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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Industrial Materials Interior Inspiration 143

Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Named Barwon Heads House, the project was designed by Melbourne studio Adam Kane Architects as a contemporary dwelling that embodied a "relaxed, coastal lifestyle". Its transformation led it to be shortlisted house interior of the year in the Dezeen Awards 2022 and win the public vote for the same category.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Named Clinic in Anif, the two-storey project by Steiner Architecture houses a ground-floor respiratory clinic along with two individual apartment units on the upper floor. The home interiors offer a similarly subtle material palette with off-white walls and black steel detailing, though complemented instead with pale wooden flooring.

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Finishes Architecture Roofing Windows 135

Deezen

JULY 13, 2022

Japanese practice Nori Architects has completed Minimum House in Toyota, Japan , as a "new prototype of urban housing" designed to reduce construction waste and be easily repaired or adapted in the future. Minimum House was designed by Nori Architects. The studio used simple materials for its construction.

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Deezen

APRIL 21, 2024

Walls of exposed concrete define this skinny house in Saitama, Japan , which local studio IGArchitects designed with a width of just 2.7 IGArchitects has created a skinny house in Japan "Land in Tokyo and surrounding cities is very expensive," IGArchitects founder Masato Igarashi told Dezeen. "We

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Housing Windows Home Residential 136

Deezen

JUNE 16, 2023

Raw, tactile materials including clay tiles, earthenware pots and compressed earth bricks define this courtyard home near Chennai, India , designed by local practice Rain Studio. The structure was built from a combination of reclaimed and regional materials, which were left raw wherever possible. The photography is by Yash R Jain.

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Contemporary Materials Home Technique 141

Hotel Designs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Perhaps this is why there has been an increase in noise around hotel clients wanting to shelter a residential style in hospitality and why, meanwhile, guests checking in want to take a little bit of their hotel experience home with them. For me, it’s about having tactile materials.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2024

Indian architecture studio Nowhere has renovated a house in Hyderabad called Mayalogili, coating it with a rough red-brown plaster made with brick and marble dust produced during the project. The post Nowhere uses brick dust to plaster refurbished house in Hyderabad appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Vivek Eadara.

Housing 120

Housing Renovation Exterior Finishes 120

Deezen

JUNE 22, 2022

Local studio Oliver Leech Architects and interior designer Juliet O'Caroll used a palette of pale pink colours and materials for this extension and refurbishment of a Victorian terrace in London. Oliver Leech Architects has extended a Victorian house in London. A pale pink material palette was developed with Juliet O'Caroll. "[We]

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Materials Housing Architect Structural Engineering 111

Deezen

APRIL 20, 2024

The kitchens in this roundup exemplify how a combination of seemingly clashing materials can create a rich and interesting palette. Here are eight kitchens with eye-catching material palettes made up of contrasting colours and textures. This was contrasted with cool tones in the polished floor and steel-blue-painted ceiling.

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Materials Interior Concept Inspiration 114

Architizer

JANUARY 24, 2024

’ Superlatives should never factor, choices should be led by overriding environmental factors, and the finished product should complement the setting, not make unreasonable demands. Greening By Design Garden House by Aaron Neubert Architects , California The benefits ‘ greening ‘ offers people cannot be understated.

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Residential Sustainability Design Regulation 106

Deezen

MARCH 6, 2022

Raw concrete, burnt clay and natural wood come together in this extension to an end-of-terrace house in south London, designed by architecture studio TYPE. TYPE 's design centres around simple, quality materials that can be left exposed, so they don't need external finishes. Bench seating is built into the Douglas fir facade.

Materials 111

Materials Housing Windows Structural Engineering 111

Deezen

JANUARY 2, 2024

A zigzagging plan was used to bring "spatial depth" to the small site of House in Fujiidera, a family home in Osaka , Japan , designed by local studio FujiwaraMuro Architects. Created for a family of four on a narrow site, the home is formed of a cluster of blocks with contrasting finishes that intersect around a series of small courtyards.

Housing 119

Housing Architect Finishes Roofing 119

Deezen

APRIL 24, 2024

Planted balconies surround open living spaces at this house in Bangalore , designed by Indian studio 4site Architects for a nature-loving family. Named House of Greens, the four-bedroom home is informed by Bangalore's history of green spaces and parks, which have earned it the moniker of the "garden city" of India.

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Space Housing Architect Finishes 141

Deezen

MAY 11, 2024

New York studio BoND has "brought back the simplicity" to this modernist home on Fire Island by stripping away finishes from previous renovations and adjusting the internal layout. The post BoND revives mid-century Sears Catalog kit house in Fire Island Pines appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Chris Mottalini.

Housing 126

Housing Renovation Glass Finishes 126

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

Structural Engineering 105

Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering Residential 105

Deezen

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

It's comprised of three buildings – a garage, a guest house and the main residence – that sit atop a rocky outcropping with views of the surrounding property. Sanders Architecture designed the house in the central Texas. "In The home has a guest house and a swimming pool. The interiors feature weathered materials.

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Contemporary Materials Housing Architecture 111

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

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Harbour House – located in the quiet residential neighbourhood of Sydney’s lower North Shore – is the transformation of a three-level ‘80s residence, which authentically embodies the owner’s playful yet relaxed personality. Finishes Dulux. And as for the powder room? Grazia & Co. The Woodroom. Space Furniture.

