Westeck News

JUNE 9, 2023

Ensuring utility demand-side measures are effective tools to meeting climate and energy goals. These changes aim to align the province’s utility DSM programs with the CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 , emphasizing electrification, affordability and market readiness for future efficiency standards. ’s net-zero targets by 2050.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Along with his previous experience in manufacturing compostable products, the lessons from his personal project fed a greater ambition: to make sustainable living possible anywhere in the world by utilizing affordable production processes. The units can also connect to municipal utilities. this fall in Maine. starting from $549,000).

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Deezen

DECEMBER 31, 2023

The pre-existing worn and patinaed agricultural structures on the site were a key inspiration," the team said. The basement level of the home contains a utility room, while the top level holds a flexible studio space. The room also features five box-shaped oriel windows, which frame views of the farm and the countryside beyond.

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Deezen

APRIL 9, 2024

Partly because the client was a Japanese brewer who mainly makes sake, we also incorporated 'Japanese-ness' into the design." According to the team, it was informed by the Engawa, an element of Japanese architecture that resembles a veranda or porch that runs along the perimeter of a structure.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The goal was to reconnect this structure with the environment while best utilizing the exceptional site for the clients. "In Therefore, there were strict guidelines on how to use the existing structure as the basis for design. Post it here. A man-made object in nature may exist in harmony or disparity.

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Architizer

MAY 20, 2024

This influence can be seen in adobe and sandstone incorporating natural elements such as wood and stone into these structures. Discover Utah’s rich architecture through some of the state’s newest structures. Today, architects in Utah have continued this tradition of honoring the land.

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Dwell

JUNE 28, 2022

Every building has a story to tell—and when we choose to extend or alter a structure, we are adding a new chapter to its tale. This isn’t just an extension, but part of a process of custodianship of the land and the structure that has been lovingly built by past occupants," explains architect Je Ahn.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Field Architecture has created a house in Sonoma Valley with copper-clad roofs Dry in the summers with heavy rainfall in the winter, the area's geography informed the design, as did the client's desire to co-inhabit the land with the region's plants and animals. "We

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Project Details: Location: Melbourne, Australia Architect: MRTN Architects / @ mrtn_architects Footprint: 86 and 235 square feet Builder: Rod Greaves Structural Engineer: C. One is a space to work, and the other is a space not to work. "It There is a quiet communication that occurs between the house, the two studios, and the garden.

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Deezen

AUGUST 14, 2023

US studio Harding Huebner Architects has completed a low-lying, energy-efficient home informed by the "agrarian barns and humble structures" found in America's Appalachian Region. The home is U-shaped in plan Rather than adapting any of the existing structures for the couple's home, the team opted to build anew.

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Dwell

JUNE 15, 2022

Having consulted with a structural engineer, these structures were placed within a comfortable distance from each other. The boxes themselves work as dividers of shared and private space, yet small windows created in the boxes allow other family members to sense their presence, sometimes seen and sometimes unseen.

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Deezen

MARCH 22, 2022

Four individual buildings housing an entrance area, utility bay, factory hall and canteen space set in a natural landscape comprise the development. The buildings have canopy-style roofs to protect the structures from the rain seasons. The collection of buildings each has a different design characteristic.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The Minarc Tiny Home stands out from the rest due to several distinctive qualities: Highly Insulated Structure: Our tiny homes feature a thermally broken metal frame, ensuring superior insulation with a wall R-value of R24 and a roof value of R40. Photo by Art Gray What qualities make your tiny home stand apart from the rest?

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Architizer

JANUARY 16, 2024

The energy-efficient envelope — sealed with with intensive insulation, “smart” air sealing and triple-glazed windows — wraps around the ingenious structure, which consists of glue-laminated timber columns, beams and floor plates. 154 Broadway By Utile, Inc. 154 Broadway By Utile, Inc.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Nieby Crofters Cottage was in a dilapidated state when Jansen and Blecher 's clients, a couple from Hamberg, asked the Copenhagen-based architects to plan the renovation. The project involved rebuilding most of the structure, restoring the original facade, but completely replanning the internal layout.

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Design Thoughts Architects

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Managing the space with planning will help to ensure the utilization of the floor space without wasting it and will increase the functionality of the space. Family area, double height, and bedroom Kitchen and utility Internal or external staircase and other floors. Consider spaces and spacious relationship between. Open-up the ceiling.

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Deezen

MAY 26, 2022

The client wanted a home that would provide spaces for family gatherings and for individual activities. Terraces were incorporated across the angular concrete structure. The living area looks out to the garden through floor to ceiling windows. Beton Brut is a concrete home in India that was designed by The Grid Architects.

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ArchiDiaries

JUNE 8, 2022

With perfect assimilation of the client’s requirements, who is a terracotta artist, the attempt to create a humane space and an art gallery within the confines of the site and fit the needs of privacy and space utilization evolved a plan endowed with compact volumetric resolution.

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Architizer

APRIL 26, 2024

Taking a survey of Seoul’s structures, each of the subsequent projects demonstrate innovative design and construction techniques. Dogok Maximum By Moon Hoon , Seoul, South Korea This project reflects the client’s unique personality, rooted in their experiences living in a mystical house on a high area in Gangbuk.

