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APRIL 30, 2024

A trapezoid-shaped addition has terrazzo floors, built-ins, and shades of green and pink that match the original home. 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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APRIL 20, 2023

The roof is expressed internally as a dramatic ceiling formed of CNC birch ply ribs, with skylights cut into the structure to bring daylight deep within the plan and help animate the space throughout the day as the sun moves around house.

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Deezen

MARCH 13, 2022

Klopf Architecture has reconfigured a San Francisco home to create an open-concept living space that faces onto the backyard. The Modern Inversion project involved the renovation of a San Francisco home. The front of the home is closed off to the street. The former bay windows have been replaced with a solid white facade.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

CLB Architects designed a Japanese-influenced home in Wyoming. Locally based CLB Architects noted that the design — influenced by both Japanese architecture and California modernism – is a departure from the mountain modernism typical of vacation homes built in the region. The facade of the home is simple and linear.

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Deezen

JANUARY 5, 2024

Architectural studio Worrell Yeung has completed a two-storey, black-coloured home extension called Springs Artist Studio that is meant to offer the "experience of being perched in the trees". Their home is located in Springs, a hamlet in East Hampton that is popular with artists. The ground floor also has a powder room.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

The home is in Sedona, a high-desert town located about two hours north of Phoenix by car. A primary goal for the team was to create a low-impact home that merges with its natural setting, both day and night. Acting as a "land-based telescope", the home moves toward the framed views in both plan and section, the team said.

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Deezen

JULY 6, 2023

In Situ Studio has renovated and expanded the mid-century modern childhood home of musician James Taylor in Chapel Hill, North Carolina , into a multi-building complex for two art collectors. The team has experience refurbishing mid-century modern homes in North Carolina, having overhauled a 1959 brick ranch-style home in Raleigh in 2017.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Design firm Neiheiser Argyros stripped a grid-like ’70s home to its essence in service of the Mediterranean setting. At other moments it contains full height wood-framed windows to orient views out into the garden and sea. Have a project to share? Post it here. At times the grid is infilled with brick to create enclosure and privacy.

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Dwell

JUNE 15, 2022

Having consulted with a structural engineer, these structures were placed within a comfortable distance from each other. The boxes themselves work as dividers of shared and private space, yet small windows created in the boxes allow other family members to sense their presence, sometimes seen and sometimes unseen.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2022

Wood, stone and lime plaster pervade the minimal interior of this energy-saving home in Muswell Hill that Architecture for London has created for its founder, Ben Ridley. The interiors of the home are finished with natural materials. Structural engineer: Architecture for London. Services engineer: Green Building Store.

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Deezen

APRIL 29, 2024

This included replacing the non-original windows with steel reproductions of the original frames. Oxidised copper cladding was used to wrap around the light-well and is complemented by metal railings and window frames coloured in "Voysey bottle green" chosen to pay homage to the original paintwork.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2024

Located in a remote part of central Montana , the Four Roof House was designed for a couple who wanted a low-maintenance home where they could age in place. One side of the home is set at an angle, adding a dynamic quality to the plan. A radiant system provides heat, and fresh air flows in through operable windows.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Nicknamed Danish Mews House for its minimalist Scandinavian furnishings, the home is tucked away in a quiet mews lane in the Lancaster Gate area. Dusheiko 's primary concerns when converting the property into a home were bringing in more light, as well as making sure that the interior could support its inhabitants as they grow older.

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Deezen

MARCH 6, 2023

Ménard Dworkind renovated the Frank McGrath-designed house This created a contemporary dormer that holds the primary suite's generous bathroom Behind the grey brick house, the backyard was excavated, creating a walkout basement with floor-to-ceiling windows that maximize daylight below ground level. The photography is by David Dworkind.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Project Details: Location: Okayama City, Japan Architect: Raumus Structural Engineer: Nishi Structural Design Contractor: Yamato House Photographer: Norihito Yamauchi From the Architect: " This is a renovation of a ‘minka’—a traditional Japanese-style house—for a family of four in Okayama, Japan.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Studio Terpeluk was selected to expand the 1976 house from 2,260 square feet (210 square metres) to 3,218 square feet (299 square metres) with a new guest room suite, home office, wet bar and media room. The renovation expanded the home. Padded seating wraps the corner under a large window looking out to the San Francisco skyline.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

The goal was to reconnect this structure with the environment while best utilizing the exceptional site for the clients. "In In this part of California, it is no longer legal for homes to be suspended over a creek. Therefore, there were strict guidelines on how to use the existing structure as the basis for design. Post it here.

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e-architect

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The Point Western Washington family home, WA Residence by Kor Architects, US Residential Property Photos. The Point Western Washington family home, USA. The Point Western Washington home, WA. The Point Western Washington family home – Building Information. Contractor: TOTH Construction. New Washington Homes.

