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Importing the French snow scene into Bangkok

Habitus Living

The design brief for Snow House was simple: to design a home that honours the French snow scene and comprises sustainable elements, to maximise the restoration of natural features. HAS Design and Research sourced a variety of fabric densities to create visual permeability in response to natural sunlight.

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A residence built for now, and into the future

Habitus Living

“The goal was to create a design that would enhance the ecosystem rather than impose upon it, and that would restore the well-being of our client,” says Kate Symons, director Studio Ilk.

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Narrow Brick House | Srijit Srinivas – ARCHITECTS

ArchiDiaries

The design also took advantage of the longitudinal slope of the site via a stepped-down floor plate following the natural contours of the land and, in the process, optimized foundation costs. The Clients (a couple working as IT engineers) presented an extremely narrow site in Thiruvanthapuram as part of their design brief.

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Bronte Beach House is redefining the idea of ‘quiet luxury’

Habitus Living

In a nod to their creative vision, Architects Tom Mark Henry translated this notion – commonly seen on runways and in media – by designing an architectural embodiment of the concept — the Bronte Beach House. They wanted an inviting space for themselves and loved ones to come straight from the surf but didn’t want to compromise on glamour.

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Will Artificial Intelligence Make Designers Redundant?

Architizer

The time freed up could be funneled back into meaningful design tasks – resulting in better use of resources and better outcomes for clients and end users. ’ Rather than generating a design, AI generated images help to quickly explore mood, materiality and character for early concepts.

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Steel Cladding and a Roller Door Forge a Melbourne Home With Its Industrial Setting

Dwell

Despite the site’s context, our client loved the sheer richness and vibrance of the area so much that they set out to make this place a long term place of residence. By working together, views to the sky were in effect doubled and mutual visual privacy for both properties was achieved without the need for physical privacy screens.

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Leckie Studio Enhances Interconnected Common Space through the Cylindrical Formed UBC Arts Student Center

Architizer

Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design? Michael Leckie: The design brief called for a ‘unique and distinctive’ work of architecture. Socially, the ground floor was designed as an extension of the public realm – with a high degree of transparency.