Deezen

JANUARY 17, 2022

An extra-wide oak staircase doubles as a piece of furniture in this renovation of a Victorian terrace in east London, designed by Paolo Cossu Architects. To reconnect this floor with the rest of the house, London-based Paolo Cossu Architects designed an extra-wide staircase that gives its residents a place to sit, chat or read.

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Outward-facing windows are limited to horizontal slits to preserve privacy and increase security. Because the living room, study, and bedrooms all face onto this courtyard, the clients and their dog can enjoy outdoor time as they please. Source by APOLLO Architects & Associates. Photo © Masao Nishikawa.

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2024

An elevated box formed of exposed concrete forms the Meditation Chapel in Incheon, South Korea , designed by local studio Atelier Koma and architect Lee Eunsok. On the opposite wall, an organ is built into the exposed concrete, while narrow stained-glass windows are set within deep, faceted reveals on the southeast side.

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Deezen

AUGUST 28, 2022

Austin Maynard Architects has completed Terrace House, a self-funded apartment building in Melbourne which is low-cost, eco-conscious and has enough room for young families. It combines a raw concrete structure with curved steel details and rainbow-coloured sunshades. High ceilings and large windows create a sense of spaciousness.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 29, 2023

Ben Adams Architects, in partnership with Great Portland Estates plc (GPE), has received planning permission to reinvent Minerva House, a prominent c. Image © Ben Adams Architects The existing building built between 1979 and 1983 as the London office of Grindlays Bank will undergo a complete redesign of its envelope.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The bedrooms and bathrooms are stacked on the opposite end with windows that look out east and west. The client named the house Casa que Da (House that Gives) to reference the act of "giving" in a culinary context. Project credits: Architect: Susana López González, RED Arquitectos Collaborators: Arch.

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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

MAY 8, 2024

A radiant system provides heat, and fresh air flows in through operable windows. Natural ventilation was incorporated into every inhabitable room, with all the primary public spaces having at least three operable windows to promote cross breezes," the team said. Project credits: Design architect and architect of record: T.W.

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Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2023

London studio Satish Jassal Architects has created a two-bedroom bungalow from handmade-bricks behind shops and restaurants on Turnpike Lane in Haringey, England. This was a very tricky backland site, but the key message is that with careful planning, you can succeed," said Satish Jassal Architects founder Satish Jassal.

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Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2022

Polycarbonate walls and a row of tall window boxes bring diffused sunlight into the Iowa City Public Works building by US firm Neumann Monson Architects. Neumann Monson Architects completed a municipal building in Iowa. The windows line the east facade, which overlooks a pathway and the planned residential neighbourhood.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Boston-based architecture studio Safdie Architects has completed a 24-storey residential building in Ecuador that has a snaking profile with staggered apartments and terraces. Qorner is a residential tower in Quito that was designed by Safdie Architects. Read: Ten large-scale projects by Moshe Safdie's studio Safdie Architects.

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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 10, 2023

Reuse was also critical – the slab, walls, bricks, many steel windows and doors and some roof trusses were all recycled. Reuse was also critical – the slab, walls, bricks, many steel windows and doors and some roof trusses were all recycled. Source by Sam Crawford Architects.

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Deezen

MAY 4, 2024

High-level windows and sections of overhead glazing offer a constant, relaxing visual connection to the outdoors." Previous projects by Loader Monteith include an office for a bike tour operator in Inverness and an "invisible" restoration of Peter Womersley's High Sunderland house. The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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Deezen

JULY 18, 2022

An inverted pyramid tilted over a pond defines the Chapel of Eternal Light, which Portuguese studio Bernardo Rodrigues Architects has created in a small village in the Azores. Bernardo Rodrigues Architects has created a chapel in a cemetery in Azores. Bernardo Rodrigues Architects is based in Porto and Azores.

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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. It is naturally fireproof along with steel-plate window frames." Sustainability was a guiding concern for the team.

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Deezen

APRIL 9, 2024

Partly because the client was a Japanese brewer who mainly makes sake, we also incorporated 'Japanese-ness' into the design." A covered walkway leads into a tasting room Floor-to-ceiling windows line the front of the building, which leads into a tasting room for visitors.

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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 Jensen Architecture designed Cole Valley Residence in San Francisco.

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Habitus Living

MARCH 10, 2024

WOWOWA Architects divided it into two — liveability and lovability. The former accommodates the client’s need for a home suitable for hosting and conducive to the contemporary lifestyle of a family of four. Indaco’ and ‘Baia’ Windows. KDHW timber frames by Future Windows. Lighting RBW. Combed stucco render.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Project Details: Location: Melbourne, Australia Architect: MRTN Architects / @ mrtn_architects Footprint: 86 and 235 square feet Builder: Rod Greaves Structural Engineer: C.

