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MAY 10, 2024

Hidden within a densely wooded area, the Lone Oak House is located in a river region in southern Chile. However, the owners began telecommuting for work and decided to make the house their full-time residence. However, the owners began telecommuting for work and decided to make the house their full-time residence.

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

Raw finishes and "as found" materials informed by brutalist architecture are used throughout this home , which Portuguese studio Atelier Local has created on a nature reserve near Porto. Called House in Ancede, the house sits on the site of a former stone ruin that it was required to roughly match in terms of its footprint and volume.

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APRIL 21, 2024

Walls of exposed concrete define this skinny house in Saitama, Japan , which local studio IGArchitects designed with a width of just 2.7 IGArchitects has created a skinny house in Japan "Land in Tokyo and surrounding cities is very expensive," IGArchitects founder Masato Igarashi told Dezeen. "We

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MARCH 6, 2024

Japanese studio Akio Isshiki Architects has updated a house in Osaka by adding a multi-level void designed to maximise light and encourage play. 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.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Irregularly placed square openings puncture the thick concrete exterior of SV House in Portugal , recently completed by architecture studio Spaceworkers. Located on a sloping site near the town of Sobrado, the blocky, three-storey home occupies a plot once occupied by the home of the client's grandfather.

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APRIL 17, 2024

Located in the beach town of Encinitas, just north of San Diego , the house was designed to replace a family's existing ranch-style home that no longer fit their needs. Its design was informed by the surrounding California climate Roughly square in plan, the new house rises two levels and totals 3,223 square feet (299 square metres).

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JULY 1, 2023

British studio Ström Architects has completed a minimalist home in Cheltenham, UK , which references modernist Case Study Houses in California. Aptly named Case House, it is defined by pared-back finishes and forms, and layers of walls and gardens that buffer its light, airy interiors from the adjacent busy road.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Australian studio Retallack Thompson has constructed a steel extension for a heritage-listed stone terrace in Sydney and added a second house on the same plot to create a multi-generational family home. These rooms were relocated to the centre of the floorplan, with the disused chimneys serving as risers for the plumbing."

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Deezen

MARCH 22, 2022

Within the ensuite bathroom, a wall is finished in Calcatta marble that was bookmatched to create a subtle geometric pattern with the veins of the stone. The kitchen embodies [the client's] love of minerals and culinary passion," said La Firme. Read: Talo Studios introduces Japandi elements to historic Montreal house.

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Deezen

JANUARY 3, 2024

Michael Hsu Office of Architecture renovated an early 20th-century house in Austin Originally constructed in 1912, the home was once a brothel and had many renovations, becoming the first building south of the city's Colorado River to have power.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2023

California studio Field Architecture designed this Sonoma Valley house out of a trio of fanning copper-clad pavilions with butterfly roofs. Named Madrone Ridge, the 4,920 square-foot (460 square-metre) house sits within the watershed of northern California's Russian River. the studio said. "By

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

DB Arquitetos and Marina Salles completed the holiday home on a forested site in Brazil The home was completed in 2023 by the Brazilian team of DB Arquitectos , which is lead by architect David Basto, and Marina Salles Arquitectura e Interiores , which previously renovated the interior of the client's primary residence in downtown São Paulo.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Vertical louvres adorn the facades of The H Residence, a mixed-use housing complex completed by architecture studio Tariq Khayyat Design Partners in Dubai. Additionally, private walkways and ramps lead out from the housing units to provide direct access to the central plaza and lobby to improve accessibility.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Dezeen's top five houses of the month for December feature a home in Japan designed as "one big room" and a "floating treehouse" on a Norwegian hillside. Also featured in the roundup is a wooden house that steps down a hillside in Chile and the renovation of a brutalist townhouse in London.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Recycled TV screens cover the walls of the seven-bedroom Hundred Acre Wood house , which architecture studio Denizen Works has created on a site overlooking Loch Awe in Scotland. Denizen Works has created the Hundred Acre Wood house. Our client is also not keen on TVs, so there was an element of playfulness in their use.".

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FEBRUARY 18, 2023

A grassy mound conceals this brick pool house, which architecture studio Knox Bhavan has designed to be "virtually invisible" within the grounds of a Georgian home in Kent. A grassy mound conceals the building The pool house sits beside a paved area that surrounds a rectangular swimming pool at the centre of the garden.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Presented at this year's Designblok festival in Prague , Cake Houses is a modular home concept that allows clients to design bespoke homes via an online configurator. Founded by Matyáš Švejdík, Pavel Špringl and Šimon Marek, the team behind the Cake Houses project describes it as an "architectural recipe for modular wooden houses".

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

Telescope House offers framed views of Sedona The 1,600-square-foot (149-square-metre) cabin is a nature retreat for a couple who ultimately plan to live there full-time. When not staying at the house, the clients rent it out. A lacquer finish was added in high-use areas. Sustainability was a guiding concern for the team.

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Deezen

JULY 4, 2023

The dwelling is named Pinwheel after its distinctive shape, which was JM Architecture 's solution for the client's "only request" – that it offers views of both the nearby Lake Maggiore and surrounding alpine valleys. Previous projects by the studio include a house in the Swiss Alps designed to look like a "stone in the landscape".

