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Texas studio Matt Fajkus Architecture has created a two-storey building that features a garage at ground level and a home above, part of which cantilevers over the site.

Designed for a car collector, the Autohaus is situated on a slender property in Austin that totals 10,300 square feet (957-square-metre). Local studio Matt Fajkus Architecture was charged with designing a building that contains both living quarters, and a space for the repair and display of classic cars.

In response, the studio conceived a two-storey building that consists of an asymmetrical gabled volume that sits atop a rectilinear base. A light-filled stairwell provides access between the two levels. In total, the building encompasses 4,088 square feet (380 square metres).

“The design features compact living quarters, expressed as a single mass, floating above an open area for flexible gathering and automobile calibration/display,” the architect said.

Made of concrete, the lower volume has several wood-faced garage doors. The garage features polished concrete flooring and exposed columns and ceiling trusses. The pared-down interior is enlivened by a colourful collection of cars, including models from Porsche, Ferrari, and Alfa Romeo.

The upper portion of the building is wrapped in dark grey metal and large expanses of glass. Protruding seams on the side facades give the walls a textured appearance.

For the street-facing elevation, the team extruded the upper level, which cantilevers 20 feet (six metres) over the site and forms a carport below. The cantilever is supported by structural steel beams.

“The second-floor volume is shifted forward to allow for double-height views to the garage space at the back, while creating an everyday carport beneath the hovering bed chamber in the front,” the team said.

Inside, the one-bedroom dwelling has a fluid and straightforward layout. The master suite connects to an office nook sheathed in wood, and beyond that, an open-plan kitchen and living area. The home features a restrained use of materials and a soft colour palette with black accents.

A rooftop terrace – shaded by a wooden canopy and surrounding trees – provides ample space for relaxing and entertaining.

“Custom-made steel and glass sliding doors open the living space to a large roof terrace surrounded by tree canopies, enabling indoor/outdoor living in an urban setting,” the studio said.

Matt Fajkus Architecture is an Austin-based studio founded in 2010. Other projects by the firm include a low-lying dermatology office with concrete and glass walls, and a spacious family dwelling made of cedar, concrete and stucco.

Photography is by Charles Davis Smith, Perfecto Creative, Casey Woods and MF Architecture.

Project credits:

Architect: Matt Fajkus Architecture
Architecture design team: Matt Fajkus, David Birt, Sarah Wassel, Jooyoung Kim
General contractor: Risinger & Co
Structural engineer: ARCH Consulting Engineers 
First floor walls: Bautex Systems
AV: Smarter Homes
Logistic support: Nitsche Events
Countertops: Caesarstone
Trusses: RedBuilt
Concrete: Bautex Systems
Custom steel doors and windows: Risinger & Co
Kitchen appliances: Bosch
Kitchen and bathroom fixtures: Kohler

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Work has been completed on a 10-storey carbon-neutral apartment complex in London‘s Dalston, which architecture firm Waugh Thistleton claims is the “world’s largest cross-laminated timber building”.

Not only is Dalston Works believed to use more cross-laminated timber (CLT) than any other building in the world, at 33.8 metres tall, it is also among the tallest structures pioneering the use of engineered wood.

The external walls may be clad with brick, but their frames – as well as party walls, floors, ceiling, stairs and a lift core – are all made from just wood and glue. The architects calculated that the resulting structure is five times lighter than if it was made from concrete.

A lighter core meant that the team could build much higher on the site than had previously been thought viable, given its proximity to a planned route for Crossrail – a new railway line spanning London.

Waugh said that the project demonstrated “the future of low carbon construction”.

“Our building offers an exemplar solution to a demand which will only increase: the construction of high density, affordable and environmentally sustainable homes,” he added.

Back in 2015, Andrew Waugh – founder of Waugh Thistleton – said CLT heralded the  “new timber age”, predicting the material would become increasingly popular as architects embraced its practical and aesthetic qualities.

CLT is produced by layering three, five or seven pieces of timber at right angles and gluing them together. The resulting material is highly versatile, lighter than steel or concrete, and less carbon-polluting to produce.

The use of this material means the building will also be carbon negative for the first few years of its use.

The timber frame has 50 per cent less embodied CO2, the amount of energy required to produce and form a material, than a traditional concrete frame. It also locks in 2,600 tonnes of CO2.

