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Big Windows and White Interiors Punch Up a Gloomy ’60s California Beach House

Dwell

The idea was to take the existing house and give it new life—one that met the needs and aesthetics of our designer clients. The idea was to take the existing house and give it new life—one that met the needs and aesthetics of our designer clients. The client described it as living inside a tree.

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RED Arquitectos integrates corn millstone into facade of Mexican house

Deezen

The interior features a C-shaped plan An exterior staircase – shaded by a black partition lattice made of local purple rosewood – leads up to a roof terrace with 360-degree views. The house is constructed of concrete block, the most accessible material in the area, and covered on both the exterior and interior with naturally pigmented cement.

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TW Ryan Architecture clads pyramidal Montana house in weathering steel

Deezen

California studio TW Ryan Architecture has completed a wildfire-resistant house in the American West that features a Corten steel exterior and pyramidal roofs that allude to the mountainous terrain. Four Roof House features a Corten steel exterior Their chosen site was a bluff overlooking a lake near the town of Helmville.

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Austin's Pease Park revitalized to "integrate fun with nature"

Deezen

We hope Kingsbury Commons sets a standard for Austin parks by integrating fun and play within nature.". The embedded recreational amenities encourage visitors – both young and grown – to interact with nature and central Texas geology. Visitors are encouraged to interact with nature. The team restored a 1920s Tudor cottage.

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Tall Architects wraps X-shaped Alabama cabin in black metal

Deezen

Alabama forms the site for Fowl River Cabin "When looking at the site and analysing the client's goals for the project, we knew that the siting of the building and the way it interacted with the river and trees was going to be just as crucial as the design itself," the Tall Architects team told Dezeen. The photography is by Andrew Welch.

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Telescope House by Wendell Burnette offers framed views of Sedona

Deezen

Telescope House offers framed views of Sedona The 1,600-square-foot (149-square-metre) cabin is a nature retreat for a couple who ultimately plan to live there full-time. When not staying at the house, the clients rent it out. It is naturally fireproof along with steel-plate window frames."

Housing 107
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Arsenit nestles one-legged "treehouse" in Estonian pine forest

Deezen

"Using steel as the load-bearing truss-like-carcass minimised the building size – important for transporting modules – helped achieve a cantilevered structure, resulted in a system of modules for quick assembly on site, and could be done by the client, a metal manufacturer, in-house," Timofejev explained. "At