Laneway House / Subtract Architecture

Laneway House is a split-level renovation and extension to a Victorian terrace house located in Melbourne’s inner south. The design responds to the complexities of a constrained site and explores the use of simple and considered architectural gestures to transform the original heritage-listed dwelling into a spacious, robust and contemporary home.

Heartwood Residence / William / Kaven Architecture

The Heartwood Residence sits on the east bank of the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. Offering a sweeping panorama of the river and its wildlife, the home overlooks boat docks, freight barges, and an early 20th-century railroad bridge, recalling the city’s industrial roots.

Reid Building Glasgow School of Art / Steven Holl Architects

The Reid Building is in complementary contrast to Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s 1909 Glasgow School of Art – forging a symbiotic relation in which each structure heightens the integral qualities of the other. Thin translucent materiality in considered contrast to the masonry of the Mackintosh building – volumes of light that express the school’s activity in the urban fabric embodying a forward-looking life for the arts. Working simultaneously from the inside out – engaging the functional needs and psychological desires of the program – and the outside in – making connections to the city campus and relating to the Mackintosh building opposite – the design embodies the school’s aspirations in the city’s fabric.

Istanbul Planning Agency Public Hall / SO? Architecture and Ideas

Private Swimming Pool becomes Public Hall - Florya City Forest, which was opened in the early 40s, had been partially occupied by the previous mayors of the districts of Istanbul for private residential use. When the new mayor of Istanbul was elected in 2019, he promised to transform the whole area into a public campus by removing the private residences of bureaucrats and re-functioning the existing buildings with public programs. The private villas became the communal working spaces for the public institutes of the municipality, named İstanbul Planning Agency (IPA). But when it comes to the swimming pool, formerly constructed as a private recreational area for the residential units, the best choice seemed to demolish it since it would not be efficient and sustainable to use it as a public pool.

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