Design Thoughts Architects

JANUARY 19, 2023

A house design with an Australian theme with a composite structure Finding a home suitable for a big family that provides all the modern amenities like an Australian new house design can be difficult, especially when you are an NRI couple unfamiliar with the local area. What is composite structure? What is a steel composite structure?

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Deezen

JANUARY 2, 2024

The ADU is part of a family estate During the design process, they looked to farm structures that dot Sonoma Valley, many of which are dilapidated and have "their own strange elegance", the team said. Exterior walls are wrapped in Alaskan yellow cedar with a weathered finish.

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SW Oregon Architect

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Because it was an unreservedly plain and straightforward design strapped by a miserly budget, BOORA chose to rely upon the superficial application of a distinctive exterior color scheme to provide Olive Plaza with visual interest. Popular at the time of its construction, the lift slab technique has since fallen from favor.

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Dwell

MARCH 24, 2023

As a result of this configuration, in the center there is an outdoor patio protected from the wind, which has the distinction of being visually connected to the sea through the double-glazed common area. For the exterior cladding, a vertical grid of brushed pine was designed, which functions as a lattice in the roofed parking area."

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

Bedrooms feature surrounding views Exterior walls are wrapped in weathering steel , which helps protect the home against wildfire. To reduce energy usage, the team added exterior shading devices to windows and integrated operable windows to facilitate cross ventilation. Sustainability was a guiding concern for the team.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2023

ACDF Architecture arranged the structure around an apple tree. This exterior area, in turn, leads back to the main living and dining area, forming a continuous circulation around the tree. The floors throughout the home are polished concrete, which contrasts the stark black colour of the building's exterior.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This arrangement offered a compelling visual balance between symmetry and asymmetry, depending on the inhabitant's point of reference in the home," the team said. Photo is by Alan Tansey To create visual continuity, the team aligned the roof ridges of all six volumes. Five of the volumes were placed around a triangular courtyard.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The owner’s request was to increase the volume of the house while maintaining its original DNA as defined by angular geometries, redwood interiors, and exterior courtyards. The house façades and cascading courtyards were reclad in irregular western red cedar planks to create a unique visual look.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The glazed front is characterized by a deep triangular covering with a thin structural shell, while "a continuous dark band of cementitious panels defines the silhouette of the east elevation," Parish added.

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Dwell

JULY 26, 2022

The exterior form of the house is generated through internal spatial configurations that work to enhance a specific view or produce an unexpected interior space. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners.

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Deezen

MARCH 19, 2024

With exterior design elements that evoke the essence of the Michigan forests and interior elements that facilitate the interactions and atmosphere students requested, the new student centre provides a central heart that physically and visually connects the campus."

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

An overhanging roof provides shade "The new structure grounds itself to the earth with its approach to material and form," said GO'C , a Seattle-based firm. A metal staircase leads to a herb garden on the roof Exterior walls are made of Norman-sized black bricks with deeply raked mortar joints.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2024

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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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The house is formed by two juxtaposed trapezoidal sections Maurício Kunz, who leads Studio KUNZ , used the "oblique angles of trapezoidal forms [to] accentuate the perspective and provide visual dynamism to the facade". To keep the continuous ceiling surface, inverted beams were used throughout the building."

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

The cadastral transaction left the new lot with only a small side yard and a boxed-in exterior space at the back," the studio said. The extension is clad in galvanised steel panels that reflect daylight into the garden and, visually speaking, endow the volume with a sense of lightness. Structural engineer: Lateral.

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Deezen

MAY 16, 2024

Called Zilker Studios, the structure includes 110 affordable apartments operated by local housing organisation Foundation Communities. The upper levels are for the residential units and were clad in an exterior insulation finishing system (EIFS) to protect from sun and street sounds on two sides, while the lower levels hold communal areas.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The depth between the structure and the exterior walls provides shadow and reduces the solar heat gain inside the apartments. The coloured tiles, a typical material largely used in Taiwanese architecture, come together in a playful composition to pattern the visual identity of Kaohsiung Social Housing. Source by Mecanoo.

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aasarchitecture

AUGUST 17, 2023

The line between the interior space and exterior landscape is blurred by continuing the stepped landscape into the building. The space flows ambiguously without clear spatial divisions, stimulating the senses of the users both visually and physically. Source by Kengo Kuma and Associates.

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Deezen

APRIL 7, 2022

Glazed brick and charred cypress wrap the exterior of a partly sunken North Carolina home designed by architecture firm In Situ Studio. The architects used several strategies to reduce the home's visual bulk. It also has its own exterior entrance, allowing visitors to easily come and go. The ground floor holds the public areas.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Due to its location on the edge of the Česky Kras nature reserve southwest of Prague, the project was required to visually blend in with the local vernacular, with regulations specifying a simple gable-roof form with rounded eaves. Meanwhile, the roof is lined with traditional tiles called bobrovka.

