Deezen

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A small triangular site guided the geometric form of Butterfly House, an accessible home that London studio Oliver Leech Architects has added to the corner of a garden in Surrey. Butterfly House is designed to be accessible for the client's elderly mother Three volumes topped with pitched roofs intersect to form the two-bedroom house.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

London studio Coffey Architects has completed Modern Barn, a home in Dorset, UK , that mimics a cluster of timber-clad barns in order to blend in with the surrounding landscape. Located atop a hill overlooking the Jurassic Coast World heritage site, the home replaces an old, dilapidated property with a new three-bedroom home.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Each building responds to its immediate surroundings Local firm CLB Architects carved away portions of the 6,000-square-foot (557-square-metre) building to form recesses and openings.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2022

US studio Heliotrope Architects has minimized site disturbances while creating a cedar -clad holiday home on a wooded hillside in the Pacific Northwest. The clients initially tapped Seattle's Heliotrope Architects to consult on the site selection and then hired the firm to design the dwelling itself. "We

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Deezen

MARCH 2, 2023

US studio CLB Architects has designed a cedar-clad home and barn in Wyoming for clients who love horses and wanted to return their property to its historic roots as a working ranch. CLB Architects gave the home a long, low roof To design the project, the team drew upon the site's history as a working cattle ranch.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 22, 2024

MAD Architects announces the design for the upcoming construction of Lishui Airport in Zhejiang Province. The planning and design try to respect the original site while ensuring accessibility, highlighting the characteristics of a mountain airport, and aiming to inspire tourism. Source by MAD.

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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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Architizer

JULY 17, 2023

If there is one thing that architects and their clients can agree on, it’s that architecture should always work in harmony with nature. Paul Keskeys: How did the client brief and the project’s unique site help to shape your initial concept for Silver Residence? David Strand: This was a truly unique site.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 8, 2024

The site is located in a bustling part of the city and characterized by the presence of ongoing industrial heritage renewal projects around it. The site featured industrial relics such as a long and narrow industrial building, a few mechanical rooms, a dormitory, and a dilapidated pavilion. Source by Vector Architects.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2022

Scandinavian firm CF Møller Architects has completed a house where all the exterior surfaces match, thanks to a combination of dark red bricks and tiles. The aim was replicate the university's "simplicity and straightforward use of local materials", according to architect and CF Møller partner Klaus Toustrup. Project credits.

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Deezen

MAY 23, 2024

So Architect has extended a cottage in Tasmania As the site of the cottage is overlooked on both sides, So Architecture designed the extension as a "sanctuary" sandwiched between thick walls of pale brick. On the garden facade, they have subtle textural finishes.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 22, 2022

By Dorrington Atcheson Architects , Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand. The soothing macrocarpa interior, the central stone fireplace and broad windows beautifully complement the tranquil exterior. By Cheshire Architects , Kaiwaka, New Zealand. By Herbst Architects , Coromandel, New Zealand. Easterbrook House.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 24, 2024

A gradual exterior ramp connects from Old Main’s axis to a second-floor entrance of our new building, just above a ground floor entrance facing the newly formed ’Arts Quad’. All the trees on site were maintained and their roots were protected during the entire construction process. Source by Steven Hall Architects.

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ArchiDiaries

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Excerpt: Lami Lace is a showroom designed by the architectural firm Chevli Architects. Built in this tight urban fabric, the intention was to create a quieter environment inside the showroom while meticulously displaying their products to increase client engagement.

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Deezen

MAY 14, 2022

Whitten Architects clad this Maine retreat with Eastern cedar and placed it on stilts on a steep site so that the single-storey structure would seem like a treehouse. Whitten Architects, a firm based in nearby Portland, completed the project for a family with ties to the area that wanted to settle down in Maine.

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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2024

Continuing our Social Housing Revival series , we revisit the regeneration of the Grade II listed Bourne Estate in north London , completed in 2018 by local studio Matthew Lloyd Architects. Both blocks are lined with deck-access balconies overlooking communal and intimate courtyards designed by Dally Henderson Landscape Architects.

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Deezen

APRIL 21, 2022

CCY Architects designed this home in the mountains of Colorado to be built largely below grade, to reduce its impact on the surrounding natural landscape. The clients] also challenged us to make the house appear as small as possible," they added. CCY Architects chose furnishings and finishes in a monochrome palette. "On

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

US studio Fuse Architects added cedar cladding, expanded the windows and brightened the interiors of the Plover House on the coast of California. Fuse Architects set out to brighten the interior. The project entailed the remodel of a beachfront home dating to 1968 and designed by architect George Cody. Interiors: Owners.

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Deezen

JANUARY 8, 2022

A cluster of wood-clad buildings surround a central courtyard at this Minnesota residence by US firm Salmela Architect that was designed for clients who formerly lived in Japan. The house rests on a fifty-acre (20-hectare) parcel, the majority of which the clients granted to the Minnesota Land Trust for permanent conservation.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Two gabled brick volumes informed by the architecture of the 19th-century Arts and Crafts movement define this home in Claygate, Surrey, designed by Alexander Martin Architects. Taking advantage of the triangular site, the home is organised as two individual gabled forms that sit at a slight angle to one another.

