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Studio Libeskind unveils social housing that feels "like home" in Brooklyn

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I took this insight to task when designing The Atrium at Sumner Houses; I wanted to create a place that felt like home to the residents," he continued. "I I hope this project serves as a powerful example of how good design can positively impact society, especially for those in need."

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Build an Eichler-Esque Home—or Whatever You Dream Up—With These Customizable Prefab Frames

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Blue Sky Building Systems makes steel structures to your specifications, whether for a suburban dwelling or Joshua Tree retreat. From prefab tiny houses and modular cabin kits to entire homes ready to ship, their projects represent some of the best ideas in the industry. Do you know a prefab brand that should be on our radar?

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Workshop Architecture Inc creates "raw and unvarnished" prefabricated home in Ontario

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Toronto studio Workshop Architecture Inc has created a prefabricated home in Ontario with an exposed structure and blue-painted element on the interior. The home has an "unfinished" look The main entrance leads into a small mudroom, with the primary bedroom, a bathroom and a laundry room on either side.

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Oliver Leech Architects adds skylit extension to London home

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The ground floor hosts an expanded living, dining and kitchen space While the layout of the home's front rooms remains largely the same, they now open into the large new living area, creating an axis through to a concrete and brick patio garden accessed through full-height, sliding glass doors. The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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This Suburban Australian Home Isn’t Afraid of a Little (More Like a Lot) of Plywood

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The surrounding dwellings often cover up to 75 percent of their site area, filling the flat and sandy lots with two-car garages, theaters, primary suites, and al fresco dining areas.

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PAT completes off-grid Kenyan holiday home with raised bedrooms

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Open-air bedrooms and terraces are raised above the treetops at this holiday home designed by Italian architecture studio PAT on Kenya 's Manda Island. PAT teamed up with fellow Italian architect Ferdinando Fagnola on the project, which involved renovating a 2oth-century "white house" and adding a series of elevated, pavilion-like structures.

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Geological formations shape design of Wyoming house by Lever Architecture

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Located in the small Wyoming town of Alta, the house serves as a holiday home for an outdoor-loving couple from Portland, Oregon. Alta House is in Wyoming Portland-based Lever Architecture sought to create a durable home that could withstand the region's harsh winter weather while capitalising on the picturesque setting.

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