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2023

A cast-in-place concrete ledge marks the entrance of the guesthouse "We used these materials to visually link new and existing buildings," the team said. A cast-in-place concrete ledge marks the entrance of the guesthouse and visually anchors the building to its site. A wall made of weathering steel serves as a privacy screen.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 4, 2023

Floating above a meadow, Whidbey Uparati seeks to minimize visual and physical impact on the natural landscape by blending into the site rather than asserting itself upon it. Grasses and flowers surround a muted wooden building with generous windows, connecting the house audibly and visually to the surrounding nature.

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Deezen

APRIL 14, 2024

The structure's horizontal form was informed by the vernacular architecture of the surrounding farmland. Floor-to-ceiling windows line the majority of the exterior, with the remainder clad in a vertical cedar siding. foot ceilings throughout," said the studio.

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Dwell

MARCH 9, 2023

CHA upgraded the house’s fabric, structure, and energy performance. A sequence of interior and exterior ‘rooms’, comprising a small courtyard, a study, and a dining room are connected by circular windows that bring light deep into the interior. Post it here.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

US architecture studio GBBN preserved and expanded a 19th-century home in Erie, Pennsylvania into an educational facility with a glass bridge connection and metal-clad, barn-like structure. The structure features two conceptual elements: the barn and the bridge. A glass bridge is included in the design.

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

Toronto studio Workshop Architecture Inc has created a prefabricated home in Ontario with an exposed structure and blue-painted element on the interior. The douglas fir plywood and pine wood framing is left exposed on the interior for visual interest and for small storage shelves, inspired by William Turnbull Jr's Hine House at Sea Ranch."

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Deezen

MARCH 5, 2022

This layout also helps to minimise the visual impact of the dwelling and creates a series of patios with varying light conditions. The glass nexus, which connects the two bodies and contains the vertical communication, generates an exterior space sheltered from the wind but visually permeable towards the sea," said the architects.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Ten years after creating Sussex Prairie Gardens, the owner’s turned to Sandy Rendel Architects to revitalize a historic agrarian structure. We converted what was a basic open-sided corrugated roofed structure into a home where they could work in the garden. Within a repaired steel structure a timber structure was built.

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Habitus Living

JUNE 6, 2023

Its dark exterior raises its status within the streetscape, presenting a dynamic facade composed of anodised aluminium panels, selected for their resistance to corrosion in a coastal setting, and integrated operable screens. Shade Factor is the exclusive distributor of ADI’s motorised bi-fold screens.

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Deezen

APRIL 18, 2022

White siding and a curvy aluminium screen make up the exterior of a residential building in Los Angeles designed by American firm Brooks + Scarpa. Distinct perforated-aluminium screens undulate on the exterior. Balconies, open-air walkways and stretches of glass are found on the exterior. MEP engineer: Henderson Engineering.

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Dwell

MAY 12, 2023

The main objectives of the project were to connect the house with the garden and to visually ‘expand’ the interior space of the house without necessarily adding more area. Clay pavers on the ground and a deep red railing reinforce the physical and visual continuity between upper terrace, garden and lower patio. Post it here.

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Strategically placed windows, purposeful exterior circulation and units that wrap the outer-most edges, orient the 48 apartments to social spaces that are spatially apart, yet visually connected to each other and the street below.

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Deezen

MAY 17, 2022

"Most houses in the area are introverted with little relationship, visually or physically, to the immediate context," said architect Robert Gurney , who runs a Washington DC-based studio. Structural engineer: United Structural Engineers, Inc. Stucco, wood and brick line the house's facade.

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Deezen

APRIL 12, 2023

Chinese studio Open Architecture has revealed the visuals for Yichang Grand Theatre in China , which will have an amorphous form intended to evoke flowing water. Yichang Grand Theatre's curved exterior will be covered in anodized aluminium tubes that reflect light during the day to emulate liquid metal.

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Deezen

MARCH 23, 2023

Perforations in the canopy echo Aboriginal dot paintings It takes visual cues from various forms and details found throughout Aboriginal culture, with the aim of helping to honour and draw attention to the site's Eora origins. The photography is by Trevor Mein.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The main level is at the top of the structure. A series of transparent passageways communicate independent spaces while allowing the visual continuity between the different patios and gardens," the studio added. The structural concrete and concrete block that forms the primary structure were left exposed throughout the building.

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Architizer

AUGUST 3, 2022

The lobby is the organizing element and serves as both frame and veil, creating connections and dramatic intrigue through spatial overlapping, blending of exterior to interior, variation of opacity, and use of light. Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design? What drove the selection of materials used in the project?

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