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APRIL 9, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. On a secluded wooded site, the new structure grounds itself to the earth with its approach to material and form. Have one to share? Post it here.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The home was first constructed in the mid-1970s by a civil engineer, and La Base Studio demolished part of it for its current iteration. Sliding glass doors open to the garden The sliding glass doors open to the garden and pool deck, blurring the interior and exterior relationship. The photography is by Cristóbal Palma.

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MAY 22, 2023

Daniel Joseph Chenin settled the 7,800-square foot (725-square-metre) house on an acre rock outcrop near government-protected land in Las Vegas Valley, looking out to Red Rock Canyon. Fort 137 is characterised by its stone facade The house is heralded by a 28-foot tall (8.5

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

US studio Inaba Williams Architects has created two mirrored houses with courtyards in Santa Monica , California that are clad in white stucco and have net-zero energy use, according to the studio. The white of the exterior continues inside A bedroom suite, garage, and a secluded zen garden hold the southern edge of the site.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

Named the JArzm house – using the first initial of each family member – the home is set into a 60-foot slope in Los Angeles' Silver Lake neighborhood. John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects (JFAK) completed the house – and 540-square foot (50-square metre) accessory dwelling unit (ADU) – in November 2021.

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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. Since The Jagger began design and construction, another 10 or so projects have sprung up on that same stretch of boulevard."

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This totally electric “Net Zero” 100% affordable housing project is certified LEED Platinum and has an astounding pEUI of 6.6, Photo © Brooks + Scarpa More than any other multi-dwelling housing, courtyard apartments, “make you feel like you belong to a place.” 4850 sqm), 49 units (0.57 acres) 86du/acre.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2022

They carved away parts of the housing block – including a sizable cut in the main facade – to create a sense of openness and to connect the building to its surroundings. "11 The building has a white exterior that helps enhance natural light and reduce heat gain – the latter being an important consideration given the area's hot climate.

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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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DECEMBER 28, 2022

Bay Area studio David Baker Architects has completed 145 units of social housing using modular construction and a weathering steel facade in San Francisco , California. Modules make up the social housing in San Francisco. The six-storey project stacks 87 two-unit boxes. The raked facade is clad in weathering steel.

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Deezen

JULY 31, 2022

For the exterior walls, the team used a mix of concrete and cypress boards that were charred using the ancient Japanese technique of Shou Sugi Ban , helping bolster the wood's resistance to insects and rot. Three additional bedrooms are located upstairs, including one housed in a volume that cantilevers 15 feet (4.6

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Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2024

The structure's "monumental" form draws on American memorial architecture "The United States has a strong tradition when it comes to memorials," Kaan Architecten co-founder Vincent Panhuysen told Dezeen. "All This inspiring concept has set the tone for the design of this building for us," he continued. The photography is by Simon Menges.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2023

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. bath house out of two volumes with floor-to-ceiling glazed ends that float above the landscape. metre) boards that extend from the base of the exterior wall to the parapet without cuts.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The studio’s stone walls conceal a robust steel structure, fully insulated yet incorporating pockets into which both the protective plank shutters and European engineered glass sliders retract.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Contemporary House India by Robert Gregory, with photographs by Edmund Sumner Thames & Hudson , November 2021 Hardcover | 9-1/4 x 11-3/4 inches | 272 pages | 355 illustrations | English | ISBN: 9780500021330 | $75.00 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : India has a long, diverse history of remarkable architecture.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

US architecture studio GBBN preserved and expanded a 19th-century home in Erie, Pennsylvania into an educational facility with a glass bridge connection and metal-clad, barn-like structure. GBBN preserved and expanded a 19th-century house into an educational facility. The Barn's height and proportions correspond to the original house.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang has expanded a California college through the addition of mass-timber structures that were informed by how fungi grow in the wild. Four buildings were designed to complement the existing structures – California modern-style buildings with stucco walls and splashes of colour – and the woodland environment.

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2023

The main house sits within this meadow, overlooking a shallow bay. Bohlin Cywinski Jackson clad the house in Douglas fir and cedar. Photo is by Benjamin Benschneider The building is located uphill from the primary house – close enough to feel connected but far enough away to offer privacy.

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Deezen

APRIL 3, 2024

Read: Eight brutalist homes in Latin America "There are a handful of Welsh modernist structures that have been listed and recognised for what they are, but so many have been dismissed, neglected, forgotten and even demolished," he continued. The structure employs 13,850 feet of galvanised locked coil three inch wire rope.

