Archinect

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Montreal-based Atelier L’Abri has completed a Passive House retrofit in the southern Quebec village of Frelighsburg, Canada. Named Maison Melba, the project saw a former 1970s car garage transformed into a living space that is also open to the community for collaborative projects.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Frame House transforms the existing barn house typology into a contemporary dwelling, redefined by strategic compositions of window frames on each new elevation and new structure extending from the existing gambrel roof construction.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has announced the completion of a recent restoration project that’s meant to breathe new life into their historic Lever House design in Manhattan. Costs for the project were around $100 million.

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Deezen

JUNE 19, 2022

Architecture studio Taller Héctor Barroso has fully revamped the decades-old DDH House in Mexico City for a family of five, including new facades clad in dark brown stucco that looks black. The DDH House sits on an irregularly shaped lot in the Lomas de Chapultepec neighbourhood in Mexico City. Project manager: Gabriela López.

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Deezen

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". Located in the small Wyoming town of Alta, the house serves as a holiday home for an outdoor-loving couple from Portland, Oregon. Situated on a half-acre (0.2-hectare)

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Architecture Ideas

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

When it comes to designing the exterior of your home, choosing suitable materials can make all the difference. Exterior house stone is a popular choice for homeowners looking to add elegance and durability to their home’s exterior. Let’s see types of exterior house stone.

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ArchDaily

MAY 20, 2024

Cariló House / Luciano Kruk. Whether immersed in a forest , on sloping terrain, or on a rural plain, among other geographies, his intention is to enhance the relationship between the interior and exterior of the architecture, using concrete as the main material in most of his projects. Read more »

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Deezen

MAY 10, 2024

Hidden within a densely wooded area, the Lone Oak House is located in a river region in southern Chile. Hebra Arquitectos has completed a woodland home in Chile The project was commissioned during the Covid pandemic and was meant to serve as a second home for a psychologist and an artist. A glass-enclosed bridge links the two zones.

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Deezen

MAY 26, 2024

A red-hued extension built from brick and pigmented concrete has been added to a Victorian house in the suburbs of Norwich by local architecture studio Grafted. The new extension was a way to celebrate the best details of the house through reinterpretation," she continued. The previous extension was low-key but poorly built.

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DesignRulz

JANUARY 31, 2024

Exterior cladding is more than a cosmetic upgrade for your home. Here are the benefits of external cladding : Enhanced Protection Exterior cladding is much more than an aesthetic enhancement for your home. Noise Reduction Exterior cladding has a lesser known benefit: it can reduce noise pollution. It offers many benefits.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts 0 qpurcell Mon, 09/25/2023 - 12:49 Affordable Housing Trish Donnally, Associate Principal, Perkins Eastman, shares insights from three transformative affordable housing projects. With rents rising across the country, many Americans are living a nightmare.

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ArchDaily

MAY 18, 2023

Labri House / Nguyen Khai Architects & Associates. It's no wonder that architectural projects in the region maintain a constant dialogue between nature and the built environment. Image: © Hiroyuki Oki The tropical climate is famous for its exuberant flora. Biophilia's benefits to users are not news, after all. Read more »

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The Architecture Designs

JULY 12, 2023

Are you looking to update the look of your house? Our professional painters can transform your house with a flawless finish that will stand the test of time thanks to their years of experience and dedication to quality. In this article, we will discuss the upsides of utilizing capable painters for your home improvement projects.

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aasarchitecture

AUGUST 9, 2022

This residential project involved the construction of three distinct structures, creating additional interior space and forming a private courtyard for an existing house that remains in place. The largest new structure, the Art House, is designed to house a burgeoning art collection, and accommodate occasional guests.

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Deezen

MAY 28, 2024

The project involved the transformation of a basic bungalow built in 2010 into a two-storey dwelling that makes the most of its picturesque setting in a garden lined by conifer trees. Dzen House was conceived as a place where the client and his family could feel in harmony with themselves and the world," Verhun told Dezeen.

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Deezen

JUNE 7, 2023

Occupying a corner plot, the house appears as a solid block with only a recessed doorway and garage breaking the solid white walls. HW Studio creates austere white home in Mexico to evoke "sense of security" "Pretty intense spaces" Readers were unsure about the house, especially due to its few windows.

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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2024

Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has completed a cedar-wrapped house "inspired by the scattered boulders" that trail down the seaside property in Hubbards, Nova Scotia. The house presents as two interlocked, stacking boxes – that are meant to weather over time to match the pale grey of the sky – perched on a hillside.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2024

California studio TW Ryan Architecture has completed a wildfire-resistant house in the American West that features a Corten steel exterior and pyramidal roofs that allude to the mountainous terrain. Four Roof House features a Corten steel exterior Their chosen site was a bluff overlooking a lake near the town of Helmville.

