Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Bright white plaster clads the exterior of a 1960s concrete building that has been turned into the self-designed studio of Baldridge Architects, which acted as the designer and contractor. On the exterior, crisp-white plaster was added to the original concrete masonry. The photography is by Casey Dunn.

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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. Balconies painted in the same hue on either side look over the outdoor areas oriented around the oak trees.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2024

California studio TW Ryan Architecture has completed a wildfire-resistant house in the American West that features a Corten steel exterior and pyramidal roofs that allude to the mountainous terrain. Four Roof House features a Corten steel exterior Their chosen site was a bluff overlooking a lake near the town of Helmville.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

"We wanted our expansion to retain the qualities of surprise and free-spiritedness that have defined Kresge College, while at the same time opening it up to students of all abilities, the incredible natural ecology of its site, and the larger university community beyond." The photography is by Jason O'Rear.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

Roughly rectangular in plan, the house sits on a gently sloping site and was built atop the footprint of a former building. Bedrooms feature surrounding views Exterior walls are wrapped in weathering steel , which helps protect the home against wildfire. Sustainability was a guiding concern for the team.

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Deezen

APRIL 26, 2024

A tower-like volume on the site's southeastern corner is topped with a rooftop terrace. It is designed around a courtyard The exterior of Harriet Hardy House is enlivened with areas of textured brickwork at the ground and roof levels, while the balconies are topped by arched concrete lintels. "In The photography is by Tim Crocker.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Residents enter from a small courtyard on the outside street-edge corner of the lot into a rounded entryway that passes directly into the main exterior courtyard. The studio said the home has achieved net-zero emissions At the northern end of the site lies a small two-storey volume that holds a media room and a private suite.

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Deezen

APRIL 8, 2024

London studio Bell Phillips wanted to create a contextual and contemporary addition to the Georgian and late Victorian architecture that surrounds the site. Cosway Street is located in Marylebone in central London Inside Cosway Street, the apartments have a material palette that reflects the tones and colours of the exterior.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 14, 2019

In the beginning, when you are starting to plan your budget for building a new house, residential construction costs are not that complicated unless you really want to make them that way. Depending on the complexity of the site conditions and the house design, their fees always seem to run around 1-3% of the cost of construction.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Called House in Ancede, the house sits on the site of a former stone ruin that it was required to roughly match in terms of its footprint and volume. The exterior of the home is finished with ochre-tinted plaster Based in Valongo, Atelier Local was founded in 2019 by architects Paupério and Rebelo.

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Deezen

JANUARY 24, 2023

Architecture studio Solomon Cordwell Buenz has converted Chicago 's iconic Tribune Tower skyscraper into residential apartments. Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) transformed the 34-storey office tower, which was home of the Chicago Tribune newspaper from 1925 until 2018, into 162 condos.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

US studio CCY Architects has clad a mountainside house in patinated copper panels and tilted the roof to adhere with the topography of its site in Colorado. 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.

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Deezen

APRIL 4, 2022

The building's exterior was inspired by the vernacular constructions of the area, a region of Quebec known as the Eastern Townships. A hallway leads past them to an open-concept kitchen, living and dining space with tall windows that look out onto the site's dense wooded surroundings. A modern window is cut into the rustic facade.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

House, the home sits on a farmland site and is covered with a series of berms, while multiple trumpet-shaped pillars of varying heights create wave-like levels along the expanse of its footprint. They are fluted at the base before extending upwards into an expansive "lilypad" shape.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Urlo Studio designed a rotated, triangular mixed-use complex clad in red concrete panels and terracotta tiles that is meant to reference the architectural heritage of its site in Quito , Ecuador. Above, two- and three-bedroom apartments rotate around a central courtyard.

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

Its glued-laminted timber walls were prefabricated off-site and insulation was incorporated outboard, or on the opposite side of the vapour barrier as most homes, which meant the interior wall structure could be left uncovered, eliminating the need for interior cladding.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Marc Thorpe has created a holiday home in the Catskills for himself and family The cabin sits on a forested site in the western Catskills, near the hamlet of Roscoe. The house integrates sustainable technology Prior to the Fremont House, the couple built a 500-square-foot (46-square-metre) dwelling on the site called Edifice Cabin.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The elevated site provides sweeping views of the undulating terrain and the distant ocean. SAOTA has completed a residence on an elevated site in Los Angeles The project was designed by Cape Town-based SAOTA , alongside US architect and developer David Maman and the Belgian interior designer Dieter Vander Velpen.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Piil was informed by Estonia's observation towers, which are often placed in scenic locations, and assembled on-site. Read: Studio MEMM creates Tree House in Brazil to bring out "playful inner self" Untreated, thermally modified pine by Estonian company Thermory was used for the exterior of the one-bedroom house.

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Deezen

APRIL 18, 2022

White siding and a curvy aluminium screen make up the exterior of a residential building in Los Angeles designed by American firm Brooks + Scarpa. Located on the edge of the city's Valley Village neighbourhood, the Magnolia Hill Apartments building occupies a corner site that formerly held a gas station.

