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APRIL 9, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. On a secluded wooded site, the new structure grounds itself to the earth with its approach to material and form. Have one to share? Post it here.

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MAY 28, 2024

Weathering steel and accoya wood wrap the exterior of the Alta House, which was created by US studio Lever Architecture to embrace the "sublime mountain landscape". hectare) site, the dwelling looks toward the Teton Range and is about an hour from Jackson , a popular ski destination. Situated on a half-acre (0.2-hectare)

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Salvaged lumber and Corten steel were used to create a waterfront house on a British Columbian island that belongs to the founder of Measured Architecture and was designed to explore a "zero-take approach" to design and construction. The home is nestled into a sloped site overlooking the Navy Channel.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. This unique construction means the cabin’s outer shell serves as both the structure and skin, reducing the need for internal supports and making the interior space feel more open. Have one to share?

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

MVRDV worked with landscape studio Buro Harro and developer KondorWessels Projecten on the redevelopment of the site, named Buitenplaats Koningsweg , aiming to create a masterplan that responds to its architectural history.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

New York City-based Robert A M Stern Architects (RAMSA) collaborated with architect of record and performance venue designer DLR Group to create the Timashev Family Music Building and the Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts Building, completed in 2022 and 2023, respectively. The photography is by Francis Dzikowski.

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JULY 16, 2024

On a sloping trapezoidal site in the south east, the house's interiors can adjust to future requirements and tastes. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The house twists and steps to make the most of its sloping trapezoidal site.

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

Czech architecture studio Chybik + Kristof has designed a mixed-use tower with cascading floors clad in red concrete for the New Boulevard in Tirana , Albania. All apartments will have loggias "This project showcases an extraordinary fusion of innovative design and visionary urban planning," Pashako added.

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

Norwegian studio Feste Landscape/Architecture has unveiled a series of wooden cabins that can be freely used by hikers exploring the mountainous coastal landscape of Norway 's Agder region. The challenge was to design an attractive and functional cabin that could be installed in any location, regardless of the landscape conditions.

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MARCH 19, 2024

US architecture studio Cannon Design has referenced the local landscape and "prioritized inclusion", drawing on the Native American heritage of the site for its design of a university student centre in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The roof is designed to accommodate solar arrays in the future.

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MAY 5, 2023

The property has a main residence designed by Pennsylvania-based Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in 2012. 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. Built into a gentle slope, the guesthouse partly cantilevers over the site.

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APRIL 25, 2024

Known as Rockbound, the 4100-square foot (380-square metre) home sits on a rocky, sloped three-acre site overlooking a bay that connects the property to Peggy's Cove, a national historic site that can be seen across the water. The photography is by Ema Peter.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

hectare site near Maastricht to commemorate soldiers who died in the second world war. Concrete blocks provide seating at the building's front "Many wars and struggles for freedom are commemorated, all designed and built in a very solid manner with the intention of preserving these sacrifices for eternity," added Panhuysen.

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JUNE 25, 2024

Blurring the lines between inside and outside, it integrates with the native landscape, infusing volumes with light and shadow, transforming the space like dynamic art. Source by INI Design Studio. This conscious effort resonates with the spirit of giving back, a thankfulness for Nature’s bounty bestowed.

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APRIL 20, 2024

Named Bury Gate Farm, the five-bedroom house replaces a 1950s bungalow on a sloped site on the outskirts of Pulborough, which overlooks fields and woodland. The challenge was how to craft sensitive contemporary design that responds to and enhances this protected landscape without resorting to historic mimicry," he continued.

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

The triangular design leverages the surrounding elements while bearing a resemblance to Musubi, a popular type of sushi made with Spam. 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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MARCH 24, 2022

Urban design critic John King of the San Francisco Chronicle described Township Commons as “a startling act of urban reinvention that, with time, should pull people from across the city to an area that until now has been off the map” The new park welcomes Oakland residents back to their waterfront with a bold and brave definition of a park.

