Deezen

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Bay Area studio David Baker Architects has completed 145 units of social housing using modular construction and a weathering steel facade in San Francisco , California. The six-storey project stacks 87 two-unit boxes. The use of modular construction reduced the project's timeline from the average five to seven years to three.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Along with curling exterior walls that span the length of the houses's perimeter, they were created using a technique in which concrete is poured slowly into fabric formwork supported by a plywood rib structure. "The Concrete floors run throughout the project. Interior planting beds were also installed in the gathering space.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Project Status: Built. This residential project involved the construction of three distinct structures, creating additional interior space and forming a private courtyard for an existing house that remains in place. © Buttrick Projects Architecture + Design. © Buttrick Projects Architecture + Design.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Japanese studio Unemori Architects has used cypress wood to create Father & Son House, an extension constructed above and around a self-built annexe in Saitama. The old building, a two-storey annexe, workshop and warehouse built by the carpenter father of the current owner, was also renovated as part of the project.

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SW Oregon Architect

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The National Benevolent Association constructed Olive Plaza during the late 1970s as a HUD Section 202 project. Popular at the time of its construction, the lift slab technique has since fallen from favor. The Portland firm of Broome, Oringdulph, O’Toole, Rudolf & Associates (BOORA) was the architect.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Scalloped sections of green-painted timber clad the facade of Lumber 4, a mixed-use building in Norway designed by local consulting agency Oslotre to demonstrate the capabilities of timber construction. Wooded elements are prominently displayed in the interior, providing warmth in winter and cooling in summer," said the studio.

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Deezen

MAY 6, 2024

The exterior of the building was not conceived by analysing the appearance from the outside but from the height of each storey and the conditions of the surrounding buildings," Ayaka Kojima said. The plot the hotel stands on measures just 83.5 The photography is by Keishin Horikoshi/SS Tokyo.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2024

The structures have mass-timber structures and brick facades The new buildings – officially called Barry Mills Hall and the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies – were designed by American studio HGA , which served as both architect and structural engineer. The photography is by Michael Moran.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 21, 2023

A series of overlapping "petals" constructed from bamboo and clad in shiny copper shingles shelter Lumi Shala, a yoga and meditation space in Bali, Indonesia, by local studio Ibuku. Previous projects by the studio include a gymnasium for a school in Bali topped by a roof that is also formed of complex bamboo shells.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The interior features a C-shaped plan An exterior staircase – shaded by a black partition lattice made of local purple rosewood – leads up to a roof terrace with 360-degree views. The house is constructed of concrete block, the most accessible material in the area, and covered on both the exterior and interior with naturally pigmented cement.

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Architizer

AUGUST 2, 2022

Project Status: Built. In response, the residence is an open structure, organized into three layers, which radiate from a communal nucleus to a periphery of private zones. to learn more about this project. What do you believe is the most unique or ‘standout’ component of the project? Year: 2021.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2024

California studio TW Ryan Architecture has completed a wildfire-resistant house in the American West that features a Corten steel exterior and pyramidal roofs that allude to the mountainous terrain. Four Roof House features a Corten steel exterior Their chosen site was a bluff overlooking a lake near the town of Helmville.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Anyone who has ever undertaken a home renovation can attest to the moment when it feels like the project will never end. Julie and I had been living in a new construction townhome and we were bored," says Chris. "We I had worked with Ian on a number of projects as his structural engineering consultant," Julie says. "The

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2024

The chapel has an exposed concrete structure "The simple chapel volume, set in the vast nature, is constructed as a lifted box, signifying a separation from the secular world," explained Eunsok. "It It is illuminated by a skylight that projects from the southeastern side of the building. Equipment engineer: Jusung Eng.

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Deezen

JANUARY 12, 2024

We imagine this project as an alternative to those, opening up a space for new forms of kinship, new interdependencies, and new forms of support within a network of infrastructures shaping a renewed social movement for aging in place." Project credits: Architects: Ignacio G. The photography is by Imagen Subliminal.

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Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2024

All these monuments are significant constructions, carved in stone and cast in concrete, with the purpose of enduring for many generations. Other recent projects by the studio include the Loenen Pavilion , which offers space to rest and reflect in another Dutch war cemetery. The photography is by Simon Menges.

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Dwell

APRIL 9, 2024

Project Details: Location: Washington, United States Architect: GO'C / @ go_c_studio Footprint: 1,700 square feet Builder: Sparrow Woodworks Structural Engineer: SSF Engineers Civil Engineer: J Welch Engineering Envelope Consultant: RDH Building Science Inc. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 24, 2023

REX designed a performance centre in Rhode Island According to REX founder Joshua Ramus, the brief for the project was to combine small performance spaces with student facilities and a home for the Brown University Orchestra. "We We had these two diametrically opposed needs, which historically have never been combined," Ramus told Dezeen.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 17, 2023

It has one bedroom and an inside viewpoint "The architectural brief was for elevated accommodation — so at the start of the project four design options were explored, with only one involving a cantilever and the 'one-leg' approach, a sort of wild-card 'dream big' idea," Arsenit founder Arseni Timofejev told Dezeen.

