Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

US studio CCY Architects has clad a mountainside house in patinated copper panels and tilted the roof to adhere with the topography of its site in Colorado. Known as DNA Alpine, the 4,000-square foot (372-square metre) home was completed in 2022 and designed to "disappear into or somehow become" the 75-acre site in San Miguel County.

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Deezen

APRIL 23, 2024

The timber cabin is wrapped by an external skin clad with cedar shingles "The idea behind the Monocoque Cabin was inspired by the construction techniques used in the aerospace and automotive industries, which are renowned for their efficient material utilization," Markos told Dezeen. metres-wide, 3.5-metres-tall

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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

JANUARY 26, 2024

British architecture practice Studio Bark has worked with students from the University of East London to devise a roof-supporting column with otherwise unusable timber at a site within ancient English woodland. That posed the question of what to do with the felled trees. That posed the question of what to do with the felled trees.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 1, 2023

This emblematic site is a well-known hub of arts and culture, hosting thousands of free shows over the years," said Lemay , an architecture studio headquartered in Montreal. Lemay renovated the site to honour its history Despite being a beloved destination, the theatre fell into disrepair and was shuttered in 2014.

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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 bath house out of two volumes with floor-to-ceiling glazed ends that float above the landscape.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

South African architecture studio SAOTA has completed an angular residence in the Los Angeles hills meant to provide privacy while drawing in the "calmness and serenity" of the surrounding landscape. The elevated site provides sweeping views of the undulating terrain and the distant ocean. Different treatments were used on the facades.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Occupying a long narrow site in Herblay sur Seine, L'échappée – meaning "escapade" in English – faces a road to the north with a stone and glass facade and opens up to a field to the south with a large wooden colonnade. At L'échappée, the material is complemented with stone in reference to a historic nearby quarry. "We

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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 use of modular construction reduced the project's timeline from the average five to seven years to three. Landscape architect: Fletcher Studio.

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Architizer

JANUARY 26, 2023

miles from the site. The cost of bringing a sanitary sewer to the site was $2.0M – threatening the viability of the entire development. Working with our civil and plumbing engineers, we developed a design for an on-site black water treatment system where the outflow was clean water.

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Dwell

APRIL 21, 2023

The homeowners created the structures using stones collected on-site to connect their rural residence to the land. The conditions on site swing dramatically from gale-force winds to clear blue sky within minutes, so the building needed to act as a refuge from the storm whilst capturing the drama of the landscape."

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

House, the home sits on a farmland site and is covered with a series of berms, while multiple trumpet-shaped pillars of varying heights create wave-like levels along the expanse of its footprint. The team covered the structure with berms, which rise out of the flat landscape of the surrounding agricultural fields.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 18, 2024

Photo © Alan Brandt The 3,750-square-foot shed-roofed building, sited on the campus’ public threshold, puts science education on display. On-site renewable energy (rooftop solar panels) and energy-use reductions help realize the ambitious goals. Low-flow plumbing fixtures and native landscaping minimize on-site water use.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A total of 1,500 trees were planted across the site, with beech trees lining the central axis of the north square that are intended to create a canopy when fully grown, which the name of the project Train Station in the Forest came from. Green outdoor space can be used for public events.

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Architizer

AUGUST 2, 2022

Meant as a second home for quiet retreats as well as larger gatherings, eventually the clients moved in permanently to take advantage of the scenery, outdoor activities, and remoteness of the rural site. Preserving the site for enjoyment also meant respecting it by incorporating sustainable practices and technologies into the design.

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Architizer

AUGUST 2, 2022

Fort 137 – The clients sought an environmentally conscious home with a direct relationship to its site to function as a base camp for their active lifestyle. In response, the residence is an open structure, organized into three layers, which radiate from a communal nucleus to a periphery of private zones. © Stetson Ybarra.

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2024

Located near the coast of Gangwha County, the chapel sits at the top of a site that slopes down towards the sea, hugged from behind by dense forest and mountains. On the roof is the Sky Chapel, which offers 360-degree views of the surrounding landscape to create a "complete sense of awe". Equipment engineer: Jusung Eng.

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2023

Photo is by Benjamin Benschneider The site is reached by boat, and a winding path leads from a dock through a wooded area and into a sunlit meadow. When new owners purchased the property in 2016, they engaged us to make additions to the site that respected the natural character of the sparsely populated island," the firm said.

