Deezen

OCTOBER 2, 2023

PAU has placed a glass office building with the shell of a historic sugar refinery The structure is the centrepiece of the redevelopment of the Domino Sugar Refinery site, developed by Two Trees Management with a master plan by SHoP Architects and Field Operations.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Argentinian architect Malvina Zayat has completed a white home for herself and her family that is lifted above a sloped site and enters into "an intimate dialogue with the sky and clouds". Inside, one finds a linear plan with a communal space at one end of the home and a private area with two bedrooms occupying the other.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Located on a 35-acre (14-hectare) property near the town of Wilson, the home was envisioned as a series of "tectonic structures" set within a diverse ecosystem.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Architecture firm Alterstudio has completed a tower-like house in Texas that rises up from a steep, wooded site that was long overlooked "as a possible home site". The site had long been overlooked as feasible for home construction. The team cut away portions of the boxy exterior to create balconies, which vary in size.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

series, we've collected 10 recently completed and upcoming buildings that show the potential of structural stone as a modern construction material. Sections of the stone walls have been perforated to cool the space down and shade it from the sun. The sand-coloured stone was extracted only 20 minutes from the rural site.

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Deezen

MARCH 12, 2024

Terracotta-coloured render made from local soil covers the curving, concrete structure of Hampi Art Labs, an arts centre in Karnataka by architecture studio Sameep Padora & Associates. It provides workshops for printmaking and sculpting in stone and metal alongside galleries and educational spaces for schools and the local community.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Chinese studio Open Architecture has revealed its design for a space museum and experience centre in Yantai, China , which will appear like a mysterious black object in an oceanfront park. Named Space Crystals, the building will have a glossy black exterior and a faceted stone-like shape that rises at one end to point towards the ocean.

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Deezen

MARCH 10, 2023

"The design was generally inspired by the vernacular language of the agricultural landscape based on the origins of the site and its surroundings," the studio said. The crossbar gable – with an arcade of large windows on either side – contains the family spaces with an open plan kitchen, dining and living space under a vaulted ceiling.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Named UCL East Marshgate, the concrete building has teaching and study space for 4,000 students and 700 staff and is roughly six times bigger than the university's next largest building – the UCL Student Centre. The studio described the building's material palette as industrial, chosen to evoke the site's industrial history.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

US architecture studio Schaum/Shieh has embedded a Virginia house with irregularly shaped volumes into the contours of a steep site. The spaces between each pod create room for gardens, outdoor nooks and wooden terraces along the house, while a parking area was carved out of the hillside at the back.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Envisioned as a home that embraces the outdoors, the residence is composed of four structures housing the home’s separate functions. Only six trees were removed to build all four structures.

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Archinect

MARCH 29, 2024

The challenge was to propose a type of housing adapted to the Mediterranean climate and customs, while maintaining the industrial character of the site. The metal structure was retained, but the creation of courtyards or "patios" provided the necessary natural light. Inside, two wood-clad volumes stand out. These vo.

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Deezen

JULY 8, 2022

Sustainably-sourced timber has been used for the structure, cladding and interior of this mews home in Highgate, London , designed by local architect Russell Jones. The entire exterior is clad with Siberian larch. metre garage width, proximity of adjoining structures and required setbacks," explained Russell Jones.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Called The Lindemann Performing Arts Center (The Lindemann) the 101,000 square-foot (9,383-square-metre) structure consists of a shoebox theatre with a long bridge-like walkway. To accomplish this, REX included a "clear storey", a glazed walkway that runs the length of the building, passing between the shoebox form and the exterior wall.

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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. The home has three bedrooms. "At

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2023

Local practice Platform 5 Architects has completed NW10 House, a family home on an infill site in north London with exposed concrete interiors and a textured brick exterior. Centred around a skylit, concrete spiral stair, the home's spaces fan out to fill the triangular site, overlooking a paved terrace that wraps its eastern edge.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Their facades are clad in rammed earth The identical rectangular plans have only three solid exterior walls, constructed of rammed clay that was excavated from the site. Brazilian expert Terra Compacta was brought in due to Costa Rica's "lack of experience" with the construction method.

