Deezen

JUNE 25, 2022

London studio Will Gamble Architects has added a brick bedroom suite to a Georgian house in England, along with a contrasting glass-walled extension on the ground floor that opens to the garden. The glass-walled parts of the extension are informed by garden pergolas and aim to provide a contemporary counterpoint to the existing building.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Mjölk Architekti has renovated a 130-year-old dwelling in the north of the Czech Republic , adding a glass extension , sunken living area and domed skylight. This levels off at a 90-degree angle from the steeply pitched existing roof. Behind the curtain of the original cabin, a glittering glass extension has sprung up.".

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2023

Studio Symbiosis has completed a villa in Delhi, India , that rises up from its landscaped grounds, forming a terraced roof that is covered with plants to maximise the site's green area. The location of the trees around the edges of the plot informed the house's positioning at the northeast corner. The interior has a contemporary look.

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Deezen

MARCH 26, 2024

Sited on La Brea Avenue, a prominent north-south artery in a diverse part of the city known for its multicultural shops and restaurants, the building's adventurous facade was informed by surrounding 1930s art deco buildings. "If If you go up and down La Brea, you'll find some absolutely wonderful art deco buildings," said Mutlow.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2023

Architecture practice Studio Zhu-Pei drew on traditional Chinese architecture to create the sweeping concrete roofs and stone walls of the Zibo OCT Art Centre in the eastern province of Shandong. In between these blocks, a number of alleyway-like spaces between the high masonry walls are sheltered by the oversized eaves of the concrete roofs.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

"I'm proud that we've been able to find vegan options for all our integral building materials, but I would really like to see manufacturers take more responsibility for transparency, so we can all make more informed decisions.". Glass bricks create a light meeting room. A duck-egg blue decorates the main workspace.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

British studio Greenaway Architecture has added a minimalist glass extension to a 15th-century thatched cottage alongside Farleigh Hungerford Castle near Bath , UK. The extension was built from a thin steel frame with glass-to-glass corners to give almost unbroken views to the pond.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Architecture practice Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has received approval for a new 10-storey federal courthouse with a fluted metal and glass exterior in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. SOM explained that the building was informed by the principles of classical architecture.

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Design Thoughts Architects

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Arched Home Design: A Contemporary Classic. But for this family from Tumkur, the most important thing was to have a contemporary-style home with plenty of space. We have designed this contemporary arched home design with a traditional touch, as a reminder of the life they lived before in Tumkur. Floors: G+3. BUA: 4300 SFT.

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Design Thoughts Architects

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Contemporary House Design: Top 7 Reasons Why it's Trending. What is contemporary architecture style? Contemporary architecture embraces the present and envisions the future by taking a forward-thinking approach to building design. Many people also like the clean lines and minimalistic aesthetics of Contemporary House designs.

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e-architect

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Transitional and contemporary design concepts were introduced, respecting and accentuating the historical Architecture of the home. The existing large steep roof and attic with no Architectural character or detail serves as a canvas. The 2nd story balcony Family Area above the main Entry features a fireplace and informal seating area.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Arab Design Now was curated by Rana Beiruti to capture the spirit of contemporary design across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the curator told Dezeen ahead of the opening of the first Design Doha. Brass and stainless steel were also integrated into the lighting, made flexible by the glass mesh. It lost its soul.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Design efforts focused on the 2,000-square-metre building's former courtyard , which was restored to its original proportions by removing recent additions and raising the height of the glass roof. Sensitive, natural, responsible [materials] made more beautiful by the passage of time."

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Deezen

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Beijing studio Plat Asia has created a contemporary teahouse for a resort in Huzhou, China , which draws on the transience of clouds and is surrounded by an undulating steel-pole installation. It is capped by two rectangular planes for the base and roof, while the whole structure is raised by columns resembling the surrounding poles.

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Deezen

MARCH 7, 2023

The museum is divided into two volumes, which are connected by a glass and concrete footbridge. It is clad in untreated green English oak and features pitched roofs that were informed by Oxford's river boathouses and traditional wooden barns. A temporary exhibition space was topped with a saw-tooth roof.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Located in a conservation area, the extension is informed by desert modernism, a style that emerged in Palm Springs during the mid-20th century. The floating roof draws your eye out into the garden to establish an intimate connection with the surrounding garden."

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring neutral living rooms , homes in converted warehouses and Bauhaus-informed interiors. Exposed concrete accents contrast with rectilinear sliding glass doors in the living space, which cantilevers over the sliding patio doors below with the support of a concrete chimney.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A sloping fibreglass roof and a glass facade characterise New York studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro 's first completed single-family residential project, which has been photographed officially for the first time by Iwan Baan. It is really surreal and magical in the whole; the whole roof just feels like it's floating."

