Archinect

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

” Named Rockbound, and located in Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia, the home was commissioned as a place of refuge for a busy client.

Home 146

Home Architect Client Clients 146

Dwell

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Among the rolling hills of eastern Pennsylvania’s Brandywine Valley, MaMo Architects was called upon to design a home for their formerly nomadic clients. Photo by Jeffrey Totaro Demolishing a small house to make room for the new residence, the MaMo team looked to the regional vernacular to inspire the new home’s design.

Materials 81

Materials Modern Exterior Landscape 81

Architizer

APRIL 10, 2022

Beyond all clichés, property boundaries structure the whole design of urban public space: its demarcations, rights of way, privacy. In our approach, the most important thing is the space, the space between community, client, environment, technologies, memory, desire. © MICROSCAPE architecture urban design AA.

Materials 66

Materials Landscape Design Client 66

Design Thoughts Architects

DECEMBER 2, 2022

I recently had the opportunity to explain to one of our new house desired clients what it is that we do as an architectural firm. I design for a living and I often forget that other people don’t necessarily understand what architects do. We took their wishes into account and designed a property that met all their needs.

Client 52

Client Clients Housing Modern 52

Deezen

JUNE 22, 2022

Local studio Oliver Leech Architects and interior designer Juliet O'Caroll used a palette of pale pink colours and materials for this extension and refurbishment of a Victorian terrace in London. A pale pink material palette was developed with Juliet O'Caroll. "[We] Structural engineer: Momentum Structural Engineers.

Materials 111

Materials Housing Architect Structural Engineering 111

Architizer

AUGUST 22, 2022

Their design responds to the Grade I-listed landscape, with sustainable materials and traditional craft techniques creating simple, functional forms. The kiosks mark the entrances to Hyde Park, Green Park and St James’s Park, designed as 360-degree sculptural entities with canopies that swell out like a tree’s crown.

Technique 92

Technique Sustainability Materials Design 92

Habitus Living

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The white box, with its precise lines and sharp angles, is usually associated with modernism and its attendant materials of steel, concrete and glass. Use of sustainable materials was a central aspect of the brief given to Davis Architects. A key design challenge was posed by the southern aspect of the open rear area.

Materials 52

Materials Sustainability Interior Modern 52

Deezen

JANUARY 19, 2024

Global architecture studio SOM has designed a terminal for the Kempegowda International Airport in Bangalore, India , that draws on the city's heritage and landscape. Inside, the studio adorned the terminal's engineered bamboo structure with hanging plants and greenery, creating bright and airy interiors lit by roof openings.

Design 131

Design Engineering Engineering Restoration 131

Architizer

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Moreover, designers use the decomposition, reorganization and collision of texture and material to build a simple and lively volume. Architizer chatted with Muchuan Xu from Vantree Design to learn more about this project. Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design?

Materials 72

Materials Design Sustainability Environment 72

Deezen

MARCH 6, 2022

Raw concrete, burnt clay and natural wood come together in this extension to an end-of-terrace house in south London, designed by architecture studio TYPE. The design combines quarry tiles, exposed concrete, natural wood and lime plaster. Structural engineer: Blue Engineering. Bench seating is built into the Douglas fir facade.

Materials 111

Materials Housing Windows Structural Engineering 111

Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Designed to have "a fun and unconventional presence", the extension was conceived by THISS Studio as though it were a piece of furniture rather than a conventional structure. In doing so we were forced to consider the materials and how they came together much more than you normally would, as every joint and intersection was exposed."

Client 138

Client Clients Roofing Structure 138

Deezen

JULY 1, 2022

The clients also requested that the new spaces include natural materials, which informed the use of douglas fir for the exposed structure, exterior cladding, internal joinery and fittings. The clients requested the use of natural materials in the extension. Wooden finishes are used throughout.

Materials 105

Materials Nature Renovation Home 105

Archinect

JULY 19, 2022

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.