“Dalston Works demonstrates the possibilities of engineered, cross-laminated timber as a cost efficient, and desperately necessary, viable alternative to the polluting technologies of concrete and steel,” said Waugh.

In neighbouring Shoreditch another 10-storey building by HawkinsBrown previously laid claim to being “the tallest building to use structural cross-laminated timber in Europe“. At 0.8 metres shorter than Waugh Thistleton’s Dalston Works, the Cube has a hybrid timber structure with steel elements built around a reinforced-concrete core.

Another 10-storey CLT building is planned in Brisbane, Australia. Due to be completed in 2018, 45 metres of the 52-metre tall 5 King Street office block will be made from just CLT.

Like a piece of giant flat-pack furniture, the prefabricated frame of Dalston Works was constructed off site and delivered in pieces before being assembled.

The process took just 374 days to complete, and site deliveries were carefully orchestrated to be kept to a minimum to avoid disruption to the local area.

Dalston works comprises a cluster of buildings between five and ten storeys, with the varying roof heights designed to allow daylight to reach the courtyards below.

The CLT frame has been covered by a brickwork facade, referencing the Edwardian and Victorian architecture of the neighbouring terraces and warehouses

The £24 million mixed-use development from Regal London includes 121 apartments, 1,500-square-metres of restaurant and retail space, and a 3,500-square-metre ‘flexible workspace hub’.

The corner site was formerly occupied by industrial buildings, but with demand for housing and office space in this newly trendy area of north east London at an all time high developers have moved in.

As a build-to-rent scheme, 102 of the apartments are available to rent through Go Native, an ‘aparthotel’ brand that combines boutique hotel elements such as concierge services with long term rental contracts.

The one, two and three bedroom apartments feature interiors designed by Conran and Partners, and are available furnished or unfurnished. A two bedroom apartment is available for around £2,190 per month.

If Dalston Works is evidence that CLT can make prefabricated, sustainable homes available on a macro scale, Tikku concept house demonstrates it can also work on a micro scale.

Finnish architecture firm Casagrande Laboratory demonstrated a house small enough to fit in a single car-parking space, as part of Helsinki Design Week.

In a slightly less urban setting, Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti designed an alpine mountain shelter on the edge of Mount Kanin made from CLT, glass and aluminium, which had to be helicoptered in to place by the Slovenian army.

Photography is by Daniel Shearing.

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When you find yourself running through the airport, late for a flight, like I often am, you do not want your luggage to get caught in any cracks, or do that wobble it does when you’re moving at high speeds. Well if you are like me, or simply want a suitcase that moves as stress-free as you do, you’re in luck. Mojtaba Hosseini has designed the Spherical Wheel Luggage, addressing the problems of performance and durability with existing luggage construction. Spherical Wheel Luggage is more stable, more spacious and supports more weight and pressure than other luggage out on the market. Why should you take my word for it right? Well, Hosseini has picked up quite a few awards, and continues to make strides every day with this great product.

This elegant design isn’t just gorgeous to look at; it glides gorgeously too with its shock-absorbing and anti-vibration mechanisms that are incorporated into the wheels, allowing for smooth motion even on cobblestone ground. And to make these guys any cooler (yes they do get even cooler), the Spherical Wheel Luggage has a piezoelectric generator that generates electricity via induced vibration on cobblestones. This energy is transferred to a power bank located in the luggage which can be removed and used to power your devices on the go. So that last minute rush to the flight desk might just give you a few minutes of extra smartphone juice!

The Spherical Wheel Luggage concept is a winner of the Red Dot as well as the A’ Design Award for the year 2017.

Designer: Mojtaba Hosseini

Le projet « L’Apparition D’un Lointain Si Proche » est la série d’images contemplatives du Maroc par le photographe français Baptiste Ville d’Avray, un pays qu’il a visité depuis 2009 et ou il habite en tant qu’expatrié depuis 2012. Chaque cadre est un récit visuel qui raconte une histoire unique qui captive nos sens et alimente notre imagination. Son style cinématographique est entre la photographie documentaire et la poésie, qu’il utilise pour rendre un bel hommage à ce pays merveilleux.

Son travail est actuellement exposé aux Rencontres Photographiques du 10ème (Paris) et Archifoto (Strasbourg). Suivez-le sur Instagram.