Deezen

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Canadian studio 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design has added a cedar-clad extension with a shape informed by birds in flight to a house in Ottawa. 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design added a cedar-clad extension to an Ottawa home "The project was inspired by a bird in flight. The photography is by Brendan Burden.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 7, 2024

The Park and Center will be inclusive of a diverse community of users, accessible, flexible in use, and thoughtfully designed. The Mosswood Park Master Plan and new Community Center will create a vibrant destination for civic, cultural, social, educational, and recreational activities.

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Deezen

APRIL 26, 2023

Called Maxon Studio, the project comprises a two-storey weathering-steel structure constructed as an office for the client's branding agency in Carnation, Washington. The client, Lou Maxon, was also the general contractor on the project and worked with Olson Kundig Architects to allow for the studio to move back and forth on the rails.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Steel canopies shade the spaces of the Kamwokya Community Centre in Kampala, Uganda , designed by Berlin studio Kéré Architecture. Read: Termite mounds inform Kéré Architecture's design of Kenyan education campus. General contractor: Soleco Construction . Structural engineer: AECOM.

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Deezen

MAY 4, 2024

Loader Monteith and Studio SJM won a competition to design it with their proposal to "embrace the students and the landscape" with a low-slung, L-shaped building that hugs the site's trees. High-level windows and sections of overhead glazing offer a constant, relaxing visual connection to the outdoors." The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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BD+C

JUNE 5, 2023

How to properly assess structural wind damage 0 dbarista Mon, 06/05/2023 - 16:17 Engineers Properly assessing wind damage can identify vulnerabilities in a building's design or construction, which could lead to future damage or loss, writes Matt Wagner, SE, Principal and Managing Director with Walter P Moore.

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Matt Fajkus Architecture

DECEMBER 29, 2021

This is when the architect, structural engineer, interior designer, landscape architect, and specialty consultants design and draw the building in detail, producing a set of drawings and specifications that the contractor can build from.

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Matt Fajkus Architecture

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

After the schematic design phase has been completed and a viable project budget has been developed, it is time to design the building’s structural system, layer in mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, and refine the design of functional spaces.

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Deezen

JUNE 22, 2022

Local studio Oliver Leech Architects and interior designer Juliet O'Caroll used a palette of pale pink colours and materials for this extension and refurbishment of a Victorian terrace in London. We] chose materials that would patina and age gracefully, embodying the studio's approach to timeless design," said the studio.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2023

California studio Field Architecture designed this Sonoma Valley house out of a trio of fanning copper-clad pavilions with butterfly roofs. We looked to the bush – those forested, undeveloped areas of nature that surround the house – while allowing the built structures to adapt to the natural terrain," the studio said. the studio said.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang has expanded a California college through the addition of mass-timber structures that were informed by how fungi grow in the wild. Most of its campus was originally designed by American architects Charles Moore and William Turnbull in the early 1970s. The photography is by Jason O'Rear.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 12, 2024

With an articulated façade and vibrant material palette, this pedestrian-scaled, multifamily housing block was designed to complement Studio VARA’s townhomes on the other side of a pedestrian mews in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood. Exterior Building Maintenance: SIT-CO General Contractor: Cahill Contractors, Inc.

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e-architect

JULY 24, 2023

Situated on an extraordinary estate with several existing traditional-style buildings, including an adjoining pool house, the 18,194-square-foot home was designed to extend the contact between living space and landscape through transparency and erosion of mass.

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Deezen

MAY 16, 2024

Local studio Forge Craft Architecture + Design has created affordable apartments for people transitioning out of homelessness in Austin that feature a breezeway to encourage rest and preserve heritage trees on the site. The breezeway connects the common spaces to foster social interaction and relaxation.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Architecture studio Arsenit has designed Piil, a modular wood-and-steel holiday home elevated above the ground at the edge of a forest in Estonia. The cantilevered house, which the studio describes as a treehouse, was made from steel and metal and was designed to balance on one leg above a wooden terrace.

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Deezen

JANUARY 3, 2024

Providing a new home for the International Institute for Geo-Information Sciences (ITC), the building was designed to be a "sustainable symbol" for the campus. It repurposes an abandoned 1970s structure to house bright interiors organised around courtyard gardens. The photography is by Stijn Bollaert & Mike Bink.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Local architecture studio Partisans has completed a house with an undulating yellow brick facade designed to look pixelated in Toronto , Ontario. The bricks are choreographed to convey movement Partisans designed this facade to be "formally performative" in its context. The roof design accommodates a future green roof.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Helsinki-based JKMM Architects used glulam and black spruce cladding to relate the Chappe Art House to surrounding timber structures in the coastal town of Tammisaari, Finland. JKMM Architects designed the Chappe Art House "Chappe is a place for encounters and encountering art," JKMM Architects founding partner Asmo Jaaksi told Dezeen.

