Deezen

MARCH 31, 2024

Oozing mortar joints create a "crusty crown" for The Brick House, a family home in Perth , Australia that has recently been completed by local practice Studio Roam. The project is the first of two terrace houses envisaged for the site, with the second a mirror image in plan." The photography is by Jack Lovel.

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Deezen

APRIL 24, 2023

Iruarrizaga designed the 500-square-metre house with a timber-clad upper level that bridges two rectangular concrete structures. The home is located by a lake in southern Chile Large windows on all sides of the upper level provide views of the surrounding landscape, including the lake, mountains and nearby Mocho Choshuenco volcano.

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Deezen

APRIL 23, 2024

American firm Lake Flato Architects has completed a family retreat on Long Island that consists of three barn-like structures wrapped in cedar and constructed using prefabricated timber elements. For interior finishes, the team used an abundance of wood, including white-washed pine, ebonised oak, reclaimed heart pine and plywood.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

At least once a week, I look at one particular wall in my living room and wonder why the person who built this place didn’t put a window there. So I decided to investigate the reality of adding a window and whether there are better options for more light than having somebody cut a big hole in the side of your house.

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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 2, 2022

Hacker Architects has renovated a 1970s house in central Oregon , removing walls to create a more spacious layout and preserving original design features that lend the home a "retro spirit". One way of doing this was by adding in a large window to the main living space. A large window was added to the main living space.

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Deezen

MARCH 10, 2023

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. The original house was later demolished. Wooden gabled houses are not uncommon in the area, as the pitched roof helps shed snow each winter.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 11, 2022

A new solution to America’s multifaceted housing frustrations is blowing up in New York’s Hudson River Valley thanks to a startup called Automatic Construction. After the concrete has cured to around 70% strength, shoring is removed while the membrane remains in place as a means of providing waterproofing for the structure.

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Deezen

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. Interior finishes include ash cabinetry, large-format porcelain floor tiles, and ceramic tiles around the fireplace.

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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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Deezen

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Japanese studio Kurosawa Kawara-Ten has used local and recycled materials to transform a vacant house into a workspace named Ichihara Life and Work Commission Office. It has a timber structure "The outshape of the building was almost the same as the building before," said Kurosawa.

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Deezen

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.

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Deezen

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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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.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

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. When not staying at the house, the clients rent it out. It is naturally fireproof along with steel-plate window frames."

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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.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2023

California studio Field Architecture designed this Sonoma Valley house out of a trio of fanning copper-clad pavilions with butterfly roofs. Named Madrone Ridge, the 4,920 square-foot (460 square-metre) house sits within the watershed of northern California's Russian River. the studio said. "By

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Deezen

MARCH 5, 2024

The first case study in our Social Housing Revival series looks at a housing block in Vienna organised around a central "common heart" that harks back to the city's golden age of municipal construction.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

A grassy mound conceals this brick pool house, which architecture studio Knox Bhavan has designed to be "virtually invisible" within the grounds of a Georgian home in Kent. A grassy mound conceals the building The pool house sits beside a paved area that surrounds a rectangular swimming pool at the centre of the garden.

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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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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. Vertical wood slats wrap the base The arrangement creates makes the structure appear balanced atop a slate staircase that provides a rustic base for the home's clean white lines.

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Deezen

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. The solid structure looks like it is floating." "The solid structure looks like it is floating." The photography is courtesy of IGArchitects.

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Deezen

MAY 6, 2024

The villas have private pools The two-storey, peach-toned volumes are topped with sloping roofs coated in locally sourced tiles and punctuated by bright blue-painted arched windows. Several walls are finished with fluted plastering and "reverse buttresses" that create shaded walkways. The photography is by Ekansh Goel.

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

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Deezen

JANUARY 25, 2024

D'Arcy Jones added a subterranean garage to the Canadian house Built in 1910, the residence is located on a sloped property. While many houses in the area back up to laneways, this home is sandwiched between two streets. The garage's exterior is meant to blend with the rest of the house. The photography is by Ema Peter.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Called Peninsula House, the dwelling is located near the town of Flinders, overlooking the Bass Strait and surrounded by farmland. 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.

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The Architecture Designs

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Exploring the Beauty of Milgard Bay Windows Windows play a pivotal role in shaping the aesthetics and functionality of a home, and among the various styles available, bay windows stand out for their elegance and versatility. Transformative Impact Beyond their aesthetic appeal, these windows offer practical benefits.

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Deezen

JANUARY 3, 2024

Michael Hsu Office of Architecture renovated an early 20th-century house in Austin Originally constructed in 1912, the home was once a brothel and had many renovations, becoming the first building south of the city's Colorado River to have power. The ground floor consists of multiple indoor and outdoor gathering spaces.

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Deezen

AUGUST 19, 2023

Cape Town -based architect Chris van Niekerk has completed Mountain House, a minimalist retreat in the rugged landscape of South Africa's southernmost city. The house is located in the foothills of Steenberg Ridge, a group of mountain peaks to the south of Cape Town. Others are formed of brickwork finished in lime plaster.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

So, when the couple purchased a small piece of land in Chewton, Australia, a town of 1,300 about 90 minutes outside Melbourne, they knew they wanted Noordhoff—despite being early in his career—to design a house that fit their lifestyle. "We We just had a connection," recalls James, who first met Noordhoff over 12 years ago.

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Deezen

APRIL 4, 2024

New York firm RKTB Architects has completed One Sullivan Place, a mixed-income apartment building that rises 12 storeys and cantilevers in two directions over the rooftop of an adjacent structure. Appearing as two distinct buildings, the structure has a front facade along Sullivan Place and a front facade along Washington Avenue.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Portuguese studio Risco has renovated the Beato Convent Events Centre, an events space housed within a former convent in Lisbon , sensitively updating its existing fabric and adding a series of contemporary additions. The cloister roof the is ultimate expression of our attitude towards the existing structure. "The

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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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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 photography is by Tuomas Uusheimo.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Raked concrete covers this T-shaped house , which architecture studio Spridd has slotted into a sloped site surrounded by trees on the island of Nacka in Stockholm. Appropriately called T House, the home was created by Spridd for a family, along with a separate guest apartment for an elderly relative.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Ryan Leidner Architecture completed the 2,500-square-foot (230-square metre) Hosono House in 2021, cladding the house in charcoal-stained cedar siding with a copper, standing seam roof. The bridge would span the lush front garden and connect to the house between the top and middle stories.

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Design Thoughts Architects

JANUARY 18, 2022

Sreenidhi’s Residence Making Structure. The external walls will now be finished, depending on the sort of house construction method used. It is now safe to install the windows and external doors after the heavy site work has been completed. Archana’s Residence Making Structure. Plot size: 40*60.

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