Deezen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

South African architecture studio SAOTA has completed an angular residence in the Los Angeles hills meant to provide privacy while drawing in the "calmness and serenity" of the surrounding landscape. Large stretches of glass break up the cladding and bring in natural light. The photography is by Mike Kelley.

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Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2024

Kaan Architecten has created a visitor centre at the Netherlands American Cemetery In 2017, Kaan Architecten was commissioned by the American Battle Monuments Commission to add a visitor centre to the landscaped site, providing a small display space and an auditorium. The photography is by Simon Menges.

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Deezen

MARCH 28, 2024

The home is U-shaped in plan "The home was thought not only as a shelter, but also as a bridge: from past to present, from one landscape condition to another, and from what a family wanted to what they could have," said Michael Hennessey Architecture , which is based in San Francisco. The roof is covered in standing-seam metal.

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Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2023

A large central staircase with open teak treads, a glass railing and a powder-coated aluminium bookcase wall connects all three levels. Large windows open the various rooms to the forest-like landscape The ADU sits atop an embedded garage and is topped by an urban roof garden with a sinuous aluminium sunshade structure.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A metal roof and glass facade contrast the brick station. Photo is by Aogvision These underground waiting halls havemetal roofs equipped with solar panels that power the station, contrasting the brick exterior of the old station front. Skylights and glass curtain walls light up the interior.

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Deezen

APRIL 14, 2024

New York architecture studio HGX Design has created a linear, glass-fronted home in the Hudson Valley informed by the "individual notes of a music composition". Floor-to-ceiling windows line the majority of the exterior, with the remainder clad in a vertical cedar siding.

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Deezen

MARCH 2, 2023

Exterior walls consist of stained cedar and large stretches of glass. All around the dwelling, CLB Architects incorporated thoughtful landscaping All around the home, the architects incorporated terraces and thoughtful landscaping. The Black Fox Ranch project also entailed various enhancements to the landscape.

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Deezen

AUGUST 19, 2023

Cape Town -based architect Chris van Niekerk has completed Mountain House, a minimalist retreat in the rugged landscape of South Africa's southernmost city. Glass doors and windows extend floor to ceiling The same tone can be found on granite floor tiles that feature both inside and outside, enhancing the homogeneity of the design. "In

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Deezen

MAY 22, 2023

The five-bedroom house was conceived as a series of connected rock masses, oriented to maximise views of the surrounding landscape and arranged to create thermally protected communal zones on the interior. Drawing colours and textures from the landscape, Fort 137 uses native and regionally sourced materials that will patina over time.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Today, the Alimidor home is privately situated high above a surrounding development of Charles Du Bois midcentury homes and in pristine condition thanks to a multidecade, multimillion-dollar restoration by the current owners in collaboration with historic architects and contractors.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Four two-story color-coded buildings are arranged to define extensive multiple landscape narrative spaces. We wanted to capture the forward-leaning spirit of technology in metal and glass to evoke machined precision, transparency, and modernity. To do this, we used vertical glass fins on the long elevations.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

We chose to utilize a dark cedar exterior to ground the home within the surrounding dunes and a contrasting natural cedar to accentuate the point of entry. The interior of the home remains clean, simple, and minimal to accentuate a light-filled space that allows the natural outdoor landscaping to be the focus. Have one to share?

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

US architecture studio GBBN preserved and expanded a 19th-century home in Erie, Pennsylvania into an educational facility with a glass bridge connection and metal-clad, barn-like structure. A glass bridge is included in the design. The building wraps around an exterior courtyard. A thin swooping roofline tops the bridge.

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2023

The material palette for the guesthouse mimics that of the main residence – Douglas fir , cedar , steel and glass. Large sliding glass doors pocket into the walls on two sides, opening the space and immersing visitors in the sights, smells and sounds of the island," the team said.

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Deezen

AUGUST 6, 2023

Douglas fir beams and white oak millwork contrast the home's exterior All of the communal ground-level spaces face onto the pool-courtyard area through floor-to-ceiling windows and are connected to one another in a U-shaped layout. For this reason, the village has grown in popularity as a vacation spot – as these six holiday havens prove.

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Deezen

JUNE 26, 2023

A terraced landscape and dusty pink surfaces help to brighten Pigment House, a north London residence that has been renovated by local studio Unknown Works. The transformation of the landscape was essential to unlocking this."

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Along this, gates lead into the complex and into glass-fronted retail and restaurant components. This enabled every unit to get the maximum allowable amount of light while serving to unify the exterior envelop in an overarching pattern; this pattern in turn contrasts against the changing levels of opacity and materiality in the facade."

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Large glass surfaces around the stairwells allow natural daylight to filter in and offer a view of the parking facility from above, ensuring a sense of security for building users. Both lead down from the pedestrian boulevard above. Rounded edges and flowing lines help create continuous sight lines through the building.

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Deezen

AUGUST 7, 2022

Architecture firm Studio B drew upon geometric paintings to design a low-lying, trapezoidal home in Colorado that features cedar cladding and large stretches of glass. In the evening, the blackened exterior fades into the darkness, leaving a uniform glow where the portals occur," the team said. General contractor: MK Construction LLC.

