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‘Forest’ Apartment With Concrete Pillars And A Pool

In the historic center of Quito, Ecuador, Aquiles Jarrín has transformed a formerly compartmentalized residence into an airy and plant-filled home. By stripping back the walls of the existing 1970s apartment, the project reveals ‘a forest’ of beautifully unpolished concrete columns and a permeable living space. The owners of the apartment sought to break down...

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Low-Lying Concrete House In The Mojave Desert

The Arroyo House is located just outside Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert. It’s a low-lying concrete residence wrapped in weathering steel, for an active couple who hope to remain in the desert home as they age. The 3,875-square-foot (360-square-metre) dwelling was built on a sloped site near a natural wash, called an arroyo, that’s...

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20th Century Edwardian Home With A Concrete Extension

Keeping up street-side appearances, an Australian artist’s home branches out with a modern extension. Her husband and she purchased a tumbledown turn-of-the-20th-century Edwardian, and asked Nest Architects to plan a remediation that would retain as much of the home’s original appeal as possible. The architects overhauled the rear of the residence with an open addition...

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Modern Concrete House Puntured With Square Windows

In northern Switzerland, Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architetti has designed a bold three-storey dwelling in a residential area of Füllinsdorf. The cuboid home, which replaces a previous property on the same plot, features an elegant washed concrete façade with an array of square openings in a variety of different sizes. The residence is positioned at...

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36 Modern And Chic Concrete Home Décor Ideas

Concrete as a building and décor material has already conquered the whole world, it’s budget-friendly, simple to install and looks sleek and modern. Concrete is widely used for lots of décor styles and for different things, from walls and floors to furniture and accessories, and many of these things can be DIYed, which is another...

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31 Concrete Flooring Ideas With Pros And Cons

Looking for new floors? Today we are sharing one more idea, these are concrete floors. As with all flooring materials polished concrete has a variety of benefits that have made it an extremely popular flooring choice for commercial and manufacturing facilities, processing plants, shop and production floors, communal areas in these facilities, as well as...

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Indian House With An Extensive Use Of Concrete And Reclaimed Wood

This beautiful space in the seaside village of La Dune is the eco-friendly weekend retreat Niels and his wife Malavika Shivakumar designed for themselves and their children, a respite from the noise of city life in Pondicherry, South India. The house is modern and chic: there’s a lot of concrete used both inside and outside;...

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Concrete Furniture With Pockets For Living Plants

Set in a field amongst crop circles and paths, the setting highlights the new and modern aesthetic presented in this amazing collection of indoor and outdoor furniture by Opiary. Even from a distance its easy to see the unique aspects like the voids or the soft and subtle plantings within the various incorporated planting pockets...

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Super Modern and Sleek Wine Rack With Concrete Base and Stainless Steel Top

The Barossa wine rack, designed by Peter Harrison, is one of those interior design pieces that everybody who is interested in modern and sleek design would like. It’s a balance between sculpture and function. Designed to fit 12 bottles of wine it has a very small footprint. That is possible thanks to concrete base that...

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Sustainable And Sophisticated 1960s Home Renovation

Architectural practice Archisbang renovated a 1960s residential building’, this bland, non-descript housing block has been transformed into a contemporary residence of minimalist sophistication and sculptural rigor. The first decision made was to strip the three-floor building down to its elemental cubic volume. Structural reinforcement and energy-saving insulation now further emphasize the structure’s cube-like massing by...

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