Deezen

AUGUST 15, 2022

Mexican architecture studio Team 730 has completed a pavilion within Mexico City 's Chapultepec Zoo that offers new exhibition spaces and refurbishes an existing welcome building. Team 730 modernised the entrance to a zoo in Mexico City. Team 730 is led by José Muñoz Villers and Carlos Marín, and is based in Mexico City.

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Habitus Living

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The clients wanted a weekend home, within the humdrum of the city, that invoked feelings of relaxation and rejuvenation. The overall design allows for a smooth transition between the interior and exterior spaces, enabling the occupants to fully appreciate the natural surroundings.” Shalini Chandrashekar Project architect – Ar.

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Dwell

MAY 26, 2023

The Mexico City home’s concrete facade says "keep out" while large windows at the back invite the outdoors in. Toward the street, on the façade, small openings were made to give a glimpse of the exterior while providing intimacy. Have one to share? Post it here. Inside, everything is different.

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Deezen

MAY 6, 2024

As a challenge, we thought we could focus more on the gaps between buildings in the city centre and open up the daylight from the windows and balconies more boldly in multiple directions towards the surrounding gaps." The plot the hotel stands on measures just 83.5 The photography is by Keishin Horikoshi/SS Tokyo.

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Deezen

APRIL 5, 2024

The exterior of the outward-facing angles is clad in metal and features multiple balconies, some of which extrude past the face – while others are sunken into a metal-mesh "second skin" placed on the building. On the courtyard-facing facade, light metals and paints contrast with the greys of the exterior.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Pasadena-based studio Hopson Rodstrom Design ( H/RD ), designed the structure to "embrace" the higher-scale zoning that exists along thoroughfares in areas of the city generally filled with low-lying structures. The photography is by Here and Now Agency (HANA), Paul Vu.

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e-architect

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Notably, the structural design of the home was elevated to the same category as a school or hospital so that it could function as a refuge for this family. Exterior materials include vertical board-form concrete for the base and a vertical wood (Kebony) rainscreen cladding.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The two structures are mirrors of each other and are divided by a courtyard with a privacy wall in the middle Set on 40-foot (12-metre) wide lots, the linear homes measure only 20 feet (6 metres) at their widest, leaving plenty of space for outdoor areas on either side of the house for residents to enjoy.

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aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Chengdu, hailed as the land of abundance, has a civilization history of 4,500 years and a city construction history of 2,300 years. At the platform of the exhibition hall, you can take a look at the creative group projects on the east side and the natural landscape of Yanqi Wetland. LTD Client: Tianfu Investment Group Co.,

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2023

Local studio Sparano + Mooney Architecture cantilevered two envelopes with blackened-cedar siding over a canyon outside of Salt Lake City , Utah. The home, called Wabi Sabi Residence and completed in 2020 is a 4,000-square-foot (370-square metre) structure on a nine-acre lot in the Wasatch Range. Civil engineer: McNeil Engineering.

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Dwell

JULY 27, 2022

Project Details: Location: Aichi, Japan Architect: Nori Architects / @nori_architects Builder: TOKORO Structural Engineer: Seiji Okawa Textile Designer: Yuki Tsutsumi Equipment Advisor: Kozo Takase Lighting Advisor: CHIPS LLC. The exterior skin and mechanical equipment were designed for year-round comfort and energy-efficiency.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

We chose to utilize a dark cedar exterior to ground the home within the surrounding dunes and a contrasting natural cedar to accentuate the point of entry. By creating a dark exterior with an accentuated entry we created contrast to the grass swept dunes.

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Dwell

JUNE 15, 2022

Each of its three structures—a residence, artist’s studio, and bath house—features a catchment with a reservoir system that purifies harvested rainwater. The main residence takes the form of a pavilion that allows for outdoor use year-round, with over two-thirds of the building footprint dedicated to covered exterior space.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2024

Located near a grove of mature pine trees, the neighbouring buildings are in the southeast corner of the 215-acre (87-hectare) Bowdoin College campus in the city of Brunswick. In contrast to its red-brick neighbour, the Gibbons Center – which is dedicated to arctic research and education – is clad in a rustic, black-brick exterior.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Located in an industrial area on the outskirts of the city of Kristiansand, Lumber 4 comprises a ground floor with commercial spaces and five floors of office space above. The third and fourth floors have been united with a double-height atrium, which features a wooden staircase and large light fitting at its centre.

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Dwell

JANUARY 2, 2024

Welcoming guests through an alley-facing entrance, its scale and concrete masonry unit (CMU) walls speak to the industrial backdrop of the city's evolving landscape. Crafted with double-width CMU exterior walls and inserted Douglas fir floor and roof structure, the entire residence was conceived with resilience in mind.

