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Architecture studio Pricegore has renovated a modernist townhouse in Chelsea, London, reconfiguring the four-storey house into a contemporary three-bedroom home.

Pricegore aimed to revamp the existing home by creating generous and flexible living spaces, while respecting the building’s brutalist ideals with exposed material finishes.

While investigating the site’s history, the studio discovered the deep foundations of former Victorian homes below the current townhouse structure. The excavation resulted in a partially subterranean ground floor designed to recall Brazilian mid-century modernist homes by expressing concrete retaining walls, kitchen worktops and window sills.

Both the ground floor and first floor living room were finished with floor to ceiling glazed partitions overlooking a green threshold of tall grasses and plants.

“[The foundations] meant we could easily excavate to recreate the old split-level character of the Victorian ground floor and in doing so create a kitchen and living space with high ceilings,” Pricegore director Dingle Price told Dezeen.

“We sought to maximise connections to nature with a very densely planted garden that has a strong presence in the lower ground floor living space, whilst the upper floor living room looks out onto a green roof.”

Every bedroom was configured with views of surrounding canopy trees, including the matching pair of second floor bedrooms and the open-plan main suite on the third floor.

Pricegore prioritised texture and tone in their material selection. It opted for neutral, soft-coloured fixtures to sit against the off-white walls, reclaimed timber and cement floor finishes.

Existing concrete slab soffits were revealed and lime-washed, while concrete beams were sand-blasted to create a raw and gritty appearance.

“The new works take their momentum from the existing building,” Price said. “There is no contrast, either internally or externally, between the old and the new.”

Proportions of windows were subtly altered with dividing columns and by lowering sills. Slender aluminium window profiles were also chosen to recall the original 1960s frames.

“When working with an existing structure, our ambition is almost always to amplify the inherent qualities of the original architecture,” Price said.

An automated skylight was introduced over the stairway to draw natural light to the interior and to create a passive cooling effect for summer.

“We admired the rational design of this brutalist terrace and its formal expression… [but] it needed total renovation in terms of thermal performance and energy efficiency,” Price explained.

“We think of the project as a collaboration with the original architects,” he continued .

“We hope [they] would appreciate the project, that they would see that we have tried to tailor their speculative housing design of the 60s to the specific requirements of a contemporary family.”

Pricegore is a London-based architecture practice founded by Dingle Price and Alex Gore in 2013. The studio has previously collaborated with designer Yinka Ilori to create a multicoloured pavilion for the London Festival of Architecture and completed a yellow-framed extension for an artist in east London.

The photography is by Johan Dehlin

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Promotion: Romanian stone brand Piatraonline has launched Raw, a collection of natural stone tiles that “uncovers the material’s wild and rugged character”.

Piatraonline’s collection contains more than 100 textures and is derived from handpicked granite and marble.

The stone tiles can be used for both floors and walls and come in a number of colours, including rust, black, grey and green.

Raw aims to showcase the natural beauty of stone while adding a sense of “elegance and warmth” to a room, the brand said.

“Extraordinary projects cannot come to life with ordinary materials,” Piatraonline managing partner Mariana-Bradescu Constantinescu said. “With Raw, nature’s inaccessible beauty is unearthed.”

“Using state-of-the-art technology, the stone surface is finished to reveal the full depths of its character.”

According to Piatraonline, the stone in its Raw range is ideal for high-traffic areas such as the walls and floors of bathrooms and kitchens and is durable to wear and tear.

It can also be used for hotel facades or large-scale installations and can be cut into custom shapes and sizes.

“Raw is an exclusive collection created to fuel the creativity of designers and architects when it comes to custom projects, whether they are big and bold, like a hotel facade or small and unique, like a statement installation created for an unconventional concept store,” said Piatraonline.

The brand says that Raw gains its texture from a high-processing technique, which involves etching graphic patterns onto the surface of granite or marble to create “mesmerising textures”.

The technique also allows the brand to create thin slabs, which ensures the product is easy to install.

“The Raw collection embodies a new side of stone that is at the same time rough and refined,” said Constantinescu. “Stone has been finished to look unfinished. Rough around the edges, but chiselled to perfection.”