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Brandon Donnelly

MAY 14, 2023

But there is something so great about small infill projects, which is another topic that we like to talk about on this blog. Take, for example, the above 10,94 0 square foot project at 6001-6009 Rue St-Hubert in Montréal. They wanted to build and then own their own office space, and so they now occupy the ground floor of this project.

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Deezen

JUNE 7, 2024

Nikjoo collaborated with creative developer Flawk to carry out the project, after its founder Ashley Law purchased the derelict house in 2022. The post Nikjoo and Flawk bring "intrigue and delight" to derelict house in London appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Lorenzo Zandri.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A cluster of wood-clad, gabled volumes form a sculptural home by architectural studio Young Projects that nods to historic Long Island architecture while reimagining the barn typology. Six Square House is an irregularly shaped dwelling that sits on a verdant, two-acre (0.8-hectare) Six Square House was constructed on a verdant site.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2024

Indian architecture studio Nowhere has renovated a house in Hyderabad called Mayalogili, coating it with a rough red-brown plaster made with brick and marble dust produced during the project. The post Nowhere uses brick dust to plaster refurbished house in Hyderabad appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Vivek Eadara.

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Architonic

MARCH 31, 2024

The project describes a garden-house for a family as a refuge and meeting place. Where estudio karina kreth collaborated with estudio arquitecturam on the vision, and identity of the project. Nature in its materials, accompanies the exterior and open views, and makes the house visually attractive through the change of seasons.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: a Californian house extension that appears to melt down a hillside as a warning about global warming is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at UCLA. The house offers a harmonious blend of functionality and aesthetics, emphasising the connection between indoor and outdoor living."

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Called Peninsula House, the dwelling is located near the town of Flinders, overlooking the Bass Strait and surrounded by farmland. Peninsula House has a curved form crafted from rammed earth Instead of designing an orthogonal volume, Wood Marsh took cues from the shape of the coastline and the meandering paths leading to the site.

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Architonic

JUNE 4, 2024

All exteriors have been treated homogeneously to give them unity, using a reduced palette of materials from which the white mass of the existing house emerges, treated in the same way towards the exterior by homogenizing materials and finishes.</p>

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Deezen

JANUARY 25, 2024

Canadian architecture studio D'Arcy Jones Architects has completed a project called John Street Redo, which involved renovating and enlarging an early 1900s home in a way that is "forward-looking without erasing an old building's original charm". While many houses in the area back up to laneways, this home is sandwiched between two streets.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

Telescope House offers framed views of Sedona The 1,600-square-foot (149-square-metre) cabin is a nature retreat for a couple who ultimately plan to live there full-time. When not staying at the house, the clients rent it out. The scenic area is known for its red-coloured rock formations, outdoor activities and arts scene.

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Deezen

JUNE 8, 2024

Also included is a rehabilitation centre and a renovation project aiming to promote sustainability within fashion. With various features, the project offers a different perspective for reusing London's remaining gasholders and their often forgotten water tanks.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Irregularly placed square openings puncture the thick concrete exterior of SV House in Portugal , recently completed by architecture studio Spaceworkers. Internally, these openings focus on framing pieces of the distant landscape, or even the sky, avoiding the surroundings punctuated by houses."

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Project Status: Built. This residential project involved the construction of three distinct structures, creating additional interior space and forming a private courtyard for an existing house that remains in place. © Buttrick Projects Architecture + Design. © Buttrick Projects Architecture + Design. Year: 2019.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

From a zigzagging minimalist home in Spain to a compact self-build project in the UK, here are the most popular houses featured on Dezeen this month. Also on the list is a Y-shaped house in Canada, a blocky concrete dwelling in Portugal and a sprawling residence among Australian farmland.

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Deezen

MAY 10, 2024

Local studio Emil Eve Architects has revamped the Aden Grove house in east London , adding loft and rear extensions characterised by angular forms and terracotta tiles. A kitchen and dining area are housed in the ground-floor extension "The extensions are considered as a pair with unified cladding and glazing," said Perkin.

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Deezen

APRIL 5, 2024

Called Cité Angus II, the structure is part of Technopôle Angus, an urban revitalization project that its developers say is a "full-scale sustainable development". On the courtyard-facing facade, light metals and paints contrast with the greys of the exterior.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Over the last month, Dezeen's Pinterest followers have been searching for "house cladding" 70 per cent more than usual. We round up 10 popular projects from our Pinterest that feature homes with distinctive types of cladding. In this roundup, studios have used timber , cork and weathering steel cladding for residential projects.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

BIG designed Park Rise for developer Lamda Development , which claims the wider Ellinikon development is "Europe's largest urban regeneration project". The post BIG reveals stepped housing overlooking Aegean Sea appeared first on Dezeen.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Mexican architecture studio Lucio Muniain has created Casa HMZ, a brutalist house with raw board-formed concrete walls in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The house was entirely constructed in raw, grey concrete The heavy rectangular house sits on a golf course, where its solid appearance contrasts with its surroundings.

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