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Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper

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The surrounding environment informed the design "By simultaneously folding the house inward on itself and reaching outward to the land, we established a homestead in a transitional space that sustains human activity as well as wildlife." The interior palette uses natural materials like stone and oak and madrone wood finishes.

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The Kitchen in This Pacific Northwest Retreat Is Made From Douglas Fir Felled On-Site

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Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The program for the house is simple: a three-bedroom, two-bath house with space for playing music and drawing for a musician and an architect. Have one to share? Post it here.

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HGA creates two mass-timber buildings for Bowdoin College in Maine

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Both buildings also have mass timber frames, wooden interior finishes and brick facades. Structural timber elements were left exposed inside Mills Hall contains four classrooms and 12 faculty offices, all of which are afforded views, daylight and operable windows for natural ventilation. The photography is by Michael Moran.

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Sparano + Mooney positions cedar home over canyon in Utah

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The north volume is oriented along a direct east-to-west axis and contains the private spaces, while the south volume, rotated 45 degrees along the canyon's axis, holds the public gathering spaces that overlook the landscape and city below. The south volume holds public gathering spaces. Civil engineer: McNeil Engineering.

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Gravity’s No Match for This Cantilevered Cabin in Estonia

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Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The interior of the space is conceived as a large piece of joinery, all in white-washed oak. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Feldman Architecture Designs Site Sensitive Modern Atherton Pavilions

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The design sensitively accommodating the need for more space and program for a young family without detriment to the surrounding landscape. The distinctly modern forms contrast with the organic surrounds they occupy but the materiality and scale of the structures make them ‘of the landscape’… like they fit right in. .

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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson designs nature-infused Henry Island Guesthouse in Washington

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The building partly cantilevers over the site The guesthouse was designed to serve as a flexible space that could accommodate extended stays by family and friends. Large sliding glass doors pocket into the walls on two sides, opening the space and immersing visitors in the sights, smells and sounds of the island," the team said.

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