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Deezen

APRIL 7, 2022

The site formerly held a run-down, 1940s dwelling that was owned by the clients. The new house needed to have plenty of space to accommodate frequent visits from the clients' grown kids, who live out of town. The architects used several strategies to reduce the home's visual bulk. Project credits: Architect: In Situ Studio.

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Westeck News

APRIL 1, 2022

Welcome to Westeck’s Client Spotlight! Our Client Spotlight explores the latest projects from Custom Home Builders, Architects, Designers and Renovation Specialists. Today, we’re excited to feature Averra Developments in our Client Spotlight with their Mount Pleasant Modern | Single Family Home.

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Image © Zaha Hadid Architects Informed by the natural landscape of Singapore’s Jurong Lake Gardens, the new Science Centre looks to the future and maximises opportunities for visitors to interact with the surrounding gardens and lake. Source by Zaha Hadid Architects.

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Dwell

JUNE 15, 2022

Having consulted with a structural engineer, these structures were placed within a comfortable distance from each other. The boxes themselves work as dividers of shared and private space, yet small windows created in the boxes allow other family members to sense their presence, sometimes seen and sometimes unseen.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 17, 2022

Despite their size, the structures are an exercise in restraint, taking design inspiration from the simple agricultural and industrial warehouses found in the region, as well as from traditional ricking houses found throughout the American South. Source by Graham Baba Architects. Photo © Ross Eckert. Photo © Ross Eckert.

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Architizer

AUGUST 2, 2022

Big Sky views and natural light peek through the clerestory windows, while nearly every space overflows into an outdoor patio or deck. Meant as a second home for quiet retreats as well as larger gatherings, eventually the clients moved in permanently to take advantage of the scenery, outdoor activities, and remoteness of the rural site.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The concrete columns are of varying heights, creating wave-like levels on the exterior and interior of the house A series of rectangular volumes clad in wood form the primary envelope of the house and are interspersed with multiple concrete gateways that contain passageways or windows.

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aasarchitecture

AUGUST 8, 2023

Photo © Duccio Malagamba The project The facades of the renovated buildings along via Carraira incorporate voids, skylights, and bay windows that, designed to add new points of view from the interior to the town, bring welcome daylight inside. Glazed on three sides, this provides framed views of the landscape beyond tall windows.

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Dwell

JANUARY 25, 2023

The cheerful spirit of Nimtim Architects’ renovation continues inside by way of bold patterns and more pops of color. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Pink window frames provide a flash of color against the dark cork.

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aasarchitecture

AUGUST 4, 2022

MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, has completed its first built project “UNIC” in Europe. True to its name, the curvilinear structure is a unique landmark visible from many parts of the northwest corner of the city. Photo © Jared Chulski. It also aroused MAD’s interest in social housing design. Source by MAD.

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Deezen

AUGUST 3, 2022

metre-tall mass-timber tower in Wisconsin designed by Korb + Associates Architects, has been certified as the world's tallest timber building. The 25-storey tower, which opened in July, has a concrete base, elevator and stair shafts, with the rest of the structure made from cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glulam. Ascent, an 86.6-metre-tall

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Vertical wood slats wrap the base The arrangement creates makes the structure appear balanced atop a slate staircase that provides a rustic base for the home's clean white lines. The living room has views in all four cardinal directions including east through a transverse corridor through the private half of the house.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Canvas House features a rolling brick facade The 2022 design is a contemporary alternative to the yellow brick Georgian homes of the neighbourhood – which were popularised in Toronto from the 1920s to 1940s by Canadian architect John MacIntosh Lyle. The box-shaped homes are in a Tudor revival style and feature a centre hallway plan.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Project Details: Location: Brooklyn, New York Designer: TBo / @ tbo_architecture Footprint: 2,260 square feet Architect of Record: Enthink Engineering Builder: Prestigne Renovation Group Inc.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The expressive window curves and projecting balconies additionally accentuate the façade and building form and allow generous views of the lake and bring the surrounding nature into the interior of the building. Openable floor-to-ceiling aluminium block windows ensure light-flooded interiors.

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aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Photo © Adriano Pacelli Through a large window in the atrium, visitors can watch the activities in the manufacturing area at the rear (as in a show-factory). Source by Mario Cucinella Architects. Landscape design: Balmori Associates Client: Nice S.p.A. MEP: MF Minerbo Fuchs Engenharia S.A.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 23, 2023

Blacktown Animal Rehoming Centre (BARC), located adjacent to the Western Sydney Parklands, was designed by Sam Crawford Architects (SCA), and is the largest building of its type in the Southern Hemisphere, housing up to 380 dogs and cats. Source by Sam Crawford Architects.

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