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Dwell

JANUARY 2, 2024

Rather than add an addition to the original structure, their plan was a complementary new companion house: a ruggedly modern home capable of coexisting in balance with the existing house, offering the potential for dual occupancy or future use of either building. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

JANUARY 2, 2024

Exterior walls are wrapped in Alaskan yellow cedar with a weathered finish. The structural system is mostly wood with an occasional steel beam. The kitchen countertops are quartzite , and the island is clad in the same cedar found on the exterior facades. The other, which is set at an angle, holds a bedroom and bathroom.

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Dwell

JUNE 15, 2022

Each of its three structures—a residence, artist’s studio, and bath house—features a catchment with a reservoir system that purifies harvested rainwater. The main residence takes the form of a pavilion that allows for outdoor use year-round, with over two-thirds of the building footprint dedicated to covered exterior space.

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Architizer

APRIL 24, 2022

Project Status: Built. Architizer chatted with YU Ting, Chief architect at Wutopia Lab to learn more about the project. Architizer chatted with YU Ting, Chief architect at Wutopia Lab to learn more about the project. Architizer: Please summarize the project brief and creative vision behind your project. Year: 2021.

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Dwell

JULY 26, 2022

The carbon-sequestering construction is on display throughout the interiors, where Maich Swift Architects added subtle finishes and fixtures for warm, welcoming spaces. The exterior form of the house is generated through internal spatial configurations that work to enhance a specific view or produce an unexpected interior space.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2023

Waechter Architecture has completed an "all-wood" commercial building in Portland , which it says is the first commercial building in Oregon to "use mass timber construction for all components of the building". It has a central courtyard The construction process was modular with a cross-section that is "basically the same everywhere".

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Architizer

AUGUST 22, 2022

Project Status: Built. In a city dominated by heavy structures preoccupied with merely an outer facade of buildings the priority was not to impose, touch the ground lightly and to draw abstract and modern inspirations from its cultural context and the its past, looking towards the future. Year: 2020. Budget: 1M – 5M.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The two structures are mirrors of each other and are divided by a courtyard with a privacy wall in the middle Set on 40-foot (12-metre) wide lots, the linear homes measure only 20 feet (6 metres) at their widest, leaving plenty of space for outdoor areas on either side of the house for residents to enjoy.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Located in West Los Angeles on a busy thoroughfare, the project is called The Jagger – named after the massive sawtooth roof that tops it. Since The Jagger began design and construction, another 10 or so projects have sprung up on that same stretch of boulevard." The photography is by Here and Now Agency (HANA), Paul Vu.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 14, 2019

In the beginning, when you are starting to plan your budget for building a new house, residential construction costs are not that complicated unless you really want to make them that way. Let’s start by identifying that hard costs are the physical assets that you need to acquire to complete your construction project.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2023

The home, called Wabi Sabi Residence and completed in 2020 is a 4,000-square-foot (370-square metre) structure on a nine-acre lot in the Wasatch Range. Sparano + Mooney Architecture constructed the three-bedroom, 3.5-bath This projection helped us to minimize the impact on this natural site and reduce excavation.".

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Dwell

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Cor-Ten siding was used on the exterior for its robust qualities and minimal maintenance. The two primary structures are located on a relatively steep slope and are primarily supported by piers to minimize excavation, reducing the impact on the site. Only six trees were removed to build all four structures. Have one to share?

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It provides parking storage for 4,000 bicycles at Amsterdam Central Station IJboulevard sits within the River IJ and was prefabricated off-site, allowing the station to continue to function optimally throughout the construction process. The photography is by Ossip van Duivenbode.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

The site had long been overlooked as feasible for home construction. It rises three levels and is oriented to take advantage of views "The form of the building was in many ways determined by the logic of its construction and sequencing, and the result is an unexpected tower rising above the tree canopy," the studio said.

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Deezen

APRIL 4, 2022

Naturehumaine constructed a two-part cottage in Quebec. The building's exterior was inspired by the vernacular constructions of the area, a region of Quebec known as the Eastern Townships. The interiors are minimal, in contrast to the exterior. Contrasting the exterior, the interiors have a monochrome palette.

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Architizer

AUGUST 2, 2022

Project Status: Built. Architizer chatted with Kelby Riegsecker, Principal Architect at Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects , to learn more about this project. What do you believe is the most unique or ‘standout’ component of the project? What drove the selection of materials used in the project?

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 9, 2024

Set at 8,900 feet, the short construction window necessitated an innovative approach. Photo © Boone Speed Employing modular and prefabricated construction, enabled the construction timeline to be compressed into a brief five-month window. Unpretentious and inviting, the exterior is expressed in reclaimed wood.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Bright white plaster clads the exterior of a 1960s concrete building that has been turned into the self-designed studio of Baldridge Architects, which acted as the designer and contractor. Called Burnet Road Offices, the project involved the adaptive reuse of a small commercial complex along a main street in Austin.

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