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aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Image © Clayton Korte A light-filled central stair and residential elevator connect the home’s three levels, which contains amenities such as a wine room, office, media room, and private gym among spacious living and bedroom areas. On the north side, a lofty and spacious garage may accommodate up to six vehicles with the aid of lifts.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Six Square House was constructed on a verdant site. Photo is by Alan Tansey Brooklyn -based Young Projects made a range of updates to the property including adding an addition to the 1850s farmhouse, which sits at the front of the site, and a pool, terrace and pool house in the rear of the lot. hectare) lot with an historic farmhouse.

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Deezen

MARCH 2, 2023

CLB Architects gave the home a long, low roof To design the project, the team drew upon the site's history as a working cattle ranch. The clients' choice of site was influenced by their appreciation of wildlife and conservation, as well as their love of horses and desire to return the land to its historic roots," the team said. "The

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Deezen

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Read: Outpost tops London terrace extension with a zigzag zinc roof Built into a sloping site, level changes pose as thresholds – dividing the open-plan interior and exterior spaces. A centralised services unit nestled behind the kitchen provides a bathroom and utility space defined by bold, pink-hued walls and matching floor tiles.

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2023

Photo is by Benjamin Benschneider The site is reached by boat, and a winding path leads from a dock through a wooded area and into a sunlit meadow. When new owners purchased the property in 2016, they engaged us to make additions to the site that respected the natural character of the sparsely populated island," the firm said.

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aasarchitecture

AUGUST 9, 2022

This residential project involved the construction of three distinct structures, creating additional interior space and forming a private courtyard for an existing house that remains in place. The other primary material of the exterior are cementitious panels attached over metal ‘hat channels,’ reducing direct thermal transfer.

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Deezen

MARCH 26, 2023

The home occupies a verdant site in the Thu Duc district that is often flooded by a nearby river, requiring Vietnamese studio SDA to elevate its lowest level above ground by one metre. This house focuses on the active outdoor life in Vietnam, with a new frame and structural design to realise it," it continued.

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Deezen

AUGUST 11, 2022

The Fauntleroy Residence is on a waterfront site in Seattle , with westward vistas of the Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains. Heliotrope's Fauntleroy Residence sits on a waterfront site in Seattle. His grandparents lived just down the street from the project site and spent summers on the beach there growing up.".

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Deezen

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Indian studio Matharoo Associates has created Cut Bend Fold Play, a concrete home in Chennai with internal courtyards and layered spaces that bring a feeling of spaciousness to its compact urban site. It occupies a compact urban site in Chennai. Cut Bend Fold Play occupies a compact site measuring 12.5 by 31 metres.

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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. Two buildings are found on site, a residence and a pool house. Construction Inc.

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Deezen

MAY 22, 2023

Daniel Joseph Chenin designed the house in the Las Vegas desert Named Fort 137, "the building pays homage to the old fort structures from the early settlement days of Las Vegas, which relied upon site-sourced materials along with tried-and-true techniques for designing and building in an arid climate," the team told Dezeen.

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Deezen

AUGUST 7, 2022

Designed for a family, the Vista Drive Pavilion is located on a tree-dotted site in Boulder, a city in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Vista Drive Pavilion is located on a tree-dotted site. In the evening, the blackened exterior fades into the darkness, leaving a uniform glow where the portals occur," the team said.

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Deezen

JULY 6, 2023

The basement level has two bedrooms and a den that opens to the pool deck The main 1952 split-level house was gutted and rebuilt with new windows, interior and exterior windows, building systems, stucco soffits, porch planter and an additional deck and a staircase on the east end. The photography is by Cristóbal Palma.

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Design Thoughts Architects

AUGUST 17, 2022

What is the construction team (contractor) role in home construction? Establish a standard for the specifications of the plumbing, internal and exterior drainage, the plumbing system, the capacity of the sump tank, the overhead tank, the wet area, and the dry area. What is the property owner’s role in construction?

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aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Cape Town based design studio SAOTA has a global footprint, working on projects in 86 countries on six continents and has designed luxury residential, commercial and hospitality projects. Image © SAOTA. The design draws inspiration from the shifting desert landscape, creating an eroded striated architectural mass.

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Deezen

MAY 12, 2023

Fuller Overby clad the house in blackened wood Set on Lake James, the narrow one-acre site drops 100 feet (30 metres) from the top of the driveway to the water's edge. Two retaining walls are cut diagonally across the plot, forming two earthwork courts that have been carved out from the steep slope of the site."

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SW Oregon Architect

AUGUST 8, 2021

Speranza has published widely on this subject through diverse lenses including geospatial information and parametric design, [and] on-site and off-site data acquisition.” He would not only serve as its designer but its general contractor as well. Philip Speranza, AIA Tilting one of the exterior walls into place.

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