Deezen

MAY 8, 2022

US studio Heliotrope Architects has minimized site disturbances while creating a cedar -clad holiday home on a wooded hillside in the Pacific Northwest. The clients initially tapped Seattle's Heliotrope Architects to consult on the site selection and then hired the firm to design the dwelling itself. "We Cabinetry: Space Theory.

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Architizer

JUNE 2, 2022

Despite technical complications involved in construction, inclined sites can invoke inspiring new architectural possibilities that just aren’t possible on flat sites. Floating buildings can be constructed on slopes either by using a taller foundation or supports. Villa Vals by SeARCH , Vals, Switzerland.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Pricegore revives brutalist 1960s townhouse in London While investigating the site's history, the studio discovered the deep foundations of former Victorian homes below the current townhouse structure. Slender aluminium window profiles were also chosen to recall the original 1960s frames. Excavation allowed for a 3.6m

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2024

Chilean architecture studio Croxatto and Opazo Architects has created a cube-shaped house outside of Santiago Located on a hilly site in Laguna Zapalla two hours outside of Santiago, Croxatto and Opazo Architects integrated the house into a 25-degree slope by splitting the program into three "platforms".

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Deezen

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Added to a narrow site in a forest in north Germany, Digital House was constructed from recycled aluminium and timber and can be assembled by two people without the use of traditional hardware. Inside, it features a pinewood panel-lined open-plan interior that is illuminated by two windows.

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Deezen

MARCH 28, 2023

Brazilian architect Denis Joelsons has completed a renovation of a series of brick structures called Sítio Rio Acima near São Paulo , including a primary home with a vaulted ceiling and arched clerestory window. A board-formed concrete fireplace sits in a wall of windows. The photography is by Pedro Kok.

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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. The house is located in Nacka "The T-shape enables a minimal excavation as it only requires a small foundation at the bottom," Spridd told Dezeen.

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Deezen

JUNE 12, 2023

Local studio ARQBR has used concrete and wood for a round church in Brasilia , Brazil that lifts off the land with 360-degree, ground-level windows. They were designed to emphasise the horizon line on the flat site. The complex includes an existing church building, a linear annex, a floating disk nave, and a low-slung parish house.

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The Architecture Designs

APRIL 18, 2024

From laying the foundation to adding the finishing touches, every step requires careful planning, skilled labor, and attention to detail. Here’s an overview of the basic steps involved in home construction: Site Preparation : Before construction begins, the site must be cleared, graded, and prepared for building.

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Deezen

AUGUST 17, 2023

Denis Joelsons designed the house in São Paulo, Brazil The house is oriented towards its garden, which features sinuous stone walls that loop and overlap, anchoring the house into the site, while narrow stone steps connect the flat grassed areas that mitigate the site's slope. The photography is by Pedro Kok and Rodrigo Fonseca.

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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. Two stone bases serve as the foundation for the pavilions that house the living areas.

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

Its glued-laminted timber walls were prefabricated off-site and insulation was incorporated outboard, or on the opposite side of the vapour barrier as most homes, which meant the interior wall structure could be left uncovered, eliminating the need for interior cladding.

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Deezen

JULY 22, 2023

Indian architecture practice Studio Array has used hand-woven bamboo screens to wrap this home and artist's studio in Delhi, which incorporated existing foundations and columns. Studio Array has created a home and artist's studio in Delhi A previous attempt to construct a building on the site had left foundations and columns in place.

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Deezen

JANUARY 23, 2024

The starting point for the design came from a "run-down and mould-infested" house that stood on the site previously. Comprising a main house and an extension, it set a precedent for a double-peak roof. This led to the use of arches and circles for doorways and windows. The foundations are meanwhile built from recycled concrete.

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BD+C

APRIL 8, 2024

3 sustainable design decisions to make early 0 qpurcell Mon, 04/08/2024 - 09:26 Sustainability In her experience as an architect, Megan Valentine AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, WELL AP, Fitwel, Director of Sustainability, KTGY details three early sustainable design decisions: site selection, massing and orientation, and proper window-to-wall ratios.

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The Architecture Designs

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Clear the area for construction and pour the foundation. Work crews level the site. When Bright Home Construction levels your home site, they’ll ensure you’re ready to have your foundation poured at the time leveling finishes. The temporary foundation is built using wooden forms set up by the builder.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The home's light-gauge steel roof cassettes and plumbing/mechanical core module were also prefabricated off-site, allowing the home's components to be installed on its concrete slab foundation in less than a day. Vertical floor-to-ceiling windows offer views of the surrounding mountains.

