Deezen

MARCH 14, 2024

Dutch studio Powerhouse Company has created the Marga Klompé Building at Tilburg University, the Netherlands , is "the first college building in Europe to be entirely constructed from solid wood". Situated on a forested university campus in Tilburg , the cuboid building has a mass timber structure and facades clad in Portuguese stone.

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JULY 13, 2023

UK studio Corstorphine & Wright has converted a world war two bunker in Dorset, UK, into a holiday home with a blast-shaped window cut in its front. Corstorphine & Wright worked with structural engineer Symmetrys to maintain a sense of history by retaining almost all of the existing structure.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2024

Design studio HGA has completed a pair of educational facilities , Mills Hall and Gibbons Center, that are among the first "commercially scaled mass-timber buildings" in the state of Maine. Both buildings also have mass timber frames, wooden interior finishes and brick facades.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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Deezen

MARCH 10, 2023

The vertical, white-wood cladding and standing-seam metal roof reference regional agrarian buildings, but with contemporary refinement. The crossbar gable – with an arcade of large windows on either side – contains the family spaces with an open plan kitchen, dining and living space under a vaulted ceiling.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Both designs were taken from the previously announced 20-entry longlist and will compete against 5 others for the title, which this year focuses on “Hard to Build” residential projects.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Gehry Partners has created a building for Warner Bros in Burbank Second Century Burbank is divided into two large blocks connected by a two-storey volume that is topped by a landscaped courtyard. These are used across the building's highway-facing elevations and have an "icy white appearance" intended to evoke the form of icebergs.

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Deezen

APRIL 23, 2024

American firm Lake Flato Architects has completed a family retreat on Long Island that consists of three barn-like structures wrapped in cedar and constructed using prefabricated timber elements. The three buildings create a loosely defined central farm courtyard out of the soft, tree-covered sand dune," the team said.

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Deezen

MARCH 16, 2022

Historic structures including a silo building and an old factory have been incorporated into the University of the Arts Helsinki's new home, which was designed by local architecture studio JKMM. Connected by a modernist silo building at their centre, the Theatre Academy occupies a soap factory.

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The Architecture Designs

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Exploring the Beauty of Milgard Bay Windows Windows play a pivotal role in shaping the aesthetics and functionality of a home, and among the various styles available, bay windows stand out for their elegance and versatility. Transformative Impact Beyond their aesthetic appeal, these windows offer practical benefits.

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Deezen

APRIL 4, 2024

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 building is located in the Crown Heights neighbourhood, near Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

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Deezen

APRIL 9, 2022

Designed for a family local to the area, the three-storey 100JOA home occupies a tight row-house site, with a small walled garden at its rear surrounded by neighbouring buildings. The home's street facade is painted a pale sage green, while windows are covered by wooden blinds that match the rear garden's awning.

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Architonic

JANUARY 21, 2024

<p>The structure was built to consolidate three functions inside three conjoined buildings—the filtering, panning, and finishing of sugar—that required the use of enormous equipment housed in cavernous, multistory spaces purposefully obscured by the repetitive punched arch windows in the masonry.

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Deezen

JANUARY 12, 2023

Architectural studio Undecorated has designed an elongated, metal Quonset hut punctuated with dormer windows and filled with loft-style units for an evolving neighbourhood in Detroit. The huts are known for being inexpensive and quick to build. Various windows flood the apartment interior with natural light.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

A greenhouse window can serve as the individual home for your plants. Let’s explore first the definition of a greenhouse window. Afterward, we will jump into the discussion regarding the old window greenhouse. What are Greenhouse Windows? These windows angle outward from the house at a 90-degree angle.

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JANUARY 18, 2022

Sreenidhi’s Residence Making Structure. The external walls will now be finished, depending on the sort of house construction method used. It is now safe to install the windows and external doors after the heavy site work has been completed. Versatility of Glass in Residential Buildings. Plot size: 40*60.

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Deezen

AUGUST 27, 2022

Memola Estudio stripped back walls in the apartment to reveal the concrete structure. To contrast the wooden floors Memola Estudio removed walls and parts of the ceiling, and stripped back finishes to expose the building's concrete structure, piping and ductwork. Bathrooms were also updated in different shades of green.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Here he picks 10 buildings that are "givers rather than takers". In his book named Humanise , along with the Radio 4 series and recently launched initiative , Heatherwick takes aim at boring buildings. Thomas Heatherwick is campaigning to end boring buildings. There's no reason not to build them anywhere.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The museum, based on a gridded pattern and made of multiple structures, has been clad in a finish called chukum that dates back to the Mayans and was chosen for its durability and low maintenance costs. Ken Steffes remarked that it showcases "a fantastic way to apply architectural history to a modern structure.

