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 4, 2024

Windows reveal the city below The architects worked closely with engineers to devise a building with "dramatically cantilevered upper stories that spread out beyond the narrow site and over the rooftops of the neighbouring building". The building's facades are clad in red brick and metal panels.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Read: FGMF covers Brazilian house in translucent shell Floor-to-ceiling windows and the continuation of the interior ceiling to the exterior soffit create a subtle transition to the outside, marked by a thin black, metallic frame. In the dining area, a glass door opens to a wooden pergola that supports climbing plants.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2024

Inside, one finds bright rooms with earthy finishes such as oak and stone The house is topped with a series of pyramidal roofs that mimic the surrounding mountains. The steel cladding helps protect against wildfire Within the dwelling, one finds bright rooms with earthy finishes such as oak and stone.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Within the architectural studio, Baldridge Architects created a series of "residential nests" The team prioritised working with friends in the construction industry as it made significant changes to the complex, both inside and out. Within the architectural studio, the team created a series of "residential nests".

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Completed in 2022, the project known as Olvia contains 14 residential units and commercial space, totalling 4,285 square meters on a steep 760-square metre in the Bellavista neighbourhood of the country's capital city. On the interior, finishes are clean and simple The panels – each 3.15

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

It is naturally fireproof along with steel-plate window frames." The interior features dark-toned finishes, which serve as a "welcome respite for the eyes in the desert". A lacquer finish was added in high-use areas. The western portion of the plan encompasses two bedrooms and a primary suite, along with a carport.

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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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Dwell

JULY 26, 2022

The carbon-sequestering construction is on display throughout the interiors, where Maich Swift Architects added subtle finishes and fixtures for warm, welcoming spaces. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners.

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Deezen

JUNE 19, 2022

On the street-facing facade, windows were kept small enough to retain privacy while still allowing light to enter and for the inhabitants to view the surroundings. As it extends into its garden, the exterior completely envelops the programme and the large windows blur the boundaries between spaces.". Engineering: Tomás Rodríguez.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

A residential extension wrapped in galvanised metal is positioned over a garden and attached to an old carriage house in this project by Montreal studio Thomas Balaban Architecte. TBA repaired the brick facade and replaced windows. Finishes include polished concrete flooring and plywood wall cladding.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The house is resolved on three floors with a steel structure, an element that orders and organizes all the structural decisions. The directionality of the windows responds to the curvature of the corrugated sheets on the subfloor, making their connection appear much more harmonious.

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2024

A curved concrete roof features in the kitchen "By extending the ground floor finishes through the full-width doors into the rear yard, the garden and high-level green trellises at the rear of the site form the fourth wall to the rear wing," studio director Sam Crawford told Dezeen. The photography is by Tom Ferguson.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 14, 2019

In the beginning, when you are starting to plan your budget for building a new house, residential construction costs are not that complicated unless you really want to make them that way. Structural Engineer – very cost effective service to retain and in some cases, a mandatory consultant to retain.

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Deezen

AUGUST 26, 2022

Windows look out onto the central deck and the pepper tree, while a breakfast bar at one end features a large opening with a view towards nearby Mount Kembla. The interiors are predominantly clad in timber sheeting chosen to provide a warm and natural finish without requiring additional finishing. Structural Engineer: Northrop.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The second floor is illuminated by six new dormer windows and accommodates another two bedrooms plus their respective en-suite bathrooms. The principal bedroom is largely clad in wood, save for a section on the rear wall that is finished in chintzy floral wallpaper. Structural engineer: Price and Myers.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Earthy finishes were used throughout the home Earthy finishes such as wood and stone are found throughout the dwelling. Garapa wood was used for soffits and for door and window surrounds. White oak was used for the flooring and cabinetry Bathroom finishes include Tadelakt black plaster and Giotto quartzite.

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Deezen

MARCH 13, 2022

The clients were able to see beyond the dated materials and finishes," said the studio, and from there they decided to update the entire house. The former bay windows have been replaced with a solid white facade. Clerestory windows were installed in the kitchen. Structural engineer: ZFA.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2023

Read: Ryall Sheridan raises Wetlands House above coastal site on New York's Long Island This airy living room has west-facing windows that overlook the adjacent tree farm. Ash flooring continues from the primary room into the more enclosed rooms like the primary bedroom, where large white-framed windows direct views.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The interior palette uses natural materials like stone and oak and madrone wood finishes. The interior palette features stone, oak and madrone wood finishes The glazed walls disappear into concealed compartments to open the pavilions to the northside patio and pool area.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2023

It uses a blackened stained finish on its facade. Employing the Japanese aesthetic philosophy of wabi-sabi – the beauty of the imperfect and incomplete – the north volume uses a natural cedar finish while on the south volume, the cedar has been stained black. Civil engineer: McNeil Engineering. Photo is by Lucy Call.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2023

The studio renovated the finishes and restored some of the original layouts. Each of the home's windows is unique — including narrow vertical fenestrations, triple arches, multicoloured "dalle de verre", cross-reeded privacy windows, domed skylights and floor-to-ceiling plate glass. Mechanical engineer : Monterey Energy Group.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2023

Waechter Architecture create an "all-wood" building in Oregon Apart from the exterior weathering steel "rain jacket", rock wool insulation, and radiant concrete flooring, all of the surfaces of the building are exposed wood, "without any need for additional finishes or fireproofing". Operable windows were also arranged around the building.