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MAY 24, 2023

Above: It is one of three independent structures. The retreat was designed by Seattle's Robert Hutchison Architecture and Mexico City-based Javier Sanchez Arquitectos (JSa), and was designed for JSa's founder and his family, which plans to make it their permanent residence in the future. The photo is by Jamie Navarro.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

The Chicago Park District asked Valerio Dewalt Train to design an environmental center that serves as an education hub and a gateway to eco-recreation opportunities throughout the region. The design responded to the park’s past by marrying the industrial with the natural. miles from the site.

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

"Marco came to us with a brief for a refurbishment to a lower-ground space within an existing building, which – under previous management – was flagged for demolition," said Brad Wray, co-founder of Branch Studio Architects and the project's design architect.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Local studio Splyce Design has designed a light-filled, angled house with glazed corners and a sculptural staircase overlooking the Burrard Inlet in Vancouver , British Columbia. Settled in a quarter-acre site, the house sits 17 feet (five metres) above the sidewalk, lifting it up from the street's sightlines.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Most of its campus was originally designed by American architects Charles Moore and William Turnbull in the early 1970s. Four buildings were designed to complement the existing structures – California modern-style buildings with stucco walls and splashes of colour – and the woodland environment.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Named after the community where it is located, the Cotton Patch Hills House sits on an oceanfront site in Bethany Beach, Delaware. For a sandy site that faces the water, the team created a rectilinear, three-storey building that totals 5,842 square feet (542 square metres). The staircase is made of white oak and steel.

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JULY 11, 2024

RSHP has received planning consent to redevelop the Bromley-by-Bow Gasworks site in London The redevelopment, which was approved by the London Borough of Newham's Strategic Development Committee, will reopen the site the the public after being inaccessible for 150 years. The images are courtesy of RSHP.

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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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MAY 23, 2022

Hidden in the bucolic landscape of Northern Vosges Natural Park, Site Verrier de eisenthal is a publicly funded active cultural center in a historic glass factory dating back to the 18th century. Photo © Iwan Baan. Our intervention unifies them to define a contemporary institutional identity in dialogue with an industrial heritage.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

This emblematic site is a well-known hub of arts and culture, hosting thousands of free shows over the years," said Lemay , an architecture studio headquartered in Montreal. Lemay renovated the site to honour its history Despite being a beloved destination, the theatre fell into disrepair and was shuttered in 2014.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

Planted landscapes are woven around a pair of timber-framed buildings in the Natural History Museum gardens in London, revamped by local studios Feilden Fowles and J&L Gibbons. This idea is beautifully reflected through the design of the gardens." There is a sunken pathway within the ponds.

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JULY 12, 2024

Images have been revealed of the first of a pair of high-tech skyscrapers in Bogotá designed by the late Richard Rogers , which were described as "very close to his heart". But he was involved throughout the design process, right up until the end," he said. Of which this was one very close to his heart." "But

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APRIL 21, 2023

The homeowners created the structures using stones collected on-site to connect their rural residence to the land. 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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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. The elevated site provides sweeping views of the undulating terrain and the distant ocean. Different treatments were used on the facades.

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JUNE 9, 2023

Architecture studios Grimshaw and Architekton looked to natural elements such as rocks and saguaro cacti while designing the Walton Center of Planetary Health at Arizona State University. The centre's design is "rooted in resiliency, site-specificity and inspiration", the team said.

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AUGUST 14, 2024

Hennebery Eddy worked with Cascades Academy of Central Oregon on programming, master planning, fundraising, and design for their new K-12 campus. The site’s rock-lined canyon is treated with reverence, with the school set back from its edge so as to not dominate it. Polished concrete floors meld into the dusty desert terrain.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

MVRDV, landscape studio Buro Harro and developer KondorWessels Projecten have completed Buitenplaats Koningsweg, transforming a former German military base from the Second World War into a residential and cultural enclave in one of the Netherlands’ most precious natural landscapes.

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MAY 31, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The brief was to design a house that was strong but simple in form, merged with the landscape, and had a sustainable story. Have one to share? Post it here.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

bath house out of two volumes with floor-to-ceiling glazed ends that float above the landscape. The north volume is oriented along a direct east-to-west axis and contains the private spaces, while the south volume, rotated 45 degrees along the canyon's axis, holds the public gathering spaces that overlook the landscape and city below.

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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."

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