Deezen

APRIL 5, 2024

Local architecture studio Ædifica has created a residential apartment building outside Montreal with an interior courtyard and a metal-mesh second skin on the facade. Called Cité Angus II, the structure is part of Technopôle Angus, an urban revitalization project that its developers say is a "full-scale sustainable development".

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Deezen

JUNE 9, 2023

The academic building is located on ASU's main campus in Tempe, which is part of the Phoenix metropolitan area. Encompassing 281,000 square feet (26,106 square metres), the building houses a range of research institutes focused on topics such as food, water, energy and climate change.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

When not staying at the house, the clients rent it out. Roughly rectangular in plan, the house sits on a gently sloping site and was built atop the footprint of a former building. Bedrooms feature surrounding views Exterior walls are wrapped in weathering steel , which helps protect the home against wildfire.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Along with curling exterior walls that span the length of the houses's perimeter, they were created using a technique in which concrete is poured slowly into fabric formwork supported by a plywood rib structure. "The They are fluted at the base before extending upwards into an expansive "lilypad" shape.

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Deezen

APRIL 23, 2024

This was then encased by an exterior shell clad with decorative cedar shingles. Timber flooring and furniture feature on the interior The cabin was constructed as a self-build project undertaken by Markos, along with help from prefabrication specialists at BlokBuild and Price & Myers.

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Deezen

JULY 10, 2022

Neubau was approached by St Mary's Junior School for girls to transform the 1970s greenhouse into a specialised lab for teaching classes in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Polycarbonate panels were added to the exterior. Client: St Mary's School Cambridge. Structural engineer: Simple Works.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 12, 2022

After four years of construction, IQON rises 130 m making it the tallest building in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito – a city with one of the highest elevations in the world. Traditionally a city of dense low-rise buildings, the skyline of Quito was re-imagined following the relocation of the city-center airport over a decade ago.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 13, 2024

Marga Klompé Building, designed by Powerhouse Company, is the first college building in Europe to be entirely constructed from solid wood. The building accommodates a foyer, 1 auditorium, 13 lecture halls, and self-study spaces for approximately 1,000 students.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Composed of three distinct buildings – a main house, guesthouse and writer's studio – the project was designed for a California-based couple who manage an independent record label. Each building responds to its immediate setting. The other two buildings are tucked within the woods and feel more intimate.

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2024

Alongside the main worship space on the first floor, which is named the Sea Chapel, the building contains two smaller prayer spaces. It is illuminated by a skylight that projects from the southeastern side of the building. This rooftop space can be accessed independently of the building using an external spiral stair made of metal.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Piil was designed to blend in with a surrounding forest The studio chose to construct the 19-square-metre building from a metal frame with timber cladding to create an organic feel alongside the nearby woodland. White-washed oak clads the interior Inside, the building was "conceived as a large piece of joinery".

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Clair West at the edge of Corso Italia, the under-utilized building was in decline and disrepair from more than a decade of neglect before the studio began the process of transformation. Dubbeldam’s studio occupies the top floor of the building. Year: 2019. Size: 5000 sqft – 10,000 sqft. Budget: 500K – 1M.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Read: Wurck designs underwater parking garage for 7,000 bicycles in Amsterdam Visitors can enter the hub on their bicycles via ramps on the eastern and western sides of the building, or via staircases towards the centre. Rounded edges and flowing lines help create continuous sight lines through the building.

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Deezen

APRIL 9, 2024

Jun Mitsui & Associates and Pelli Clarke & Partners have converted a grocery store into a sake brewery The site contains three buildings – the brewery, housed in the shell of a former Stop & Shop grocery store, a small rice polishing building and a wastewater treatment facility.

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Deezen

APRIL 7, 2022

Glazed brick and charred cypress wrap the exterior of a partly sunken North Carolina home designed by architecture firm In Situ Studio. Like other parts of the city, the area is experiencing a lot of new development and building renovations. The site formerly held a run-down, 1940s dwelling that was owned by the clients.

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e-architect

DECEMBER 7, 2022

IQON Quito, Ecuador mixed-use building, South American Housing Project, Uribe Schwarzkopf property development. IQON Quito, Ecuador mixed-use residential building. BIG Completes First Building In South America. IQON Quito, mixed-use residential building, Ecuador. IQON Quito, mixed-use residential building, Ecuador.

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Deezen

MARCH 2, 2023

US studio CLB Architects has designed a cedar-clad home and barn in Wyoming for clients who love horses and wanted to return their property to its historic roots as a working ranch. To one side of the home's atrium is the communal zone For the main home, the team conceived a two-storey, L-shaped building that gradually rises from the site.