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Dwell

MAY 10, 2023

These two structures are separated by an internal courtyard with a glazed passageway running its length, connecting the front to the back. Here, generous views to the ocean draw the interiors outward and natural light is plentiful; it is lofty and dignified yet the feeling is understated and inviting. "As

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Deezen

APRIL 14, 2022

The form of the structure mimics the typical profile of a detached home – a largely rectangular form with a pitched roof. The exterior walls, roof and windows of Red Cave feature a completely flush finish that allows all of these surfaces to merge into one. The structure has a geometric form.

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Deezen

AUGUST 17, 2022

Iridescent aluminium sheets clad the rhomboid-shaped D2 building, a creative workplace by Cambridge studio Mole Architects that forms the latest addition to London's Design District. Headed by architect Meredith Bowles, Mole Architects previously completed a larger building called C2 that opens onto the district's central courtyard.

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Deezen

MARCH 23, 2022

ERA Architects has refurbished a postwar social housing building in Hamilton, Ontario , making it the largest residential building in the world to achieve Passivhaus EnerPHit certification. The structure is now certified under the Passivhaus EnerPHit category, particular to retrofitted buildings. Photo by DoubleSpace.

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Architizer

JUNE 2, 2022

Floating buildings can be constructed on slopes either by using a taller foundation or supports. On the other hand, architects have also created buildings that follow the incline or are even partially or fully buried into the slope. The rooms are placed around this central opening, ensuring that all the windows reach the surface.

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Deezen

AUGUST 22, 2022

Mass timber framing, compostable toilets and a rooftop photovoltaic array are among the sustainable features in PAE Living Building, an Oregon office building that was designed and partly funded by US studio ZGF Architects. The building is the first in Portland to meet the requirements of the Living Building Challenge.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Design and build studio Localworks has created the Mustardseed Junior School in Uganda with organically shaped classrooms built from natural and locally sourced materials. The 1,146-square-metre building, located in the town of Sentema, is used as both a kindergarten and primary school for local children.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Located in the Dasha River Ecological Corridor, the 300-square-metre building by Atelier Xi provides a children's reading room, public restrooms and a viewing balcony with seating areas for visitors and residents. It is modelled on a conch shell "The starting point of the spiral touches ground, meandering among the trees," Xi told Dezeen. "For

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Architecture Ideas

OCTOBER 23, 2023

It’s an exciting journey to build your own house, serving as a reflection of you. From planning to on-site construction, a lot goes behind building a house. Let’s understand every phase of the construction with a step-by-step guide on how to build a house. Let’s see how to build your own house. What is my Budget?

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Described as a "sustainable hybrid project", Weggishof comprises a concrete base topped with a timber structure built using a system of prefabricated, standardised elements in order to minimise waste and make future recycling more efficient. The structure is staggered to prevent disrupting mountain views. Photo is by Maris Mezulis.

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Deezen

APRIL 16, 2024

Traditional materials and building techniques "celebrate the essence" of south Indian architecture at Telugu Medium, a restaurant in Hyderabad by local practice Sona Reddy Studio. These finishes are combined with minimal furniture made of dark wood, chosen by the studio to be "timeless, simple, and evocative".

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Deezen

OCTOBER 5, 2023

"When talking about the local architecture, people who are living in the area always say 'there is no value', 'the buildings are out of date' or 'there is nothing to see'," studio founder Kenichi Kurosawa told Dezeen. It has a timber structure "The outshape of the building was almost the same as the building before," said Kurosawa.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2023

Waechter Architecture has completed an "all-wood" commercial building in Portland , which it says is the first commercial building in Oregon to "use mass timber construction for all components of the building". The three-storey structure comprises six volumes arrayed around a central courtyard.

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Deezen

MAY 16, 2024

Called Zilker Studios, the structure includes 110 affordable apartments operated by local housing organisation Foundation Communities. The upper levels are for the residential units and were clad in an exterior insulation finishing system (EIFS) to protect from sun and street sounds on two sides, while the lower levels hold communal areas.

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Dwell

JANUARY 18, 2023

The first time architect Carsten Stinn and his wife, Linda, set foot on Washington’s tiny Obstruction Island, it took them 30 minutes to trek from the shore to the plot where they would eventually build a cabin. "No No one had ever done anything on the site," Carsten says.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Welcome to Prefab Profiles, an ongoing series of interviews with people transforming how we build houses. Since, Stott and Levy have made more affordable models as well as shelters and community buildings for unhoused people. The prefabs’ steel framework allows windows to be placed anywhere along the perimeter of a home.

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Deezen

APRIL 20, 2023

Buildings embellished by decorative brick facades are the focus of this roundup , which includes houses, a winery and a mausoleum. Bricks are a common building material used all around the world, typically for constructing walls.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2024

London studio dMFK Architects has renovated a 1970s office in Fitzrovia with an interior designed to match the building's original character and heritage. We introduced new legibility, improved accessibility and high-quality finishes to evolve the structure's 1970s heritage". The photography is by Jack Hobhouse.

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