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e-architect

OCTOBER 3, 2023

AGORA architecture + design resolved the space and views drivers through a modestly proportioned extension, with the floor level stepped down from the main house. The extension is accessed by steps that also function as bookshelves and informal seating. However, the previous layout did not take full advantage of the sea view.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

Known as DNA Alpine, the 4,000-square foot (372-square metre) home was completed in 2022 and designed to "disappear into or somehow become" the 75-acre site in San Miguel County. Working within a tight buildable area that preserved existing trees, the house was designed with multiple flexible spaces.

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

"The name Unfinished House refers to an aesthetic attitude, an approach to material reduction, and budget restraint that leaves parts of the design incomplete." A screened-in porch and mezzanine were designed to be converted into bedrooms for visiting friends and family.

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Architizer

AUGUST 26, 2022

The Center for Advanced Technologies in Healthcare unites the health professions disciplines, engineering, behavioral sciences, information systems and others in multidisciplinary research and development endeavors. CO Architects: Executive & Design Architect; Swaim Associates: Associate Architect.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Composed of three distinct buildings – a main house, guesthouse and writer's studio – the project was designed for a California-based couple who manage an independent record label. The interiors were informed by the client's love of layers and texture Throughout the home, large stretches of glass offer sweeping views of the majestic terrain.

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e-architect

APRIL 18, 2023

This relationship is most effective when the architect listens and understands the client’s needs and vice versa to translate into the final design. What was unique about this design and ultimate build was that the clients came to Pedersen Architecture with an interior design and construction background.

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Deezen

APRIL 10, 2022

A lush green wall and back-lit fibreglass panels are found on the exterior of an electrical substation extension that was designed by TEF Design to achieve net-zero energy consumption. It adjoins a concrete structure built in 1962 to supply power to the northeastern part of San Francisco. Civil engineering: BFK Engineers.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 24, 2022

The concept was informed by its location. The round bar, arranged around the structural core, accommodates all operations and essential storage facilities. In order to respond to the beach atmosphere, and to avoid heavy appearance, the frame is enclosed with fabric belts. These light?weight Source by Khmaladze Architects.

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Deezen

JULY 18, 2023

Architecture practice Studio V has unveiled The Green House apartment block in Long Island City , USA, which was informed by the neighbourhood's history of terracotta production. We're not interested in generic design: architecture must reinvent a site's history and context," said Studio V founder Jay Valgora.

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e-architect

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Design: Fivedot. The design of the VAVA House emphasizes the creative ways families share space and help each other grow, learn, and play. Located in Seattle , Washington, the clients asked Fivedot to design a house that reinforced a connection to their neighbors and their new community. Contractor: RW Andersen Homes.

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Dwell

JANUARY 24, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. More subtly, this concept of operable walls informs the detailing for all doors, which appear as matching, full-height continuations of the Douglas fir paneling that runs throughout. Have one to share?

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Architizer

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Jim Olson, FAIA, Design Principal. Water Cabin’s materiality draws inspiration from the weathered informality of a cabin. Located in a floating home community on Portage Bay, just south of the University of Washington, Water Cabin establishes a cabin sensibility in an urban environment. © Olson Kundig. © Olson Kundig. © Olson Kundig.

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Deezen

JUNE 26, 2023

It is also a nod to the colourful buildings of Mexican architect Luiz Barragan, which the studio said was informed by the homeowner's holidays to Mexico. The photography is by Lorenzo Zandri.

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e-architect

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

In addition to developing an appropriate architectural language, we coordinated a project team to create a complete, standalone facility that is self-powering, and environmentally neutral in terms of water supply and wastewater disposal.

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e-architect

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Located on an 11-hectare site, these buildings were designed in a collaborative process in which four internationally renowned design firms – Studio Gang, Henning Larsen, and WORKac in addition to MVRDV – worked simultaneously, creating distinct designs which work seamlessly together.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Instead of designing a swimming pond alongside the garden pavilion, we designed a garden pavilion which integrated the swimming pond within its perimeter – a refuge," said Bert Rogiers and Pieter Vandeputte, founding architects of NWLND Rogiers Vandeputte. Structural engineer: Util. The photography is by Johnny Umans.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Working within an eclectic and evolving neighborhood, the 235,000-square-foot project reinforces the unique neighborhood character within a modern building of the Kern Neighborhood’s future, balancing active amenity space with ground floor residential design along a busy transit street.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Located in the foothills of east Tainan , the market for Tainan City Government Agriculture Bureau was designed by MVRDV as a food supply hub as well as a space for people to gather and socialise. Ltd, Jiuyang Electric And Plumbing Engineering Co. Ltd, Jiuyang Electric And Plumbing Engineering Co.

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Deezen

MARCH 7, 2022

Designed as a rental property for studio founder James Macdonald Wright, the two-storey home was built on a four-metre-wide plot, which was previously used as a junkyard adjacent to the listed Clapton Library. Each project we complete informs the next," Macdonald Wright explained. Structural engineer: Osbourne Edwards.

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