Deezen

MARCH 10, 2023

"The design was generally inspired by the vernacular language of the agricultural landscape based on the origins of the site and its surroundings," the studio said. The original house was later demolished. Wooden gabled houses are not uncommon in the area, as the pitched roof helps shed snow each winter.

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Archinect

MARCH 25, 2022

A hidden jewel in Santa Cruz, Surf House brings a polished bohemian feel right up to the edge of one of the state’s best surf breaks. Our clients approached Feldman Architecture to design a family home in an unassuming neighborhood - aware of the feel and scale of the surrounding structures.

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Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2023

Satish Jassal Architects designed Haringey Brick Bungalow The 110-square-metre site and narrow passageway was "like building through a straw", dictating many design and construction decisions. The two accommodation wings of the house were rotated and overlook the courtyards," said Jassal.

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Deezen

APRIL 5, 2024

Called Cité Angus II, the structure is part of Technopôle Angus, an urban revitalization project that its developers say is a "full-scale sustainable development". Local architecture studio Ædifica has created a residential apartment building outside Montreal with an interior courtyard and a metal-mesh second skin on the facade.

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2023

Local practice Platform 5 Architects has completed NW10 House, a family home on an infill site in north London with exposed concrete interiors and a textured brick exterior. NW10 House was designed by Platform 5 Architects. The home was built on an infill site. It has a textured brick exterior.

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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. 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.

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Deezen

JANUARY 23, 2024

German studio Atelier ST has completed Duplex, a generous family house near Leipzig that was designed to look like two semi-detached properties. The starting point for the design came from a "run-down and mould-infested" house that stood on the site previously. This led to the use of arches and circles for doorways and windows.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2024

New York studio CAZA has completed a cast-concrete house in the Philippines , aiming to optimise passive cooling and natural ventilation. FR House comprises a series of "concrete cubes" that facilitate cross-ventilation and regulate the building's temperature at the warmest times of the day.

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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

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The polycarbonate-lined Green House that architecture studio Hayhurst & Co slotted into a tight site in London has been named the RIBA 's House of the Year for 2023. It was hailed by the jury of this year's RIBA House of the Year prize as "a true oasis within the city".

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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

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Maine studio Elliott Architects has created a seaside house that includes a dramatic, cantilevered volume on stilt that stretches towards the ocean and the tree line. House on a Bay is a twisted residence overlooking the sea. He felt strongly that this building should be singular, much like its site.

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Bustler

OCTOBER 25, 2023

RIBA has announced its shortlist for the House of the Year 2023 competition, highlighting six transformative residential projects that are equally unique and responsive to the building and design industry’s need for change. A winner will be announced on November 30.

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Deezen

MARCH 25, 2024

An inverted-pitch roof and angular brick cladding characterise the Butterfly House extension, which architecture studio The DHaus Company has added to a terraced home in north London. Its unique shape adds an element of modernity and sophistication to the structure." The photography is by Richard Chivers.

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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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Dwell

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Photo by Staffan Andersson Eight gray shipping containers form the home, which perches on a rocky, forested site outside Stockholm. The site was an unsold lot where many had tried to build but none had succeeded," Tham says. The house blends in with the rocks, but also stands out in a beautiful way," Tham says.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A blocky form animated by hit-and-miss brickwork defines Peckham House, a self-build project by architecture studio Surman Weston that draws on its surroundings in southeast London. Peckham House was designed for and built by the directors of Surman Weston , Tom Surman and Percy Weston.

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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 11, 2022

Atherton pavilions – The two pavilions nestled in this verdant landscape were a response to the clients’ vision for a deeper engagement with their lovely yard. ″ spacing of the vertical and horizontal slats set the basis for all structural and finish alignments. How have your clients responded to the finished project?

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

House, the home sits on a farmland site and is covered with a series of berms, while multiple trumpet-shaped pillars of varying heights create wave-like levels along the expanse of its footprint. The team covered the structure with berms, which rise out of the flat landscape of the surrounding agricultural fields.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Who are the clients and what’s interesting about them? During the pandemic they seized an opportunity to buy a larger house which ticked all of these boxes, but there was one problem. During the pandemic they seized an opportunity to buy a larger house which ticked all of these boxes, but there was one problem.

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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

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. The scenic area is known for its red-coloured rock formations, outdoor activities and arts scene.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

US studio Desai Chia Architecture has completed the Roxbury House, a weekend retreat for gallery owners that features courtyards for exhibiting artwork and a guesthouse designed for an artist in residence. The retreat – comprising a main dwelling, guest house and detached garage – belongs to the owners of Proxyco Gallery in New York City.

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Deezen

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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Deezen

MARCH 24, 2023

The CH73 House is located in the Bosques de las Lomas neighbourhood and occupies a long, slender site that slopes down toward a ravine. The house extends 20 metres over the site Designed for a retired couple, the full-time residence is meant to stand in contrast to the prevailing architecture in the area.

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Deezen

MAY 12, 2024

A semi-enclosed, winding extension that aims to facilitate "inside-outside living" defines Ring House, a 1930s villa in Slovenia renovated by local studio OFIS Arhitekti. OFIS Arhitekti achieved this by extending its living spaces with a looping structure, which outlines a garden atrium at the heart of the plan.

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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

MAY 8, 2022

US studio Heliotrope Architects has minimized site disturbances while creating a cedar -clad holiday home on a wooded hillside in the Pacific Northwest. The clients initially tapped Seattle's Heliotrope Architects to consult on the site selection and then hired the firm to design the dwelling itself. "We

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Deezen

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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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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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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Architizer

JANUARY 13, 2023

Tucked away in Los Altos Hills, the aptly named Round House is a geometrically unique structure; one of a few similarly shaped homes built in California in the 60s. The clients fell in love with this quirky circular house and initially planned a modest remodel. Text description provided by the architects.

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Deezen

MARCH 31, 2024

Oozing mortar joints create a "crusty crown" for The Brick House, a family home in Perth , Australia that has recently been completed by local practice Studio Roam. 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.

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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

JANUARY 29, 2024

PAT teamed up with fellow Italian architect Ferdinando Fagnola on the project, which involved renovating a 2oth-century "white house" and adding a series of elevated, pavilion-like structures. The white house, built in the Swahili style of nearby city Lamu, was the starting point for the design.

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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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