Deezen

JANUARY 23, 2025

For Sixth and Guadalupe, these include targeted LEED Gold certification, Austin Energy Green Building (AEGB) 3-star rating, efficient utilities and a "pedestrian-oriented" site, marked with a greenspace tucked into a corner of its lot. Additional engineering Services: RWDI; Lerch Bates, Inc.

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Zoning Residential Engineering Engineering 126

Deezen

MARCH 7, 2025

Situated on arable farmland acquired by the client in 2009, the home occupies the site of an old stone stable, or byre, lending it the name Cairnconon Byre. In particular, they desired a space that evoked bothies shelters often found in remote Scotland that are free to use and byres to pay homage to the site's former use.

Housing 110

Housing Architecture Roofing Client 110

Deezen

APRIL 7, 2022

Local firm In Situ Studio was charged with designing a contemporary residence for a couple – the husband is an electrical engineer, and the wife is a German and history teacher. The site formerly held a run-down, 1940s dwelling that was owned by the clients. A metal screen marks the home's entrance. by three metres).

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Site Housing Structural Engineering Client 144

Deezen

APRIL 5, 2025

Tuckey Design Studio , which has offices in London and Switzerland, designed Lake Como Villa on a steeply sloping site that looks directly out over the water and the village of Bellagio. The photography is by Dario Borruto.

Design 114

Design Structural Engineering Interior Engineering 114

designboom

MAY 23, 2025

The upcoming project occupies a strategic site in Braunschweig, bridging the Altstadtmarkt and Kohlmarkt squares. CLT components accelerate construction while reducing emissions, and minimal site intervention further limits environmental impact.

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Structure Visualization Zoning Foundation 135

Deezen

APRIL 15, 2025

Steeplechase is a 2,573-square foot (239-square metre) house that is nestled on a wooded 65-acre site in the Appalachian foothills near Hillsborough, North Carolina. The studio replaced an existing structure on site bud The team replaced an old house with a new, contemporary design while leaving 98 per cent of the natural site untouched.

Housing 130

Housing Zoning Structural Engineering Glass 130

Dwell

APRIL 28, 2025

The client sought to take advantage of elevated views toward distant Mount Ninderry and and Mount Coolum while ensuring the home remained functionally versatile and energy-efficientall within a modest footprint. The stepping platforms of the house accentuate the experience of the sloping site, taking cues from the public staircase.

Home 81

Home Civil Engineering Contract Structural Engineering 81

Deezen

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Colien House steps down a sloped site in Barcelona "The central purpose was to answer the programme proposal made by the client by including a careful embodiment of the landscape, complying with the specific local rules and the relation of each of the four floors' elevation with the natural topography," Siza told Dezeen.

Site 135

Site Home Structural Engineering Renovation 135

Dwell

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Project Details: Location: Whakamaru, New Zealand Architect: DCA Architects of Transformation / @ dca_architects Footprint: 3,218 square feet Builder: HRC Construction Structural Engineer: No.8 The clients had camped on the bare land for 14 years prior.

Housing 98

Housing Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering 98

designboom

MAY 23, 2025

On site, the building appears to absorb sunlight from every angle, expressing its function through a geometry tailored for efficiency. structural engineer: Chih-hung Kao Structural Engineer & Associates MEP: Chia Feng Mechanical & Electrical Corp. Hsu Architect & Associates contractor: Reiju Construction Co.,

Structural Engineering 113

Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering Structure 113

Archinect

JULY 12, 2024

Our client, a retired aerospace engineer and avid hiker, is not interested in horses, but fell in love with the site for its purity, simplicity and openness. He envisioned a playful, dynamic house, deeply rooted in the land, with ample opportunity for reading, watching and reflecting.

Housing 195

Housing Architecture Client Clients 195

Architizer

JANUARY 8, 2025

What has been the response from clients and the design community to the Clay Pot Bio-Acoustic Plant Wall? Everyone from architects, industrial, interior designers, engineers, marketing designers and data analysts, and all sales reps, manufacturing, horticulturalist and botanists interact all day, everyday.