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Housing Residential Finishes Home 98

Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2024

Dezeen's top five houses of the month for January include an "unyielding" travertine-clad holiday home on the Danish coast and a fluted concrete villa built into a Spanish hillside. This is not a utilitarian building on a laneway, but one that has presence and enlivens the laneway as a traditional home does a street."

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Housing Roofing Home Residential 131

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The home references traditional rural Czech dwellings "But then we kind of completely embraced them, especially when we saw the finished symmetrical red gable roof protruding in the landscape amongst the other similar houses, it began to feel right," Zizka told Dezeen. The photography is by Fredrik Frendin.

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Materials Home Regulation Roofing 111

Deezen

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Known as Casa VJC Iporanga, the 660-square-metre summer retreat is located in a residential condominium complex in Guarujá, roughly 100 kilometers southeast of São Paulo on the Atlantic coast. The five-level house is delicately stacked along a steep slope in a densely vegetated site. The photography is by Fran Parente.

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Housing Sketching Interior Exterior 132

Deezen

JULY 8, 2022

Located on a long, narrow backland plot in a conservation area, the 127-square-metre, four-storey home turns inward with a palette of pale, natural materials to create an "escape from the world outside". The site previously held the garage and rear garden of an adjoining house, which informed the design of the new building. "[The]

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Finishes Structure Home Exterior 134

Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Raw finishes and "as found" materials informed by brutalist architecture are used throughout this home , which Portuguese studio Atelier Local has created on a nature reserve near Porto. Called House in Ancede, the house sits on the site of a former stone ruin that it was required to roughly match in terms of its footprint and volume.

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Housing Architecture Finishes Windows 131

Deezen

APRIL 6, 2024

North Drive House was the childhood home of one of the owners. The living room includes contemporary furniture and a ribbon-like fireplace by Brooklyn designer Leyden Lewis The team retained the existing layout and circulation while updating the spaces with fresh materials, colours and forms. A 15-foot-long (4.5-metre)

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Contemporary Art Housing Renovation 117

Deezen

APRIL 17, 2024

Located in the beach town of Encinitas, just north of San Diego , the house was designed to replace a family's existing ranch-style home that no longer fit their needs. Its design was informed by the surrounding California climate Roughly square in plan, the new house rises two levels and totals 3,223 square feet (299 square metres).

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Housing Design Interior Exterior 139

Deezen

APRIL 20, 2024

Named Bury Gate Farm, the five-bedroom house replaces a 1950s bungalow on a sloped site on the outskirts of Pulborough, which overlooks fields and woodland. The materials aim to complement local architecture Bury Gate Farm has a stepped plan, with living spaces positioned to the south and organised linearly along the colonnade.

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Housing Architect Structural Engineering Landscape 132

Deezen

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.

Housing 133

Housing Structural Engineering Roofing Site 133

Deezen

MARCH 22, 2024

The Palm Springs Art Museum has unveiled the reconstructed Aluminaire House in California, a modernist house originally designed in the 1930s by architect Albert Frey and editor A Lawrence Kocher. The three-storey house has a boxy frame with an entry program that is pushed back and framed by pilotis.

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Housing Deconstruction Modern Foundation 130

Deezen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Brazilian studio Bloco Arquitetos has used prefabricated elements to create a house with two stacked, perpendicular volumes clad with screens in Brasília. Known as the 350 House, the 500-square metre residence can be completely opened to light and views or closed for privacy because of the many screens along its side.

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Housing Exterior Structure Finishes 128

Deezen

JANUARY 15, 2024

Red brickwork and perforated metal panels define the home's exterior "The materiality and design language intend to strike a balance between the robust, utilitarian rear lane that it abuts and the ornate neighbouring terraces," explained the studio. The photography is by Fionn McCann.

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Materials Home Windows Transportation 133

Habitus Living

MARCH 16, 2022

Not many magazines can claim similar longevity or influence, but Steel Profile has remained relevant to its wide readership by charting the exciting evolution of steel, from humble structural component to today’s high-end finishes and effects. Arts West, University of Melbourne. steelselect.com.au/steelprofile. steelprofile.

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Innovation Materials Finishes Residential 98

Deezen

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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Finishes Home Windows Housing 98

Deezen

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 home sits on a steep, densely forested site with dramatic views of the Tung Fort ruins to the east, close to another residential project by the studio.

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Housing Architecture Glass Site 137

Deezen

APRIL 21, 2024

Whether painted wood, plastic or metal, opting for colourful window frames is an easy way to brighten a residential interior. Photo by Fred Howarth Camberwell Cork House, UK, by Delve Architects A bright forest green paint lines the window frames at Camberwell Cork House, helping to draw focus to the lush planting outside.

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Windows Interior Home Finishes 124

Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2022

The interiors of the home are finished with natural materials. "It Although Ridley and his team at Architecture for London carried out extensive renovation work they aimed to using natural materials and only make sustainably minded interventions. The house's original timber roof has been preserved.

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Renovation Materials Nature Home 145

Deezen

JUNE 1, 2022

The Forma project will comprise two towers, a 298-metre-tall western and a 262-metre-tall eastern tower, which will be the tallest residential towers ever designed by Gehry. The two towers of Forma are the tallest residential structures ever made by Frank Gehry. The Grand Suite has plush finishes.

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Visualization Residential Art Development 119