Architizer

OCTOBER 3, 2022

DUNN HOUSE – The project transforms the typical morphology of sloping roofs to create a new language, with overhanging overhangs, marked slopes and intermediate extractions. Karen Gutiérrez Pereyra: I wanted the house not to have pre-cooked language. And I usually designed with flat roofs. Year: 2021. © KG + STUDIO.

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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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Dwell

JANUARY 5, 2024

Welcome to Prefab Profiles , an ongoing series of interviews with people transforming how we build houses. From prefab tiny houses and modular cabin kits to entire homes ready to ship, their projects represent some of the best ideas in the industry. Do you know a prefab brand that should be on our radar?

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2022

A hipped roof covered in stepped tiles tops this extension to a home on a suburban estate in Epsom, Surrey , designed by London-based studio Oliver Leech Architects. Hipped House is a home in Epson, Surrey that was designed by Oliver Leech Architects. The studio covered the roof in stepped tiles. Photography is by Ståle Eriksen.

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Deezen

JULY 31, 2022

US studio Desai Chia Architecture designed a highly sculptural, waterfront home wrapped in concrete and charred cypress that has vaulted roofs resembling wings. Roughly rectangular in plan, the dwelling has cutouts, cantilevers and multiple sloped roofs that combine in a sculptural way. Oak trees protect the home from glare and heat.

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Deezen

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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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

MAY 28, 2024

Elements of Ukrainian and Japanese architecture combine at this pared-back residence on the outskirts of Kyiv , which local architecture studio Shovk created for a client with a passion for Japanese culture. The house's entrance leads directly into a kitchen and dining space at one end of the largely open ground floor.

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Deezen

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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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

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. Like an opened umbrella, the roof and walls [of the home] are extended from the only column," explained IGArchitects.

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Deezen

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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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

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

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

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

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

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. Collective Works has expanded the home, which it said was previously "run down", with two adjoining pitched-roof volumes at the rear and a full dormer to expand its loft.

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Archinect

JANUARY 6, 2022

Minimal details and neutral finishes anticipate an evolving composition of the client’s art and design collection. The courtyard, once closed off from the house, is now its undisputed heart. Outside, a landscape of drought-tolerant plantings resides in playful dialogue with the home.

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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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Deezen

JUNE 10, 2024

Retaining their rough, industrial finishes, Divooe Zein Architects has created what it called a "sanctuary for human connection", with a tea room, small theatre, meditation and exhibition spaces organised across three buildings. Project credits: Architect: Divooe Zein Architects Client: Mineless Execution: C.C.H

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Deezen

MARCH 22, 2022

Kite-like canopies and geometric roofs shelter the spaces of this factory by Studio Saar , which sits atop a seasonal lake in Sanand, India. Four individual buildings housing an entrance area, utility bay, factory hall and canteen space set in a natural landscape comprise the development.

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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

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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Deezen

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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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

US studio Fuse Architects added cedar cladding, expanded the windows and brightened the interiors of the Plover House on the coast of California. The three-bedroom house was designed for a Silicon Valley couple and their three children. Fuse Architects retained the house's original footprint. The team raised the roofline.

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Deezen

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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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. 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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Deezen

JUNE 15, 2024

Italian studio Messner Architects has extended and reconfigured a house in South Tyrol to create three apartments , each with a contrasting exterior finish of plaster, wood and metal. While the existing structure was left largely unchanged, Messner Architects removed its gabled roof to create an expanded second floor.

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aasarchitecture

AUGUST 17, 2022

The Akko-Tlani house is in the magical town of Tlayacapan located in the State of Morelos, 85 kilometers away from Mexico City and 45 minutes from the city of Cuernavaca. The house has 230 sqm of construction beyond the outdoors areas, composed by the garden and a pool, this includes a roof garden at the 3rd floor.

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Deezen

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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Deezen

MARCH 26, 2023

Architecture studio SDA has completed the Floating House, a concrete-framed home on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City that is elevated above ground to mitigate the impacts of flooding. It is elevated above ground to mitigate the impacts of flooding "We composed the house as three slabs floating above the ground," explained SDA.

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Architizer

MAY 24, 2023

Michael Ingui is a partner at Baxt Ingui Architects and the founder of Passive House Accelerator. The Accelerator is a catalyst for zero-carbon building and a collaborative media platform for practitioners, developers, and manufacturers working to create better buildings through Passive House design and construction.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

photos © Rafał Barnaś The Apple House is located behind the Micro Tenement, between the aforementioned walnut and a magnificent apple tree. In addition, we shaped the functional layout of the house in such a way that the surrounding greenery becomes an integral part of its interior, and the neighboring buildings remain practically invisible.

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Deezen

JUNE 22, 2022

Called Pink House, the project transforms the five-bedroom dwelling into a "private city oasis", informed by memories of the client's favourite holidays in Provence, Morocco and New York. Oliver Leech Architects has extended a Victorian house in London. Green finishes have been used in the bathrooms.

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Deezen

MARCH 13, 2023

The house sits on an elevated perch in the Eola Hills, a region near the city of Salem in northern Oregon. When low clouds descend over the valley in the morning, the house appears to be on top of the world," said Seattle-based Ueda Design Studio. Interior finishes on this floor include walnut cabinetry and concrete flooring.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Architecture studio Surman Weston has created a pool house in the gardens of a large home in Surrey , UK, and raised it on a concrete plinth to overlook the surrounding forest. metre change in level across the site, the pool house is raised on a concrete base, topped by a disc-shaped floor plate.

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