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House Plans Under 100 Square Meters: 30 Useful Examples

José Tomás Franco — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 07:30:00 +0000

The challenge of designing a house with a tight budget and space constraints, together with the essential duty of responding correctly to the requirements of the user, is sometimes one of the most challenging and motivating tasks an architect can face. How can you take advantage of space most effectively? How can you avoid wasted material? How do you anticipate the possible future expansion of the house? And how do you develop a simple design that also delivers value to its inhabitants?

To help you in this process, we scoured our projects archives to select 30 houses that provide interesting architectural solutions despite measuring less than 100 square meters.

Croft 3 Community Dining Hall / fardaa

Paula Pintos — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 17:00:00 +0000

A ruined basalt barn has been creatively repurposed as a dining hall and restaurant by London-based fardaa, providing a valued community resource for a coastal community. Croft 3 marks the first completed project by fardaa and embodies the studio’s approach to place, the economy of means, and social and environmental responsibility.

The Larch House and Studio / Rural Design

Luciana Pejić — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 03:00:00 +0000

The story of this family home in Fiscavaig begins with our nearby project “The Hen House” which our clients had visited and were subsequently inspired to do something similar for themselves. The Hen House project was designed by Rural Design and completed in 2010. It was one of the first contemporary projects on the Isle of Skye to use innovative forms beyond the classic, pitched roof vernacular. In particular the use of a simple mono-pitch form.

How to Design Functional and Multipurpose Kitchen Islands

Lilly Cao — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 04:00:00 +0000

Islands are an essential part of any larger kitchen layout, increasing counter space, storage space, and eating space as well as offering a visual focal point for the kitchen area. Serving a variety of functions, they can be designed in a variety of different ways, with some incorporating stools or chairs, sinks, drawers, or even dishwashers and microwaves. To determine which elements to include and how to arrange them, designers must determine the main purpose or focus of the island. Will it primarily serve as a breakfast bar, a space to entertain guests, an extension of the kitchen, or as something else? And with this function in mind, how should it enhance the kitchen workflow vis-à-vis the rest of the area? These considerations, combined with basic accessibility requirements, necessitate that the design of the island be carefully thought out. Below, we enumerate some of the essential factors of kitchen island design.

The Flax Mill House / T.A.P.

Andreas Luco — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 21:00:00 +0000

1. What were the inspirations and key concepts for the development of the project? This is a house for a couple who have farmed on the banks of Loch Tummel for many years. They purchased a narrow plot closely bounded by river and road and occupied by a ruined building, previously a flax mill. Both ourselves and the client wanted to avoid the demolition of the mill walls as far as possible and to build in and around them.

Recycling Brick Constructions in the UK: 14 Building Restorations and Extensions

Paula Pintos — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 11:00:00 +0000

The use of brick plays a very important role in the architectural history of the United Kingdom. Construction techniques that involve brick and stone have been in constant progress. In fact, brick production improved over time, making the material the most popular one in the construction industry. From the 18th century onwards, brickwork was predominantly used in domestic and industrial architecture, but later on, it was introduced to the structure of warehouses and factories, as well as other various forms of infrastructure.

Beat Guhl: "We Allow Architects to Build Fluid, Uninterrupted, and Digitized Spaces"

David Basulto — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 04:30:00 +0000

We spoke with Beat Guhl, CEO of Sky-Frame, during the Swiss Bau fair – one of the largest events in the materials industry. Sky-Frame produces frameless sliding window systems; vital components to achieve an effective and efficient transparency in architectural projects. The company is constantly pushing for technical innovation and works closely with architects to help achieve fluid spatial concepts.

Maidenhill Primary School & Nursery / BDP

Valeria Silva — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 04:00:00 +0000

The project forms part of the new Maidenhill development at Newton Mearns, southwest of Glasgow. A completely new neighbourhood, comprising more than 800 homes, is being created with the new two stream primary school and early years facility sitting at the heart of the masterplan.

