Tag: evoke
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Polysmiths refurbishes Walden basement flat to evoke woodland cabin
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Architecture studio Polysmiths has redesigned a basement apartment in north London to feel like a “cabin in the woods”, surrounding its sunken living area with lush planting. Named Walden after the novel by naturalist Henry David Thoreau, the apartment in Tufnell Park required refurbishing after being left vacant and damaged due to flash flooding. Polysmiths…
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Morris Adjmi designs Grand Mulberry building to evoke historic New York
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US architect Morris Adjmi took cues from tenements that once housed Italian immigrants to create a new mixed-use building with a decorative brickwork facade. Rising seven storeys, Grand Mulberry is located on a storied site in Manhattan‘s Little Italy neighborhood. The seven-storey building was informed by New York tenements To design the new building, architect…