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A small triangular site guided the geometric form of Butterfly House, an accessible home that London studio Oliver Leech Architects has added to the corner of a garden in Surrey. However, we wanted to make sure it was visually and practically disconnected from the main house so that it felt truly like a new home."

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Deezen

MARCH 19, 2022

London studio Will Gamble Architects has added an asymmetric and monochromatic extension to an Edwardian house in Richmond, designed to juxtapose the original architecture. Will Gamble Architects has added an asymmetric extension to an Edwardian house in London. Read: The Parchment Works house extension built inside ruined stone walls.

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APRIL 21, 2024

Photo by Fred Howarth Camberwell Cork House, UK, by Delve Architects A bright forest green paint lines the window frames at Camberwell Cork House, helping to draw focus to the lush planting outside. Find out more about Cork House › Photo by José Campos Bouça Family House, Portugal, by Fahr 021.3

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Deezen

MAY 14, 2024

Terracotta-coloured facades and warm wood-lined interiors define Mid Terrace Dream, a terraced house in north London renovated and extended by local studio Collective Works. It's light and comfortable, and feels like a special extra room in the house," she told Dezeen.

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Deezen

MAY 14, 2023

A single concrete column supports the walls and roof of this house by Japanese studio IGArchitects, creating a flexible interior that can be opened up to the surrounding landscape. Sliding glass doors open the home to the outside When opened, the northern side of One-Legged House leads out onto a rock-covered patio surrounding the building.

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Deezen

APRIL 10, 2023

Mexico City-based architect Manuel Cervantes Estudio has designed DIY housing that relies on passive, vernacular construction strategies to "help families build their living spaces in a better and smarter way." Completed in 2022, Rural Nicolas Housing is a continuation of Manuel Cervantes Estudio's "assisted self-production" in Mexico.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 3, 2023

27 House, which has been overhauled by architecture firm Estudio Estudio in a way that honours the historic building's original character. The house been overhauled to honour the historic building's original character Originally built in the 1930s, the stucco-clad dwelling had endured years of neglect, said local firm Estudio Estudio.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Brazilian practice Studio KUNZ has created a compact gabled house that cantilevers from a sloped site in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Located on the urban edge of the town, the house caters to the client's love of the countryside with warm wood accents that reference the araucaria trees that frame the sloping site.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Melbourne designer David Noordhoff had already established a rhythm with clients James and Zara McGuffie long before he designed their home. The house sits near a highway, but robust insulation and windows help minimize noise, as does a foyer and hallway fronting the building. We kind of just kind of stuck to our guns."

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JANUARY 22, 2023

Architecture studio Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL has created a house and studio with a curved facade for an up-and-coming manga artist in Tokyo , Japan. Named A Japanese Manga Artist's House, the home is located on a narrow site with a rich artistic history and draws upon the storytelling aspect of manga – a type of Japanese comic book.

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JULY 11, 2023

Architecture firm Bindloss Dawes has reorganised a mews house in Chelsea, adding a full-height lightwell with a dramatic oak-and-steel staircase to forge "a sense of volume and theatre". Chelsea Mews House highlights that large spaces aren't always needed," Bindloss Dawes told Dezeen.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

A curvy canopy with a rooftop reflecting pool is among the standout features at a Long Island house designed by US studios Steven Harris Architects and Rees Roberts & Partners to embrace its sand-dune setting. On the ground level, one finds multiple guest bedrooms, back-of-house spaces and an indoor basketball court.

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MARCH 21, 2023

The clients hired Texas-based Specht Architects to build a 2,000-square-foot (186-square metre) minimalist house with floor-to-ceiling glass walls that afforded views of the surrounding meadow and large old-growth trees. The axial approach includes replanted natural grasses The roof extends to create a 15-foot (4.5-metre)

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

Next up in our review of the year , we look back at the houses that grabbed Dezeen readers' attention in 2022, including a dwelling hidden below ground, a pink holiday home and a cantilevering cabin. House and Restaurant in Yamaguchi, Japan, by Junya Ishigami. Dezeen's most popular house of 2022 was also the most unusual.

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AUGUST 26, 2022

Architect Alexander Symes has added an angular addition to a house in Unanderra, Australia , featuring wood-lined living spaces that open onto a terrace perched in the canopy of a large tree. Symes designed Pepper Tree Passive House for local builder Adam Souter, whose company Souter Built aims to create high-performance sustainable homes.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Named Cascade House, the residence in Paddington required minimal renovations but was overhauled by Ellway to create more playful spaces for the family's three children. There is a courtyard with planted trees Cascade House's updated entrance leads onto a long open-plan kitchen and dining space with grey cement-coated walls.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

US architecture studio Schaum/Shieh has embedded a Virginia house with irregularly shaped volumes into the contours of a steep site. The spaces between each pod create room for gardens, outdoor nooks and wooden terraces along the house, while a parking area was carved out of the hillside at the back.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

While 60% of the total property space has been allocated to over 40 open and green spaces, the project houses 240 1–3 bedroom apartments, spread over two low-rise buildings. JVC is a low-density, fully-built residential community containing parks which offer 360 views of lush greenery, schools, F&B venues and a shopping mall.

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