Housing 130

Housing Utilities Client Clients 130

Deezen

AUGUST 27, 2022

Balancing natural and industrial materials was a key focus during Brazilian studio Memola Estudio's renovation of this São Paulo apartment. Memola Estudio stripped back walls in the apartment to reveal the concrete structure. Memola Estudio stripped back walls in the apartment to reveal the concrete structure.

Structure 105

Structure Renovation Windows Finishes 105

Dwell

JULY 29, 2022

Writer Penny Craswell explores the potential of secondhand and upcycled materials to craft new homes. It’s these homes that Australian design writer Penny Craswell explores in her upcoming book, Reclaimed: New Homes from Old Materials , out January 10, 2023, via Thames & Hudson.

Materials 83

Materials Design Home Inspiration 83

Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2022

Architecture studio Parti has completed a compact housing project in north London , with a palette of robust and affordable materials chosen to create a sense of permanence. Details including a strong grid-like facade and use of a grey brick that contrasts with its neighbours are intended to give the structure a contemporary feel.

Materials 98

Materials Housing Building Site 98

Deezen

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Named Green House, Hayhurst and Co created the home as an example of low-cost, low-energy housing, with a cross-laminated timber (CLT) structure and repurposed materials used for cladding and flooring. Long views are created through the house, from the north to south garden and through the planted facade."

Home 140

Home Design Contractor Site 140

RMJM Architecture

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The property’s interiors, which feature terrazzo tile finishing, cover a spectrum of warm and earthy tones with an intricately designed layout and panoramic windows to ensure harmonious elegance, natural lighting and continuation of the surrounding calming landscape.

Client 52

Client Clients Real Estate Residential 52

Deezen

JULY 5, 2023

Australian studio Dane Taylor Design has completed Butterfly House, an accessible coastal home in New South Wales that is informed by Japanese aesthetics. Designed to support its owner who lives with multiple sclerosis, the house in Austinmer comprises a series of accessible and adaptable spaces.

Home 134

Home Design Client Clients 134

Architizer

JULY 17, 2023

If there is one thing that architects and their clients can agree on, it’s that architecture should always work in harmony with nature. Paul Keskeys: How did the client brief and the project’s unique site help to shape your initial concept for Silver Residence? David Strand: This was a truly unique site.

Modern 97

Modern Home Architect Client 97

Deezen

APRIL 23, 2024

Architect Peter Markos has designed the Monocoque Cabin, an off-grid timber cabin defined by an organic, cocoon-like form, on a farm in Shropshire, UK. The structure draws aerospace and automative construction techniques Measuring 3.3-metres-wide, The structure draws aerospace and automative construction techniques Measuring 3.3-metres-wide,

Technique 130

Technique Structural Engineering Structure Construction 130

Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: an adaptive reuse project that sees a chapel converted into a live-work space is featured in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Inchbald School of Design. Also included is a project that renovates a mews house according to Japanese design principles and a garden informed by traditional English country gardens.

Project 85

Project Students Design Architecture 85

Architizer

APRIL 13, 2022

Architizer chatted with Xin Yuan, Director at XinY Structural Consultants to learn more about this project. This non-building structure consists of the rigid double curved roof and vertical columns. This non-building structure consists of the rigid double curved roof and vertical columns. © XinY Structural Consultants.

Consulting 98

Consulting Structure Mining Roofing 98

Deezen

MAY 29, 2022

Architecture firm LOHA used "material layering" to create a light-filled workspace in California for photographers, videographers and other creatives involved in brand imaging for sportswear brand Nike. The two-storey structure has a long, linear footprint, measuring 487 feet long by 86 feet wide (148 by 26 metres).

Utilities 110

Utilities Materials Building Finishes 110

Deezen

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Envisioned as a "modern, minimalist" cabin for a couple who are avid mountain bikers, the house is designed to withstand the area's strong winds and harsh winter weather. It was designed to withstand harsh winds and winter weather Behind the cabin is a detached building that contains bike workshop.

