Deezen

JANUARY 23, 2024

The starting point for the design came from a "run-down and mould-infested" house that stood on the site previously. Comprising a main house and an extension, it set a precedent for a double-peak roof. The foundations are meanwhile built from recycled concrete. This led to the use of arches and circles for doorways and windows.

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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. Two stone bases serve as the foundation for the pavilions that house the living areas.

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Deezen

JULY 22, 2023

Indian architecture practice Studio Array has used hand-woven bamboo screens to wrap this home and artist's studio in Delhi, which incorporated existing foundations and columns. Studio Array has created a home and artist's studio in Delhi A previous attempt to construct a building on the site had left foundations and columns in place.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 27, 2023

After making drawings for a prototype, they were hunting for a site to build it on when they came across a Quonset hut , a long structure made of corrugated steel with an arched roof. The obvious advantage of prefabrication is the limited time on site, which means minimal disruption of down time for the resort.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Kéré Architecture , the studio led by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Diébédo Francis Kéré , created Kamwokya Community Centre in collaboration with the local non-profit Kamwokya Christian Caring Community and the humanitarian organisation Ameropa Foundation. A water tower provides a visual marker for the site.

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Architecture Ideas

OCTOBER 23, 2023

From planning to on-site construction, a lot goes behind building a house. Key Considerations Before Building Your Own House The idea to build your own house can be challenging if you don’t begin on a firm foundation. Begin with marking the structure and start excavating for the foundation.

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Møller Foundation appointed the Danish architecture studio Cobe to design a new park at a former industrial island in Copenhagen’s inner harbor. Located next to The Royal Danish Opera, the site had been a modest green lawn since the completion of the Opera nearly 20 years ago.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Japanese architecture studio Office M-SA has arranged a house in Akishima, Tokyo , around a series of exposed concrete elements designed as extensions of its foundations. To the south, a study and bathroom are organised alongside four more bedrooms that open onto the wood-decked roof terrace.

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Deezen

JULY 12, 2023

New barrel-vaulted roofs were installed above the garages, increasing head height inside, and each one was given a glazed "shopfront" in place of the old roller shutters. The design involved converted derelict garages The facility is located in Upper Edmonton, on a site that is due to be redeveloped in the future.

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ArchiDiaries

AUGUST 13, 2022

The design also took advantage of the longitudinal slope of the site via a stepped-down floor plate following the natural contours of the land and, in the process, optimized foundation costs. The Clients (a couple working as IT engineers) presented an extremely narrow site in Thiruvanthapuram as part of their design brief.

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

During the development of the proposal the involvement of the developer, of public authorities and most importantly the people that dwell around the intervention site was a constant and invaluable asset. With this strong foundation the winning team could give a comprehensive answer to all that was demanded and more.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Building out wasn’t an option, as the couple wanted to preserve both the mature landscaping on-site and existing outdoor work and living areas. She proposed not building out, and not building up—but rather constructing a new unit off-site and craning it into place on top of one existing bungalow.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2023

The house occupies a former caretaker's cottage that had been abandoned Castanheira 's renovation uncovers the original timber roof structure, adds a bedroom wing and gives the building an entirely new interior layout. The roof of this block serves as a balcony terrace for the floor above.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

However, from the water or the beach, its silhouette is evocative of a harbor marker, upright on the dune, guiding its seafaring clients home. The waterfront site occupies the land by the side of the road where ocean views are obstructed by the foredune—a common constraint of Midland’s Beach.

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e-architect

AUGUST 24, 2023

Located within a notoriously conservative Council, the foundation for this project was to create a new form and expression within an existing Cape Cod envelope. Below this space is the living space, which extends outside to the boundaries of the site. Bedrooms are enclosed in a solid language of screened charred timber at first floor.

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Dwell

JUNE 9, 2023

We also propose a discounted architectural fee if the client is willing to offer us more of a say in the design." Photo by Helge Skodvin The result is a tiny, 538-square-foot studio—Stefanescu says it’s "like a child’s drawing of a house"—that cantilevers out from a sloped site in the garden to perch atop a boulder.

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The Kamwokya Community Centre the fruit of a partnership between local non-profit Kamwokya Christian Caring Communityand the Ameropa Foundation. The goal of the project is to maintain and enhance the public and free character of the site, seeking not to impose, but to gently uplift it. Photo © Iwan Baan. Photo © Iwan Baan.

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Architizer

MARCH 29, 2022

Consisting of a main residence a caretakers residence and several guesthouses, the project is named for the nautically inspired tensile roofs, forms that are a contextual response to the sailing culture of the Grenadines. The annual water needs are produced on site in this manner, proving that resilience can be both beautiful and tactical.

