Archinect

DECEMBER 7, 2022

David Kohn Architects ’ The Red House in rural Dorset took home the prize over six other shortlisted finalists, including the final candidate — Macdonald Wright Architects’ The Library House — that was named in the same episode.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The American Institute of Architects has published its latest quarterly report on residential design in the United States. The AIA Home Design Trends Survey for Q4 2023 focused on the theme ‘neighborhood and community design,’ and revealed a desire among clients for simpler detailing on home exteriors and more windows.

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Deezen

JUNE 19, 2022

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. For the exterior walls, the team used concrete blocks, which were then covered with dark brown stucco that, when dry, appears black. The photography is by César Béjar.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Architecture studio LMN Architects and landscape studio Field Operations have opened a wood-clad aquarium extension topped with a public park that acts as a bridge between the city and Seattle's waterfront. LMN Architects and Field Operations have completed a park and aquarium extension in Seattle.

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Dwell

APRIL 9, 2024

Despite light’s transformative power, standardized window sizes remain a mainstay in home improvement centers. While there’s nothing wrong with the ease and convenience of stock windows, we know that one size doesn’t (and shouldn’t) always fit all.

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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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Brandon Donnelly

APRIL 25, 2024

Montreal is, in many ways, a city of winding exterior stairs. And with these, comes lots of exterior circulation. Designed by MSDL Architects , the project, called The Laurent & Clark , consists of two tower volumes. The suites in the west tower are all dual aspect; meaning, they have windows on both ends.

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BD+C

AUGUST 26, 2024

Windows in K-12 classrooms provide opportunities, not distractions 0 qpurcell Mon, 08/26/2024 - 08:39 K-12 Schools On a knee-jerk level, a window seems like a built-in distraction, guaranteed to promote wandering minds in any classroom or workspace. Windows, when possible, should be without obstructions such as posters and curtains.

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Deezen

JUNE 15, 2024

Italian studio Messner Architects has extended and reconfigured a house in South Tyrol to create three apartments , each with a contrasting exterior finish of plaster, wood and metal. While the existing structure was left largely unchanged, Messner Architects removed its gabled roof to create an expanded second floor.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Local studio Mary Arnold-Forster Architects has updated an old schoolhouse in Scotland , adding two slate-clad extensions designed to contrast its original sandstone structure. Both the extension and the porch have been clad in black-slate tiles, referencing the roof of the existing building while contrasting its lighter sandstone exterior.

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Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2024

Warm tones feature across the facade and interior of The Lookout, a stilted house that local studio Parsonson Architects has added to a hillside site in New Zealand. To add interest to the home's simple rectangular form, Parsonson Architects incorporated geometric cutouts and a sloped roof. The photography is by Simon Wilson.

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Deezen

AUGUST 7, 2024

Greek studio Kapsimalis Architects has converted a 19th-century wine cellar into a cavernous holiday home on the island of Santorini in Greece. In terms of the architectural restoration, the main facade, the exterior staircase and yard, the interior subterranean vaulted spaces, and also the previous trails are entirely kept."

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Archinect

MARCH 21, 2023

A façade of smooth plaster and cedar siding bundle the interior rooms with strategically placed exterior spaces, producing long sightlines throughout the interior. Telescoping doors and windows extend the living, dining, and kitchen seamlessly out to the entry garden and the interior pool terrace.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

A family home that blurs the distinction between interior and exterior space through its unique connection to the natural landscape. Energy-efficient insulation, windows, geothermal heating, and natural in-place filtration beds in the water features reduce the impact on the site.

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Deezen

JULY 9, 2024

Finnish studio AOR Architects has completed the Monio School and Cultural Centre in Hyrylä, using over 5,000 industrial timber logs to create a structure that references the area's traditional wooden villas. The photography is courtesy of AOR Architects. It is a fascinatingly simple way of building.

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Architizer

AUGUST 29, 2022

In his 1927 manifesto, Five Points of Architecture, Le Corbusier made horizontal windows a core concept of his architectural philosophy. These long narrow windows which could wrap around the façade’s length like a ribbon, he argued, were the best way to offer evenly light spaces throughout a building without compromising privacy.

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Archinect

AUGUST 5, 2022

The 123-room Ace Hotel has opened in Toronto , designed by acclaimed Canadian practice Shim-Sutcliffe Architects , recipients of the 2021 RAIC Gold Medal. Front desk. Photo credit: William Jess Laird Inside, the lobby features a series of poured-in-place, steel-edged concrete structural arches.

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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2024

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.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Pale brick , stone and timber were used to create a "rustic and warm feeling" at this home in rural China , designed by local studio CPlus Architects. The main colours of the interior and exterior of the building are all earth tones, blending in with the rural environment," explained the studio.

