Design Thoughts Architects

DECEMBER 2, 2022

I recently had the opportunity to explain to one of our new house desired clients what it is that we do as an architectural firm. We design buildings that are functional and meet the client’s needs, but we also design them with a theme or an architectural style in mind. Best Architects do so much more than that.

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Deezen

JANUARY 19, 2024

French-Brazilian architecture studio Triptyque has completed an 85-metre-tall residential tower in São Paulo that offers its occupants indoor-outdoor living. The 24-storey building is part of the Onze22 development, which includes a smaller adjacent structure. Project credits Client: Idea!Zarvos

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The interior features a C-shaped plan An exterior staircase – shaded by a black partition lattice made of local purple rosewood – leads up to a roof terrace with 360-degree views. The house is constructed of concrete block, the most accessible material in the area, and covered on both the exterior and interior with naturally pigmented cement.

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Deezen

MARCH 6, 2024

Named House in Hattori-Tenjin, the 30-year-old dwelling is located on a dense residential street in the port city and previously had a dark, "standardised" interior. By inserting a blank space, we thought of transforming the space into an unrestricted residential space that goes beyond a two-dimensional drawing," Isshiki explained.

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Deezen

JANUARY 23, 2024

The living room boasts a double-height ceiling Atelier ST's clients previously lived in the city, in a converted school auditorium with a barrel-vaulted ceiling. The building structure is primarily built from concrete, which was cast against wooden boards to create a texture that resonates with the neighbouring woodland.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Desai Chai Architects chose an uphill spot for the home's siting "The clients wanted flexibility to use their home as an extension of their gallery and leave portions of the site open for rotating and site-specific outdoor installations," the studio said. "The The courtyards are ready to receive outdoor art installations," the team said.

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Deezen

APRIL 20, 2023

CmDesign Atelier was commissioned to design a five-bedroom home with ample room for entertaining guests on the private island, which is known for its luxury residential developments. The main bedroom leads to a rooftop patio The interiors of Lantern House were completed by the client, who has a local interior design studio in Lagos.

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Exterior Glass Housing Residential 139

Deezen

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Set in a small town named Somers on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula, the home was designed to offer a place of retreat for the client's family and features earthy colours chosen by the studio to evoke a sense of peace. The spatial arrangement supports privacy and separation but makes coming together effortless and celebrated."

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Home Exterior Landscape Housing 133

Deezen

APRIL 23, 2024

Nestled beside the surrounding woodland, the cabin is wrapped by an external skin or 'monocoque' – similar to an eggshell – that draws on structural systems used within the aerospace and automotive industries. The structure draws aerospace and automative construction techniques Measuring 3.3-metres-wide, metres-wide, 3.5-metres-tall

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e-architect

DECEMBER 31, 2022

English Residential Architecture – latest home additions to this page, arranged chronologically: 8 Dec 2022. The new building is located within the orchard of the client’s previous home – a multi levelled building unsuitable for conversion (but retained and sold). post updated 1 January 2023. photo © Channel 4 and Will Pryce.

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Deezen

MARCH 31, 2024

Located in the suburb of Highgate, the home replaces an existing cottage on the site that had been occupied by the clients for several years. Inbuilt in the project is wealth creation, financial security, and a family legacy to eventually be passed to the clients’ two children," it continued.

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Deezen

APRIL 26, 2024

It is designed around a courtyard The exterior of Harriet Hardy House is enlivened with areas of textured brickwork at the ground and roof levels, while the balconies are topped by arched concrete lintels. "[The A tower-like volume on the site's southeastern corner is topped with a rooftop terrace. The photography is by Tim Crocker.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2024

California studio TW Ryan Architecture has completed a wildfire-resistant house in the American West that features a Corten steel exterior and pyramidal roofs that allude to the mountainous terrain. Four Roof House features a Corten steel exterior Their chosen site was a bluff overlooking a lake near the town of Helmville.

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Housing Architecture Roofing Site 120

Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Along with curling exterior walls that span the length of the houses's perimeter, they were created using a technique in which concrete is poured slowly into fabric formwork supported by a plywood rib structure. The team covered the structure with berms, which rise out of the flat landscape of the surrounding agricultural fields.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 28, 2022

KCAP and K+H, in collaboration with Transsolar KlimaEngineering, PML Lange and WTM Engineers have won the first prize in the competition for a sustainable residential tower in Hamburg, Germany. On the waterside, two-level houses make up the remainder of the ground floor. Source by KCAP. Image © KCAP and K+H. Site Plan.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The project is in Hastings-Sunrise, a residential neighbourhood in East Vancouver, a mixed residential and industrial area that borders the city's harbour. In addition to its three levels, the house has a rooftop terrace, a swimming pool and a 48-square-metre studio and pool house complex in the backyard.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The project aimed to achieve cohesiveness in architecture through consistent approaches to structure and form; which was then mimicked in the interior design." Regardless of which you choose, you'll graduate with a qualification designed in collaboration with industry, ensuring you are equipped with in-demand skills that employers desire.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Rakhee Shobhit Design Associates has used shipping containers to create two residential units at either end of a farmland site in the Aravalli hills near Udaipur, India. RSDA has designed two residential units made from shipping containers. Their exteriors were finished in green to blend in with the surrounding landscape.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Vertical wood slats wrap the base The arrangement creates makes the structure appear balanced atop a slate staircase that provides a rustic base for the home's clean white lines. To keep the continuous ceiling surface, inverted beams were used throughout the building." The photography is by Ezequiele Panizzi.

