Deezen

JULY 13, 2022

Tokyo-based Nori Architects responded with a compact two-storey home characterised by its exposed timber structure and simple interior and exterior finishes. Within a limited budget, we devised ways to ensure high performance with a combination of thoroughly reduced materials and low-priced equipment," explained the practice.

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Deezen

JANUARY 15, 2024

Red brickwork and perforated metal panels bring an industrial feel to this compact infill home in Dublin , which has been completed by Irish architecture studio Gró Works. To the northwest, a small covered balcony overlooks the home's entrance, partially wrapped by vertical metal louvres.

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Deezen

MAY 10, 2024

Promotion: Italian architect Elisa Ossino has designed a "tactile" showroom in Milan for Swiss home appliance brand V-Zug. Overlooking Piazza San Marco in the Italian city's Brera district, the space is organised into two areas – one that displays V-Zug 's home appliances and one that functions as an "interactive kitchen".

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Dutch studio Francois Verhoeven Architects has completed Villa K340, a house in The Hague formed of interlocking blocks finished with contrasting timber and plaster. The garage at the front of the home is topped by a green roof. Where the block-like forms interlock, small cut-outs and overhangs are created.

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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. Russell Jones has used timber to create a mews home in Highgate. Read: Russell Jones inserts small black home into Victorian outbuilding in London.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The home interiors offer a similarly subtle material palette with off-white walls and black steel detailing, though complemented instead with pale wooden flooring. Here the views are more expansive, the natural light vaster and through the openings, on the extra thick window reveals, the ever-present red concrete."

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Living rooms with tactile brick , concrete and wood surfaces feature in this lookbook , which shows that opting for industrial materials doesn't have to sacrifice cosiness. To add warmth to the space, these finishes are balanced with natural details including dark wooden floorboards and furniture , suede chairs and a textile wall tapestry.

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2024

This week's lookbook rounds up eight interiors with furnishings and surfaces finished in burl-wood veneer, allowing its swirly, psychedelic graining to serve a decorative function. Mixed and matched with other patterns, the material is now used to communicate a kind of organic understated luxury, much like natural stone.

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Deezen

MAY 24, 2023

Promotion: an office with plaster walls that looks like rammed earth and a hotel bar with ombre walls, which fade from fiery red to burnt orange feature in this roundup of interiors finished in custom plaster walls by British brand Clayworks.

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Urban Design Associates

APRIL 26, 2024

You don’t have to compromise beautiful design or your comfort standards when aiming to reduce the environmental footprint of your luxury custom home. Here are four trends we are seeing in sustainable luxury properties that you can use to lower the environmental impact of your dream home. You help the local economy.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The British Columbia company’s gable-sided residences start at $290 per square foot and prioritize finishes that are toxin-free. From prefab tiny houses and modular cabin kits to entire homes ready to ship, their projects represent some of the best ideas in the industry. The siding is darkened with a low-VOC, formaldehyde-free stain.

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Deezen

MARCH 3, 2023

Australian architect Emily Sandstrom has transformed a run-down 1930s bungalow in Sydney by adding an extension that was partly built from demolition materials. Sandstrom aimed to restore the home, which had been left untouched for decades, and celebrate its original features including picture rails and ceiling mouldings.

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Deezen

APRIL 30, 2024

Architecture studio Unknown Works has renovated a terraced London house called Oasis, adding a side and rear extension to create a flexible interior and maximise natural light. This maximises light and space while establishing a better connection with the garden where large fig and bay trees have been retained. "You

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Deezen

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. Dailly is arranged around two courtyards and features colourful spaces filled with reclaimed materials. The concept is therefore to have a low, long house lit by patios."

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

An angular black volume sits atop a cork-clad ground floor to form Casa 9, a home that Italian studio LCA Architetti has added to a valley on the border between Italy and Switzerland. A paved walkway runs along the front of the home's ground floor, which has a rectangular footprint designed to match the forms of the surrounding buildings.

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Habitus Living

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Presented with such a challenge, interior designer Royston Ho from Oblivion Lab has used colours, materials and decisive space planning strategies to convert the unit into a homey abode. The clients love the wabi-sabi aesthetic and wanted to incorporate elements of it into their home,” says Royston.

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Deezen

MARCH 7, 2024

A lattice facade and tropical plants wrap around the walls of this home , which local studio Wallflower Architecture + Design has created alongside Singapore Botanic Gardens. Named Touching Eden House, the home was designed to celebrate the surrounding greenery and is enveloped in a dark timber lattice.

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Deezen

APRIL 21, 2024

Shades of green, red and yellow run throughout this lookbook , which collects nine home interiors enlivened by colourful window frames. The irregularly placed windows help enliven the otherwise neutral finishes to the home while adding a sense of "individuality" to its uniform structure, the studio said.

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Deezen

APRIL 3, 2024

Thick walls of local stone shelter Caochan na Creige, a home in Scotland 's Outer Hebrides by local practice Izat Arundell designed to "sit respectfully in the landscape". Looking to blend the home in with its dramatic surroundings, Izat Arundell finished the simple, timber-frame structure with blocks of local stone called Lewisian Gneiss.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Indian studio Blurring Boundaries has used organic forms and natural materials throughout Asmalay, a curvaceous home that wraps around trees in a forest near Mumbai. Nestled within a network of mango trees in Indian coastal town Alibag, the house was designed to showcase the connection between architecture and nature.