Nature 122

Nature Building Architect Manufacturing 122

EntreArchitect

JANUARY 13, 2025

Selected through listener feedback and platform analytics, this episode explores how architects can use storytelling to create proposals that connect emotionally with clients, stand out from the competition, and secure more work. Every design tells a storyof a clients vision, a communitys needs, or a sites history.

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Small Firm Deconstruction Client Clients 105

Deezen

JUNE 15, 2023

It sits at the edge of a nature preserve on Punta Cometa, or Comet Point, a peninsula that juts into the Pacific Ocean and was once the site of an Aztec fort. Two stone towers juxtapose the site's horizontal elements The architects also needed to consider how the landscape evolves throughout the year.

Site 145

Site Housing Structural Engineering Roofing 145

Dwell

JANUARY 16, 2025

Other challenges were to house the clients books and music collections in a flexible single display, and exhibit a collection of art and sentimental objects in a well-lit space without direct sunlight. The main triple-height living space sits at the front, following the sites geometry.

Home 105

Home Contractor Client Clients 105

Deezen

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Scottish architecture studio Loader Monteith has designed an office with a gabled roof , along with two private residences, for mountain bike tour operator H&I Adventures on a sloping brownfield site in Scotland. The first of two planned residences, it is distinguished by its lower height and butterfly roof.

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Site Roofing Structural Engineering Landscape 140

Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The three-bedroom house by Nikjoo is located on a backland site tucked behind Stoke Newington's Church Street and was originally a parking space used by a convenience store to receive deliveries. Playful portholes were added to its west facade.

Space 110

Space Structural Engineering Roofing Housing 110

Deezen

JUNE 16, 2025

Built ahead of the renovation of the existing house, the clients and their young family lived in the extension for four months, while renovation works took place. Instead, we proposed integrating this space into the extension, allowing them to phase the work and stay on-site throughout the build," she continued.

Housing 93

Housing Renovation Diagram Permits 93

Deezen

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

US architecture studio Schaum/Shieh has embedded a Virginia house with irregularly shaped volumes into the contours of a steep site. Our clients knew many hilly sites from growing up in the area and their time in Greece. We focused on the hill, the seasons, the distant view, and the intimate life of the site."

Site 141

Site Housing Windows Roofing 141

Deezen

MAY 10, 2024

It was commissioned during the pandemic as a second home for the client The design team had multiple goals for the project. It was elevated to avoid humidity and provide greater views and more illumination The architects conceived a two-storey house that is partly lifted above the site by steel piers.

Site 144

Site Housing Roofing Exterior 144

Dwell

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Nestled in a forested grove at the north end of a narrow, 10-acre site, the house is sheltered by oak, sweet gum, maple and persimmon trees, and opens onto an expansive view of a pond. A spacious, storage-filled kitchen (where the clients spend a majority of their time) opens onto this living space. Post it here.

Home 98

Home Utilities Landscape Client 98

Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Known as the Dogtrot House, the 3200-square foot (300-square metre) residence sits on a 10-acre site in Hillsborough, outside of Raleigh-Durham, that is densely wooded with oak, sweet gum, maple and persimmon trees and overlooks a pond. The photography is by Keith Isaacs.

Housing 105

Housing Exterior Roofing Structural Engineering 105

Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2024

DataAE and Xavier Vendrell designed the project on a Barcelona hillside Claudi Aguiló and Albert Domingo, who run DataAE , and Xavier Vendrell Studio respectively, worked to create the project on a steep site at the edge of town. metre overhang that minimises the foundation in the rocky terrain.

Site 130

Site Housing Structural Engineering Exterior 130

designboom

JUNE 6, 2025

Structured as a multidisciplinary team, the firm brings together engineers, material scientists, interior designers, stylists, and artists to create projects that are both technically and conceptually rigorous. This deliberate selectiveness attracted clients from abroad, who recognized value in our approach.

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Architect Inspiration Landscape Client 96

Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2025

A corridor was used as an exhibition space and small workshops and remnants of the original structure constructed with handmade adobe bricks are scattered around the site. The first level old San Blas customs building is still standing.