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Deezen

MAY 1, 2023

LAND Arquitectos has completed a seaside house consisting of pavilions with wooden screens laid out according to vegetation groupings on the coastal site in Chile. The home was designed according to the vegetation groupings on the site The concave concrete plinth steps down into the sandy terrain that leads to the sea.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

To help control cost, the architect kept the exterior simple, employing white stucco walls for $11,400 and an asphalt-shingle roof (with gutters and site drainage) for $7,000. A pink-painted front door and fascia enliven this backyard ADU in Mountain View, California, designed by Melissa Shin of Shin Shin Architecture.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

According to Kampala-based Localworks , all materials used to construct it came from local resources, including the walls that are built from earthbags filled with soil from the site. V-shaped columns support the roof. A woven material lines the underside of the roof. The building's walls are built from earthbag construction.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Kéré Architecture , the studio led by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Diébédo Francis Kéré , created Kamwokya Community Centre in collaboration with the local non-profit Kamwokya Christian Caring Community and the humanitarian organisation Ameropa Foundation. A water tower provides a visual marker for the site.

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Architecture Ideas

OCTOBER 23, 2023

From planning to on-site construction, a lot goes behind building a house. Key Considerations Before Building Your Own House The idea to build your own house can be challenging if you don’t begin on a firm foundation. Begin with marking the structure and start excavating for the foundation.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Many of the finer design details were refined on site, through collaborative processes, with the local team – with only the structural design set in stone before construction started," he continued. Windows were covered with steel shutters that can be locked when the school is closed. The classrooms were topped with steel roofs.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Canadian architecture studio Atelier l'Abri has built a series of A-Frame buildings for the Farouche Tremblant agrotourism site in Québec 's Mon-Tremblant National Park, which were designed to "recede in the landscape". A lounge area with large west-facing windows overlooks the river and mountains.

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e-architect

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This 1930s house with steel casement windows and load-bearing stone walls is sited on a hill overlooking a lake. While very fond of this home and its original details (including the mint-green 1930s-bathroom tile), when Hurricane Sandy deposited a tree into its roof causing significant damage, they embraced the opportunity to renovate.

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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2024

Read: Norm Architects creates inside-out greenhouse restaurant in a Swedish meadow "The material palette is crafted to interact harmoniously with the ever-changing Swedish nature just beyond the windows," said Norm Architects' interior designer Hedda Klar.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Japanese architecture studio Office M-SA has arranged a house in Akishima, Tokyo , around a series of exposed concrete elements designed as extensions of its foundations. To the south, a study and bathroom are organised alongside four more bedrooms that open onto the wood-decked roof terrace.

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The Spaces

MARCH 16, 2023

The prefab house she sold them had no windows onto the forested garden. The roof was severely damaged and had to be replaced with specialist Dutch tiles. ’ He and Elin took the structure back to its brick foundations and dug out the property to unearth the gloomy lower floor. That turned out to be the easy part.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Building out wasn’t an option, as the couple wanted to preserve both the mature landscaping on-site and existing outdoor work and living areas. She proposed not building out, and not building up—but rather constructing a new unit off-site and craning it into place on top of one existing bungalow.

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Deezen

JANUARY 14, 2022

The walls intervene as little as possible in the terrain, and their graphite colour helps them merge with the site, the architects said. Large glass windows allow the living space to extend outdoors. The home is topped with a pre-painted, metal-clad roof with no gutters. The photography is by Nicola?s

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BD+C

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Super insulated envelopes Airtight construction High-performance glazing/windows Thermal-bridge free detailing Heat recovery ventilation Simply put, a passive house approach creates a hyper-efficient building. Thus, site selection, site orientation, climate zone, and building orientation are key on passive house projects.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2023

The house occupies a former caretaker's cottage that had been abandoned Castanheira 's renovation uncovers the original timber roof structure, adds a bedroom wing and gives the building an entirely new interior layout. The roof of this block serves as a balcony terrace for the floor above.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

At 2,400 square feet, the three-bed, three-bath home uses tightly sealed triple-glazed windows to optimize insulation and air tightness. This is reflected in elements like the painted-aluminum standing-seam roof, which lacks an overhang and instead aligns with the home’s siding. These moves paid off bigger than Wayne expected. .

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2022

US studio Ahmadreza Schricker Architecture North has topped a 1920s beer factory in Tehran with a series of distinctive concrete roofs to create a contemporary art museum. New York-based Ahmadreza Schricker Architecture North (ASA North) designed Argo Factory for non-profit organisation The Pejman Foundation to house its art collection.

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Dwell

MAY 16, 2023

A couple save on secondhand windows and splurge on yakisugi siding to create a cozy retreat just outside Austin. Inspired by the site’s natural features, Carlyle and Zach spent most of a year building an idyllic retreat, which they named Serana, and opened at the end of 2020.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Steep-pitched roofs reference arts and crafts buildings in the area. The lightweight CLT structure of the buildings reduces foundation loads, allowing the use of a thin reinforced concrete raft foundation 'floating' on rigid insulation," explained Smith and Wallwork structural engineer Tristan Wallwork.

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Deezen

JUNE 13, 2022

American architecture studio Gensler has completed the Fifth + Tillery office in Austin , Texas, which uses a canopy of photovoltaic panels to create shade for the plaza and roof terrace. Large cisterns were placed near the entry in order to reference the industrial heritage of the site. Louvres and fans keep the courtyard area cool.

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