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Architizer

APRIL 18, 2024

Henrybuilt has completed over 4000 major projects for clients throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. Despite these challenges, Krone and the client chose a Henrybuilt kitchen for its quality, performance, and flexibility. Henrybuilt provided casework throughout the kitchen, including casework hardware.

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Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2022

Polycarbonate walls and a row of tall window boxes bring diffused sunlight into the Iowa City Public Works building by US firm Neumann Monson Architects. The structure is made of concrete and metal, and perimeter walls consist of precast concrete panels. The structure houses equipment for local utilities departments.

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Architizer

MARCH 31, 2023

Have you ever wondered why clients are now seeking Passive Houses in larger numbers? Passive house construction and high-performance windows and doors in this townhouse addition allowed us to create walls of glass with an indoor-outdoor experience to a roof deck clear of all mechanicals. Photos by Peter Peirce, Inc.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The client required us to maximize volume and light while providing the most units within the R2 zoning limitations (1 principle structure and maximum 8 units). Typically, non-structural end walls are able to provide light. Inspired by Parisian mansard roofs, we devised an arrangement of windows to maximize light distribution.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2024

Black Diamond is a house in Sydney's Mosman suburb "Our clients wanted a home that felt like a boutique hotel with a lavish yet tranquil tonal intensity that was rich in substance, not excess trimmings," YSG explained. "We A custom timber table is the centrepiece of the dining area.

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BD+C

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

With the right approach, passive house strategies can help our clients serve their market, while leading us to efficient, healthy, and resilient multifamily dwellings. We are excited to help our progressive and ambitious client to target Passive House International certification. The change is substantial.

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Deezen

AUGUST 10, 2022

The clients, a family with their main home in London, also asked for a bright and comfortable dwelling featuring natural materials and a strong connection to the outdoors. Having such strong support from the local planning authority from the outset allowed us to deliver a home that functions both for our clients and the environment.".

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ArchiDiaries

AUGUST 29, 2022

The client dreamt of a small house and approached me to convert it into reality. He loved the idea of sloping roofs coming atop each other with clean and distinctive lines—the traditional Scottish-like window mullions dividing a larger opening into parts. Project Description. Text as submitted by the Architects”). Elevation from west.

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Design Thoughts Architects

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Often, clients are scared to give the project to an architect , especially new ones. To win the trust of clients, we architects use specialized tools to provide space planning and 3D space visualization to the client. Large windows in the living area bring good light and ventilation into the entire space.

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Deezen

JANUARY 17, 2022

The idea of the double-width staircase was developed carefully with our clients to allow for an improved flow between the upper and lower ground floors, and the previously inaccessible garden," explained architect James Kitson. "We As is the case for many, much of our clients' family life centres around the kitchen," said Kitson.

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Architizer

JANUARY 25, 2024

Suspension House By Fougeron Architecture , California Jury Winner, 11th Annual A+Awards, Renovations + Additions Perched between two Californian hills with a creek and waterfall in the backyard, this remodel aimed to seamlessly integrate the structure into the environment within strict legal guidelines. Helena and the Napa Valley.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The exposed red-oxide steel structure allows the internal space to follow the roof's pitch, creating a generous ceiling height that enhances the bright and airy feel of the room. Angular windows punctuate the wood-lined walls. The studio incorporated an exposed red-oxide steel structure.

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Deezen

JULY 20, 2022

The studio aimed for its design to highlight the late client's favourite views across the Derwent Valley countryside surrounding the home. The building's fabric is intrinsically tied to the passing away of one of the clients mid-project due to a terminal illness," said the studio. acres.". "The

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Architizer

JANUARY 12, 2023

In turn, a home’s structural system shapes the atmosphere and light, as well as how we transition between spaces. A growing trend in home structural systems is glulam, an engineered wood composite that creates support and warmth for residential interiors. By Rever & Drage Architects , Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

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BD+C

JUNE 16, 2023

0 dbarista Fri, 06/16/2023 - 14:36 Virtual Reality With the aid of virtual reality and 3D visualization technologies, designers, consultants, and their clients can envision a place as though the project were in a later stage. The space, volume, and structure. Most clients don’t have that ability.

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Dwell

AUGUST 28, 2023

Think of it as life-size Lego blocks that form the floors, walls, windows, and roofs of a home," Kramer says. These panels arrive from our factory waterproofed, insulated, structurally sound, and pre-equipped for plumbing and electrical connections. Before we sign a contract with our clients, we lock in the pricing up front.

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e-architect

OCTOBER 6, 2023

As a result of the maximum allowed building height, the outer wall of the top floor was angled, resembling a studio window. The vertical structures took the shape of masonry cylinders built with Danish Flensburg brick, paying homage to the nearby Rosenlundsverket heating plant and the rounded bay windows of the old Merkurhuset.

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aasarchitecture

JULY 15, 2022

The house with the round window is in a dense block of private houses in Vilnius. The key wish from the clients was to have a big common space not divided by stairs in any way. The north part of the house with the stairs has just one round window. It worked, it looks nice, and the clients love it. Photo © Norbert Tukaj.

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