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The Spaces

MARCH 16, 2023

The roof was severely damaged and had to be replaced with specialist Dutch tiles. ’ He and Elin took the structure back to its brick foundations and dug out the property to unearth the gloomy lower floor. Or he’ll be right here, sketching away, acting as his own best client.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 11, 2014

Home / Construction / Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Bob Borson — June 12, 2014 — 73 Comments On the residential part of our practice, we do a lot of pier and beam foundations. Here is a typical wall section through a pier and beam foundation.

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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. Rendering courtesy Stantec 5.

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e-architect

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This 1930s house with steel casement windows and load-bearing stone walls is sited on a hill overlooking a lake. While very fond of this home and its original details (including the mint-green 1930s-bathroom tile), when Hurricane Sandy deposited a tree into its roof causing significant damage, they embraced the opportunity to renovate.

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Deezen

MAY 1, 2023

Hard to access, prone to extreme weather and environmentally delicate, cliff edges are among the most difficult sites to develop. Serious pieces of architecture" Projects like these require clients with deep pockets, but Toromanoff believes clifftop houses are more than mere symbols of wealth.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Local studio Jensen Architects designed the house to both embrace and defy its difficult site conditions – a hilly parcel in the Cole Valley neighbourhood, near the city's famed Sutro Tower. The site's complex geology and the clients' desires inform a composition of shifting volumes that de?ne c Ocean," the studio said.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

This house is really a testing ground that allows me to try things before I actually present them to clients," says Wayne, who’s the founder and principal of his self-named New York City firm. This is reflected in elements like the painted-aluminum standing-seam roof, which lacks an overhang and instead aligns with the home’s siding.

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Habitus Living

APRIL 5, 2022

Brighton House, located in its namesake Melbourne neighbourhood, is an Edwardian home that had been owned by Figr’s clients since the 1970s. “The undeniable character of old buildings like this provide an indelible foundation on which architecture can avoid whimsy and needless extravagance.”. Project details.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Four triangular metal pillars support a roof featuring a dodecagonal oculus, all of which are lacquered in black. Triangular beams of light project between the roof and the enclosure, creating a new star that shifts with the sun’s movement. The space is slender, vertical, and dim. They are doing so.

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Habitus Living

APRIL 25, 2023

Arriving at the site with Andrew, Nick Carr, director of Intermode, felt the full weight of both privilege and responsibility for the project: “As we approached, Andrew’s car paused and I suddenly understood the emotional enormity of such devastation; we were really entering a disaster zone,” says Carr.

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aasarchitecture

JULY 7, 2022

The base and its future development intention are the two foundations of the planning and design. Inspired by Iceland’s volcanic landscape and unique topography, CAA designed the site’s landscape fissures, which cause the overall surface of the site to rise and undulate. Image © CAA Architects.

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aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Photo © Tian Fangfang Merging into the landscape We have placed nearly 30 groups of planted water ponds on the roofs of buildings; the lush aquatic plants, primarily waterlilies, do not only form a natural landscape but also reduce the energy consumption of the buildings.

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aasarchitecture

JULY 13, 2022

Sail House is named for the nautically inspired tensile roofs that are a contextual response to the sailing culture of the Grenadines. Considering the difficulty of construction in the Caribbean with its limited resources, the buildings were prefabricated in Indonesia and shipped along with the tensile roof membranes.

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Design Thoughts Architects

JANUARY 19, 2022

Site Preparation: If you’re working on a site you bought yourself, you can run upon unstable soils or ledges that need blasting. Construction time is reduced by using high-quality construction plans and specifications that are properly executed on-site without delay.

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Deezen

JULY 6, 2023

Read: In Situ Studio revives mid-century modern home in North Carolina The original guest house was demolished and a new, two-bedroom dwelling was built on its foundation using a "roof form that is sympathetic to the main house" with deep overhangs. The connecting stair has a bent metal railing that continues up to the top floor.

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aasarchitecture

JULY 11, 2022

CAA architects led by Liu Haowei announced the planning and architectural scheme of CAFA Qingdao Campus, which is directly entrusted by the Client. Taking this as the design context, CAA has made a unique response based on the relationship between the site and the ocean. Ltd Client: Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA)?Qingdao

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e-architect

JANUARY 5, 2023

The local foundation Bitten & Mads Clausens Fond (Bitten & Mads Clausens foundation), however, saw potential in the building, and eventually bought the building. The main purpose of the foundation is, among other things, to strengthen the local community through both donations and own projects.

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A4 Architects

APRIL 15, 2024

Simple, one-and-a-half story structures with central chimneys were built using local wood, with stone foundations. At A4 Architecture + Planning we are expert at integrating building codes into our designs to provide safer and more long-lasting building solutions for our clients.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 29, 2023

Studio Seilern Architects (SSA) has unveiled Boksto 6, a major transformation of a disused site in Vilnius, Lithuania into a contemporary mixed-use space in the heart of the city’s old town. Similarly for the reflective roof of the restaurant, invoking the surface of water and adding a whimsical feel to the space.

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