Architizer

AUGUST 24, 2022

On a steep hillside in San Francisco, a terraced garden integrates seamlessly with the architecture to create a series of intimate, flexible outdoor spaces. Its panoramic vantage point provides inspiration and the steep slope of the site allows access to its views from several elevations, drawing the viewer into the greater surroundings.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Argentinian architect Malvina Zayat has completed a white home for herself and her family that is lifted above a sloped site and enters into "an intimate dialogue with the sky and clouds". Accessed via a cobblestone street, the home is perched on a hilly property with extensive views of the landscape.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Architecture firm Alterstudio has completed a tower-like house in Texas that rises up from a steep, wooded site that was long overlooked "as a possible home site". The site had long been overlooked as feasible for home construction. The team cut away portions of the boxy exterior to create balconies, which vary in size.

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Habitus Living

AUGUST 13, 2023

“Their brief was simple: to provide a contemporary and timeless four-bedroom home which champions the landscape, one that is as equally well suited to entertaining as their day-to-day rituals,” says Ed Davis, principal at Davis Architects. The space acts as a generously extended threshold to become something of a pavilion in its own right.

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Archinect

MARCH 31, 2022

The site was once the home of the Atlantic Steel Mill foundry, which inspired the exterior steel-frame expression and wooden gantries serving as balconies serving individual office tenants. Expansive park-facing glazing dissolves the distinction between interior and exterior, tying the lobby to the park landscape beyond.

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Deezen

JUNE 23, 2022

Architecture firm Estudio MMX has spread CAB House in Mexico City over four levels by using a series of towering volumes to integrate the building into a steep site. The project was designed for a site with a natural ravine at the bottom, which Estudio MMX wanted to integrate into the planning.

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Archinect

JULY 19, 2023

Lake Tahoe is the project site of Laney LA 's unbuilt residential design project titled the SQ Residence. The Hermosa Beach-based architecture and design firm share model images and drawings of a residential project proposal aimed to resemble a mountain cave that "acts as a fortress within a demanding environment."

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Located off the Bundesautobahn 72 motorway to the east of Leipzig, the centre sits alongside a new educational trail that celebrates the Leubinger Fürstenhügel site, which is one of the region's most important archaeological monuments. The exterior is clad in corrugated aluminium. Its design references a bronze-age longhouse.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2022

German-Chinese architecture practice Büro Ziyu Zhuang has completed a church in Qingdao , China, featuring walls and a tower made from dozens of spaced-out aluminium ribs. Its design draws on classic church architecture. The gentle curves lend the space a fluid feel that contrasts with the rigid, geometric appearance of the exterior.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Course: Master of Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture and Master of Urban Design. Our degree programmes in architecture, landscape architecture and urban design, combined with dual and joint degree options, immerse our students in experiences that propel them to leadership in their fields.

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Hotel Designs

MAY 4, 2023

Situated within Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site and opening by Q4 2023, The Chedi Hegra will offer 35 bespoke guestrooms, each with its own distinct connection to the Hegra landscape, a breath-taking testimony of human expression within the natural environment.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Promotion: Swiss architecture studio Küchel Architects has designed a cantilevered house on an elevated site overlooking Lake Maggiore in Ascona, Switzerland. Described by the studio as an "architectural marvel", the home aims to showcase its natural surroundings, while ensuring the privacy of its residents.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 20, 2021

ASWA designs a new office complex where the architectural curve meets the landscape curve to create exterior and interior space fluidity. The site locates in a TOYOTA test drive area that aims to connect people, nature, and cars by designing the landscape to architecture and interior space.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A flowing landscape of grass-topped, terracotta-coloured concrete animates the Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre designed by Chinese studio Change Architects to reference mountains in Anhui province. The logic of the architectural concept derived from the idea of natural elements," explained Change Architects.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 21, 2022

London studio Hayhurst & Co has completed the Edith Neville Primary School near King's Cross, with pockets of landscape and external play spaces wrapped by a filigree screen of white aluminium mesh. A zigzagging canopy bridges the interior and exterior. Photography is by Kilian O'Sullivan.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A clubhouse informed by Quonset huts features at an AutoCamp glamping site in southern California designed by American firms HKS and Narrative Design Studio. Woven into the site are pathways, fire pits and a plunge pool. Pathways and native planting are woven into the site. Photo is by Matt Kisiday. Photo is by Matt Kisiday.

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Deezen

JANUARY 6, 2023

London practice ZMMA has transformed the home of artist Thomas Gainsborough in Sudbury, Suffolk , into a gallery and museum with a material palette of redbrick and flint informed by his landscape paintings. It has a red brick and flint exterior. The studio referenced Gainsborough's local landscape paintings.

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Deezen

JANUARY 11, 2023

Architecture practice Stride Treglown worked closely with staff and students at the Deaf Academy to design a campus in Exmouth, UK , with spaces tailored to best suit the needs of deaf people. The post Stride Treglown completes site for the Deaf Academy in Exmouth appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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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 Cabinetry: Space Theory.