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Deezen

MARCH 26, 2023

Architecture studio SDA has completed the Floating House, a concrete-framed home on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City that is elevated above ground to mitigate the impacts of flooding. SDA, or Sanuki Daisuke Architects, is a studio founded by architect Sanuki Daisuke in Ho Chi Minh City in 2011. The photography is by Hiroyuki Oki.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

IJBoulevard delivers new public space, bringing bicycles underground to free up space at street level whilst providing a new living room for the city," said the studio. The entrances are finished with the same dark grey natural stone as the boulevard, intended to offer a seamless transition between the interior and exterior spaces.

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e-architect

JUNE 27, 2023

The exterior responds to a challenging urban site and programmatic changes within the building through gradual massing changes and subtle interior shifts. photo © Austen Diamond Value Proposition Despite a construction boom, Salt Lake City has, in recent years, experienced a significant apartment and affordable housing shortage.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

These buildings are five storeys tall and have a central core set back from the wood-clad exterior, with large window boxes on each end that create sheltered patios on the second storey. Studio Gang has completed a number of high-profile projects this year, including museum expansions in Arkansas and New York City.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2023

The project is located in St-Donat, a rural area near Montreal that serves as a popular getaway from the city. This exterior area, in turn, leads back to the main living and dining area, forming a continuous circulation around the tree. Structural engineer: Poincaré – Paul-Henry Boutros. Three bedrooms feature inside.

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Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2022

Polycarbonate walls and a row of tall window boxes bring diffused sunlight into the Iowa City Public Works building by US firm Neumann Monson Architects. The low-lying building is located just south of Iowa City's downtown district, near a recreational area and a future housing development. MEP engineer: Modus.

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Deezen

JANUARY 13, 2022

This is the first project in New York City to use mass timber to transform an adaptive-reuse building, and we hope it will lead by example; using mass timber to reduce our embodied carbon and reinvigorate our aging building stock," said CO Adaptive Architecture principal Ruth Mandl. Project credits: MEPS engineers: ABS Engineering.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Splyce Design added a cantilevered staircase to Yield House The front of the house – functioning like stacked viewing platforms with wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling windows – looks to the city, mountains and ocean, while the restrained rear side frames views of Douglas firs and western red cedars in the coastal rainforest.

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Deezen

MAY 11, 2022

On the exterior, various anchor points similarly allow the firefighters to practice using the building itself. The void enables the team to practice rescue scenarios that mimic conditions common to the city, using its height and associated elements of balconies, bridge, doorways, ladders, and stairs," Studio Gang explained.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Aiming to set an example of adaptive reuse in the city, the Shenzhen Women and Children's Centre contains a library , auditorium , children's theatre , therapy rooms and staff offices. Originally used for car parking, the studio transformed the terrace into a public space with a food court. The photography is by Xia Zhi.

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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 14, 2024

Floor-to-ceiling windows line the majority of the exterior, with the remainder clad in a vertical cedar siding. Constructors: Pete Mostaccio Engineers: DiSalvo Erickson (Structural Engineers), Crawford Associates (Civil Engineers) Landscape architects: Wagner Hodgson Lighting consultant: Claude R.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2023

Based in New York City, Ryall Sheridan Carroll Architects designed the 2,500-square-foot (230-square-metre) home, called the Tree Farmer's House, for a one-acre lot. The exterior walls were clad in cedar wood The three-bedroom home "creates a sense of containment and release in the landscape." The photography is by Keith Scott Morton.

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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. The architects needed a way to screen the extensive northern glazing of the third-floor bedroom, yet preserve the panoramic city views.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Designed in 1974 by the artist’s husband, architect Albert Lanier, the Noe Valley residence features fresh finishes and an expanded plan that takes advantage of city views. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners.

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Deezen

JANUARY 24, 2023

With the conversion, the studio aimed to retain the identity of the historic building that is one of the most recognisable in the city. We really created a quiet and hidden respite in the city." At the top of the tower, a wraparound terrace for residents was created within the building's crown beneath its gothic buttresses.

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Deezen

APRIL 26, 2023

The Bronx Children's Museum is located on the Harlem River Located on the Harlem River and Mill Pond Park, the 1925 Historic Bronx Terminal Market Powerhouse was decommissioned in 2004 and the building's exterior was restored in 2009, leaving the interior concrete and steel loft space open for a new program.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

San Miguel de Allende is Guanajuato state's largest city and was favoured by the iconic Mexican architect Luis Barragán. Throughout the home, small details such as a shower with a glass wall that opens out to the exterior reinforce the connection to the surrounding gardens. Structural engineer: Ing. Collaborators: Arq.

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Deezen

MARCH 23, 2023

David Adjaye and Daniel Boyd have created the Sydney Plaza & Community Building Adjaye Associates and Boyd were commissioned to transform the existing plaza on George Street into a public landmark by the City of Sydney and developer Lendlease. The photography is by Trevor Mein.

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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. It also has its own exterior entrance, allowing visitors to easily come and go.

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Deezen

MARCH 13, 2023

The house sits on an elevated perch in the Eola Hills, a region near the city of Salem in northern Oregon. Eola Hills Residence has sweeping views of the landscape The property is set in a location with sweeping views of the landscape – to the west are the city and mountains, and to the east is wine country.

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