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Friends Weathered Nine Storms Within 18 Months to Build This Remote Cottage in Scotland

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A concrete parapet with exposed Lewisian Gneiss aggregate caps the stone walls and together with the hardwood windows create a contemporary feeling around the project. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Atelier Koma creates concrete chapel to offer "separation from the secular world"

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A horizontal window frames views of the ocean in the main chapel In the Sea Chapel, pews face an altar that stands in front of a large horizontal window, framing a view out over the ocean and distant mountains. Equipment engineer: Jusung Eng. Mechanical engineer: Jusung Eng. Electrical engineer: Hangil Eng.

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Konishi Gaffney converts 1950s garage into artist's studio with a sense of "civic grandeur"

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Konishi Gaffney devised a scheme that involved filling in the existing garage door, raising the structure's roof to match the height of the house's ground floor and incorporating the property's side gate into the facade. The grid of battens frame a window and conceal a side gate. "As Structural engineer: Entuitive.

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Hermon is eclectic to the core

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The former accommodates the client’s need for a home suitable for hosting and conducive to the contemporary lifestyle of a family of four. The original pool area was hollowed out to create a lounge area surrounded by tactile textures – reminiscent of the heritage but used in a decidedly contemporary manner. Lighting RBW.

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Robert Hutchinson Architecture converts 1950s Seattle building into event space

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The adaptive reuse project involved transforming a manufacturing building dating to 1953 into a contemporary event space that can accommodate up to 225 people. On the front elevation, the team installed new windows and a modern garage door.

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Neon Yellow Walls Recast This ’70s Country Home in Spain

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The architects remixed the retreat by using its window coverings as doors, ceiling beams for dining tables, and lots of loud color. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

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CCY architects wraps Colorado house in patinated copper

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Informed by the landscape of the site and contemporary artists Jeppe Hein and Zander Olsen , the team titled the angle of each copper profile to create semi-reflections of the surroundings. The deep overhang provides optimal solar exposure, minimising heat gain in the summer and providing an indoor-outdoor living space.

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