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Deezen

JUNE 26, 2023

Down one side, a series of steps finished in the same pigment offer outdoor seating and leads to open spaces at the top of the garden, where softer landscaping accommodates safer play for the client's children. The open living space extends towards the front of the house, where a bay window frames views of the front garden.

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Deezen

JULY 6, 2023

"The 24-acre property had been neglected for more than a decade, so our work involved refreshing finishes, opening under-lit spaces to the landscape, solving sources of water damage, and shaping a landscape to unify the domestic complex," said In Situ Studio founder Matt Griffin. The photography is by Cristóbal Palma.

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Deezen

APRIL 7, 2022

Large windows and skylights illuminate the upper level. Interior finishes include white oak flooring with a "purposefully pronounced grain", painted sheetrock walls and grey bathroom tiles. The team paid special attention to the windows, which are triple-paned and aluminium-clad by the German company Unilux. by three metres).

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Deezen

MARCH 6, 2022

TYPE 's design centres around simple, quality materials that can be left exposed, so they don't need external finishes. Details include an exposed concrete structure, lime plaster walls, a floor of quarry tiles and furniture elements made from ash and Douglas fir. An upholstered window seat lines the picture window.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 8, 2022

These function as clerestory windows at first-floor level and wrap around the solid walls on the ground floor to form a rain screen. The vertical format glass planks accentuate height, and their textured cast-glass finish allows soft light to bathe interior spaces without compromising privacy to nearby neighbours," the studio explained.

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Deezen

JULY 6, 2022

Set on a 385-hectare residential development, along a lake with an 800-metre waterski run, the building holds a range of spaces for relaxing and socialising. Finishes include volcanic stone, American red oak and sustainable wood decking from Kebony , a Norwegian company. Structural engineering: Metal y Madera and Alba Estructural.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2023

The interior of the living space has been finished with a dark palette of tiled grey floors, and wood-lined ceilings and walls with large areas of built-in storage. Areas of exposed concrete have been left visible in the lower spaces of the home, while simple wall finishes and wooden floors bring a warmer feel to the bedrooms.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2022

The interiors of the home are finished with natural materials. "It The cabinetry is lined with oak wood, while the floor, worktops, prep counter and chunky window seat are crafted from pale grey limestone, which the studio preferred to use instead of cement-based products. Structural engineer: Architecture for London.

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Deezen

MARCH 7, 2022

This standard was met by creating a heavily insulated external envelope for the dwelling, teamed with a Passivhaus-rated front door and triple glazed windows and roof lights. All the windows are triple glazed. Structural engineer: Osbourne Edwards. Douglas fir and spruce detailing features throughout.

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Deezen

MARCH 26, 2023

While parts of the Floating House are enclosed by wood-framed windows, around 70 per cent of its spaces are left open to the outside, including cantilevering balconies and a rooftop terrace. It is elevated above ground to mitigate the impacts of flooding "We composed the house as three slabs floating above the ground," explained SDA.

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AUGUST 8, 2021

The irregularity of the climatic condition of the steeply sloped, east-facing site also informed the placement of the operable windows to optimize passive ventilation strategies (which include inducing a stack effect for cooling during the hottest months of the year). Motorized clerestory windows will facilitate stack-effect cooling.

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Deezen

JULY 18, 2023

We also chose a glazed terracotta [finish] which features a shiny surface [and] brings the custom curved forms and shapes to life, giving the facade depth, reflecting light and capturing shadow." We're not interested in generic design: architecture must reinvent a site's history and context," said Studio V founder Jay Valgora.

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Deezen

MARCH 10, 2023

Slotted into a residential area in Hackney , the groundbreaking Murray Grove garnered international recognition when it was completed in 2009. With a nine-storey superstructure constructed almost entirely out of cross-laminated timber (CLT), it had just become the world's tallest timber residential building.

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Deezen

JULY 18, 2022

Ample glazing in the main suite – including a large window and bathroom skylight – offers an ever-changing interplay of light and shadow, the team said. Throughout the home, the team used earthy finishes such as wide-plank, white oak flooring. Structural engineer: GOGO Structural Engineers.

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