Deezen

JULY 13, 2022

Tokyo-based Nori Architects responded with a compact two-storey home characterised by its exposed timber structure and simple interior and exterior finishes. Within a limited budget, we devised ways to ensure high performance with a combination of thoroughly reduced materials and low-priced equipment," explained the practice.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As designers imagine the future of educational buildings, the values and materials of today will inform school environments for decades to come. With priorities around durability, longevity, cost-efficiency, and ease of installation, metal plays a starring role in high-traffic education spaces. Presidio Knolls School.

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Deezen

JUNE 19, 2022

For the exterior walls, the team used concrete blocks, which were then covered with dark brown stucco that, when dry, appears black. Within the home, the corridors and the rooms of the interior gradually open up to the exterior landscape by means of the rear of the house which is open to the garden. Engineering: Tomás Rodríguez.

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Deezen

JULY 8, 2022

Located on a long, narrow backland plot in a conservation area, the 127-square-metre, four-storey home turns inward with a palette of pale, natural materials to create an "escape from the world outside". The entire exterior is clad with Siberian larch. Russell Jones has used timber to create a mews home in Highgate.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Spanish architect Juan Gurrea Rumeu used a palette of warm, textural materials and carefully positioned voids to create atmospheric living spaces inside this house he designed for himself and his wife in Barcelona. The house's exterior is rendered using a textured stucco that evokes rustic Catalan properties called masias.

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Deezen

AUGUST 22, 2023

Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has adorned its studio with wood-and-fabric lined walls and industrial details in Austin in order to create a material "representation" of its work. The spaces are designed to facilitate how we work now – allowing for different modes, sizes, and shapes of collaboration." founder Michael Hsu said. "We

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Deezen

JANUARY 15, 2024

Red brickwork and perforated metal panels define the home's exterior "The materiality and design language intend to strike a balance between the robust, utilitarian rear lane that it abuts and the ornate neighbouring terraces," explained the studio. Two large skylights and an almost full-height window illuminate this space.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 19, 2023

When you think of a building – whatever scale or project type, the items that go to create that building are most frequently associated with the materials that are selected that define the appearance of the building. Continue reading Ep 121: Material Selection at Life of an Architect. The "Why" jump to 12:51 Why choose the material?

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Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Adopting a minimal palette of monochrome contrasts, the studio painted the existing cottage's exterior entirely black, pairing it with a lighter extension clad in silvery-grey weathered wooden planks. Contrasting colours and materials feature throughout. The extension has a deliberately simple finish.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 12, 2023

From the technological building systems we choose for our projects to considering the carbon impact of where a product comes from to have a better awareness of the materials our products are made out of. While many sectors are charging forward, the field of materials is rapidly progressing and reshaping how we approach design specifications.

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Deezen

AUGUST 5, 2022

Facing the school's 20th-century chapel and surrounded by green lawns and playing fields, The Dyson Building has been designed with several teaching spaces that can be opened up to the surrounding campus. Perforated copper clads the exterior of the building. Its material palette gives an industrial feel.

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Deezen

MARCH 19, 2023

Door furniture and other pieces of practical hardware provide the finishing touches to interior schemes, and can create physical touchpoints that play a significant role in how people interact with the spaces they inhabit. D Line has been designing and manufacturing architectural hardware and sanitary ware since 1971.

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Deezen

JULY 1, 2022

Architecture studio Emil Eve has added a timber-framed extension to a Victorian house in south London that contains light-filled interior spaces with a connection to the outdoors. The clients requested the use of natural materials in the extension. Wooden finishes are used throughout. The photography is by Nick Dearden.

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Architizer

AUGUST 23, 2022

Sakuragicho Residence – The development endeavored to re-define exterior wall tiling and balcony construction distinctive to, yet typical of, large apartment blocks. The woodgrain-like paintwork of the balcony interiors provides space with warmth. What drove the selection of materials used in the project? Year: 2021. ARCHITECTS.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Meanwhile, FMG Fabbrica Marmi e Graniti and Iris Ceramica were brought in to decorate the home’s interior and exterior with high-performing and aesthetically-pronounced Italian stoneware. At the same time, the design team was cognizant of creating an open, breathable space connected to the outdoors.

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Deezen

MAY 18, 2022

Dezeen Showroom: a stool made from wood sourced through sustainable forestry and a 3D-printed chair made from recycled fishing nets are among the latest furniture designs on Dezeen Showroom that use sustainable materials. Flek Pure by 3form is a completely recycled architectural material. Fels stool by OUT. Find out more about Fluit ›.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2023

Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates has completed Esprit House, a home in Tokyo with a blocky concrete form elevated on piloti above a garage space. In the work-from-home era, comfortable living environments and intermediary areas linking interior and exterior [are] increasingly in demand," said the practice.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2024

Nowhere has renovated a house in Hyderabad called Mayalogili Alongside brick and marble dust, the studio also used plants and soil from the site to create tactile internal finishes that "weave in the materiality of the landscape", it said. The photography is by Vivek Eadara.

