The Architecture Designs

APRIL 18, 2024

From laying the foundation to adding the finishing touches, every step requires careful planning, skilled labor, and attention to detail. This framework supports the walls, roof, and floors, ensuring the home’s structural integrity. Exterior Finishing : With the frame in place, the exterior finishes are applied.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2023

California studio Field Architecture designed this Sonoma Valley house out of a trio of fanning copper-clad pavilions with butterfly roofs. The roofs – composed of two triangular planes each that slope toward the centre – collect rainwater and redirect it to river-rock basins.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Cardillo drew on "the rectangular cuspidate rooms of Marrakech" and "window panes somewhere between Venetian windows and the marble hammams of Istanbul" for the design. The building's exterior is relatively modest, with a cool grey render finish and door shutters painted in a slightly brighter green-toned grey.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Danny Lim dons multiple hats as architect, contractor, and client as he transforms his Highland Park bungalow with a new ADU for his in-laws. At the front of the main house, architect Danny Lim framed one of the original windows with new trim to give it a more contemporary feel and installed limestone on the porch and steps.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2022

Dutch studio Unknown Architects has completed a cabin-like holiday home in the Netherlands with panoramic windows for looking out at the surrounding landscape of dunes and hills. It is surrounded by panoramic windows. A built-in bench sits beneath the windows wraps around the interior and doubles as storage. Engineer: H4D.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

Local studio Oliver Leech Architects has extended a Victorian terrace house in south London, introducing a four-metre-wide skylight at its centre that offers views of a wildflower meadow roof. The extension features a window seat overlooking the rear courtyard Oliver Leech Architects was founded in 2016.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Granary House is a two-storey guesthouse featuring a slate roof, a roof terrace and a slatted timber facade that integrates sliding panels. The slate roof tiles are recycled, sourced from local ruins, but applied in a contemporary, minimal way. "I The interior walls are finished in sand-toned micro-cement.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

But two years later as of this writing, the project is still not finished. A lot of the problems we experienced are directly related to not fully understanding all the legalese in the contract we signed when we hired a contractor. It’s a contract that safeguards the rights of the owner, entity and the contractor," he says.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Bright white plaster clads the exterior of a 1960s concrete building that has been turned into the self-designed studio of Baldridge Architects, which acted as the designer and contractor. In the open work area, original roof trusses were left exposed. That space won multiple design awards, but it no longer met the firm's needs. "As

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Ryan Leidner Architecture completed the 2,500-square-foot (230-square metre) Hosono House in 2021, cladding the house in charcoal-stained cedar siding with a copper, standing seam roof. The photography is by Joe Fletcher.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The facade is composed of corrugated aluminium with a silver anodized finish that is commonly used in roof cladding. The homogeneous surface is punctuated by 12 identical rectangular windows arranged in a grid. Light filters into the units through two large windows that look out to the urban landscape beyond.

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Deezen

MARCH 28, 2024

US studio Michael Hennessey Architecture has revitalised an ageing suburban house near San Francisco , adding black cladding and bright finishes to form a family home that bridges the past, present and future. The roof is covered in standing-seam metal. The ground level contains a family room and a garage.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A sloping fibreglass roof and a glass facade characterise New York studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro 's first completed single-family residential project, which has been photographed officially for the first time by Iwan Baan. It is really surreal and magical in the whole; the whole roof just feels like it's floating."

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The house is organized along one long horizontal line The grey metal roof reflects the area's rolling hills. Rectangular windows on either end of the horizontal plan create an interrupted view through the centre of the house and large sliding glass doors and picture windows were installed on the facade.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The project was delivered using a design-build model, in which designers, contractors and others work together under a single contract. The general contractor was Seattle-based Lease Crutcher Lewis. The structural frame is a mix of concrete, steel and cross-laminated timber – the latter used for roof and floor decking.

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Architizer

MARCH 31, 2023

Passive house construction and high-performance windows and doors in this townhouse addition allowed us to create walls of glass with an indoor-outdoor experience to a roof deck clear of all mechanicals. This makes smaller heat pump mini-splits, which take up minimal space and can be located far away from windows, effective.

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Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2023

Located at the base of a small hill, the home is concealed by its green roof on approach from the north but stands out from the south with its bold black cladding and a run of large windows. All timber used was responsibly sourced, and the roof is covered in sod and grass seeded from the hill on which the house sits," he continued.

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The angular, sharply linear façade is softened by a series of guitar pick-shaped roof openings that define the three courtyards. Photo © Matthew Millman Operable clerestory windows also help circulate airflow in warmer months, while triple-paned windows, exterior rigid insulation, and full cavity insulation optimize heat retention in winter.

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BD+C

MAY 29, 2024

Compelling Conversations: Panelized Walls for Multifamily Projects 1 kcichowicz Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:37 Learn why a Colorado-based framing contractor favors panelized walls over traditional framing in APA’s Compelling Conversations. DL Cohen is a commercial wood framing contractor that specializes in large, multifamily projects.

