Habitus Living

AUGUST 13, 2023

A handful of key features of this new house stand out straight away – the clean, minimalist lines that are all the more effective for their scale and strong geometry; a restrained selection of timbers and concrete; fluidity between indoors and outdoors; and, perhaps most strikingly, the connection to nature.

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Deezen

JUNE 23, 2022

Architecture firm Estudio MMX has spread CAB House in Mexico City over four levels by using a series of towering volumes to integrate the building into a steep site. The project was designed for a site with a natural ravine at the bottom, which Estudio MMX wanted to integrate into the planning.

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Architizer

APRIL 4, 2024

Nestled in the heart of America, Arkansas is rich in natural beauty and cultural heritage. Known for its picturesque landscapes, including the majestic Ozark Mountains and the winding Arkansas River, the state’s architecture is grounded in its natural surroundings.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

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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Archinect

JULY 19, 2023

Lake Tahoe is the project site of Laney LA 's unbuilt residential design project titled the SQ Residence. The 4,488 sqft home utilizes Shou Sugi Ban cladding , a dark, striking exterior material that applies a traditional charred timber cladding technique found in Japanese building and design methods. Model image courtesy of Laney LA.

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2023

Photo is by Benjamin Benschneider The site is reached by boat, and a winding path leads from a dock through a wooded area and into a sunlit meadow. When new owners purchased the property in 2016, they engaged us to make additions to the site that respected the natural character of the sparsely populated island," the firm said.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Its two-story interior is organized around a need for natural light in educational spaces and the desire to frame a street-level exterior Viewing Garden that serves as a “counterpoint to the surrounding urban landscape” while adding “visual interest to the indoor experience.” ” Image co.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A flowing landscape of grass-topped, terracotta-coloured concrete animates the Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre designed by Chinese studio Change Architects to reference mountains in Anhui province. The logic of the architectural concept derived from the idea of natural elements," explained Change Architects. "The

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Hotel Designs

MAY 4, 2023

Situated within Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site and opening by Q4 2023, The Chedi Hegra will offer 35 bespoke guestrooms, each with its own distinct connection to the Hegra landscape, a breath-taking testimony of human expression within the natural environment.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

A family home that blurs the distinction between interior and exterior space through its unique connection to the natural landscape. This connection to nature is heightened by a series of water features, which flow under the building into a large architectonic feature made to resemble a native pond adjacent to the lake.

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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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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2022

When viewed from the plaza, the forested mountains form a dramatic natural backdrop. The building is oriented east to west and is positioned at a point where the site slopes upwards, allowing the church to be raised above the plaza in front of it. Landscape design: Aspect Studios. The church is raised above a plaza in Qingdao.

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Archinect

MARCH 21, 2023

Sited on a private coastal California hillside street lined with five tightly stacked homes, the 3000 square foot residence optimizes a compact footprint, resulting in an experience that maximizes outdoor living, without compromising the privacy of the family. Additionally, a guest quarters open.

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Bustler

APRIL 8, 2024

Working within the guidelines below, VIDA is welcoming landscape & building designers and students from around the world to enter their best community design for a chance to win $25,000 (CAD). VIDA is looking for creative ways to position the homes on the site – minimizing infrastructure investments (fill, road, plumbing services, etc.),

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Archinect

MARCH 21, 2023

Situated on a corner lot adjacent Los Angeles’ Silver Lake Reservoir and Meadow, with views of the water, the surrounding hills, and the Griffith Park Observatory, the design balances the privacy of the family with their desire to fully integrate nature within the life of their home.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Brooklyn-based nARCHITECTS has designed a nature centre and exhibition space that produces as much energy as it consumes on the New York coastline. The cedar -clad Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. A cedar trellis wraps around the exterior. It is topped by a sawtooth mass-timber roof.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

6 Sydney Street apartment block in a suburb of Melbourne , with an exterior of protruding floorplates and mushroom-like columns. 6 Sydney Street provides 15 apartments across six storeys that are oriented to overlook the natural landscape of the adjacent Orrong Romanis Reserve. Architecture studio Wood Marsh has created the No.