“A paradox that becomes the centrepiece of a wide range of design projects,” the studio continued. “Unlike classic, perfectly polished, high-gloss finishes, the force, boldness and ruggedness of the Raw collection convey a contemporary look to any interior design project.”

The collection is held at a gallery within the Piatraonline showroom in Bucharest, Romania, which can be visited on request.

To view more about the collection or to order products or samples visit Piatraonline’s website.

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Never before has it been easier to create things at home thanks to 3D printers, but we’ve barely scratched the surface of what’s possible. There are still some limitations, especially for desktop 3D printers, dictated by economies of space or price. Something that may sound as basic as 3D printing objects with multiple colors turns out to be quite a chore because most of these printers are designed to handle a single filament at a time. Most of the time, you’re forced to print different colors as separate pieces and then just assemble them after the fact, a process that takes more time than necessary and is prone to error. You could buy a larger, more expensive multi-filament 3D printer, or you can upgrade your trusty machine with this revolutionary module set that makes printing different colors or materials at the same time easy as pie.

Designer: Huseyin Ozen of Co Print

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Commercial 3D printers, especially the most popular FDM or Fused Deposit Modeling kind, are designed to be quick, efficient, and easy to use. Given the parts and processes involved, that means limiting the printer head to handle a single filament of material at a time. With this technique, you can only print a single color or use a single type of material for a single pass, switching filaments when you need to print out a different color or material. After that, you have to glue the pieces together, which relies on your own precision and steady hands to achieve the desired design. This has been the status quo for many years now, not unless you buy an actual multi-filament 3D printer, which is bulkier and more expensive, especially if you already have a working 3D printer or two.

ChromaPad – Excels in color, material, speed, and control, unlocking limitless potential.

Fastest Multi-color Printing Experience – ChromaPad pushes the usual boundaries of 3D printing speed for both single and multi-filament projects. Accelerate your print up to 300+ mm/s and get your project in hand three times faster.

ChromaScreen Advanced Klipper Software – Comes with features like the ability to control multiple extruders, a helpful setup wizard, and the ability to manage multiple printers at once.

Manage Multiple Printers Effortlessly – ChromaPad allows you to control up to 8 printers in a single simple panel.

The Co Print ChromaSet is a collection of modules that basically upgrades almost any old 3D printer to be able to handle multiple filaments in one go. It allows you to use the same trusted machine you’ve been working with for years and, with just a few easy-to-install parts, turn it into a multi-color, multi-material 3D printer that is just as easy to use as any other regular 3D printer. Instead of being forced to print multiple parts because they’re made of different materials or colors, you can save time and a lot of work with a single printing pass that can use a variety of colors as well as filaments, including PLA, ABS, PETG, TPU, ASA, Wood, and more.

ChromaHead – Designed to match your needs on multi-filament 3D printing. When combined with ChromaPad or KCM, it minimizes all the issues that can occur such as jamming and clogging.

Filament Cutter for High Quality Prints – Powered by a robust servo motor with up to 20 kg of force and supported by a durable Japanese blade, ChromaHead’s precise filament cutting mechanism achieves a success rate of 99.9% in clean cuts.

Universal Rail Plug System – The design allows you to match with different brands and different models, and solves the compatibility issues.

Supports all the Materials you Need – Different colors, different materials. Your creative journey knows no bounds.

The different pieces of the ChromaSet work together to accomplish this seemingly magical feat. The ChromaHead with the embedded ChromaHotend, for example, attaches easily to almost any 3D printer thanks to its unique rail plug system, making it compatible with different brands, models, and mechanical setups. It is designed to support at most four filaments at the same time, with a special design that minimizes jamming and clogging, as well as employing a Japanese blade for precise and clean filament cuts. The CX-1 Extruder, engineered with Titanium gears, a dual-drive system, and high-torque features, is responsible for pushing those four filaments and can be just as easily installed on any 3D printer.

KCM (Klipper Chroma Module) – For users who already have a Klipper-based 3D printer. KCM gives you all the great features of ChromaPad right out of the box, so you don’t need to buy ChromaPad separately.

ECM (Extended Chroma Module) – Designed to increase your extruder limits. ECM allows you to add up additional 4 extruders into a single output via USB.

