Remove Architect Remove Exterior Remove Residential Remove Structural Engineering
article thumbnail

Omar Gandhi Architects balances cedar house on rocky Nova Scotia coastline

Deezen

Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has completed a cedar-wrapped house "inspired by the scattered boulders" that trail down the seaside property in Hubbards, Nova Scotia. The exterior is "minimal in its massing" "The exterior is extremely minimal in its massing," said OGA principal Omar Gandhi.

Housing 137
article thumbnail

Mexico City renovation by Taller Héctor Barroso includes dark exterior

Deezen

Local firm Taller Héctor Barroso was tasked with updating and expanding a 1980s home by an unknown architect that had been refurbished several times over the years. The team decided to strip the three-storey building down to its structural elements and completely revamp the facades and interior layout. Engineering: Tomás Rodríguez.

Exterior 145
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

RKTB Architects cantilevers Brooklyn housing block over neighbouring building

Deezen

New York firm RKTB Architects has completed One Sullivan Place, a mixed-income apartment building that rises 12 storeys and cantilevers in two directions over the rooftop of an adjacent structure. The upper four levels are wrapped in exterior insulation finishing systems (EIFS), often referred to as synthetic stucco.

article thumbnail

Akira Koyama + KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS Redefine the Sakuragicho Residence Exterior

Architizer

Sakuragicho Residence – The development endeavored to re-define exterior wall tiling and balcony construction distinctive to, yet typical of, large apartment blocks. ARCHITECTS to learn more about this project. ARCHITECTS. ARCHITECTS. ARCHITECTS. ARCHITECTS. ARCHITECTS. ARCHITECTS. ARCHITECTS.

article thumbnail

Baldridge Architects converts Austin commercial units into its own studio

Deezen

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. On the exterior, crisp-white plaster was added to the original concrete masonry.

article thumbnail

Unemori Architects envelops existing building with Father & Son House

Deezen

Japanese studio Unemori Architects has used cypress wood to create Father & Son House, an extension constructed above and around a self-built annexe in Saitama. Instead, the studio "planned a new independent structure outside the existing structure," Unemori Architects team member Keita Komori told Dezeen.

Housing 124
article thumbnail

CCY architects wraps Colorado house in patinated copper

Deezen

US studio CCY Architects has clad a mountainside house in patinated copper panels and tilted the roof to adhere with the topography of its site in Colorado. Known as DNA Alpine, the 4,000-square foot (372-square metre) home was completed in 2022 and designed to "disappear into or somehow become" the 75-acre site in San Miguel County.

Housing 128