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This Arizona Home Uses the Desert Landscape as "Living Art"

Dwell

The desert city of Scottsdale, Arizona, is set within the sprawling Sonoran Desert and overlooked by the majestic McDowell Mountains, so it’s no surprise that this spectacular landscape plays a pivotal role in shaping much of the area’s architecture. Modern Sunset House is located on 14 acres of hillside.

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Facade installation underway on MAD Architects’ first North American residential rental tower

Archinect

View this post on Instagram A post shared by One River North (@onerivernorth) The scheme’s defining exterior element is a sharp carved opening midway up the tower, cutting through the upper section of the tower towards the roof. The opening will contain a network of footpaths and planting. View this post on Instagram.

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Red River Gorge Cabin by West Workshop

Archinect

Anchoring the home to the sloped landscape, the foundation terraces down the hill, going with the land. Inspired by traditional Kentucky barn materials with a modern upgrade, the home’s two towers feature an exterior vertical black shou-sugi-ban-rainscreen cladding paired with a galvanized metal roof.

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Timeless lines framing the landscape

Habitus Living

In the best tradition of modernism, the central themes of Coorabell Springs are eminently legible. Their brief was simple: to provide a contemporary and timeless four-bedroom home which champions the landscape, one that is as equally well suited to entertaining as their day-to-day rituals,” says Ed Davis, principal at Davis Architects.

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Heryco blends "history and modernity" in renovation of pink apartment block

Deezen

Our inspiration blends history and modernity, taking the curves of the building as a starting point and using the warm colors of Querétaro's traditional local quarry to create a contemporary and youthful space," the studio told Dezeen. The arched motif continues to the interior courtyard with curved portals and exterior window frames.

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nARCHITECTS tops New York nature centre with a mass-timber roof

Deezen

The project transformed 12 acres of concrete parking lot into a sustainable structure and resilient landscape with native plants. The design includes a sawtooth mass timber roof that references the adjacent ocean waves and terracotta-coloured flooring that nods to the former brick bathhouse. It is topped by a sawtooth mass-timber roof.

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Bold Materials Usher This Traditional Barn Into the Modern Era

Dwell

In West Chester, Pennsylvania, a striking all-black barn perches gently on the rural landscape. With barns dotting the surrounding landscape, the architects opted for a simple, honest design, honoring the agrarian context through the barn’s traditional form.