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Deezen

JULY 11, 2023

Chelsea Mews House highlights that large spaces aren't always needed," Bindloss Dawes told Dezeen. Working within the planning constraints of a conservation area in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Bindloss Dawes dropped the level of the lower ground floor to create a more impressive space.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Architecture studio Polysmiths used cork panels to clad internal and external surfaces at Cork House in east London , which was built using materials available during the Covid-19 lockdown. This material palette gives the interior an earthy and cocooning feel. The studio used materials that were not affected by supply chain issues.

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Deezen

MAY 1, 2024

Architecture studio A6A has converted a former model-making workshop in Bordeaux into a studio for itself that is defined by pared-back materials and spaces. This heavy steel door leads into L'Atelier's model workshop and material library – an open, flexible space with a sanded concrete floor and a long birch storage wall.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Operable glass walls flank the living spaces of this sprawling Texas ranch, which was designed by Sanders Architecture to appear "like it rose up from the land". The walls of the central area were constructed with stacked sandstone , which gives the area the feeling of being an exterior space.

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Deezen

MARCH 7, 2024

The home is enveloped in a dark timber lattice Vertical elements placed at a range of angles were designed to invite a play of light across the exterior. The timber lattice was set slightly away from the main exterior walls, which are largely glazed, forming a void where the studio has added trees and a series of local plants.

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Deezen

APRIL 16, 2024

Traditional materials and building techniques "celebrate the essence" of south Indian architecture at Telugu Medium, a restaurant in Hyderabad by local practice Sona Reddy Studio. These finishes are combined with minimal furniture made of dark wood, chosen by the studio to be "timeless, simple, and evocative".

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Architecture Ideas

MARCH 15, 2022

That is the reason why many prefer to go with shades of this in-between color, which can be the case when choosing exterior house colors as well. Are Grey House Exterior Color Schemes Suitable for Houses? In recent times these modern grey house exterior color schemes have led grey to be one of the most chosen colors for a structure.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 1, 2023

A bold yellow colour has been applied to the exterior of the formerly white structure and extended to both its interior walls and a large zigzagging staircase outside, creating a striking beacon for visitors. It offers 1,747 square metres of adaptable interior space across four refurbished floors and a rooftop extension.

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Dwell

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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Architizer

APRIL 11, 2022

But while their development tends to bring about novel approaches to design and construction when considered in whole, the innovations they realize in the application of individual architectural materials is often overlooked. Maintenance and upkeep are likewise major concerns for a project with vast material quantities.

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Deezen

APRIL 17, 2024

Facades are clad in Western red cedar that was lightly finished to preserve the wood's "natural beauty and unique character". To ensure brighter conditions in the new residence, the team inserted a courtyard into the plan, creating a dedicated space for the pine tree. The upper level encompasses the public space and a third bedroom.

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Bustler

MARCH 26, 2024

Human beings thrive in spaces that are in harmony with the natural elements and systems of our planet. As a result, we are starting to reimagine how our spaces can be designed with nature in mind, working with rather than against it, to create healthier more equitable environments to live in, now and into the future.”

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Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Raw finishes and "as found" materials informed by brutalist architecture are used throughout this home , which Portuguese studio Atelier Local has created on a nature reserve near Porto. The living areas and bedrooms are organised across three floors, each finished with exposed materials and minimalist fittings.

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DesignRulz

JANUARY 15, 2023

A Spanish-style house located in an urban environment would likely incorporate elements of traditional Spanish architecture, such as terracotta roof tiles, stucco exterior walls, and arched openings. Spanish-style houses often use natural materials, such as stone, wood, and tile, in the construction and design.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The house is made of two prefabricated volumes "The fast construction schedule that was expected and the scarcity of materials during the end of the pandemic ended up narrowing down our choice of structural materials," the team told Dezeen. It was completed in 2022.

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Deezen

MARCH 16, 2024

Krasnyk House's form mimics the typical architecture of the Hutsuls – an ethnic group from the mountains of western Ukraine – and blends it with contemporary materials and finishes. A central wooden staircase separates the living space from a bedroom to the east and leads up to an attic bedroom.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Located within a hilly landscape near Lake Lugano, the house was designed to showcase non-traditional building materials and features a timber structure as well as metal and cork cladding. Beyond the kitchen, the ground floor opens into a double-height living and dining space.

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Deezen

MARCH 4, 2024

The Noon Slate bathtub is deep and wide for total comfort It has a textured exterior that evokes the tactile look of natural stone, while the inside has a smooth finish with an integrated shelf for storing and displaying items. For more details email showroom@dezeen.com.

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Architecture Ideas

JANUARY 6, 2022

When it comes to the design of a house, the exterior is equally important as interior spaces. Painting the property is a significant investment, and there are several exterior house color options. There are endless options of exterior design to make the overall look stand out in your neighborhood. Source: st.hzcdn.com.

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