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JANUARY 2, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Their vision was to create a modern house nestled in the backyard while preserving the charm of their existing 1940s, 850-square-foot Arts and Crafts bungalow. Have one to share? Post it here.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Architecture studio Ingenhoven Architects has created a series of buildings topped with large, overhanging thatched roofs for the Lanserhof Sylt health resort on the Germany island of Sylt. Its building is topped with a thatch roof that measures 7,100 square metres – making it the largest in Europe.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Granary House is a two-storey guesthouse featuring a slate roof, a roof terrace and a slatted timber facade that integrates sliding panels. Granary House is a two-bedroom guesthouse in Arouca. The house has a dynamic facade of sliding wooden screens and glass doors.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

US studio Robert Gurney Architect has completed a beachfront house in Delaware consisting of "simple and pure forms" wrapped in white cedar, salvaged barn wood and fibre-cement panels. Named after the community where it is located, the Cotton Patch Hills House sits on an oceanfront site in Bethany Beach, Delaware.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. In order to avoid impacting the ground too much, the house was built on columns, to prevent earth from moving. Due to a limited budget, the house was very simple in terms of finishing.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

Steeply-pitched roofs animate two of the homes in this roundup , which spotlights Dezeen's top five houses of the month for August 2023. Also on the list is a dwelling decorated with shiny green tiles, a trapezoidal concrete home and a beach house clad in blackened wood.

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MAY 1, 2024

Located along the Kona Coast on the island of Hawaii , the house was designed for a family who wanted a functional and beautiful retreat that was minimalist in spirit. The project, called Hale Kiawe, is a phrased combining the name of the trees and the Hawaiian word for house. The photography is by Matthew Millman.

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MAY 14, 2023

A single concrete column supports the walls and roof of this house by Japanese studio IGArchitects, creating a flexible interior that can be opened up to the surrounding landscape. Like an opened umbrella, the roof and walls [of the home] are extended from the only column," explained IGArchitects.

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JULY 31, 2022

US studio Desai Chia Architecture designed a highly sculptural, waterfront home wrapped in concrete and charred cypress that has vaulted roofs resembling wings. Roughly rectangular in plan, the dwelling has cutouts, cantilevers and multiple sloped roofs that combine in a sculptural way. Oak trees protect the home from glare and heat.

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AUGUST 31, 2022

An oversized gabled roof sits atop this Mexican countryside home by local architecture studio Estudio Atemporal, creating a covered space that extends the living room outside. Located roughly two hours driving from the Mexican capital, the 143-square-metre house was completed as a retreat for a city-dwelling family.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Mjölk Architekti has renovated a 130-year-old dwelling in the north of the Czech Republic , adding a glass extension , sunken living area and domed skylight. This levels off at a 90-degree angle from the steeply pitched existing roof. Behind the curtain of the original cabin, a glittering glass extension has sprung up.".

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JANUARY 22, 2022

Brazilian architecture studio Debaixo do Bloco Arquitetura has built a concrete home in Brasília made up of three volumes, each lit by a central light well carved out of its angular roof. The house in Brasília is formed from concrete. "A Each of the volumes has an angular roof that pitches towards the centre, forming a light well.

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MARCH 28, 2024

US studio Michael Hennessey Architecture has revitalised an ageing suburban house near San Francisco , adding black cladding and bright finishes to form a family home that bridges the past, present and future. The roof is covered in standing-seam metal. Lofty ceilings and large stretches of glass provide an airy feel.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The five-level house is delicately stacked along a steep slope in a densely vegetated site. The two-tiered roof is supported by round concrete columns. A small rectangular pool holds the edge of the deck with a glass railing A small rectangular pool holds the edge of the deck with a glass railing to protect the edge of the balcony.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

London studio Coffey Architects has completed The Tannery, a mixed-use project in Bermondsey that combines housing , artist's studios and a gallery around a central courtyard. One is intended for the public and is more formal and paved, while the other is for residents and is finished with wild planting.

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DECEMBER 26, 2023

Materials from a dismantled warehouse were used to build this courtyard house named Dailly, which local studio Mamout has nestled between two buildings in Belgium. The concept is therefore to have a low, long house lit by patios." The sloping roof considerably increases the feeling of space," said Busana.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Stradella Ridge house sits on a steep, triangular property in Bel Air, an affluent neighbourhood in the foothills of the Santa Monica mountains. The house has two main levels, a basement and a rooftop terrace Roughly V-shaped in plan, the building has an angular form that was driven by the site's orientation and geometry.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Local studio Geddes Ulinskas Architects has completed an expansive home in Cow Hollow, San Francisco with indoor-outdoor spaces, a cast glass staircase and stone detailing. Geddes Ulinskas Architects added wood-wrapped roof eaves to the structure. Sliding glass doors continue throughout the home. "We

