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Young Projects "radically reimagines" traditional barn for home in the Hamptons

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The main residence was designed as a "contemporary counterpart" to the farmhouse – now used as guest quarters – and draws upon the region's vernacular architecture. This arrangement offered a compelling visual balance between symmetry and asymmetry, depending on the inhabitant's point of reference in the home," the team said.

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Ruth Asawa’s Redwood House in San Francisco Gets a Spirited Renovation

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The owner’s request was to increase the volume of the house while maintaining its original DNA as defined by angular geometries, redwood interiors, and exterior courtyards. The house façades and cascading courtyards were reclad in irregular western red cedar planks to create a unique visual look.

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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. Local firm In Situ Studio was charged with designing a contemporary residence for a couple – the husband is an electrical engineer, and the wife is a German and history teacher.

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Workshop Architecture Inc creates "raw and unvarnished" prefabricated home in Ontario

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"The douglas fir plywood and pine wood framing is left exposed on the interior for visual interest and for small storage shelves, inspired by William Turnbull Jr's Hine House at Sea Ranch." A kitchenette was outfitted with cobalt blue cabinetry "Unlike many contemporary projects, there is a purposeful restraint in glazing," said the studio.

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Giant canopy shelters Sydney Plaza by Adjaye Associates and Daniel Boyd

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Perforations in the canopy echo Aboriginal dot paintings It takes visual cues from various forms and details found throughout Aboriginal culture, with the aim of helping to honour and draw attention to the site's Eora origins. The photography is by Trevor Mein.

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West of West experiments with "beautiful roughness" for Austin office complex

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acres and was inspired by the visual language of the neighbouring warehouses such as punched windows and linear massing. We set out to make a contemporary version of the industrial warehouse, one that can age well over time.". Slanted structural columns animate the groundscape. Civil engineer: Civilitude.

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Whidbey Uparati by Wittman Estes

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Floating above a meadow, Whidbey Uparati seeks to minimize visual and physical impact on the natural landscape by blending into the site rather than asserting itself upon it. Grasses and flowers surround a muted wooden building with generous windows, connecting the house audibly and visually to the surrounding nature.