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Deezen

JULY 21, 2022

Architecture studio SPF Architects has completed a sports facility in Los Angeles consisting of two separate buildings that were built using pre-engineered metal structures in order to not disrupt activity at the site. The PEMBs consist of the structure and an exterior, which consists of insulated rib metal panels.

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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

JANUARY 17, 2023

The exterior is reclaimed wood from a variety of sources. The structure was reimagined as a modern, airy, multi-use space with the same modern aesthetic as the main home on the site, while still respecting its farmland history.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Berlin studio Mono Architekten has created a service station in Thuringia, Germany, combining facilities for motorists with an exhibition space about a nearby bronze-age burial mound. The exterior is clad in corrugated aluminium. Running down one side of the eastern wing is the long and narrow exhibition space.

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Deezen

APRIL 7, 2022

Glazed brick and charred cypress wrap the exterior of a partly sunken North Carolina home designed by architecture firm In Situ Studio. The site formerly held a run-down, 1940s dwelling that was owned by the clients. It also has its own exterior entrance, allowing visitors to easily come and go. It sits in a leafy neighbourhood.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Named Zhang Yuan, the site has recently reopened after a complete rehabilitation of its historic buildings. As part of the revamp , coffee roaster and retailer Blue Bottle Coffee Company commissioned Neri&Hu to create a retail space in one of the old residences. The café rises in the midst of these elements.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2022

German-Chinese architecture practice Büro Ziyu Zhuang has completed a church in Qingdao , China, featuring walls and a tower made from dozens of spaced-out aluminium ribs. 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.

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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

MAY 12, 2023

Fuller Overby clad the house in blackened wood Set on Lake James, the narrow one-acre site drops 100 feet (30 metres) from the top of the driveway to the water's edge. Two retaining walls are cut diagonally across the plot, forming two earthwork courts that have been carved out from the steep slope of the site."

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Deezen

MARCH 16, 2022

Historic structures including a silo building and an old factory have been incorporated into the University of the Arts Helsinki's new home, which was designed by local architecture studio JKMM. The complex is comprised of a silo, an old factory and a new brick structure. The building features raw materials throughout.

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Archinect

JUNE 30, 2023

The project opened in May following a three-and-a-half year construction phase and is defined by a pronounced desire to provoke continuous movement while encouraging users towards a rich multisensory experience on a site adjacent to the city’s Arkéos archaeology museum and Scarpe river.

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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. Stepping around the corner, the space opens up, revealing breathtaking vistas of the water."

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Deezen

MAY 2, 2024

Made from 277 pieces of triangular cross-laminated timber (CLT), the spherical structure, which the designers refer to as a "visualisation dome", contains tiered seating surrounded by 3D screens. It sits atop an LVL column structure spanning 48 by 24 metres.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Desai Chai Architects chose an uphill spot for the home's siting "The clients wanted flexibility to use their home as an extension of their gallery and leave portions of the site open for rotating and site-specific outdoor installations," the studio said. It has several courtyards and terraces.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2022

US studio Heliotrope Architects has minimized site disturbances while creating a cedar -clad holiday home on a wooded hillside in the Pacific Northwest. The clients initially tapped Seattle's Heliotrope Architects to consult on the site selection and then hired the firm to design the dwelling itself. "We Cabinetry: Space Theory.

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Dwell

MAY 17, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The original architecture explored a garden-court concept: three detached structures around a generous enclosed garden inspired by Latin American courtyards. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

MARCH 14, 2024

Architecture practice Studio Guma has overhauled an old farmhouse in Normandy, retaining its stone and timber structure to "evoke the rural history" of the site. A space for gathering with loved ones, preserving an ambience of calm and privacy. It opens out onto a paved patio through large sliding glass doors.

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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 20, 2024

Nearly 75 per cent of the four-storey facade is xitle, a volcanic stone quarried from the excavation site that allows the building to fit naturally into its immediate context. Compared to the rough stone of the exterior, the interiors are warmed with natural wood elements and daylight interior spaces from multiple directions.

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