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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.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A clubhouse informed by Quonset huts features at an AutoCamp glamping site in southern California designed by American firms HKS and Narrative Design Studio. Woven into the site are pathways, fire pits and a plunge pool. Pathways and native planting are woven into the site. Photo is by Matt Kisiday. Photo is by Matt Kisiday.

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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2024

Known as Rockbound, the 4100-square foot (380-square metre) home sits on a rocky, sloped three-acre site overlooking a bay that connects the property to Peggy's Cove, a national historic site that can be seen across the water. The photography is by Ema Peter.

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Building and Interiors

MARCH 14, 2022

All of us are very particular about what goes into the interiors of our houses, but often we end up ignoring a very crucial aspect of our property- the home exterior. The home’s exterior landscape is generally marked by a lawn, backyard, or garden. Benefits of landscaping your home exteriors.

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Dwell

MARCH 9, 2022

Before: Front Exterior Before: The 1930s cottage sat on a.34-acre Sogno Design Group worked to preserve the site’s natural characteristics as much as possible, thus the addition "floats" over the landscape in places. 34-acre lot, which was large for the neighborhood in Berkeley.

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Architizer

JUNE 2, 2022

Despite technical complications involved in construction, inclined sites can invoke inspiring new architectural possibilities that just aren’t possible on flat sites. Below are a few ways in which architects have made the most of sloped sites to create unique homes and public buildings. Images by Benedikt Markel.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

Wendell Burnette Architects used Corten steel to clad a cabin in Arizona designed to capture views while disappearing into the landscape like a "dark shadow". 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.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The Art Sauna is the latest addition to the museum, which since its original extension in 2014 has sought to provide a visitor experience that brings together landscape, art and architecture. A path leads visitors towards the sauna, which is partially embedded in the landscape so it is mostly hidden from view until the final approach.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

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. This was designed to be in strong contrast to the powerful, windswept exterior landscape," said Marsh. "It

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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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Deezen

MARCH 5, 2024

Breach House will be powered by photovoltaic (PV) panels and micro-hydro energy The 430-metre-square proposal will comprise the new home, along with the restoration of an existing agricultural barn and extensive landscaping. It will also be harvested on-site and filtered for use within the house.

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2023

Earthy tones and natural textures feature in this nature-informed holiday home , which Athens studio Block722 has arranged down a mountainside in Crete. So our design of this house is an ode to this reverent relationship between nature and architecture."

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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. Located on a sloping site near the town of Sobrado, the blocky, three-storey home occupies a plot once occupied by the home of the client's grandfather.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Construction has progressed on Studio Gang 's Gilder Center in New York City , with images showing the cave-like concrete interiors and panelled exterior nearing completion. The extension will add numerous spaces to the American Museum of Natural History, including a library and exhibition rooms.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Dezeen School Shows: a greenhouse that utilises passive heating strategies and a cluster of buildings on a farm that aim to integrate natural environments with human-inhabited space are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Washington University in St Louis. Washington University in St Louis. Student: Heyue Liu.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 20, 2021

ASWA designs a new office complex where the architectural curve meets the landscape curve to create exterior and interior space fluidity. The site locates in a TOYOTA test drive area that aims to connect people, nature, and cars by designing the landscape to architecture and interior space.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Situated on Maluan Mountain, the centre by Line+ Studio was wrapped by glass openings – "maximizing transparency" to offer expansive views of the landscape, nearby seaport and Shenzhen city. The photography is by Arch-Exist Photography and Line+ Studio. Construction drawing collaboration: China Railway Urban Planning and Construction Co.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Studio Egret West will preserve the concrete exterior of the former Heinz headquarters They were designed by US architect Gordon Bunshaft while working at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and were his only project in the UK. The images are by Hism.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2023

bath house out of two volumes with floor-to-ceiling glazed ends that float above the landscape. The north volume is oriented along a direct east-to-west axis and contains the private spaces, while the south volume, rotated 45 degrees along the canyon's axis, holds the public gathering spaces that overlook the landscape and city below.

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Architizer

JANUARY 26, 2023

The design responded to the park’s past by marrying the industrial with the natural. The exterior is clad in a rain screen of weathered steel that recalls the site’s steel mill history, with an exposed mass timber interior. miles from the site. © Tom Harris Photography This project won in the 10th Annual A+Awards!

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