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Omar Gandhi Architects balances cedar house on rocky Nova Scotia coastline

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Rockbound is a seaside home in Nova Scotia, Canada Omar Gandhi Architects (OGA) completed the three-bedroom house in 2023 for a couple, incorporating additional space for an ageing parent. Stepping around the corner, the space opens up, revealing breathtaking vistas of the water." The photography is by Ema Peter.

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This Heavenly Add-On Gives One Sydney Family All the Breathing Room They Need

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The open-plan kitchen, living, and dining area features a vaulted ceiling, timber cladding, and a long skylight that brightens the gauzy space. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

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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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SO-IL designs Massachusetts museum with undulating CLT roof

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"A generous overhang creates a porch space at the perimeter, extending programming outdoors while providing year-round protection from the elements." Interior renderings show public areas clad in light green tile, with the wooden ceiling stretching generously over the spaces.

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CCY architects wraps Colorado house in patinated copper

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We aimed to defer to the site’s surroundings, offering ample indoor-outdoor spaces for gathering and reflection." To contrast the cool tones of the exterior, the team selected warm oak panelling for the interior walls and durable concrete floors that provide a thermal mass for the residence, in addition to embedded radiant heating.

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A Central Courtyard at This Sierra Nevada Retreat Evokes the Feel of a Campsite

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The bedrooms open to the courtyard and the family gathering space is a concrete pavilion that connects the courtyard to the distant view beyond. A thin steel shed roof pitches up to open the interior to the south sun and frame views to the ski runs on the mountain.

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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.

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