Breeze Blocks House by Tamara Wibowo Architects
The Breeze Blocks House is located at the furthest edge of a matured residential neighborhood in a hilly area of Semarang, Indonesia.
The Breeze Blocks House is located at the furthest edge of a matured residential neighborhood in a hilly area of Semarang, Indonesia.
The design process was complicated by the non-compliance of the existing building with Toronto Laneway Suite by-laws. Creative Union had to come up with innovative ways to design the new interior
An 80m2 house with a chamfered layout and whose main objective is to squeeze every inch of an initially segmented and dark house into a new, spacious, cosy and bright one.
We proceeded to convert their one-bedroom into a studio that maximized the light and views, with defined entry, living/dining space, galley kitchen, office and bedroom niches, bathroom, and shoe closet.
“Loft” resonates in our imagination as one of these words, and we couldn’t have been more thrilled when we were given an opportunity to work on merging two lofts to create one dramatic, magnificent, quintessentially West Village Loft.
As a starting point, the architect created a central wall, white and reflective, leading from the entrance, where it almost immediately turns a 90°corner and continues along the entire length of the apartment’s long axis.
At Austin Maynard Architects, we typically throw a lot of playful ideas for our clients to pick from but at Union House we’d met our match.
Bankside Lofts, opposite the iconic Tate Modern building, was one of the first projects developed by the Manhattan Loft Corporation.