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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. 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.

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e-architect

APRIL 12, 2023

When altering both the interior and exterior, a sensitivity to the existing structure was observed. The new addition stands in contrast with contemporary details, larger open spaces, and modernist massing. Across the façade of the existing house, built openings were respected and referenced when conceiving interior layouts.

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e-architect

JANUARY 11, 2023

Canyon House, Mt. Canyon House in Mt. Canyon House, LA. The site for what is now the Canyon House presented a series of challenges due to the cabin being sited precariously above a dramatic topography, as well as soil instability and rigorous foundation requirements. Structural Engineer: MMC Associates.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Mews House Deep Retrofit Building Project, London Home Refurb, English Low Carbon Architecture Photos. Mews House Deep Retrofit. Retrofitted mews house shortlisted for RIBA House of the Year 2022. Mews House Deep Retrofit by Prewett Bizley Architects, in London, south east England: photograph © Tom Graham.

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Deezen

APRIL 7, 2022

Located in an inner suburb of Raleigh, HUUS house sits in a leafy neighbourhood with homes built between the 1940s and 1970s. Part of the HUUS house is sunken in the ground. The project's name comes from the old Alemannic German word for house, hüüs. This attitude is a perfect reflection of the couple who lives in the house.".

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Mork-Ulnes Architects has completed the Silver Lining House, a crisp, gabled home clad in black-stained cedar that was designed for an architectural photographer and interior designer. Half-polished chrome slats bounce reflections around the stairwell, an effect meant to "mimic the experience of walking through a disco ball".

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Dwell

MARCH 30, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. We proposed to carve out the rear of the floor plan to catch morning sun, which led to an angled building clearly distinct and contemporary from the original dwelling. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

David Kohn Architects has completed a house in southwest England with exaggerated features that include oversized eaves, patterned brickwork and acid-green details. Located in rural Dorset, Red House is a two-storey house for a couple and their young daughter. Red House takes its cues from Arts and Crafts architecture.

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e-architect

APRIL 27, 2023

The Architecture and Interior Design brings to fruition a contemporary approach that is balanced with softer textures and tones through the use of timber and stone in key locations. The end result is a space that is elegant, timeless and comfortable.

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e-architect

JUNE 26, 2023

The addition to the main floor aligns the entry with the center of the house, while moving the interior social space closer to the existing trees to the west. The addition to the main floor aligns the entry with the center of the house, while moving the interior social space closer to the existing trees to the west.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2022

Fletcher Crane Architects has completed a two-bedroom house on a brownfield plot in west London featuring grey-brick walls that are left exposed throughout the living areas and sunken bedrooms. Fletcher Crane Architects has completed a grey-brick house in London. The house enters into a kitchen-diner. metres below street level.

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e-architect

AUGUST 10, 2023

It is a stunning example of a beautifully updated mews house located in the heart of London. With careful planning and attention to detail, Patalab Architects have transformed the space into a modern family home, while preserving the historic character of the mews house. There is now no trace of this service space.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2023

Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California , the cedar house was originally constructed in 1961 and expanded in 1969 and again in 1971, with unusually shaped rooms, rounded seating spaces and colourful glass accents. Mechanical engineer : Monterey Energy Group. Structural engineer: Duckbrew Inc.

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e-architect

AUGUST 12, 2023

Complementing this vertical window system are telescoping glass doors spanning the width of the house, capturing a panoramic horizontal view of the nearby mountains. The middle level comprises porous, semi-autonomous spaces, housing the entry, living room, kitchen, dining room, lounge, and office.

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e-architect

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The double-fronted Brick House is located in a conservation area and required extensive renovation due to essential maintenance being neglected for decades. Brick House now opens onto the large garden by way of a full width, pale brick rear extension, bookended by an expansive brick patio.

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e-architect

APRIL 28, 2023

The house that was previously on the lot included a rather deep basement; earth movement is often in the forgotten list of construction phases, and we decided to start right there. The garage-top deck West wall increases privacy from the driveway and alley, while defining the deck space and its relationship with the interior of the house.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

UK studio Kirkland Fraser Moor has created a contemporary house named Ashraya in Hertfordshire, England, which is topped by a cross-laminated timber arch. With a grass-topped, arched roof it was designed to be both contemporary and integrated into the landscape. Ashraya stands next to a historic house and walled garden.

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e-architect

DECEMBER 22, 2021

VAVA House Seattle, Modern Washington Real Estate, Contemporary Home WA, US Property Photos. VAVA House Seattle, Washington, USA. VAVA House in Seattle. VAVA House, Seattle, WA. The design of the VAVA House emphasizes the creative ways families share space and help each other grow, learn, and play.

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e-architect

APRIL 18, 2023

This 2585 sq ft house is situated at the top of a steep cedar & juniper-covered hillside. The upper-level houses the living, kitchen, dining area, and master suite, allowing the residents to peer through the tree canopy with glimpses of a sea of mountains on the horizon.

