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Important Portals: 6 Residential Designs Where Traditional Arches Meet Contemporary Concepts

Architizer

However, in the context of residential architecture, where spaces tend to be more intimate, and the focus is often on comfort rather than grandiosity, the role of arches differs. The post Important Portals: 6 Residential Designs Where Traditional Arches Meet Contemporary Concepts appeared first on Journal.

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How to Modernize Your Home the Right Way: A Residential Architect’s Perspective

Aric Gitomer Architect

Changing consumer behavior is guiding residential architects toward uplifting and modernizing their designs. Residential architects are using this opportunity to freshen and liven peoples’ homes while integrating them with sustainability features. Modern homes and glass are partners in crime. Add New Lighting. Some Fresh Paint.

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Arquitectonica designs "organic yet contemporary" skyscraper for Hawaiian island

Deezen

New York architecture studio Arquitectonica has designed a residential skyscraper with undulating fins on its facade and a landscaped terrace garden in Honolulu, Hawaii. The resulting concept is organic yet contemporary." The renderings are courtesy of Arquitectonica.

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4 Homes in Brazil that Encourage Indoor-Outdoor Living

ArchDaily

What's more: residential projects of the era, in particular, blurred the lines between indoor and outdoor, flawlessly merging interior and exterior spaces to reflect a lifestyle that harmonizes with nature.

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Hewitt creates residential tower in Seattle informed by stack of magazines

Deezen

Local architecture studio Hewitt has unveiled the 33-storey-high Skyglass residential block in downtown Seattle , which was informed by an offset stack of magazines. The tower rises from a brick-clad base "I looked at the profile and stopped seeing a lot of floorplates twisting but just saw a basic shift," said Nagele. "In

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Reflect Architecture balances "contemporary art with family life" in Toronto house

Deezen

His approach was to create a deliberate "tension" between the need to display an extensive contemporary art collection – which includes pieces by Robert Mapplethorpe and Erik Madigan Heck – and fulfilling the needs of a family home. A 15-foot-long (4.5-metre) A 15-foot-long (4.5-metre) The photography is by Doublespace Photography.

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Foster + Partners first Uruguay project to feature glass-lined courtyard

Deezen

UK architecture studio Foster + Partners and local studio Ponce de León Arquitectos have broken ground on its first project in Uruguay , an apartment building wrapped around a multi-storey glass courtyard. Floor-to-ceiling glass windows and doors enclose each floor and end in curved corners.

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