, Calif., to Amman, Jordan, cities have restricted driving on certain streets in order to create space for socially distanced physical activity. Other cities, like Bogotá and Berlin, have scrambled to convert car and parking lanes into bike lanes in response to the precipitous drop...

Mental blocks: how better design of acute mental health units could aid recovery Authors Gabrielle Jenkin Director Suicide and Mental Health Research Group University of Otago Wellington, University of Otago Elizabeth Kathleen Morton Student researcher in mental health and neuroscience, King's College London Jacqueline McIntosh Senior Lecturer in Architecture, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington It is a niche kind of membership that lets you in behind the doors of an acute mental health facility. Unless you work there or are admitted as an inpatient, these publicly funded private spaces that house people at their most vulnerable are really...