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Deezen

JANUARY 7, 2024

Textured concrete designed to withstand the Mediterranean climate defines Shift House, a tiered holiday home by Nomo Studio on the island of Menorca. Shift House is formed of displaced rectangular volumes built into the hillside, finished with a facade of alternating striated concrete walls and continuous window bands.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Spanish architect Juan Gurrea Rumeu used a palette of warm, textural materials and carefully positioned voids to create atmospheric living spaces inside this house he designed for himself and his wife in Barcelona. The house's exterior is rendered using a textured stucco that evokes rustic Catalan properties called masias.

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Deezen

MARCH 8, 2024

Large rocks from the surrounding area are suspended in a gabion wall around The Infinite Rise, a holiday home in southern India by local architecture practice Earthscape Studio. Since we did not want to disturb the natural landform, we utilised the space and made it camouflage with the existing landscape," he continued.

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Dwell

APRIL 29, 2024

The central courtyard can be enjoyed from multiple rooms and brings in soft natural light. The recently renovated interior preserved as much of the original finishes as possible to stay true to Replinger’s design. The midcentury design seamlessly blends the indoor and outdoor elements.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2024

Funnel-shaped concrete skylights illuminate a plant-filled courtyard at the centre of this home in Bangalore , India , which has been designed by local studio A Threshold to "blur boundaries between the inside and outside". It's an attempt to transform the space into a place, making the house into a home that celebrates life."

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Deezen

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Indonesian practice Stilt Studios has completed a series of "nature-centric" villas for the Grün Uluwatu resort in Bali , which are elevated on steel columns to sit among the tree canopy. This approach allows for a more sustainable and harmonious coexistence between the built environment and nature,” he added.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2024

Interiors studio YSG has upgraded a home in Sydney 's Mosman suburb to feature "lavish yet tranquil" interiors that are more akin to those of a luxury hotel. The three-storey house previously had drab grey walls and awkwardly placed partitions but now features more coherently connected rooms finished in a sumptuous mix of materials.

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The Architecture Designs

APRIL 18, 2024

Building or renovating a home is an exciting yet challenging endeavor. From laying the foundation to adding the finishing touches, every step requires careful planning, skilled labor, and attention to detail. Foundation Construction : The foundation is the backbone of any home, providing support and stability.

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Architizer

MARCH 2, 2023

Michaela Maresch: COMMOD “The Little Black One” was definitely inspired by nature. The Little Black is an amazing example of how architecture can set the stage for the beauty of nature. I think that people currently desire to live closer to nature than ever before and this house reflects a simple yet stunning way to do so.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 19, 2023

When you think of a building – whatever scale or project type, the items that go to create that building are most frequently associated with the materials that are selected that define the appearance of the building. Continue reading Ep 121: Material Selection at Life of an Architect. The "Why" jump to 12:51 Why choose the material?

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Habitus Living

JULY 9, 2023

From preserving the integrity of the organic designs invented by nature, to protecting the physical environment from further pollution, Neolith is a guardian of the natural world — both in practice and in design. Neolith products are made from 100 per cent natural materials and are manufactured in carbon-neutral conditions.

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Dwell

MARCH 21, 2024

The new owners wanted to transform it into a warm and joyful home. The studio MMNK Architects focused on working towards this goal by designing a lively and easy-to-live-in house, emphasizing generous spaces, bringing natural light into all areas, and using natural materials that would age beautifully.

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Dwell

APRIL 22, 2022

Studio Hagen Hall added a rooftop suite and finished each level with a blend of timber, clay, concrete, and green quartzite. At last that opportunity came around as I gained planning permission to build a mansard extension for my home in Hackney." The natural light also animates the palette of natural materials. "We

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Deezen

JANUARY 11, 2024

British studio Will Gamble Architects has completed an extension and refurbishment to a family home in Croydon, London , defined by a contemporary colonnade spanning across the rear facade. The home] lacked a significant visual or physical connection to this natural outlook," Kelsey explained. "A

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Architizer

APRIL 1, 2024

A home’s materials tell a story of how we live. Nestled in the picturesque mountains of Colorado stands a remarkable testament to sustainable material sourcing. In turn, the project’s redwood cladding reflects a family’s values as they built a home of their own. Logs are then processed into lumber. not imported.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Informed by the greenhouses that once occupied the site, local architecture studio Hayhurst and Co added bamboo planting behind polycarbonate screens to the facade of a family home in London. An atrium at the centre of the home lets natural light into the interior and naturally cools the house by stack ventilation.

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Dwell

MAY 1, 2024

They enclosed a balcony to create a larger living area, finished it in cedar and Douglas fir, and then peppered in beloved furnishings. An underutilized outdoor balcony at the back of the house was brought inside, creating a new social area and dining room for the home. Have one to share? Post it here. It Finally Feels Like Theirs.

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