Mining 124

Mining Foundation Design Industrial 124

aasarchitecture

MAY 15, 2024

Four years since designing their first ever flagship store in Shanghai, Neri&Hu once again collaborates with Jisifang to create a duo of two shops located in the Panlong Tiandi development. Photo © Pedro Pegenaute This aligns with the brand’s ethos of linen material as the literal thread between daily life and nature.

Consulting 59

Consulting Design Roofing Utilities 59

Deezen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Also included is an apartment building that blends minimalism with brutalism and a design for a home in New South Wales informed by the work of architecture studio MORQ. This dwelling is designed for an artist or collector to refresh their mind and immerse themselves in their work, stimulated by the natural surrounding environment.

Students 104

Students Interior Project Residential 104

Habitus Living

MARCH 13, 2023

This project is a result of the clients’ love and appreciation of the arts, which has been carefully considered throughout the design. For the designer, Brahman Perera, the home has a “legible yet labyrinthine” layout that invites exploration through a series of compelling spaces.

Art 95

Art Restoration Client Clients 95

Architizer

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Residence W – Located in a fast-developing and busy city in Taiwan, Residence W is a functional and sensational design solution for bringing tranquility into the home. The selective materials and joinery details evoke the owner’s memories of childhood country home as well as Mediterranean retreats during travels. © fws_work.

Materials 66

Materials Home Client Clients 66

Deezen

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Appareil Architecture designed the dental clinic to feel more like a home than a medical facility The clinic's founder, surgeon Anne-Frédérique Chouinard, gave Appareil Architecture a "carte blanche" to design the space differently to typical medical facilities. The photography is by Félix Michaud.

Home 110

Home Architecture Real Estate Design 110

Deezen

AUGUST 7, 2023

The vernacular building techniques of north and south India combine in Hybrid House, a house with rammed-earth walls designed by Sketch Design Studio. Architecture office Sketch Design Studio designed and built the three-bedroom house in Alwar, a city located beside the Aravalli mountains in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan.

Sketching 98

Sketching Housing Technique Design 98

Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Design studio Kin has created the Edinburgh office interior for global law firm Dentons, featuring a communal rotunda with no doors and an open-plan bar. Manchester-based Kin designed the office at 9 Haymarket Square – a mixed-use development in Edinburgh. The photography is by Amy Heycock.

Firms 117

Firms Interior Real Estate Design 117

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. Layers of light and material are paired with immersive views of the landscape. The photography is by Paul Warchol.

Structure 85

Structure Home Roofing Site 85

Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Muted tones and textured material finishes define the spaces of this mid-terrace Georgian home in north London , overhauled by local studio Paolo Cossu Architects. Named Nelson Terrace, the renovation and extension in the Colebrook Row conservation area of Islington showcases the contemporary art and furniture collection of its client.

Renovation 116

Renovation Architect Client Clients 116

Deezen

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Tall roof monitors lend a sculptural look to the Gradient House and Studio, which was designed by Oregon studio Linden Brown Architecture for the founders of a shoe design company. The old structures's concrete foundation and basement walls were retained. The yard is designed to help manage rainwater.

Building 124

Building Architecture Roofing Design 124

Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Casa que Da is conceived as a pre-Hispanic codex, which expresses through its spatiality and iconography, the knowledge of the earth and its materiality," RED Arquitectos principal Susana López González told Dezeen. The client named the house Casa que Da (House that Gives) to reference the act of "giving" in a culinary context.

Housing 144

Housing Mining Client Clients 144

aasarchitecture

APRIL 17, 2024

VrijHaven: the informal city The winning design for the Havenstraatterein has been crafted by Powerhouse Company, Studio Donna van Milligen Bielke & Ard de Vries Architecten, Team V Architecture, Joppe Kusters, and DELVA Landscape Architecture | Urbanism and will be developed by RED Company and Caransa Group.

Design 64

Design Landscape Client Clients 64