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The Kitchen in This Pacific Northwest Retreat Is Made From Douglas Fir Felled On-Site

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Located in Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula, the rambler-style home utilized the trees for the roof and a coffee table, too. On a secluded wooded site, the new structure grounds itself to the earth with its approach to material and form. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Forge Craft uses "hammock" approach to create outdoor space for transitional apartments

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Local studio Forge Craft Architecture + Design has created affordable apartments for people transitioning out of homelessness in Austin that feature a breezeway to encourage rest and preserve heritage trees on the site. Balconies painted in the same hue on either side look over the outdoor areas oriented around the oak trees.

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A Cozy Home on the Rugged Welsh Coast Takes Cross-Laminated Timber to Its Limits

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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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Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper

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Utility and storage elements are integrated into the room's vertical surfaces. The interior palette uses natural materials like stone and oak and madrone wood finishes. Upstairs, stone flooring transitions to wood and a windowed wall in the staircase looks out to the surrounding forest.

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Blood, Sweat, and Tears: The Birch Fircrest House

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Speranza has published widely on this subject through diverse lenses including geospatial information and parametric design, [and] on-site and off-site data acquisition.” Consistent with Philip’s research, real-world data, applied across all scales, is what drives his firm’s work.

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Flathead Valley Community College, Wachholz College Center

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The concrete panels not only provide for high-quality acoustics, but also a solid structure with durable finishes. To solve for the issue of sound separation between the programs, the design team utilized an acoustic isolation joint with isolation pads that support the balcony-level bridges between the two venues.

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Bell Phillips creates The Tree House pavilion at London's Elephant Park

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Bell Phillips was approached to design a community space housing a cafe kiosk, toilets and a bookable multipurpose room for the site, which contains several mature plane trees. The structure nestles amongst large plane trees. Its framework is largely built from cross-laminated timber, finished with timber cladding and bamboo decking.

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