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Omar Gandhi mixes contemporary and vernacular design for Jib House

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Jib House's name was derived from the coastal site's triangular shape, which resembles that of a jib, a slender triangular fore-sail used on a traditional sailing boat. These lenses provide unique views of both the foreground and distant landscape from critical social zones of the house.". Structural: Campbell Comeau Engineering.

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Sam Crawford Architects crafts contemporary residences that respect heritage

Habitus Living

As a practice, Sam Crawford Architects (SCA) creates bespoke projects for its clients. His team of 17 also contribute their special talents, so that each commission becomes a unique example of excellent contemporary residential architecture.

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Partisans creates pixelated brick facade for Toronto house

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Local architecture studio Partisans has completed a house with an undulating yellow brick facade designed to look pixelated in Toronto , Ontario. Inspired by the client's Larry Poons paintings, the bricks are choreographed to convey movement. The box-shaped homes are in a Tudor revival style and feature a centre hallway plan.

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Ædifica presents "vision of densification" for Cité Angus II housing block in Montreal

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Ædifica has created a six-storey housing block in Montreal Sitting on a narrow site, the six-storey housing block has two roughly L-shaped structures that frame a significant courtyard. This also acts as a passageway from the street to a semi-paved open space between other buildings in the development. "The

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Weathering St(ee)L House by [dhd] derek hoeferlin design

Archinect

The client is an artist/electrical engineer who designs, programs and builds kinetic sculptures that are pattern-based in concept and built this project themself. The material choice of oxidizing steel is a bold, contemporary counterpoint to similar adjacent brick tones. Louis architectural context.

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Leong Leong transforms 1970s Los Angeles ranch house into "suburban sanctuary"

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New York studio Leong Leong has renovated a 1970s ranch house in Los Angeles by adding a large wall, outdoor spaces and a polycarbonate panel-wrapped second storey. Due to local historic preservation guidelines, the team only renovated 50 per cent of the existing house.

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Omer Arbel uses fabric formwork for concrete pillars in Canadian house

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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. Read: Omer Arbel Office films concrete tree-like forms that will become House 75.9 Concrete floors run throughout the project.

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