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AUGUST 12, 2022

The low-lying building is located just south of Iowa City's downtown district, near a recreational area and a future housing development. Totalling 99,294 square feet (9,225 square metres), the facility houses the city's street and water departments, including all of their equipment and vehicles. MEP engineer: Modus.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Sage Gardens Housing, Sacramento, Californian Real Estate, CA Home, USA Architecture Photos. Sage Gardens Housing in Sacramento. Sage Gardens Housing, CA. Sage Gardens Housing in Sacramento, California – Building Information. Structural Engineers: Labib Funk + Associates. Nov 18, 2022. Client: CCH.

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Deezen

APRIL 18, 2022

White siding and a curvy aluminium screen make up the exterior of a residential building in Los Angeles designed by American firm Brooks + Scarpa. Magnolia Apartments is a new model of mixed-use housing that includes both workforce and market-rate housing," the team said, noting that many of the tenants use public transit and don't own a car.

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This new LEED Gold four-story 35-unit Rose mixed-use 100% affordable apartment structure for transitional aged youths. More than any other multi-dwelling housing, courtyard apartments, “make you feel like you belong to a place.” It also contributes to much needed affordable housing stock in short supply in Los Angeles.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 22, 2024

Photo © Likeness Studio The two new structures are situated parallel to one another and shifted slightly in opposite directions to provide each with access to views and daylight. Photo © Likeness Studio Interior and exterior materials are clean-lined while resilient.

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aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In 2019 the Tennessee Housing Development Agency reported that over45% of Nashville, renters are housing cost-burdened: spending more than 30% of their income on housing-related expenses. With rents rising15% in the past year alone and a projected 50,000-unit deficit by 2030, the city’s housing crisis shows no signs of slowing.

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e-architect

JUNE 28, 2023

Envisioned as a crafted object inserted into the building, the intervention sits within the space, set apart from the existing structural frame. While the building had a clear organization of a pre-war warehouse structure, a series of renovations divided the interior space and disrupted its logic.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2022

British architecture firm Adjaye Associates has designed a collection of pigmented-concrete pavilions in Winter Park, Florida , to house a library and an events centre. The three structures were constructed using pigmented concrete. Civil engineer and landscape architect: Land Design. hectares) Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Deezen

JUNE 9, 2023

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. The exterior is hard and protective, while in the interior courtyard, an abundance of light highlights its transparency and glazed openings."

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aasarchitecture

JULY 7, 2023

Strategically placed windows, purposeful exterior circulation and units that wrap the outer-most edges, orient the 67 low-income apartments to social spaces that are spatially apart, yet visually connected to each other thru the social spaces at the center of the complex of buildings. acres) 67 units = 37 units/acre Total Cost: $28.4

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Deezen

JANUARY 13, 2023

American studio ZGF Architects has adapted a historic Ford Motor Company factory in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania into a biomedical research laboratory by renovating existing structures and creating a cantilevered terracotta-clad addition. The exterior photography is by Halkin Mason Photography and the interior photography is by Connie Zhou.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

The studio, which specializes in projects along Florida's vast coastline dedicated to "environmental modernism", completed the expansive, 8,500-square foot (2,590-square meter) house – known as the Angel Oaks Residence – in 2021. Civil engineer: Jorge G. Angel Oaks Residence is located in Miami The five-bedroom, 7.5-bathroom

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e-architect

DECEMBER 24, 2022

A family home unites the demands of an extensive program with hierarchy, plasticity, natural light, views, blurring of interior/exterior space and a unique connection to the natural landscape. Building elements are organized into attached/detached pavilions based on program, hierarchy of structure and levels of privacy. VAVA House.

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Deezen

AUGUST 21, 2023

A Cold War-era building designed to withstand nuclear blasts is among the structures that have been renovated by Elkus Manfredi Architects at the newly established Children's National Research & Innovation Campus. The 12-acre (4.8-hectare) Patterning in certain areas, such as the lobby, alludes to the building's textured concrete facades.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 27, 2023

This objective plays out in merging exterior and interior spaces and in the efficient operations of the club. Image © Jeff Brink The club amenity spaces and concierge offices are located on the main level, with back of house functions and parking on the basement level, and club residential dwellings on the second level.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

K Architectures aimed to replicate this "circus architecture" with permanent structures for the theatre. Exterior cladding was designed to look like canvas folds. At the centre of the site, the smallest structure is a circular building that contains the theatre's main foyer along with a restaurant and bookshop.

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JUNE 15, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The bush-hammered concrete walls form the primary structure, define the exterior, and delineate the zones within. Have one to share? Post it here.

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JUNE 21, 2023

The structure features an "aluminium hoop" opening cut into its roof The NCMA is a public, state-owned museum that hosts the nation's second-largest collection of Rodin sculptures. Also in Raleigh, In Situ Studio wrapped a partially sunken house in glazed brick and charred cypress and revitalized a dilapidated brick home.

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