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Architecture Ideas

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

When done properly, home renovations can be extremely gratifying and highly transformative. Home remodeling is a rewarding experience whether you are renovating entirely or just a part. While you must start your home renovation somewhere, it is best to plan ahead. Where to Start with Home Renovation?

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Deezen

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The studio headed by designer Piet Hein Eek and architect Iggie Dekkers designed House R for a family who wanted a simple home containing large social areas along with opportunities to spend time alone. The house is situated next to woodland in a neighbourhood where the majority of the homes are designed as basic white volumes.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Named Ferndale Flightdeck, the 400-square foot (37-square metre) extension holds a recreation room, yoga studio, home office and a rooftop observation deck that allows the owners to watch birds in the surrounding diverse and ecologically rich landscape. Great effort was taken to translate that as a window to frame views," the team said.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Metal siding, cantilevers and a rolling window supported by counterweights that slides into the floor characterise Caddy Shack in Austin by Olson Kundig. Located in Austin, Texas , the r usted steel-clad home was completed for a retired professional golfer. The home is clad in rusted-steel siding. "My

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Deezen

JUNE 8, 2022

The home was designed to achieve three main goals – to make the most of the natural setting, provide ample space for visitors, and accommodate the client's impressive art collection, which features work by artists such as Richard Serra, Deborah Butterfield and Roy Lichtenstein. Windows open the home to the mountains beyond.

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Deezen

MARCH 28, 2024

US studio Michael Hennessey Architecture has revitalised an ageing suburban house near San Francisco , adding black cladding and bright finishes to form a family home that bridges the past, present and future. Built into a hillside, the home is U-shaped in plan, with gabled volumes organised around a central courtyard.

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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. All the windows are triple glazed. Read: Architecture for London uses natural materials to renovate studio founder's home.

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Dwell

JANUARY 13, 2023

The slanted edges—echoed by the bathroom mirrors and an outdoor fireplace—create room for windows that bring in light and bolster the home’s passive thermal performance. We began designing the home for our clients who were expecting their first child and looking to build their family home. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Project Description: Location: West Sussex, United Kingdom Architect: Sandy Rendel Architects / @ sandyrendelarch Footprint: 2,355 square feet General Contractor: Harfrey Construction Ltd. In 2017 they approached us with a brief to convert a historic Dutch barn that sat within the garden into a new home for themselves.

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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". HGX Design has created a linear home in the Hudson Valley. The structure's horizontal form was informed by the vernacular architecture of the surrounding farmland.

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Deezen

MAY 16, 2024

The internal common areas on the ground floor have surfaces painted with bright colours and internal windows to help spread light. The building is all-electric, and windows have been placed strategically based on positioning to handle the intense Texas sun. The photography is by Casey Dunn.

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e-architect

JANUARY 19, 2022

Claywood House, Hampshire low-carbon home, English Luxury Property, Architecture, ACG Building Images. Claywood House , a new 5-bedroom low-carbon home has been designed to meet the needs of a wheelchair dependant client and to create spaces that allow her to live independently. Windows: IQ Glass (iqglassuk.com).

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Having far fewer windows, the buildings reduce heat gain and energy use, while allowing residents to enjoy indoor outdoor living," the studio told Dezeen. 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

AUGUST 30, 2022

A void punctures the centre of this compact concrete home, which Japanese studio Noriaki Hanaoka Architecture has elevated over a sloping site in Chiba Prefecture. Noriaki Hanaoka Architecture divided the home into two halves. The concrete structure cuts through the home. It sits level with the road to the north.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Canadian designer and lighting brand Bocci founder Omer Arbel has created a home in British Columbia with expressive pillars made from concrete poured into fabric. The team covered the structure with berms, which rise out of the flat landscape of the surrounding agricultural fields.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The red tone of the brickwork heavily contrasts the green that colours the doors, window frames and the underside of roof canopies. Other details include bulging bays that span entire rooms, circular and semi-circular windows, and drainpipes that draw bold graphic lines. Windows come in various shapes and sizes. Project credits.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The extension in Saitama has a covered terrace Unemori Architects converted the 151-square-metre building, which had already been remodelled and enlarged at least four times, into a home for the son and his family. Large windows let the light in. The photography is by Atelier Vincent Hecht.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The 3,200-square foot (300-square metre) home nestled in the Sierra Nevada Mountains was designed to shed snow with a steep gable form and looks out to the lake with floor-to-roofline windows. General contractor: Jaborski Construction. Structural engineer: MWA. A steep gable tops the house and sheds snow.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Canvas House features a rolling brick facade The 2022 design is a contemporary alternative to the yellow brick Georgian homes of the neighbourhood – which were popularised in Toronto from the 1920s to 1940s by Canadian architect John MacIntosh Lyle. The box-shaped homes are in a Tudor revival style and feature a centre hallway plan.

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