Tiny House Bits the Right Note with Built-in Music Studio

Tiny House Bits the Right Note with Built-in Music Studio

Brief The latest tiny house by French firm Baluchon serves as residence and workspace to a composer, with the firm managing to squeeze a mini music studio into its living room. The home also boasts an upstairs balcony, which is a rarity in a tiny house.   Insight...
Concrete Home in Ecuador Features Double Facade

Concrete Home in Ecuador Features Double Facade

Brief  Orense Arquitectos, based in Ecuador, has designed a concrete house on an island with an entrance composed of two layers. “The double facade absorbs you and achieves its protective function of blocking direct solar light and exterior distractions,”...
Architects Design Asymmetrical Concrete House

Architects Design Asymmetrical Concrete House

Brief Graux & Baeyens Architecten has designed a concrete home with asymmetrical canopies alongside a canal in Belgium. “While the concrete construction is no less imposing than the ships that slowly pass by on the canal, the openings give the whole a human...
Concrete with Recycled Materials Performs Well

Concrete with Recycled Materials Performs Well

Brief  Researchers in Italy say they have improved the performance of concrete by replacing 5% of the cement with recycled concrete powder. They also found concrete with 75% recycled materials also displayed good mechanical performance, durability and water...
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