photo by Traditional Building Magazine As the summer of 2000 wound to an end, the Lycee Francaise de New York made a decision. It wo...
Read about the book Cities Alive: Jane Jacobs, Christopher Alexander, and the Roots of the New Urban Renaissance, by Michael W. Mehaffy, reviewed by Emily O'Brien.
photo by Traditional Building Magazine As the summer of 2000 wound to an end, the Lycee Francaise de New York made a decision. It wo...
photo by Traditional Building Magazine As the summer of 2000 wound to an end, the Lycee Francaise de New York made a decision. It wo...
Arquitectura para gente comum
The weeHouse exteriors are clad in corrugated Cor-Ten, but with a custom pattern of folds to create an organic randomness. The foundations were designed with a shallow recess around the top to make the modules look like they’re hovering.
Located on the unspoiled and rocky coast of Sweden, this Archipelago summer house is a modernized holiday home embracing all aspects of family life. Harmoniously embodying chaos and order, nature is a constant inspiration to humankind and will survive long after our extinction. Therefore nature shou
No matter your decor style, we have ideas that teach you how to use furniture, color, and decor to your advantage for whatever theme you're going for.
Image 8 of 15 from gallery of Haus am Stürcherwald / Bernardo Bader Architekten. Photograph by Gustav Willeit Guworld
Architect Gil Schafer is beloved for his warm classic-contemporary style. Gil shares with Cabana his dream (and nightmare) interiors, how a sudden revelation changed the path of his career, and why he's never let introversion hold him back.
“Everything is architecture“, Hans Hollein announced in the 1968 (1/2) edition of the “Bau“ journal. As correctly explained by Ethel Baraona, he was not simply making an autobiographical statement, but a manifesto for a whole new generation of architects, designers and thinkers of the 60's and...
Le photographe britannique James Kerwin, grand amateur de lieux abandonnés, dévoile sa dernière série de clichés Lebanon Falling. Un voyage dans l'âge d'or du Liban, entre palais et maisons à l'architecture ottomane traditionnelle.
The year 1971 was a turbulent time on college campuses all across America. Newscasts were full of antiwar protests, civil-rights marches, and sit-ins with loudspeakers blaring the words of Bob Dylan’s eclectic poetry and the songs of screamin’, whiskey-voiced Janis Joplin. As a student at a small college in South Dakota, I desperately needed a challenge...
Beyrouth regorge de palais et de bâtiments désertés.
Located on the unspoiled and rocky coast of Sweden, this Archipelago summer house is a modernized holiday home embracing all aspects of family life. Harmoniously embodying chaos and order, nature is a constant inspiration to humankind and will survive long after our extinction. Therefore nature shou
This small solar-powered hideaway in British Columbia mirrors the natural incline of the cliff on which it sits.
accommodating a new studio and exhibition space, the renovation project seeks to maintain the original aesthetic and identity of the timber structure by using traditional building methods.
The bouillon has been an institution in Paris since the 19th century – learn more, and see a few of our favorites, here!
The world's most beautiful buildings have been uncovered in a new study, with London's St. Paul's Cathedral scooping the top spot.
Här möts japansk minimalism med den inte helt obesläktade skandinaviska designen.
In the May issue of Traditional Home magazine, we have a nice spread on a Tudor estate we worked on that’s located in Salt Lake City. We designed extensive renovations and additions to this romantic house but one element on this historic estate consistently captures the hearts of visitors. Nestled …
Unceded, Canada's contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale is an exhibit that has no precedent - the coming together of first nations firms from across Turtle Island in an exploration of Indigenous architecture.
A new cottage with plenty of communal space helps this multi-generational family continue their Finnish cottaging traditions.
Le sculpteur Tach Pollard travaille avec du bois d'aubépine issu de sources durables pour réaliser ses sculptures de personnages mythologiques. Après
In Anlehnung an normannische Bautraditionen erschaffen Lemoal Lemoal Architectes einen modernen minimalistischen Pavillon im Stil eines Fachwerkhauses.
Partisans build a sauna on a lake in Ontario
Traditional Building’s 2019 Palladio Award winners announced.
Le photographe britannique James Kerwin, grand amateur de lieux abandonnés, dévoile sa dernière série de clichés Lebanon Falling. Un voyage dans l'âge d'or du Liban, entre palais et maisons à l'architecture ottomane traditionnelle.
Discover the future of housing with our innovative prefab house design. Explore Dimensions X, a prefab house situated in the Krinklewood vineyard in NSW.
In Architecture: Adaptive Re-use, this stunning building in Qinglongwu, China, by Atelier tao+c exemplifies how to combine functions – and eras.
What is a visit to Valencia without a day at the beach, right? Besides the sand, the sea and the sun, Valencia’s beach strip is also a true historical gem. The quarter adjacent to the coast i…
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Cet hébergement galicien reprend l'héritage des forts celtiques au cœur d'une forêt d'eucalyptus, dans une optique de durabilité et de respect de la nature environnante.
The project consists of the renovation and partial transformation of a workshop in an alpine region. The owner, a sculptor and artist, wanted to rethink the...
From a cosy traditional guesthouse to a striking mountaintop retreat, these are the South Tyrol luxury hotels to make tracks to.
Bell towers - of all styles and sizes - are a defining characteristic of most Italian towns and villages, as we pointed out in this feature about the history of Italy's campanili. Some of them are world famous, like Giotto's Campanile in Florence or St. Mark's Campanile in Venice; others are not as well-known, but just as beautiful! From north to south, check out this slideshow of Italy's charming bell towers.
Olaf Unverzart