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Deezen

JUNE 20, 2023

The arrangement of the courtyards and glazing affords views across the public core of the house The courtyards provide the residents with exterior space that is protected, shaded and private in the compact neighbourhood where the houses have only 10 feet between the houses. The photography is by Timothy Hursley.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The infinity pool was designed to "blend into the waters" of the lake According to Herzog & de Meuron, the infinity pool was designed to merge with the lake's water to create "a kind of optical illusion" – enhanced by the reflectiveness of the pool's glossy steel exterior. Restyling S.r.l. Wallcovering: Rubelli S.P.A.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The addition has a fluted stone facade that draws from the surrounding landscape and provides natural daylight. The lobby opens onto a central courtyard "First, the stone quarries that dot the regional landscape became the precept from which to 'carve' the monolithic massing of the building," said the team. "At

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The centre's flared form was clad in a metal curtain wall, rendered in a light colour to reflect the mid-century buildings, while the faces of each protrusion feature floor-to-ceiling glass trimmed with timber. It also added a square at the building's primary entry.

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Deezen

JANUARY 11, 2023

We were taken by the low concrete and metal warehouses surrounded by wild landscapes and ancient oak trees, and the way those buildings were aging after fifty years and the landscape had grown up around them. As mandated by the client for economy, the entire building is concrete rather than glass like other local office buildings.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 26, 2024

The exterior of the hotel is expressed through board formed concrete, metal panels, large expanses of glass, and glimpses of the wood ceilings inside. A third-floor outdoor terrace features an oversized hot tub affording views of the surrounding mountain landscape and Lake Pend Oreille below. Source by Skylab.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 15, 2022

Named for its butterfly-inspired angular canopies that adorn the project’s exterior, Folded Wings is a workplace campus designed by Form4 Architecture in the technology epicenter of Palo Alto, CA. These folds add texture and visual interest around the two-story buildings’ exteriors, exhibiting only slight variations.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The wooden slats that make up the exterior were repurposed from old fences. The singular exterior material of weathered wood cladding reflects a timeless patina reminiscent of the barns and outbuildings in rural landscapes," said Birdseye. Project credits: General contractor: Wright & Co. Construction Inc.

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Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2023

Local practice Brown & Brown has nestled Spyon Cop, a black timber-clad home , into the rolling green landscape of the Cairngorns National Park in the Scottish Highlands. Designed as a rural retreat for its London-based owners, the three-bedroom dwelling sits on the footprint of a ruined stone cottage that had previously been demolished.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Guided by the landscape setting and the monumental atmosphere of the site, the building complements the serenity of this vast memorial. This intervention does not detract from the monumental features, but architecturally complements the cemetery landscape with style and dignity.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Owned by Brandão's mother-in-law, the 110-square-metre property offers short-stay rentals to those looking to explore the mountainous landscape of the region. The house has a dynamic facade of sliding wooden screens and glass doors. For the exterior, the wooden slats have been heat-treated to give them a darker tone.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The project consists of a main house, guest house and writer's studio The main house was "conceived as a geologic remnant in the landscape, located on the edge between field and forest". Each building responds to its immediate setting. The other two buildings are tucked within the woods and feel more intimate.

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Deezen

JULY 26, 2023

Bird-friendly glass was used in the renovation The recent renovation and expansion was prompted by a desire to update and expand the museum's offerings, which included moving the insectarium to the aquarium building. The new exterior facade possesses translucent and iridescent qualities," said EDR.

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aasarchitecture

JULY 7, 2023

Strategically placed windows, purposeful exterior circulation and units that wrap the outer-most edges, orient the 67 low-income apartments to social spaces that are spatially apart, yet visually connected to each other thru the social spaces at the center of the complex of buildings. Source by Brooks + Scarpa.

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Deezen

JULY 21, 2022

The PEMBs consist of the structure and an exterior, which consists of insulated rib metal panels. Large glass windows open up to the exterior athletic fields. Another aspect of the design built specifically for the arid environment was drought-resistant landscaping designed by Hood Design Studio. Project credits.

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Deezen

JUNE 15, 2022

Our goal was to integrate the building into the surrounding landscape, by choosing a strategic position to settle the house and by selecting cork as the main covering layer – a camouflage around the trunks of the pine trees," the studio added. Sliding glass doors enclose the open-plan living room. Cork cladding wraps its upper storey.

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e-architect

DECEMBER 24, 2022

A family home unites the demands of an extensive program with hierarchy, plasticity, natural light, views, blurring of interior/exterior space and a unique connection to the natural landscape. The end result is a seamless integration of architecture, landscape architecture, and nature. Contractor: TOTH Construction.

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Deezen

AUGUST 25, 2023

The studio added large openings to give expansive views of the landscape Starting the material palette from scratch, the house integrates with the landscape rather than contrasting it. Different rooms in the house relate to different parts of the farm landscape," the team said. The photography is by Christopher Stark.

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