Archinect

MARCH 21, 2023

That simple recipe for pandemic lemonade—offices people no longer use, combining with central urban locations where people want to live—is blissfully ignorant of a wide range of architectural and economic factors that make the vast majority of office buildings simply unsuitable as housing.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2023

Specht Architects has designed a symmetrical glass pavilion in The Berkshires in Massachusetts that was created as a residence and a place to showcase antiques. metre) wide porch that wraps around the entire house and shades the interior spaces, reducing the home's heating and cooling load. The photography is by Dror Baldinger.

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Glass Housing Architect Structural Engineering 143

Deezen

JULY 21, 2022

Architecture studio SPF Architects has completed a sports facility in Los Angeles consisting of two separate buildings that were built using pre-engineered metal structures in order to not disrupt activity at the site. SPF Architects designed atheletic buildings for the Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex.

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Engineering Engineering Structure Architect 102

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APRIL 29, 2024

Architecture studio dMFK Architects has restored and renovated the Voysey House office in Chiswick, London , which was originally designed as a wallpaper factory by architect CFA Voysey. Voysey House stands as the only commercial building designed by the renowned architect. The photography is by Jack Hobhouse.

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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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OCTOBER 12, 2022

Maine studio Elliott Architects has created a seaside house that includes a dramatic, cantilevered volume on stilt that stretches towards the ocean and the tree line. House on a Bay is a twisted residence overlooking the sea. Elliott Architects created the house with two distinctive bars.

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Housing Architect Civil Engineering Engineering 140

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. Here we used the light to draw you into the house through the darker hallway and towards a huge fixed skylight in the centre of the house." "We

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Home Architect Structural Engineering Windows 120

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. Located on a narrow infill site in Brunswick, Terrace House is a six storey "ethical housing" building containing 16 apartments and three ground-level shop units.

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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

JANUARY 18, 2024

A private roof terrace enclosed by greenery features in Hidden Garden House, a Sydney home reconfigured by Australian studio Sam Crawford Architects. Situated within a conservation zone, the home has been updated by Sam Crawford Architects to brighten its dark interior and transform it into an urban "sanctuary".

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

California studio Field Architecture designed this Sonoma Valley house out of a trio of fanning copper-clad pavilions with butterfly roofs. Named Madrone Ridge, the 4,920 square-foot (460 square-metre) house sits within the watershed of northern California's Russian River. the studio said. "By

Civil Engineering 144

Civil Engineering Housing Architecture Engineering 144

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JUNE 22, 2022

Local studio Oliver Leech Architects and interior designer Juliet O'Caroll used a palette of pale pink colours and materials for this extension and refurbishment of a Victorian terrace in London. Oliver Leech Architects has extended a Victorian house in London. Project credits: Architect: Oliver Leech Architects.

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Materials Housing Architect Structural Engineering 110

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". Telescope House offers framed views of Sedona The 1,600-square-foot (149-square-metre) cabin is a nature retreat for a couple who ultimately plan to live there full-time.

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Housing Exterior Engineering Engineering 118

Deezen

MARCH 18, 2022

London studio Nimtim Architects has redefined the interior of a 1920s house in Southwark using multifunctional partitions that are built from plywood joinery and feature a repeating arch motif. Nimtim Architects has updated a 1920s house in London. Plywood partitions have been used to redefine its interior.

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Housing Architect Structural Engineering Windows 145

Deezen

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Bay Area studio David Baker Architects has completed 145 units of social housing using modular construction and a weathering steel facade in San Francisco , California. Modules make up the social housing in San Francisco. David Baker Architects added a rainbow mural-lined courtyard to the ground floor.

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Construction Construction Housing Architect 114

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

US studio Robert Gurney Architect has completed a beachfront house in Delaware consisting of "simple and pure forms" wrapped in white cedar, salvaged barn wood and fibre-cement panels. Named after the community where it is located, the Cotton Patch Hills House sits on an oceanfront site in Bethany Beach, Delaware.

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Housing Structural Engineering Exterior Interior 119

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. Located on a 35-acre (14-hectare) property near the town of Wilson, the home was envisioned as a series of "tectonic structures" set within a diverse ecosystem.

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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 aim was to create a dwelling that supported the family's current needs while being mindful of what might be needed in the future.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2022

Fletcher Crane Architects has completed a two-bedroom house on a brownfield plot in west London featuring grey-brick walls that are left exposed throughout the living areas and sunken bedrooms. Fletcher Crane Architects has completed a grey-brick house in London. The house enters into a kitchen-diner.

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Site Housing Architect Structural Engineering 144

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Helsinki-based JKMM Architects used glulam and black spruce cladding to relate the Chappe Art House to surrounding timber structures in the coastal town of Tammisaari, Finland. The skylights offer carefully framed views that connect visitors inside the new galleries to Tammisaari's historic centre."