Installation 119

Installation Building Roofing Construction 119

designboom

JUNE 6, 2025

From ceiba-lined civic squares to skate parks and origami-roofed courts, the project softens the rigid edges of the site with a network of arcs and tangent connections, inviting fluid movement and a non-hierarchical experience through space. square meters construction area: 39,645.78 see more project submissions from our readers here.

Structure 98

Structure Masterplanning Roofing Structural Engineering 98

Architizer

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. ” We challenge the obvious solutions and aesthetics in favor of creating something unique, derived from the company’s identity and our client’s dreams.

Firms 124

Firms Architecture Architecture Firm Design 124

Dwell

JANUARY 2, 2025

When our client expressed his wish to turn it into a home where he could gather his family for years to come, we agreed that this intervention should primarily respect the distinctive character of the site.

Home 102

Home IT Technique Structural Engineering 102

Deezen

DECEMBER 28, 2024

WORKac and Ignacio Urquiza Architects have created a community centre in Mexico City "PILARES are a series of strategically located public buildings across Mexico City, sited in areas experiencing high levels of vulnerability and poverty," the team said.

Cities 111

Cities Government Education Landscape 111

Deezen

MAY 19, 2025

But in the process, we realised that doing the contrary was the more appropriate way of dealing with the site, program and history." "During the competition we were initially tempted to propose a super block which would have related in scale to the large buildings of the nearby Nazi rally ground," Jochimsen said.

Housing 96

Housing Finances Management Engineering 96

Dwell

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

After living here for a couple years in a basic shed they built themselves, our clients began to map out locations for a new house with our help. The abandoned quarry, which supplied slabs to Albany, Kingston, and New York City in the 1800s, had become a spring-fed pond and the quarry tailings had become mossy hillocks.

Home 95

Home Building Structural Engineering Zoning 95

Landscape Architecture Magazine

JUNE 11, 2025

The site of the park has undergone three major changes in the past 100 years. Army Corps of Engineers added roughly 31 acres to further stabilize and protect the nearby bluff from the fluctuations of the Mississippi River. Multiple soil profiles were developed to support the unique characteristics of the different zones on-site.

Design 89

Design Zoning Sketching Site 89

Dwell

JUNE 10, 2025

Constructed almost wholly of dimensional timber and Douglas fir plywood, the structure can be easily deconstructed at the end of the mandated 20-year lease period without leaving any permanent trace on the site. At that time, the majority of the bunkie’s components could also be cleanly salvaged for reuse.

Structural Engineering 79

Structural Engineering Deconstruction Design Structure 79

Archmark

APRIL 7, 2025

But in todays digital-first world, your website is often the first impression a potential client has of your firm. You Need a Better First Impression Would you meet a potential client in a messy office with outdated dcor? If your site doesnt adapt to different screen sizes, youre losing potential clients. Probably not.

IT 52

IT Client Clients Firms 52

Architizer

JANUARY 2, 2025

One day you might be sketching initial designs, the next youre sitting in on client meetings or even overseeing construction on-site. Youre part of every step, which means you learn to connect the dots between design, clients and construction. In a small firm, youre not just designing in isolation, they explained.

Firms 106

Firms Small Firm Architect Architecture Firm 106

Landscape Architecture Magazine

APRIL 2, 2025

A KOA site in Maine gets a glow-up into SITES-certified retreat. With its leafy trees, modest cabins, and open RV and tent sites, Bar Harbor Woodlands looked and functioned no differently than the average pull-in campground. The original site plan for Terramor by the landscape architect Sam Coplon, FASLA.

Site 78

Site Landscape Civil Engineering Zoning 78

designboom

MAY 18, 2025

all images courtesy of Smart Arch Studio – SAS Architects Casa Acentuada’s design employs natural stone, wood, and metal Initial design phases involved site-specific analysis and user consultations to determine spatial hierarchy, circulation logic, and visual orientation.

Visualization 114

Visualization Regulation Exterior Interior 114