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Sergison Bates

Cadix Harbour Building, Antwerp, Belgium, 2021.

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Designed in the early 1930s by architect Piero Portaluppi the Villa Necchi Campiglio is a bastion of rationalist luxury. Now a museum, its spaces are filled with contemporary furniture, including the Kartell chairs in the dining room. Via @elledecoritalia Slide to view the dining room as it originally appeared. @villanecchicampiglio #villanecchicampiglio #pieroportoluppi #italiandesign #italianmodernism #italianinteriors #modernrooms #midcenturydesign #modernglamour #rationalistarchitecture #kartell

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Johannes Götz Architekt with Guido Lohmann

Haus Jax, Trier, Germany, 2007

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Kahlfeldt Architekten

Haus W, Munich, Germany, 2005

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Uwe Schröder Architects

Blömer-Feldmann House, Bonn-Venusberg, Germany, 1996

This suburban house is at the same scale as its neighbours but establishes a rigorous order on its elevations, although front and rear respond differently to their outlooks. The open internal space is divided up by the service core, this method of dividing up a singular space into more discrete areas is similar to that seen in modernist houses such as Meis van der Rohe's Farnsworth house - although in this case the centrality of the core reinforces the overall order that is so fundamental to this project.

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Versa Architecture

Housing Building, Brussels, Belgium

This housing project faces a small public space. The vertical windows and horizontal articulation provide an appropriate and dignified urban response. 

The facade is slightly faceted which seems to reduce the apparent scale of the elevation but also to subjugate the building itself in favour of its role as part of the urban fabric.

Canopies mark the entrances - one is formed by a balcony and the other runs counter to the geometry of the building, subtly highlighting its faceted nature.

On the top storey the rythym of the regular windows is dirsupted by a larger opening to a corner balcony.

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Vogel Architekten

New Build House, Potsdam, Germany, 2013

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Architecture Bureau Bart Dehane

House, Desselgem, Belgium, 2003

This house seeks to allude to a tradtional farm building, archetypal elements are used but subtly resized and reinterpreted to create a familiar but contrasting image.

The openings on the front and rear elevation are regular in height, creating a sense of order, whereas on the side they are organised in a looser composition.

Internally the rooms are organised around a central staircase with a rooflight above - a device intended to make the spaces adaptable over time.