If you need more than four filaments, the ECM or Extended Chroma Module adds four more extruders into a single output for a total of eight. You can have up to five of these extruders for a whopping 20 filaments, each carrying a different color or type of material for an even faster workflow. Making all these different parts work together in harmony is the job of the ChromaPad, the world’s first multi-filament 3D printing pad. Running the ChromaScreen software based on Klipper Screen, the tablet gives users unprecedented control not just over multi-filament printing but as many as 8 printers at the same time as well. But if you already have a Klipper-based 3D printer, you can use the Klipper Chroma Module (KCM) instead, delivering the same features without the extra cost.

The Co Print ChromaSet was made in collaboration with major 3D printer brands, ensuring that it will work with almost all 3D printer models in the market. A $349 discounted bundle lets you get the ChromaSet with the Klipper module instead of the tablet, while the $499 set includes the ChromaPad without the KCM. Whichever bundle you choose, the ChromaSet is guaranteed to upgrade your 3D printing experience, allowing you to make magnificent colorful designs in a fraction of the time and with less effort.

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A remote house by architecture practice Ann Nisbet Studio that is “close to perfection” has been named the winner of the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award for 2023.

Named Cuddymoss, the home in Ayrshire is the first one-off residence to ever win the award since it was founded in 2002 by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS).

Cuddymoss was selected as this year’s Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award winner after leaving the 2023 jury “lost for words”.

The home by Ann Nisbet Studio is defined by two low-lying volumes, one of which is clad in timber and another that is formed from the ruin of a stone agricultural building in Ayrshire. There is also a matching gabled outbuilding on site.

“It’s a project that the jury felt came as close to perfection for its typology as we’ve seen,” said jury chair Tracy Meller, who is a senior partner at British studio RSHP.

“[It’s] an extraordinary exercise in modesty and restraint. It’s a beautifully detailed building,” she continued. “We were slightly lost for words.”

Inside, the renovated ruin contains a double-height living space, kitchen and dining area, with bedrooms at each end, while the adjoining second building houses a separate living room.

Locally sourced Ayrshire brick was used to repair the existing structure, while reclaimed Scottish slate – some of which was sourced on-site – was used for the roofing.

The Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award is named after Scottish architect Andrew Doolan who passed away in 2004. It is awarded annually to buildings of all typologies and has a cash prize of £10,000.

Cuddymoss was chosen as this year’s winner ahead of three other shortlisted projects. These have each been featured in a series of videos produced by Stephenson& and published by Dezeen and RIAS to showcase the shortlist this month.

The other three projects were a university building by architecture studio PagePark, Laidlaw Music Centre by Flanagan Lawrence and a castle-like house by Denizen Works.

Last year’s winner was a small office and cafe that Scottish studio Moxon Architects nestled within the Cairngorms National Park. Other winning projects include ​​The Macallan Distillery and Visitor Experience by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and the Maggie’s Cancer Care Centre in Glasgow by OMA.

The photography and videography are by Stephenson&.

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Gone are the days when you will have to book studio time and spend a lot of money to be able to produce, mix, and create your own music. One tool that artists and producers need to be able to create music is to have great studio monitors so they will be able to fine tune the music they’re creating. We’re now seeing these monitors become more portable and lighter to cater to those who want to produce music from the comfort of their own homes.

Designer: AIAIAI

The Unit-4 monitors by Danish audio makers AIAIAI is one such tool that these indie music creators can use to produce their works of art. These studio monitors portable (weighing at just 2.5kg), battery-powered, and completely wireless. This means you can lug it around to wherever you are working in your house and you will not be bogged down by cables and power cords. Well, at least until the battery runs out after around 20 hours.

When it comes to quality, it can be comparable to the boxy, bigger sound monitors that studios use. It has Flat +/-2dB frequency response from 50Hz to 20kHz and can give a bass extension down to 40Hz with its 2-way active sound monitors. It has a 4-inch woofer and 1-inch silk-dome tweeter with crossover at 3kHz. It is also eco-friendly as the bass reflex enclosure is made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic which also contributes to the sound quality since it minimizes resonance.

If you want to use the speakers the old school way, there is a 3.5mm mini-jack and 6.3mm balanced TRS inputs. It comes with a magnetic steel grill to protect the woofer and tweeter but you also have the option to not use it if you feel it interferes with the sound. You can get a pair of the AIAIAI UNIT-4 for $800.

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