Edinburgh Pavilion / Archer + Braun

Paula Pintos — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 02:00:00 +0000

Edinburgh Pavilion is the full internal refurbishment and large contemporary extension of a Grade B listed Victorian villa in a Conservation Area in central Edinburgh. The existing property consists of a series of grand rooms with significant decorative features, arranged in a formal manner reflective of the time in which it was built.

Faith Schools’ Joint Campus / BDP

Daniel Tapia — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 05:00:00 +0000

Located to the Southwest of Glasgow the Faith Schools’ Joint Campus is the first known shared Catholic and Jewish faith campus in Europe with an associated non-denominational nursery. The given brief asked the Architect to create a primary school which respects and nurtures young people’s individual religious faiths whilst delivering inspiring spaces for learning, teaching, and social integration. A series of extensive consultation and interactive engagement with Pupils, Staff, Parents, Education and Faith Leaders was paramount in understanding concerns, challenging convention and establishing a shared vision. This resulted in an innovative shared hub at the heart of the new campus - strategically located between denominational zones.

James Macdonald Wright and Niall Maxwell's Caring Wood Wins 2017 RIBA House of the Year

Patrick Lynch — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:00:00 +0000

James Macdonald Wright and Niall Maxwell’s reimagining of the English country house, “Caring Wood,” has been selected as the 2017 RIBA House of the Year, bestowed annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) to the “best new house or house extension designed by an architect in the UK.”

Tinhouse / Rural Design

Florencia Mena — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 08:00:00 +0000

Tinhouse by Rural Design, is located on the northwestern tip of the Isle of Skye, on a steeply sloping site overlooking The Minch, the body of water separating the Inner and Outer Hebrides.

RIBA Announces 46 Winners for 2016 National Awards

Sabrina Santos — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 19:01:00 +0000

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the winners of the 2016 RIBA National Awards. The shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best building of the year will be drawn from these 46 award-winning buildings.

Technology and Innovation Centre / BDP

Cristian Aguilar — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:00:00 +0000

The Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC) for the University of Strathclyde is an eight storey collaborative research and conference centre in the heart of Glasgow. The building provides specialist laboratories, research spaces and collaborative meeting spaces for around 900 staff. Additionally the building provides conference facilities and meeting rooms, including a 450 and 150 seat auditorium.

House in Elie / WT Architecture

Cristian Aguilar — Sat, 16 May 2015 05:00:07 +0000

This new beach-side house replaces a 1970’s bungalow with a house that engages with its dramatic coastal location and aims to enable its occupants to luxuriate in the special views over the Firth of Forth. The building form is broken in to parts to tie it in with the scale and massing of its vernacular neighbours, with a range of living space with a horizontal sedum- covered roof tying the parts together.

Shortlist Announced For 2015 RIBA North West Awards

James Taylor-Foster — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 04:00:50 +0000

A total of 15 projects have been shortlisted for RIBA North West 2015 Awards, featuring buildings by John McAslan + Partners, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, MUMA and Carmody Groake. All shortlisted buildings will now be assessed by a regional jury. Regional winners will then be considered for a RIBA National Award in recognition of their architectural excellence, the results of which will place some projects in the running for the 2015 RIBA Stirling Prize. The 2014 RIBA Stirling Prize was won by Haworth Tompkins for the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, a project which was shortlisted by this branch of the RIBA. Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios' Manchester School of Art also made it to the national finals.

St John Bosco Art College / BDP

Karen Valenzuela — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 01:00:00 +0000

St John Bosco Arts College is a new build secondary 1,100 place Catholic girls’ school in Croxteth, Liverpool.

Haworth Tompkins' Everyman Theatre Wins the 2014 RIBA Stirling Prize

Rory Stott — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Haworth Tompkins' Everyman Theatre has won the RIBA Stirling Prize for 2014, beating competition from Zaha Hadid, Renzo Piano, Mecanoo, O'Donnell + Tuomey and Feilden Clegg Bradley. The result was announced last night by RIBA President Stephen Hodder at an event held at the RIBA's Headquarter's in London, with Hodder saying that "Haworth Tompkins have struck the perfect balance between continuity and change" and calling the scheme "a ground-breaking example of how to build a daring, bold and highly sustainable large public building in a historic city centre."