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Deezen

MARCH 13, 2024

Vancouver studio Laura Killam Architecture has created a beachside cabin in British Columbia with a slanted roof that responds to the site's climate. A grey-stained cedar board and batten siding was used for the exterior, while the interior walls were clad in clear western red cedar. The photography is by Andrew Latreille.

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Architizer

MARCH 26, 2024

Exploring this idea further, we’re delving into the world of skyscraper design in Hong Kong, exploring the unique architectural features and design strategies employed in some of the city’s most iconic buildings. Despite the challenging small sites, the building will provide serviced apartment accommodation.

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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. Terraces adjacent to the living spaces, a hidden path to the lake shore, and two outdoor rooms with fire pits further integrate the building into the site.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Irregularly placed square openings puncture the thick concrete exterior of SV House in Portugal , recently completed by architecture studio Spaceworkers. Located on a sloping site near the town of Sobrado, the blocky, three-storey home occupies a plot once occupied by the home of the client's grandfather.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: from a contemporary motel in Denver to outdoor toilets for hikers in the Rocky Mountains , we've selected ten student projects that focus on architecture and design in the US. The country has a diverse and faceted history of architecture and the following projects utilise this as a vehicle for change and reflection.

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Architizer

JANUARY 16, 2024

Architizer is excited to reveal the champions of one of the year’s most inspiring architectural design contests! Returning for its sixth year, the renowned Best of LaCantina Design Competition attracted submissions from innovative architecture and design firms across the United States.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2024

Indian architecture studio Nowhere has renovated a house in Hyderabad called Mayalogili, coating it with a rough red-brown plaster made with brick and marble dust produced during the project. Walls of shutters can be opened to overlook the landscape and an adjacent bamboo structure containing a bathroom.

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Deezen

JANUARY 25, 2023

Architecture practice Fabric Architecture has designed a cabin in the West Coast region of New Zealand that provides accommodation for vacationers and features framed views of the surrounding landscape. The true beauty of that site is the native bush and to remove any of it reduces the beauty," said Coll. "We

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Building and Interiors

MARCH 14, 2022

All of us are very particular about what goes into the interiors of our houses, but often we end up ignoring a very crucial aspect of our property- the home exterior. The home’s exterior landscape is generally marked by a lawn, backyard, or garden. Benefits of landscaping your home exteriors.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Named after the community where it is located, the Cotton Patch Hills House sits on an oceanfront site in Bethany Beach, Delaware. For a sandy site that faces the water, the team created a rectilinear, three-storey building that totals 5,842 square feet (542 square metres). The staircase is made of white oak and steel.

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Architizer

JUNE 2, 2022

Despite technical complications involved in construction, inclined sites can invoke inspiring new architectural possibilities that just aren’t possible on flat sites. Below are a few ways in which architects have made the most of sloped sites to create unique homes and public buildings.

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Deezen

MARCH 9, 2023

A jagged metal roofscape shelters large open terraces at the Lateral Verandah House, a dwelling near Pune , India, designed by local studio Malik Architecture. The home sits on a steep, densely forested site with dramatic views of the Tung Fort ruins to the east, close to another residential project by the studio.

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Deezen

JULY 8, 2023

It takes the form of a sequence of rectilinear, stone-clad forms, broken up by three internal courtyards and surrounded by landscaped gardens that Ennead Architects has used to moderate levels of access and privacy. The post Ennead Architects references traditional Turkish architecture for US Embassy in Ankara appeared first on Dezeen.

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Architonic

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

New business incubator and office building; “Turbosealtech”, designed by New Wave architecture. The design approach focused on an interaction between technology, site, function and landscape. With considerations toward continuity of site views, heat control and function of the building, the form was generated.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 15, 2022

Named for its butterfly-inspired angular canopies that adorn the project’s exterior, Folded Wings is a workplace campus designed by Form4 Architecture in the technology epicenter of Palo Alto, CA. This site is open to the public as well as to the rest of the business park. Photo © John Sutton. Photo © John Sutton.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The concentric organization of the architectural program resolves the operating constraints and offers a punctuation in the landscape of the Saclay campus located on the site of the Ecole Polytechnique. © R architecture. © R architecture. © R architecture. © R architecture. © R architecture.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

A curved, twisting shell of textured aluminium plates covers Espace Mayenne in Laval, France , a multifunctional sports and entertainment venue designed by local practice Hérault Arnod Architectures. The post Hérault Arnod Architectures completes aluminium-clad sports centre in France appeared first on Dezeen.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

US studio Opsis Architecture has completed the Idaho Central Credit Union Arena, which features a mass-timber structural system and a swooping metal roof influenced by the region's rolling landscape. Onyx-stained cedar and a composite aluminium rainscreen are also found on the exterior.

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