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Instead, the practice adopted an "anti-siheyuan" approach, creating loose "sub-spaces" by removing all walls and partitions and substituting many of them with glass. Decorative materials were also removed to reveal the building's original triangular timber roof trusses and wooden columns.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Broom's contemporary design studio has designed over 100 pieces of furniture, accessories and lighting pieces, which are regularly featured in hotels, restaurants and homes. Mandi's contemporary designs are informed by his heritage, spotlighting indigenous Nigerian and Cameroonian textiles and cultures.

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Deezen

MAY 14, 2023

Here are 10 projects where the brand's sliding, pivoting, guillotine and turntable corner products have been used to form glass walls. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring homes with pocket doors , interiors informed by biophilic design and garden swimming pools.

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Santa Cruz Architect

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Contemporary homes in the United States showcase a diverse range of styles that merge tradition with modernity. This article explores twelve common contemporary American residential architectural styles, highlighting their unique features, influences, and contributions to the evolving architectural landscape.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 8, 2024

The project introduces a contemporary yet indelible place for learning, knowledge-sharing, and socializing to Beijing’s rich cultural and intellectual scene. The overlapping panels and the interstitial glass inserts create a canopy-like roof that floods the interiors with filtered daylight.

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e-architect

JANUARY 15, 2023

Reef House is a simple and timeless coastal architectural details define this weatherboard home with timber trim details, metal sheet roofing and a sandstone base anchoring the home into the ground. An infinity edge pool celebrates the views east and north with glass balustrading bringing the view from the outside in to the internal spaces.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2022

After 15 years of work, we have returned a building that has been profoundly transformed to meet the contemporary challenges of welcoming the public, opening it up to the city and sharing and exchanging with the younger generations," said Bruno Gaudin Architectes. A glazed corridor offers views over the museum's roof.

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e-architect

OCTOBER 6, 2023

At the same time, it adjoins a church with a very ornate façade with sandstone buttresses and the vertical glass windows. We set out to design a building using traditional materials and with a rich geometry which was also totally contemporary. We sought a building which would continue this tradition. The 3rd level is pitched back.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

A historic theatre building and the remnants of a 1920s garage are incorporated into a cluster of contemporary glass and metal blocks at this new performance and arts venue in Hobart, Tasmania. The studios clad the building in metal, glass and masonry. The complex includes an auditorium and recital halls.

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e-architect

JUNE 15, 2023

Located on a corner block in historic conservation zone, extensive restoration and repair work was undertaken on the external façade, whilst a modern, light filled extension married both heritage and contemporary elements. Steel portal frames were adopted as bracing elements, allowing the roof structure to appear to float.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

German practice Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten has completed a church and social welfare centre in New Taipei City, Taiwan , housed in a high-rise concrete block topped with an angular roof. Cruciform skylights in its roof and a cruciform window are the only visual clues to its purpose. The photography is by YuChen Chao.

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Deezen

APRIL 18, 2023

Limestone and oak are among the materials used in this extension that local studio Architecture For London designed to add a contemporary twist to a Victorian house in Hackney. The material palette is also informed by this contextual approach, with ivory brick and lime mortar that closely resembles the original building."

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The extensive roof provides protection from the sun and rain, creating year round outdoor rooms, while pairs of columns march across the façade creating a sense of rhythm and order. The interior boasts floor to ceiling glass, creating a seamless connection to the exterior. Vista House in Victoria, BC – Building Information.

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e-architect

JANUARY 17, 2022

The new Beijing Sub-Centre Library due to complete by the end of 2022, will offer a contemporary yet timeless space for learning, knowledge sharing and open discussions, as well as celebrating the cultural richness of Beijing and China at large. At completion, this will be China’s first self-supporting glass facade project.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Built in Isozaki's hometown of Ōita, the reinforced concrete building was informed by the structure of a skeleton with suspended tubular beams designed to allow the structure to be extended. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA, 1986. Photo by Yasuhiro Ishimoto. Kitakyushu Central Library, Fukuoka, Japan, 1974.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The Cart Shed was the last of the ruined farm outbuildings to be repaired and with decades of neglect had entirely lost its roof covering and timber super-structure. A new internal limecrete floor was laid within the ground floor of the building, laid onto a compacted recycled foam glass aggregate.

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Deezen

MARCH 26, 2023

The restaurant is set inside a traditional mid-century Shikumen house – a blend of Western and Chinese architecture – with a renovated interior informed by its Mediterranean menu. "We Throughout the scheme, Linehouse was informed by the idea of coastal terrain, including earthy and fired elements.

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Deezen

JANUARY 24, 2023

Château Royal has 93 rooms (top image) as well as a fireside lounge (above) The hotel comprises two buildings dating from 1850 and 1910, as well as a newer building and roof extension designed by David Chipperfield Architects. Nickel and chrome bathroom fixtures were chosen to reference the modernist and Bauhaus design movements.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Using a simple palette of materials and forms that are contemporary but sensitive to the building's heritage, Madrid and Barcelona-based Atienza Maure Arquitectos created an eight-bedroom holiday home called El Priorato, or The Priory. The original building was ruined in a fire. A metal spiral staircase connects the upper floors of the home.

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