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Dwell

JANUARY 25, 2023

The existing wood beams and ceiling, both historic elements worth preserving, were refinished and left exposed, while all of the original windows, floors, and finishes were replaced, creating a greater sense of material continuity throughout the house.

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Deezen

JUNE 29, 2023

A weathering steel structure channels water from the roof The front facade offers maximum privacy. Water from the roof cascades down this element and into a round cistern below, before flowing through a runnel at the base of the stone facade," the team said. The dwelling consists of a single-storey main portion and a two-storey wing.

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Dwell

AUGUST 3, 2022

The most expensive part of the renovation was updating the roof and siding, at a total cost of $56,953. "There was no way to even park the truck!" The couple dreamed of updating the space with a clean, Scandinavian palette and contemporary touches. The Reform kitchen cabinets are painted a custom blue by Sherwin Williams.

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Deezen

JULY 12, 2022

California studio Assembledge+ has created a two-storey accessory dwelling unit that features blue fibre-cement cladding and an asymmetrical gabled roof. Assembledge+ designed the structure with a gabled roof. The architecture studio conceived a two-storey building that is rectangular in plan and topped with an off-centre gabled roof.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2022

The interiors of the home are finished with natural materials. "It The house's original timber roof has been preserved. The cabinetry is lined with oak wood, while the floor, worktops, prep counter and chunky window seat are crafted from pale grey limestone, which the studio preferred to use instead of cement-based products.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Completed in 2019 on the eastern end of Long Island , New York, the 8,300-square foot (770-square metre) home has a board-formed mass with punched windows, natural materials and light-filled spaces. Peysin emphasised details of the design by sandblasting the formwork to draw out the wood grain in the concrete and mitering the window trim.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In Sonoma County, Studio Plow turns a 1955 residence into a retreat with an open floor plan, luxe finishes, and skylights and picture windows that peer out into the treetops. The original low ceiling was opened to the roof structure above.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2023

The studio renovated the finishes and restored some of the original layouts. Each of the home's windows is unique — including narrow vertical fenestrations, triple arches, multicoloured "dalle de verre", cross-reeded privacy windows, domed skylights and floor-to-ceiling plate glass. Photography is by Tim Griffith.

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Deezen

JULY 6, 2023

"The 24-acre property had been neglected for more than a decade, so our work involved refreshing finishes, opening under-lit spaces to the landscape, solving sources of water damage, and shaping a landscape to unify the domestic complex," said In Situ Studio founder Matt Griffin. The photography is by Cristóbal Palma.

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Deezen

MARCH 7, 2022

This standard was met by creating a heavily insulated external envelope for the dwelling, teamed with a Passivhaus-rated front door and triple glazed windows and roof lights. All the windows are triple glazed. Contractor: Daneco Build. Douglas fir and spruce detailing features throughout. It achieves an airtightness of 1.3

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The pronounced topography provides the building with spectacular views of the city, so we incorporated windows that rotated on an imaginary axis at the corner of the building, which allowed each apartment to take advantage of those views," the team told Dezeen. On the interior, finishes are clean and simple The panels – each 3.15

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

It features two distinct facade styles On the side facing the studio lot, these curtain walls are interspersed with steel facades with punched windows modelled on the art deco-style buildings of early Hollywood. Photovoltaic panels are installed on the roof. Gehry Partners was founded by architect Frank Gehry in 2001.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 26, 2024

This layout is connected by a gray metal roof whose undulating surface emphasizes the lines and volumes of the surrounding slopes. Photo © Naho Kubota The windows that frame either end of the 120-foot-long hall create a telescope effect, focusing at one end on the dense forest and the other on the surrounding meadow.

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Deezen

MARCH 3, 2022

In particular, it draws upon design principal Jim Olson's personal cabin in rural Washington, which features rectilinear volumes, overhanging roofs and a subdued colour palette. Flat, overhanging roofs shade patios and large stretches of glass. Visually speaking, the roofs contribute to the home's low, horizontal stature.

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Dwell

APRIL 23, 2024

In the case of the kitchen gut job, she actually showed her Sims build to her contractor, who was able to replicate it, even though he’s never played the game. When Leo was just starting in his career, he was tasked with mocking up a roof renovation quickly with the client right next to him. How many windows in a set?

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The Refuge has a curved concrete roof that spans across the length of the pavilion. They are then used as a finish for the insulated inner shell of the pavilion.". The concrete roof of the pool house extends over an outside patio and curves around the pavilion. Concrete contractor: Patrick Janssens Festoo, Festoo Constructs.

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Deezen

MAY 22, 2022

The rubber finish is applied to a layer of scrim. Atop the concrete base, plywood panels manufactured off-site have been assembled to create the cabin with a roof that gently rises towards the sea. At the rear, the pitched geometry of the roof manipulates and reduces in size to become diminutive in height.".

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Dwell

AUGUST 16, 2023

But really, it comes as no surprise that she and husband Chad leaned into such playful finishes for the renovation of their circa-1970s, two-story California home: The two are the co-founders of architectural finishes brand Concrete Collaborative.

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