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Deezen

MARCH 27, 2024

Brooklyn architecture studio Peterson Rich Office has adapted an early-1900s Detroit church into The Shepherd arts centre, inserting contemporary art galleries into its nave and transept. It houses monographs, exhibition catalogues, children's books and research materials centred around Black artists and movements.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

West End Square transforms a former parking lot into a contemporary park, set within the historic district in Dallas. A variety of actively programmed spaces, including the Porch with swings, the Game Room, the Outdoor Workroom, and an exhibition space called the Innovation Arcade, are all housed underneath a U-shaped trellis.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Architecture practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has created a series of crescent-shaped student housing blocks with a CLT structure for King's College at the University of Cambridge. The housing at Stephen Taylor Court is made up of three brick crescents surrounding a garden courtyard with an adjacent red brick villa.

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Dwell

MAY 31, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The brief was to design a house that was strong but simple in form, merged with the landscape, and had a sustainable story. "The Have one to share? Post it here.

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Dwell

JANUARY 2, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Their vision was to create a modern house nestled in the backyard while preserving the charm of their existing 1940s, 850-square-foot Arts and Crafts bungalow. Have one to share? Post it here.

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e-architect

JANUARY 9, 2023

Canyon House, Mt. Canyon House in Mt. Canyon House, LA. The site for what is now the Canyon House presented a series of challenges due to the cabin being sited precariously above a dramatic topography, as well as soil instability and rigorous foundation requirements. Structural Engineer: MMC Associates.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A traditional housing typology with simple row houses facing a linear patio in Mexico City is re-interpreted as a new apartment building for young families," the studio added. The historical facade stands as an honest fragment of the past, now supported by a contemporary earthquake-resistant structure," said Zeller & Moye.

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e-architect

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The entry is flanked by an intimate living space that conceals the open floor plan at the back of the house. The front facade appears stoic, with grey brick and limestone stretching across the South face, interrupted by a very systematic placement of openings.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2023

Vancouver-based studio BattersbyHowat Architects has completed a parallelogram-shaped, mountainside home clad in standing seam metal that includes a detached sauna structure in Whistler , British Columbia. A small sauna mirrors the architecture of the main house The treads lock into the screens rather than a stringer.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

A cantilevered form with thatched surfaces defines Summer House, a holiday home designed by architecture studio RAPA on the shores of Lake Balaton in Hungary. Summer House has been shortlisted in the rural house category of the Dezeen Awards. The photography is by Tamas Bujnovszky.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Six Square House is an irregularly shaped dwelling that sits on a verdant, two-acre (0.8-hectare) Six Square House was constructed on a verdant site. 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.

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e-architect

JANUARY 19, 2022

Claywood House, Hampshire low-carbon home, English Luxury Property, Architecture, ACG Building Images. Claywood House Hampshire low-carbon property. Claywood House in Hampshire. The house is designed as a counterpoint to the original and with an architecture of contrast reflecting a ‘fresh start’ for the client and her family.

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e-architect

JANUARY 12, 2022

New farm house in Old Romney Marsh, Kent Rural Property, Court Lodge Residence, English Architecture Photos. Court Lodge farm house in Old Romney Marsh, Kent. New build farm house in Old Romney Marsh, Kent. The house has been designed to suit the environment, with the marsh location being prone to high levels of prevailing wind.

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e-architect

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Opening itself up over three levels, this spacious home serves as a place of welcoming and gathering for a small community formed by the few neighbouring houses. A House with two faces The ambitious program, combined with a particularly narrow lot, required the construction of a new house in the place of an existing one.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

McGrath Road Housing, East London Homes, English Architecture Development Images, Building News. McGrath Road Housing in East London. McGrath Road Housing is the Building Winner at the Building Beauty Awards , the richest prize in UK architecture. London Borough of Newham estate McGrath Road wins Neave Brown Award for Housing.

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

Toronto studio Workshop Architecture Inc has created a prefabricated home in Ontario with an exposed structure and blue-painted element on the interior. Located in Tiny, the Unfinished House is a 1,400-square-foot (130 square metre) two-bedroom, two-bathroom home with additional flexible spaces that double as accommodations for visitors.

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e-architect

APRIL 25, 2023

The development consists of three houses, including a conversion of a coach house and two new builds, each handcrafted with interiors designed by MW Architects. The development is located on a small plot behind large houses facing Palace Road and can be accessed through a small lane that was once used for the coach and horses.

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e-architect

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Located on a steep slope facing an impressive view over a golf course in a suburban area outside Kuala Lumpur, the house was built over inadequate foundation, with weak retaining support. Secondly, 60% of the elevation of the house was covered in garish volcanic lava rock cladding with plaster walls in yellow.

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