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Architizer

JULY 17, 2023

If there is one thing that architects and their clients can agree on, it’s that architecture should always work in harmony with nature. Paul Keskeys: How did the client brief and the project’s unique site help to shape your initial concept for Silver Residence? David Strand: This was a truly unique site.

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Architonic

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Brick is one of the oldest building materials around, and with the current interest in craft, its popularity with architects, designers, developers and clients is at an all-time high. Often associated with residential architecture, brick is fast becoming the material of choice for statement commercial buildings and offices, too.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2023

The building, called Mississippi has structural elements made from cross-laminated timber ( CLT ) panels and glued-laminated timber ( glulam ) beams. The three-storey structure comprises six volumes arrayed around a central courtyard. The second and third floors hold office spaces and apartments.

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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. Concrete and black-painted steel were used for the structural system. Exterior walls consist of cypress wood screens and large stretches of glass.

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

This house in a quiet residential neighborhood of central Tokyo was built for a couple who had long lived on the property but wanted to rebuild as they entered a new phase of life after their three children left home. We believe that this kind of free environment is what clients will be seeking in residential architecture in years to come.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 9, 2024

Designed to serve as catalyst for a sustainable, densely planned residential mountaintop village, Skylodge is a 5,500-square-foot event center built on a 10,000-acre ski mountain in Utah. Unpretentious and inviting, the exterior is expressed in reclaimed wood. Source by Skylab.

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Dwell

JUNE 15, 2022

To fit in synergistically with the residential area surrounding the client’s house, one of the requirements was that the exterior should look like a ‘conventionally shaped house’. Having consulted with a structural engineer, these structures were placed within a comfortable distance from each other.

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Architizer

JANUARY 16, 2024

Within, the structure expands upward to a large skylight, which washes light over a series of pools below. The client desired to be close to the city center and wanted something drastically different form the more conventional housing styles in the area.

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Deezen

AUGUST 19, 2023

Tokyo studio Arii Irie Architects created this warehouse to double as a storage unit and a holiday home for its client in Isumi, Japan. The metal structure is left exposed A white metal stair leads up to the mezzanine level above the storage unit, offering a more private area that can be used for sleeping.

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Architect Industrial Windows Client 98

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Nestled within a compact plot on the site of an existing home, the building is designed as future-proof accommodation for the client's elderly mother and a live-in carer. Butterfly House is designed to be accessible for the client's elderly mother Three volumes topped with pitched roofs intersect to form the two-bedroom house.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 16, 2022

The permanent concrete forms act as anchor points for the home's timber-framed walls, which are designed to be easily extended or altered in the future, allowing the client to adapt the interior to their needs. The same wood is used to create shelving and cabinets, with other areas of storage concealed in portions of the concrete structures.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Linden Brown Architecture created a live-work structure in Oregon The mixed-use building is located in the St Johns neighbourhood in North Portland and sits on a sloped parcel that was formerly occupied by a post-war dwelling. The old structures's concrete foundation and basement walls were retained.

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Building Architecture Roofing Design 124

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

The goal was to reconnect this structure into the environment while best utilising the exceptional site for the clients.". The studio aimed to design a structure that was connected to the landscape. There were strict guidelines on how to use the existing structure as the basis for design," the studio said.

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Deezen

APRIL 29, 2023

The West Coast headquarters for Phillips opened in October 2022 and includes three showrooms, a patio and offices created from a set of disparate structures on Santa Monica Boulevard. Upon entry is Showroom A, which features a soffit ceiling and wide baseboards to evoke a residential space. The photography is by Eric Staudenmaier.

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A4 Architects

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This structure, originally called “Edna Villa”, was designed and built for the investor and cotton broker Isaac Bell Jr. This architectural movement, pioneered by the Bell House, was short-lived as clients in Newport demanded grander and more traditional palaces like the nearby Elms and Rosecliff mansions.

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Deezen

APRIL 17, 2022

The MB House is a two-storey property in Montreal's Plateau Mont-Royal neighbourhood, a residential area that was initially made up of industrial and working-class residential buildings. The structure is oriented around a series of sculptural wooden blocks and panels. Project credits: Clients: Benjamin Boller, Mathieu Denécheau.

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Dwell

JUNE 6, 2023

When a young couple approached local firm Collective Project to build a new home in the city’s residential sector, designers Eliza Higgins and Cyrus Patell wondered if they could use the project to address the abundant waste that often accompanies new construction. The custom blocks make up all of the home’s exterior walls.

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Deezen

APRIL 4, 2022

The client's functional needs are strategically distributed inside two independent volumes connected by a walkway forming a breach through the house," said the Montreal -based architects. "The The building's exterior was inspired by the vernacular constructions of the area, a region of Quebec known as the Eastern Townships.

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