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Deezen

JUNE 22, 2023

Wood and zinc -clad forms hug a spacious courtyard in a California home designed by US studio Walker Warner Architects to serve as a "private oasis". Designed for a client who co-founded a film and documentary production company, the house – called Santa Monica Modern – is located in a walkable neighbourhood, near shops and restaurants.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2023

Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates has completed Esprit House, a home in Tokyo with a blocky concrete form elevated on piloti above a garage space. Apollo Architects & Associates has completed a home in Tokyo. "In Read: Apollo Architects & Associates arranges Tokyo house around hidden courtyards.

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The simple exterior design comprised of two massive volumes piled on top of each other takes advantage of the corner lot, with a façade of exposed concrete imprinted with cedar formwork. Because the living room, study, and bedrooms all face onto this courtyard, the clients and their dog can enjoy outdoor time as they please.

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Deezen

APRIL 17, 2024

A large tree lies at the heart of a cedar-clad residence in southern California designed by US studio Brett Farrow Architect, which used various tactics to "meld nature into the home's ethos". The clients opted to plant another tree in its place, and the original design was kept intact. The same cedar is found within the dwelling.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Architect Melissa Shin works alongside her client to create a tiny backyard house in Silicon Valley with vivid green tile and a bright pink door. When BK Lin asked architect Melissa Shin to design an ADU for her home in Mountain View, California, she had no idea a worldwide pandemic was on the horizon. The upside?

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aasarchitecture

JULY 12, 2022

The site of EMK Musical Company is located at the crossroads where Nonhyeonno – one of the major roads in Gangnam, Seoul – and Nambusunhwan-ro intersect with each other. Source by D-Werker Architects. Client: EMK Musical Company Levels: 2 Basement, 8 Fllors Total Area: 2,898.82 Photo © Inwoo Yeo. Photo © Inwoo Yeo.

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Archinect

APRIL 19, 2022

From 1891 to 1993 the Columbia Congregational Church called this site home, drawing in residents to an entirely undeveloped Rainier Valley. We worked closely with the client to navigate each successfully. Our research found that if we did not change the exterior massing (a hard sell for an architect!)

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

Wendell Burnette Architects used Corten steel to clad a cabin in Arizona designed to capture views while disappearing into the landscape like a "dark shadow". When not staying at the house, the clients rent it out. The home is in Sedona, a high-desert town located about two hours north of Phoenix by car.

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Housing Exterior Engineering Engineering 118

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

US studio Jensen Architects has created a tall hillside home featuring expansive views and an elevator that will enable the owners to stay in the home as they age. The site's complex geology and the clients' desires inform a composition of shifting volumes that de?ne The home adheres to the site's hilly geography.

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aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The striking and innovative exterior façade is characterized by the round window openings provided with folding shutters. Source by by Delugan Meissl Associated Architects. Photo © Sebastian Michalski The use of the differentiated components is clearly visible, its configuration defines the attractive courtyard.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Text description provided by the architects. Dogtrot is sited at the center of a quiet 18-acre meadow with panoramic views of the surrounding ranchlands, foot-hills, and mountains, notably Mount Glory, the distinctive southernmost peak of the Teton Range. © CLB Architects. © CLB Architects. © CLB Architects.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 27, 2022

The Building to Land Ratio (BTL) and Floor Area Ration (FAR) mostly predetermines the extension of the building up to one meter to the site boundary. Source by Daniel Valle Architects. Location: Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea Architect: Daniel Valle Architects Client: Private client Gross floor area: 590.8

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Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Called House in Ancede, the house sits on the site of a former stone ruin that it was required to roughly match in terms of its footprint and volume. These were informed by descriptions of an old brutalist house belonging to the client's family. The photography is by Francisco Ascensão.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Read on to discover Dezeen's top five houses of February 2024: Photo by Timothy Kaye Peninsula House, Australia, by Wood Marsh Wood Marsh is the architect behind the most popular house on Dezeen this month, which can be found among farmland near the coast of south-eastern Australia.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Rich hues and curving geometries feature throughout Somers House, an L-shaped coastal home that Australian studio Kennedy Nolan has added to a coastal site in Victoria. Coated in ochre-toned render, the rounded stairwell connects the levels of the home and is perforated with small rectangular windows.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Drawing on a simple material palette of plywood and corrugated metal, architect Rafe Maclean designs a certified Passive House on a steep, challenging lot in Dunedin. Around a decade ago, New Zealand–based architect Rafe Maclean designed a house. "We We thought it was going to be thermally quite good and efficient. Really bad soil.

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Architizer

MAY 10, 2023

Here are five reasons why, when utilized in the right way, low-tech creative mediums remain of vital importance to architects and designers: 1. Producing hand drawings and physical models cultivates a sense of “creative mindfulness”, particularly among younger architects. Drawings and models help to communicate design ideas to clients.

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