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Y-House in Cubes 04/2007

Y-House published in the section BLUEPRINT (text Rachel Lee) as one of the featured projects in Cubes Magazine, published in Singapore by Concepts Asia Publishing.

Under the caption Concrete Concepts Rachel Lee writes of the project;
“Frank la Rivière carefully cuts and crafts a perceived ruin into an architectural gem that defies the norm”.

“The unfinished structure would prove to be a design compass of sorts, presenting parameters that ground the design, as much as they challenge (it)….”

“Y-House throws off the cloak of convention in favour of novelty. And yet, it’s anything but novelty for novelty’s sake. Boldly going against the grain, la Rivière’s transformation of the concrete edifice is founded very much on practicalities such as function and cost – even if the result appears as conceptual in and of themselves”.