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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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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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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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

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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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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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

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

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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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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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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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

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 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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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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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

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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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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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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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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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

The goal was to reconnect this structure into the environment while best utilising the exceptional site for the clients.". The studio aimed to design a structure that was connected to the landscape. There were strict guidelines on how to use the existing structure as the basis for design," the studio said.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The stair’s wooden slats were crafted from reclaimed oak that was once the building’s door jams, window frames and millwork. We removed everything down to the structural form which revealed the sculptural nature of the original design. The original staircase was covered in various materials, but the massing was highly unique.

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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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Deezen

MAY 4, 2022

Called Gardener's Cottage in reference to a structure that formerly occupied the site, the house is designed to appear as though it is "organically rising out of the ground" while echoing the traditional architecture in the nearby village. "The To the east, another separate volume houses a workshop and utility room.

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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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Deezen

MARCH 20, 2022

As well as creating extra head height, the removal of the suspended ceiling boards reveals the steel structural beams and wooden joists, giving the home a more utilitarian feel. A suspended ceiling was removed to reveal structural beams. A new window was added in the lounge. Plants can be displayed on the deep window sills.

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Deezen

JANUARY 11, 2023

acres and was inspired by the visual language of the neighbouring warehouses such as punched windows and linear massing. Slanted structural columns animate the groundscape. The slanted structural columns animate the groundscape and rise into a warm wooden-clad soffit that transitions to the regimented expression of the primary facade.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 31, 2024

Photo © Marco Cappelletti and Walter Mair The pavilion’s rectangular shape is achieved by juxtaposing two perfectly square structures, with an inviting open space for interaction at their intersection. Large glazed windows adorn the perimeter, flooding the interior with natural light and connecting occupants with the surrounding landscape.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The mandatory first-year Yale graduate course has, since 1967, provided students with "the unique chance to design and build a structure as part of their graduate education," according to the course description. They also included wider hallways to accommodate strollers and ample natural light from large windows and skylights.

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Design Thoughts Architects

JANUARY 10, 2022

The clients were two daughters who wanted to build their home on their Mother’s Property. L- shaped projections for the residential elevation finish near the staircase are used to create volume to the structure. Bay window projections continue towards the east face of the structure. Freestanding wall for the utility area.

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Design Thoughts Architects

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

About Ultra-Modern Contemporary Project: Currently, the client desired to construct a G+1 structure with the possibility of future development, and they desired to extend the upper levels up to three stories, with the second and third floors serving as duplexes and the ground and first floors serving as rental units. ft (30’ X 40’).

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