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Hebra Arquitectos tucks Lone Oak House within wooded site in Chile

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It was commissioned during the pandemic as a second home for the client The design team had multiple goals for the project. It was elevated to avoid humidity and provide greater views and more illumination The architects conceived a two-storey house that is partly lifted above the site by steel piers.

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Looking Glass Lodge features glass facades that reflect the surrounding woodland

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Looking Glass Lodge is situated within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and was developed for a client whose parents established a nature reserve there in the 1960s. The building is set on a sloping site in the grounds of the client's family home. Looking Glass Lodge is clad in timber.

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Schaum/Shieh "gently" conforms house to contours of steep Virginia site

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US architecture studio Schaum/Shieh has embedded a Virginia house with irregularly shaped volumes into the contours of a steep site. Rectangular windows on either end of the horizontal plan create an interrupted view through the centre of the house and large sliding glass doors and picture windows were installed on the facade.

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Platform 5 Architects completes textural home on London infill site

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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. Centred around a skylit, concrete spiral stair, the home's spaces fan out to fill the triangular site, overlooking a paved terrace that wraps its eastern edge.

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"The people of Los Angeles waited patiently for half a decade to make use of a useless site"

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Chauffeurs dodge panhandlers to escort their clients directly to the front doors of exclusive restaurants For anyone needing visual evidence of regional wealth inequality in present-day LA, a visit to its downtown should do the trick. The people of Los Angeles waited patiently for half a decade to make use of a useless site.

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In Situ Studio creates HUUS house for sloped site in Raleigh

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Glazed brick and charred cypress wrap the exterior of a partly sunken North Carolina home designed by architecture firm In Situ Studio. The site formerly held a run-down, 1940s dwelling that was owned by the clients. It also has its own exterior entrance, allowing visitors to easily come and go.

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Hebra Arquitectos lifts Quilanto House above forested site in Chile

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Chilean studio Hebra Arquitectos has completed an elevated, wood-and-glass cabin that is designed to have a small footprint and accommodate a person in a wheelchair. Tucked into a wooded site, it serves as a nature retreat for a single mother and her adult daughter, who has reduced mobility. Furnishings were selected by the client.

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