Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2022

The interiors of the home are finished with natural materials. "It It was also quite dark as the orientation of the property isn't ideal – the rear reception room in particular had very little natural light.". The house's original timber roof has been preserved. Structural engineer: Architecture for London.

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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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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

Local studio Oliver Leech Architects has extended a Victorian terrace house in south London, introducing a four-metre-wide skylight at its centre that offers views of a wildflower meadow roof. It is important to connect the house to nature and this is a small way to do this." The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The Agder Day-Trip Cabins are being installed in each of the 25 municipalities in Agder to encourage both locals and tourists to spend more time in nature. The identical 28-square-metre structures were designed by Feste to offer a rest stop where people can enjoy the beauty of their surroundings in warmth and comfort. "The

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2024

A private roof terrace enclosed by greenery features in Hidden Garden House, a Sydney home reconfigured by Australian studio Sam Crawford Architects. Above, this curved ceiling forms a sloped roof terrace filled with plants, which is situated off the main bedroom on the upper floor. The photography is by Tom Ferguson.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 17, 2024

A unique experience center for the famed Swedish brands, Volvo Cars and Volvo Group, World of Volvo is designed around Scandinavian values of freedom of movement, access to nature and openness and inclusion. “As a brand Volvo is rooted in a Swedish pride for producing and manufacturing quality for everyone.

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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.

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Deezen

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. A concrete retaining wall with a cantilevered stair defines the pedestrian path to the entry. The photography is by Ema Peter.

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aasarchitecture

AUGUST 22, 2022

This perimeter building bridges over pedestrian access routes and even the street between the two plots, creating a clear separation between the surrounding neighbourhood and the oasis at the centre of the design. The positioning of the towers takes advantage of the prevailing western winds to maximise natural ventilation.

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Deezen

JANUARY 5, 2024

The Brooklyn-based firm was tasked with designing the 800-square-foot (74-square-metre) addition for a Long Island house belonging to a florist and a painter. Rectangular in plan, the building has a gabled roof and walls clad in pine boards that were stained black to match the main house. The ground floor also has a powder room.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 12, 2023

the complex consists of two semi-cylindrical, prefabricated steel warehouse buildings, notable for their arching roof forms and con-nected via an enclosed walkway. While much of the existing structures will remain intact, Skylab has reworked the layout and is updating the buildings through a strategic set of insertions and modifica-tions.

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Deezen

JANUARY 3, 2023

Located in Encinar de los Reyes, on the northern outskirts of the Spanish capital, Reggio School is a six-storey building featuring cork walls, concrete arches, porthole windows and zigzagging roofs. Reggio School features cork walls, concrete arches and zigzagging roofs. Structural engineering: Qube Ingeniería de Estructuras.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Architecture studios Kuehn Malvezzi , Pelletier de Fontenay and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte Architectes have created an insect zoo and museum in a glazed sawtooth-roof building with interior spaces that emulate the experience of being a bug. Its new building was designed to embody a novel approach to learning about the natural world.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 3, 2024

10 Design (part of Egis’ Architecture Line), has unveiled its design for LA VIE in Muscat, Oman, a modern mixed-use destination delivering business, leisure, wellness, and sports opportunities amidst panoramic views of the Muscat Hills Golf Course.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Lumi Shala is covered in shiny copper shingles Designed to convey a feeling of lightness and connection to nature, the studio space is enveloped by a layering of bamboo forms, designed in collaboration with Kul Kul Farm , Bamboo Pure and structural engineering firm Atelier One.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Niki-H – A small house designed for wine-making settlers in Hokkaido. The structure was created simply by installing a roof over the RC foundation deeply rooted underground. Structural calculations dictate the roof slope of a 60-degree-angle to withstand the snow load. The triangular prism in nature.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2024

Design studio HGA has completed a pair of educational facilities , Mills Hall and Gibbons Center, that are among the first "commercially scaled mass-timber buildings" in the state of Maine. Skylights punctuate the gabled roofs "Gibbons has a more mysterious, introverted quality," said Nat Madison, design principal at HGA.

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ArchiDiaries

AUGUST 17, 2022

This perimeter building bridges over pedestrian access routes and even the street between the two plots, creating a clear separation between the surrounding neighbourhood and the oasis at the centre of the design. The positioning of the towers takes advantage of the prevailing western winds to maximise natural ventilation.