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Art Architect Foundation Engineering 128

Dwell

APRIL 2, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. A new tw0-story structure on the rear lane contains the bike and garden storage, laundry area, bathroom, and a studio space. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Landscape Roofing Architect Structural Engineering 81

Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The house is arranged in a C-shaped plan, opening toward an outdoor dining patio on the western side shaded by large wooden beams. The house is constructed of concrete block, the most accessible material in the area, and covered on both the exterior and interior with naturally pigmented cement.

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Housing Mining Client Clients 142

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

Local architecture studio Partisans has completed a house with an undulating yellow brick facade designed to look pixelated in Toronto , Ontario. The top level aligns three bedrooms and a shared bath in the front of the house, while the primary suite holds the back third of the plan.

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Housing Engineering Engineering Structural Engineering 127

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APRIL 14, 2024

HGX Design created the house to host the owner's visiting family and it now stands as the main dwelling on the 35-acre property, which is dotted with agricultural buildings and another residence. The structure's horizontal form was informed by the vernacular architecture of the surrounding farmland.

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Housing Civil Engineering Consulting Design 100

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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. Called Burnet Road Offices, the project involved the adaptive reuse of a small commercial complex along a main street in Austin.

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Dwell

MARCH 24, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. This garden flows seamlessly onto the roof and is planted with native grasses and shrubs improving the biodiversity of the site while concealing the dwelling from the houses above. Post it here.

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Space Housing Structural Engineering Roofing 129

Deezen

AUGUST 30, 2022

Called Torus House on account of its looped plan, the home occupies a site with a height difference of 10 metres – sitting level with the road to the north and perched on four large concrete supports to the south. Torus House sits on a steeply sloping site in Chiba Prefecture. Torus House is elevated on four large columns. "It

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Site Housing Structural Engineering Architecture 136

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JUNE 18, 2022

A skylit and silver-painted void runs through the centre of the Scenery Scooping House, which Japanese practice Not Architects Studio has created in a dense residential area in Tokyo , Japan. Hemmed in by three houses on a small plot in ?ta, Not Architects Studio has completed the Scenery Scooping House in Tokyo.

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Housing Architect Structural Engineering Windows 115

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MAY 22, 2023

Daniel Joseph Chenin settled the 7,800-square foot (725-square-metre) house on an acre rock outcrop near government-protected land in Las Vegas Valley, looking out to Red Rock Canyon. Fort 137 is characterised by its stone facade The house is heralded by a 28-foot tall (8.5

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Housing Building Civil Engineering Structural Engineering 110

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Stradella Ridge house sits on a steep, triangular property in Bel Air, an affluent neighbourhood in the foothills of the Santa Monica mountains. The house has two main levels, a basement and a rooftop terrace Roughly V-shaped in plan, the building has an angular form that was driven by the site's orientation and geometry.

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Housing Landscape Structural Engineering Glass 116

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MARCH 26, 2023

Architecture studio SDA has completed the Floating House, a concrete-framed home on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City that is elevated above ground to mitigate the impacts of flooding. It is elevated above ground to mitigate the impacts of flooding "We composed the house as three slabs floating above the ground," explained SDA.

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Housing Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering 135

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APRIL 5, 2024

Ædifica has created a six-storey housing block in Montreal Sitting on a narrow site, the six-storey housing block has two roughly L-shaped structures that frame a significant courtyard. This also acts as a passageway from the street to a semi-paved open space between other buildings in the development. "The

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aasarchitecture

MAY 21, 2024

Spiegel Aihara Workshop (SAW) has designed the Kauhikoa Core House on the island of Maui, a two-bedroom home that appears as a tumbling set of forms settling gracefully into the landscape of its site, a former pineapple plantation. The 812-square-foot home was built for a couple who splits time between Indonesia and Maui.

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Housing Design Contractor Structural Engineering 64

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

House, the home sits on a farmland site and is covered with a series of berms, while multiple trumpet-shaped pillars of varying heights create wave-like levels along the expanse of its footprint. Read: Omer Arbel Office films concrete tree-like forms that will become House 75.9

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Fuse Architects shed the home’s dark shingles—including ones inside—and covered its ocean-facing facade with glazing that frames views and draws in light. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Windows Interior Housing Client 141

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

A large stairwell takes up a third of the living space in Light-Filled Stair Hall, a compact family home designed by Tokyo -based Kiri Architects. The 79-square-metre house, which is shortlisted in the Urban House category of Dezeen Awards 2022 , provides a home for a family of four in Nishit?ky? Photo is by Shinkenchiku-sha.

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Space Housing Architect Structural Engineering 105

Dwell

MAY 3, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The form and spatial layout of the house are a direct response to this context. Have one to share? Post it here. The corridor is enhanced by the distinctive exposure of the Hlubočepské Rocks.

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