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Olson Kundig references natural surroundings for Swedish holiday home

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Dark timber and stone feature throughout Dalarö House, a summer holiday home that US studio Olson Kundig has added to a rocky waterside site in Sweden. Designed to blend in with the landscape, the home is built around rocks and features exposed natural materials that reference the surrounding stones and pine trees.

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Home Architectural Styles, and the Best Roofing Types for Each

The Architecture Designs

If you’re buying or building a home, it’s important to choose the right architectural style. Whatever style you choose will not only determine the overall look and feel of your home, but it will also have a big impact on its resale value. The right roofing style and material will help complete the home’s overall look.

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Zozaya Arquitectos tops cliffside home in Mexico with open thatched roof

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An enormous thatched roof structure with open sides covers the communal areas of this home perched on a rocky cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Mexico by Zozaya Arquitectos. Zozaya Arquitectos completed a cliffside home in Zihuatanejo. Zozaya Arquitectos completed a cliffside home in Zihuatanejo.

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Ten A-frame homes and cabins where pitched roofs form sloping walls

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A zero-emission holiday cabin and a triangular house with underground bedrooms feature in this roundup of A-frame homes. Glazing at the gable ends and along the sides of the sloped walls lets natural light into the home, and rainwater is collected and reused from the steeply-pitched roof.

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Three Easy & Smart Ways to Improve the Exterior of Your Home

Architecture Ideas

Home exteriors are naturally going to be the first thing that people see when they arrive at your house. Let’s see amazing smart ways to improve the exterior of your home. Let’s see amazing smart ways to improve the exterior of your home. Work on Your Roofing. Source: sndimg.com.

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Wallflower Architecture + Design wraps plant-filled timber lattice around Singapore home

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A lattice facade and tropical plants wrap around the walls of this home , which local studio Wallflower Architecture + Design has created alongside Singapore Botanic Gardens. Named Touching Eden House, the home was designed to celebrate the surrounding greenery and is enveloped in a dark timber lattice.

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LCA Architetti nestles angular cork-clad home into Italian valley

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An angular black volume sits atop a cork-clad ground floor to form Casa 9, a home that Italian studio LCA Architetti has added to a valley on the border between Italy and Switzerland. A paved walkway runs along the front of the home's ground floor, which has a rectangular footprint designed to match the forms of the surrounding buildings.

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