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Deezen

AUGUST 2, 2024

Architecture studio Alison Brooks Architects has completed the One Ashley Road residential development in London , with a pair of angular terracotta towers framing a square. The post Alison Brooks Architects creates "carved and animated" Tottenham Hale residential towers appeared first on Dezeen.

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Deezen

MAY 10, 2024

Local studio Emil Eve Architects has revamped the Aden Grove house in east London , adding loft and rear extensions characterised by angular forms and terracotta tiles. The terraced Victorian home in Newington Green required an update due to its dark interior and series of narrow, disjointed rooms, said Emil Eve Architects.

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Deezen

AUGUST 1, 2024

New York studio Pei Architects has unveiled a skyscraper in Toronto , Canada, wrapped in precast concrete balconies and above a travertine podium. Pei Architects – founded by the two sons of modernist architect IM Pei – created the 56-storey residential tower for the Tower Hill Development in Midtown Toronto.

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Deezen

JUNE 7, 2023

HW Studio creates austere white home in Mexico to evoke "sense of security" "Pretty intense spaces" Readers were unsure about the house, especially due to its few windows. Alfred Hitchcock believed that "the interior cell walls just need some padding" and that "the exterior walls make an excellent canvas for Banksy et al".

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2024

Chilean architecture studio Croxatto and Opazo Architects has created a holiday home outside of Santiago with a rotated, wedge-shaped terrace at its front. An exterior wooden staircase leads to a second platform that supports the house. Floor-to-ceiling windows span its height, while a storage cupboard sits underneath.

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Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2024

London studio Lynch Architects has completed the extension of Westminster Coroner's Court, creating a barrel-vaulted courtroom illuminated by stained glass windows by artist Brian Clarke. There are stained glass windows by Brian Clarke. The photography is by Andy Stagg unless stated otherwise.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2022

The architects claimed that the building combines a religious experience with secular attitude, explaining that the church "aims to create a spatial container that both respects the past and looks towards the future.". The gentle curves lend the space a fluid feel that contrasts with the rigid, geometric appearance of the exterior.

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Deezen

APRIL 29, 2024

Local studio Valbæk Brørup Architects drew on the principles of Danish functionalism for Kildeskovsvej, a red-brick house outside Copenhagen with a blocky form broken up by large corner windows. Above, the bedrooms overlook the garden with a row of large windows.

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Archinect

JANUARY 26, 2024

A floating pavilion roof hovers over the interior and exterior spaces while sliding glass panels and corrugated concrete walls define its courtyards. ” – Scott Specht, principal architect Water helps link the exterior and interior spaces. The house is open and light-filled yet provides seclusion from the street.

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Santa Cruz Architect

JUNE 10, 2023

Window flashing is an essential component of any home’s building envelope. Understanding the key aspects of window flashing is crucial for homeowners to ensure the longevity and integrity of their windows and overall structural integrity. It features a slope that encourages water to drain down and out.

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Contemporist

AUGUST 16, 2023

Robert Young Architects has designed a modern home with an abundance of windows, and that's also surrounded by forest.

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Deezen

AUGUST 3, 2024

Chinese studio Say Architects has designed a concept store for fashion brand Nice Rice in the seaside resort of Aranya , featuring bright-orange tiles and furniture intended to evoke the colour of a sunset. The glossy orange tiles reflect light onto the white walls, creating an effect that the architects describe as a "golden afterglow".

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Deezen

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Fluted blocks of local stone bring a tactile finish to this home in Greece , which has been completed by local studio Point27 Architects. Point27 Architects was tasked with embracing these views while providing sufficient privacy from the nearby street, creating a design that balances open and enclosed spaces.

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Deezen

MAY 6, 2024

Japanese studio Kooo Architects has designed the skinny Hotel Rakuragu in central Tokyo to have a "unique shape", with cut-out balconies that help to preserve privacy. This inspired Kooo Architects ' unusual design, which features large balconies and terraces that are inverted, creating gaps in the facade.

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Deezen

MAY 6, 2024

Peach-toned walls and arched openings define Baia Villas, a set of six holiday homes in Goa that Mumbai studio Jugal Mistri Architects has designed to evoke local vernacular. The project's bold arched windows and the side streets filled with reverse fins curving out to offer shade stimulate the imagination," said Mistri.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Netherlands-based Studio Job has created a curved bronze-and-glass sculpture named The Embrace for Dutch art institute KunstKerk as a humourous update on traditional stained-glass windows. The final design features two undulating "windows" that seem to stretch towards each other above a smaller, central window.

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Dwell

APRIL 13, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. To the east is a winter garden, which functions as an intermediate space between the interior and exterior, a protected area from the rain that helps heat the house on sunny days. Have one to share?

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Deezen

MARCH 31, 2024

The 19th-century villas in the suburbs of Paris informed the arched windows and sloping roofs of this social housing block in France , completed by local studio SOA Architectes. Its design references 19th-century Parisian villas nearby SOA Architectes divided the apartments across three volumes.

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