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APRIL 9, 2022

Exposed, white-painted concrete contrasts a delicate, skylit metal staircase at this minimalist house in Mataró, Barcelona , designed by local practice Vallribera Arquitectes. Vallribera Arquitectes has created a three-storey row house in Barcelona. We envision the courtyard as another room in the house, without a roof," it added.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

Jenny Peysin Architecture has completed a house in the Hamptons with a poured-in-place concrete envelope and a glazed living space. The concrete bar – which contains circulation and sleeping spaces – was Jenny Peysin Architecture's first time working with cast-in-place concrete as an all-in-one finished facade and structural material.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Dutch studio WillemsenU has completed a house that is partially buried underground to blend in with its rural surroundings in Eindhoven , the Netherlands. Appropriately called The House Under the Ground, the home is designed by WillemsenU to "enhance the beauty" of its site and act as a retreat for the couple who own it.

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DECEMBER 17, 2023

Italian architect Antonino Cardillo has completed a house near Lake Garda featuring steep ceilings, arched doorways and a palette of textured plaster and marble. This room features marble walls and textured plaster ceilings The layout centres around a grand first-floor living room described as "the soul of this house".

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

A dwelling overlooking a Scottish loch like a modern-day castle and a tiny home in Switzerland converted from a rustic wood store are among Dezeen's Houses of the month for November. Read on to find out more about Dezeen readers' favourite houses this month: Photo is by Iñaki Bergera. Find out more about LR House ›.

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MAY 15, 2024

Eight concrete siloes were retained for the Colboc Sachet Architects development While the majority of the site had been cleared, its eight large concrete silos remained, six of which were used to house the art gallery and the remaining two to create a dramatic skylit entrance to the Renaissance Hotel.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

A curvy canopy with a rooftop reflecting pool is among the standout features at a Long Island house designed by US studios Steven Harris Architects and Rees Roberts & Partners to embrace its sand-dune setting. On the ground level, one finds multiple guest bedrooms, back-of-house spaces and an indoor basketball court.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Brazilian practice Studio KUNZ has created a compact gabled house that cantilevers from a sloped site in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Located on the urban edge of the town, the house caters to the client's love of the countryside with warm wood accents that reference the araucaria trees that frame the sloping site.

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APRIL 29, 2022

The 6,500-square foot home comprises three wood-and-glass volumes set on varying levels to correspond with the sloping site. Rich materials and finishes along with radiant-heated stone floors throughout. The main floor has a series of sliding glass doors that opens the living area up to a sunken patio.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

They say everything is bigger in Texas , as this midcentury modern home by Jack Stehling attests – it has a three-storey glass atrium and a conversation pit that seats eight. The updated kitchen is separate and features glossy white cabinets, contrasting wood and marble finishes, and Blumotion soft-close drawers.

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JANUARY 28, 2023

Glossy ceramic tiles in shades of green and blue cover the twisting form of Villa BW, a house in the Dutch village of Schoorl designed by architecture studio Mecanoo. Here, glass doors lead out to a stepped wooden terrace that wraps the northern end of the home.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Architecture practice Studio Zhu-Pei drew on traditional Chinese architecture to create the sweeping concrete roofs and stone walls of the Zibo OCT Art Centre in the eastern province of Shandong. In between these blocks, a number of alleyway-like spaces between the high masonry walls are sheltered by the oversized eaves of the concrete roofs.

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JULY 1, 2023

British studio Ström Architects has completed a minimalist home in Cheltenham, UK , which references modernist Case Study Houses in California. Aptly named Case House, it is defined by pared-back finishes and forms, and layers of walls and gardens that buffer its light, airy interiors from the adjacent busy road.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

Presented at this year's Designblok festival in Prague , Cake Houses is a modular home concept that allows clients to design bespoke homes via an online configurator. Founded by Matyáš Švejdík, Pavel Špringl and Šimon Marek, the team behind the Cake Houses project describes it as an "architectural recipe for modular wooden houses".

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MARCH 9, 2023

A jagged metal roofscape shelters large open terraces at the Lateral Verandah House, a dwelling near Pune , India, designed by local studio Malik Architecture. The house is built on a stone plinth "Everywhere, there are allusions to the surroundings and to the past," the studio continued.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

The U-shaped is located just outside of Mexico City The shallow 455-square-metre, U-shaped house was arranged so that all of the recreational areas are along the perimeter and the house can be opened in four cardinal directions to bring in light, air and views of the surrounding golf course.

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MARCH 2, 2024

Prague studio Byró Architekti has renovated a 19th-century house in the Czech town of Kutná Hora, adding unexpected openings and colourful joinery that create a playful contrast with the original interior. The house's main feature is a spiral staircase that forms a vertical circulation core at the centre of the plan.

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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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APRIL 15, 2024

The finished basement (a rarity in most midcentury-modern homes) provides additional living space that can serve as bonus sleeping quarters, a bathroom, storage, and a laundry room. Floor-to-ceiling glass doors lead to a covered terrace that celebrates the original beam construction." for a House With Ocean Views.

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