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

Pedestrian pathways provide connections and embedded plazas to landmarks like the Texas History Museum and the University of Texas at Austin Blanton Art Museum , stitching together an easily navigable urban fabric for visitors and "fostering unity between Austin's past and present and enriching the city's cultural landscape." & Elec. (AOR

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Dwell

OCTOBER 26, 2023

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.

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Deezen

MAY 15, 2023

Above: Leah Botanical Garden is in Portland, Oregon In 2015, Land Morphology – a Seattle-based landscape architecture practice – embarked on developing a strategic master plan for the botanical garden, established nearly a century ago by a local couple, John and Lilla Leach, who once lived on the property. The site has a storied past.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 24, 2024

The Opticum is an interdisciplinary research building for Leibniz University of Hanover currently under construction on the Science Park site located in the urban district of Marienwerder. The building is designed and positioned on the site to allow for future redevelopment and modular expansion.

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Deezen

JUNE 21, 2023

In Situ Studio wrapped the visitor centre in dark-coloured steel In Situ Studio's addition to the site is located on the south edge of the park near a tapering brick smokestack – left over from a demolished children's prison – and shelter, grab-and-go concessions, bathroom facilities, and visitor information.

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Dwell

JULY 20, 2022

The site sits on a north facing slope and looks down to the Martis Valley and up to Lookout Mountain through a natural screen of 100-year-old Jeffrey pine trees. Basalt floors were chosen to echo the surrounding landscape, which is punctuated by basalt boulders.

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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.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The structure is supported by a framework of steel I-beams that allow it to project out from its site, offering guests a panoramic view of the agrarian landscape. As there was very little free space on the estate, the challenge was in finding the right location to site the building.

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e-architect

JULY 24, 2023

Situated on an extraordinary estate with several existing traditional-style buildings, including an adjoining pool house, the 18,194-square-foot home was designed to extend the contact between living space and landscape through transparency and erosion of mass.

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BD+C

JUNE 5, 2023

How to properly assess structural wind damage 0 dbarista Mon, 06/05/2023 - 16:17 Engineers Properly assessing wind damage can identify vulnerabilities in a building's design or construction, which could lead to future damage or loss, writes Matt Wagner, SE, Principal and Managing Director with Walter P Moore.

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Dwell

JUNE 30, 2022

The interior of the public spaces in the main home are also in dialogue with the other two structures on the site." A trifecta of buildings from Connect Homes—a main residence, a guesthouse, and a garage—form their new retreat in Sonoma.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The brief called for a main house with two bedrooms and two smaller structures for sleeping. The qualities of the site are singular: softly undulating land and a very strong, uninterrupted horizon line drawn by the ocean against the sky. Planning restrictions stipulated a 200-meter setback from the high-water mark.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

While today the area is mostly known as an upscale retreat for New Yorkers, architecture studio Birdseye drew inspiration from some of the traditional constructions found in the area. Traditional vernacular constructions influenced the architecture. Two buildings are found on site, a residence and a pool house. Construction Inc.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The house is a simple response to this brief, providing a delicate intervention into the landscape with a small footprint that allows the owners to connect with the surrounding landscape without dominating it, whilst blurring the line between inside and outside. Post it here.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

With less need for air conditioning and generous access to landscaped areas, they offer a more natural, less tempered experience with the environment." The studio said the home has achieved net-zero emissions At the northern end of the site lies a small two-storey volume that holds a media room and a private suite.

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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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Dwell

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Landscape Designer: Michal Marcinov Structural Engineer: Katarína Kyselová Steel Constructions: Samuel Šimonovi? Photographer: Maxime Delvaux / @maxdelv From the Architect: " Villa Bôrik is set within a neighborhood of relatively homogenous homes with private gardens that form a continuous landscape.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Six Square House was constructed on a verdant site. Photo is by Alan Tansey Brooklyn -based Young Projects made a range of updates to the property including adding an addition to the 1850s farmhouse, which sits at the front of the site, and a pool, terrace and pool house in the rear of the lot.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Despite its proximity to an urban core, the site is characterized by its unique setting composed by the preserved Cerrado vegetation. Twelve black metal pillars support the construction that has been raised 16 feet above the ground.

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