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Deezen

MAY 24, 2023

Robert Hutchison Architecture and Javier Sanchez Arquitectos include an extensive system for capturing and reusing stormwater for a family nature retreat in a mountainous region of Mexico. Above: It is one of three independent structures. In turn, all of the structures are designed to capture and reuse rainwater.

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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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Dwell

APRIL 9, 2024

Located in Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula, the rambler-style home utilized the trees for the roof and a coffee table, too. 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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e-architect

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This project could be regarded as a critical point of the local natural environment and urban domestic life. The logic of the architectural cultural centre concept derived from the idea of natural elements. In other words, the carrier of architectural design concept is derived from nature.

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Deezen

MARCH 13, 2023

Architecture firm Ueda Design Studio has completed the Eola Hills Residence, a spacious Oregon family home that takes cues from Japanese design and "serves as refuge from work life". When low clouds descend over the valley in the morning, the house appears to be on top of the world," said Seattle-based Ueda Design Studio.

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Deezen

JANUARY 28, 2024

Originally built in the 1920s to give tuberculosis patients access to the healing power of nature, the historic structure is now a five-star wellness retreat. Manna offers 32 rooms fitted out with natural materials and neutral tones, plus gym and spa facilities and a restaurant focused on local produce.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

MAD designed Train Station in the Forest in Jiaxing The studio created an underground terminal with a public park created at ground level along with a full-scale replica of the original 1907 station recreated as the north entrance to the building. A metal roof and glass facade contrast the brick station.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2024

British architecture practice Studio Bark has worked with students from the University of East London to devise a roof-supporting column with otherwise unusable timber at a site within ancient English woodland. If you were to draw a force diagram, you'd need more material in the middle, so naturally it's a win-win," she said.

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Deezen

JANUARY 2, 2024

American studio Schwartz and Architecture has completed a cedar -clad accessory dwelling unit on a California property that is meant to serve as "a jumping off point for a modern wine country design". It was also designed to appear demure yet dynamic upon approach One volume is square-shaped and holds an open-plan communal space.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 20, 2022

Following the airport’s previous additions of Dock E, the Airside Center, and The Circle, an international two-stage design competition was kicked off in 2020 to replace the aging Dock A. A simple yet expressive design – rooted in tradition and committed to innovation – embodying the cultural and natural elements of Swiss architecture.”

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Dwell

JULY 14, 2023

Its swooping design directs airflow up and over an outdoor living space while echoing the shape of surrounding dunes. 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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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2024

An elevated box formed of exposed concrete forms the Meditation Chapel in Incheon, South Korea , designed by local studio Atelier Koma and architect Lee Eunsok. Read: Nicholas Burns nestles concrete chapel within grounds of Portuguese estate "The 12 funnel-shaped, stained-glass windows serve as metaphors of nature," said Eunsok.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The idea was to take the existing house and give it new life—one that met the needs and aesthetics of our designer clients. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The natural cork material is used as both an external cladding, and also as an insulation—an innovative cork cladding and cork insulation has been used for the entire extension rear facade.

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Deezen

JANUARY 19, 2023

Local studio Strang Design has created a contemporary residence with a garden terrace in Miami , Florida, complete with Brazilian influences and vintage touches. We carefully located the home amongst the existing oaks, from which its name was derived," the Strang Design team said. Civil engineer: Jorge G. Francisco Cuello, Jr.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has unveiled the Tainan Xinhua Fruit and Vegetable Market in Taiwan with an undulating green roof that is accessed by a series of planted terraces. The eastern corner of the structure has terraces filled with colourful planting that descend to the ground to provide stepped access to the roof.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2023

Specht Architects has designed a symmetrical glass pavilion in The Berkshires in Massachusetts that was created as a residence and a place to showcase antiques. The axial approach includes replanted natural grasses The roof extends to create a 15-foot (4.5-metre) The terrace is natural concrete.

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Dwell

JULY 20, 2022

The site sits on a north facing slope and looks down to the Martis Valley and up to Lookout Mountain through a natural screen of 100-year-old Jeffrey pine trees. A thin steel shed roof pitches up to open the interior to the south sun and frame views to the ski runs on the mountain.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The facility sits within the existing 5,700-metre-square Baitul Futuh Mosque complex Aiming to design a "new local and international landmark" for the community, John McAslan + Partners drew on civic Islamic architecture and repeated symmetrical, curved motifs throughout the design.

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