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e-architect

MAY 25, 2023

Comprising a loosely-stacked series of individual homes, the design is open and porous, allowing light and air to permeate the entire building and creating plenty of open and green spaces for residents of all ages to enjoy and share. The design of the building targets LEED-Platinum certification.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2023

The all-black home, surrounded by a boreal forest, is made up of a square surrounding a small courtyard that contains an apple tree that reminded the client of their childhood. This exterior area, in turn, leads back to the main living and dining area, forming a continuous circulation around the tree. Three bedrooms feature inside.

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Deezen

JULY 6, 2023

In Situ Studio has renovated and expanded the mid-century modern childhood home of musician James Taylor in Chapel Hill, North Carolina , into a multi-building complex for two art collectors. The basement level has two bedrooms and a den that opens to the pool deck. The original pine floors were refinished and new paneling was added.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Each module's roof eavesflow upward and downward, which results in a variety of undulating surfaces and unexpected sight lines across the exterior and interior of the home," the team said. The slatted roof aligns with slatted exterior walls to create long, vertical striations that begin at the roof ridge and cascade to the ground," it said.

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Deezen

APRIL 4, 2022

The client's functional needs are strategically distributed inside two independent volumes connected by a walkway forming a breach through the house," said the Montreal -based architects. "The The building's exterior was inspired by the vernacular constructions of the area, a region of Quebec known as the Eastern Townships.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 9, 2024

Photo © Boone Speed The resulting geometric layout is a composition of two rotundas that adjoin a central spine and that are surrounded by ample exterior decks to provide dramatic four-state mountain views. Unpretentious and inviting, the exterior is expressed in reclaimed wood.

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Deezen

MARCH 13, 2023

The client's brief was simple – create a comfortable home for their family that takes advantage of the site's spectacular views and that serves as a refuge from work life," the studio said. The clients use this space to decompress and enjoy the views with music and wine," the team said. Sustainability was a key concern for the team.

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Deezen

JUNE 13, 2023

The translucent, wavy facade of China Philharmonic Concert Hall by MAD is revealed in these construction photos, which capture the building nearing completion in Beijing. The two-storey, 11,600-square-metre building will house both a main concert hall and rehearsal spaces for the musicians.

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Deezen

JANUARY 28, 2024

Manna hotel is housed in a former sanatorium for tuberculosis patients The building sits within a fir forest on Mount Mainalo, the tallest peak in the mountainous region. When the sanatorium closed – made obsolete following the introduction of penicillin in 1938 – the building had been emptied to prevent looting.

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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. To keep the continuous ceiling surface, inverted beams were used throughout the building." The photography is by Ezequiele Panizzi.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 10, 2024

The Study Pavilion of the Technical University of Braunschweig is an innovative two-story campus building designed to provide student workspaces for all faculties. The building is designed to be completely hierarchy- free, promoting interpersonal communication and interdisciplinary knowledge generation among students and faculty alike.

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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

JUNE 26, 2023

It is also a nod to the colourful buildings of Mexican architect Luiz Barragan, which the studio said was informed by the homeowner's holidays to Mexico. Across the other three floors of the home are four bedrooms and three bathrooms that were lightly renovated, alongside a study, additional living spaces and hallways.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Who are the clients and what’s interesting about them? Budget dictated a facelift of the existing structure rather than a rebuild so the design is a sort stage-set behind which a lot of the original building still sits. The main contractor completed the building work in 20 weeks. How long…and how much?

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Habitus Living

JUNE 6, 2023

The revised building form maximises the elevation on the small site, achieving views to both the city and the bay, while offering privacy and flexibility for the grown-up family that lives here. Shade Factor is the exclusive distributor of ADI’s motorised bi-fold screens.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The complex comprises two interior pools and their infrastructure; in the 2nd phase of the project, an exterior Olympic-size pool is to be added. In this manner, the design reduces the structure’s facade envelope surface, thereby increasing its energy efficiency and reducing the investment cost. Source by ENOTA.

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Deezen

MARCH 26, 2023

SDA has created the Floating House on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City Floating House is distinguished by its exposed concrete frame, designed to balance the client's desire for a feeling of openness to the site's lush gardens with the need for protection from the elements. The photography is by Hiroyuki Oki.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Sky park Located between the new green corridor and the existing neighbourhood along the railway, the housing complex will be a kick-off project part of a larger urban redevelopment with mixed-use buildings for the whole area. Facade A playful grid of vertical elements and windows creates various rhythms on the facade. Source by Mecanoo.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Guided by the landscape setting and the monumental atmosphere of the site, the building complements the serenity of this vast memorial. KAAN Architecten chose to place the new building at a respectful distance from the monumental ensemble, maintaining the original plan for the site and preserving its peaceful atmosphere.

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Deezen

JANUARY 11, 2023

West of West has completed a concrete office complex in eastern Austin , Texas with flexible workspaces, community amenities and public greenspaces between buildings that reinterpret the neighbourhood's industrial context. There was a kind of beautiful roughness to the buildings. Slanted structural columns animate the groundscape.

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