Santa Cruz Architect

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The construction industry is undergoing a transformative phase thanks to breakthroughs in material science. Advanced construction materials are revolutionizing the way we build, offering enhanced durability, sustainability, and efficiency. From self-healing concrete to smart materials, the possibilities seem limitless.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2023

The Apple Tree House is a modernist-style glass residence. ACDF Architecture arranged the structure around an apple tree. Glass walls throughout the public areas of the home give sightlines of the tree and the other living areas from a variety of different positions. Inside, a minimal palette of materials defines the home.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The house is a simple response to this brief, providing a delicate intervention into the landscape with a small footprint that allows the owners to connect with the surrounding landscape without dominating it, whilst blurring the line between inside and outside. They wanted to spend their time relaxing outside, not inside.

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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.

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Habitus Living

JULY 4, 2022

There is no doubt that 3 Ash House in Singapore is bespoke on every level, with tropical landscape and luxurious appointments at its heart. In reply, the architect has devised a design strategy that replicates the natural ground space through elevation and includes additional landscaping on the second and attic levels of the structure.

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Deezen

JUNE 29, 2023

Recycled metal sheeting and repurposed wood and glass form Tree House by the Lake, a home in Vietnam designed by local studio H2. It is enveloped by a forest and was built from local scrap materials to reduce its impact on the surrounding landscape. Many wood and glass elements were also repurposed from scrap.

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Archinect

APRIL 11, 2022

Echoing the surrounding desert landscape, the design incorporates two interconnected dune-like structures that house the company’s main offices with a central courtyard and an oasis-like water feature in between to aid in the overall ventilation of the structures.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The shape of the gable, how it is detailed, and its style depends on the structural system used, which reflects regional aesthetics, climate and material availability. These drawings not only tell a story of materials and assembly but also of structure and how a person will experience the space. Summerhouse Lagno?.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Local studio Geddes Ulinskas Architects has completed an expansive home in Cow Hollow, San Francisco with indoor-outdoor spaces, a cast glass staircase and stone detailing. Geddes Ulinskas Architects added wood-wrapped roof eaves to the structure. The structure is pulled back from the exterior walls," the studio said.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Operable glass walls flank the living spaces of this sprawling Texas ranch, which was designed by Sanders Architecture to appear "like it rose up from the land". The living room is set apart from the kitchen and bar area and features glass walls on three sides and tall wooden ceilings supported by exposed steel trusses.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Completed in 2019 on the eastern end of Long Island , New York, the 8,300-square foot (770-square metre) home has a board-formed mass with punched windows, natural materials and light-filled spaces. A double-tiered roof plate floats crowns the cube, pulling the structural spanning beams back from the edge. Landscape: The Bayberry.

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Habitus Living

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The white box, with its precise lines and sharp angles, is usually associated with modernism and its attendant materials of steel, concrete and glass. Use of sustainable materials was a central aspect of the brief given to Davis Architects. The post A treasure trove of material textures appeared first on Habitusliving.com.

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Architizer

JANUARY 31, 2023

Architecture is defined by materials. One of the most significant designers in contemporary architecture, Kengo Kuma ’s work builds upon a legacy of Japanese craftsmanship while rethinking how we use materials. Subscribe to our newsletter for updates.

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Deezen

AUGUST 3, 2022

British architect Sam Jacob has used ribbed glass to create a contemporary entrance for London's historic V&A museum and updated its bathrooms with a broken-ceramic cladding that feels "a little perverse". The lobby has glass tubes in three sizes. It sits in front of a large arched window.

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ArchiDiaries

MARCH 24, 2022

Excerpt: Interconnected Volumes Establish a Dialogue Between the Indoors and the Outdoors at Earth and Glass House, a Weekend Retreat designed by Studio Lotus, located in New Delhi, India. Creating a landscaped zone along this wall as a buffer to the development became a starting point for initiating the design scheme.

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Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2022

Architecture studio Parti has completed a compact housing project in north London , with a palette of robust and affordable materials chosen to create a sense of permanence. Details including a strong grid-like facade and use of a grey brick that contrasts with its neighbours are intended to give the structure a contemporary feel.

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2022

Designed as a hideaway in a snowy forest, the two-storey house is characterised by floor-to-ceiling glass windows and rectilinear volumes. Winter House is stacked on a large concrete slab to create a "floating floor", underneath which a glass box houses a chunky concrete staircase that leads visitors from the front door into the house.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

MAYU Architects added a glass-walled foyer to the Pingtung Public Library. In order to better connect the existing building to the park's landscape, MAYU Architects added a parallelogram-shaped entrance pavilion to its western edge, as well as re-cladding the original building in white aluminium panels. Photography is by Yuchen Chao.

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Architizer

JUNE 14, 2023

Discover the ways these six scintillating structures skillfully combine life-saving functionality with dynamic design. Myeonmok Fire Station By Yong Ju Lee Architecture , Seoul, South Korea Eschewing the conventional color palette of the fire station, this spectacular structure in Seoul communicates its function through its textured façade.

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Architizer

MAY 4, 2023

Often, the expression of this negotiation between form and use plays out in materials, the many assemblies and combinations that define what we experience. But it wasn’t until the 19th century that the material began gaining new architectural applications outside roofing. Terracotta is the building’s most prominent material.

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Dwell

JULY 29, 2023

With views of trees, sky, and water, the home’s all-glass living and dining space is enveloped by the landscape. Photo by Tom Grimes Photography Engaging architect Pierre-Henri Hoppenot, founder and principal of Brooklyn-based Studio PHH , the home’s design and materiality leans into contrast.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Large glass facades, parametric forms and advanced engineering can be found in some of the leading educational facilities of today. Several communities worldwide don’t necessarily have the same access to new-age materials, construction techniques or the funds to actualize these grand visions. Panyaden School.

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Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

The entrance of the building uses fall height glass windows which gives a more interactive community communication, as the structural function to fill the collapsed part of the house. © The Design Institute Of Landscape & Architecture China Academy Of Art CO.,LTD. We replace bricks with glass to increase indoor lighting.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A gabled extension adjoins to the former ruin The 171-square-metre house is formed of two gabled structures situated perpendicular to one another, connected by a glass corridor. Meanwhile, with in the second building is a separate living room, with large windows punctured into the volume framing views of the surrounding landscape.

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Deezen

APRIL 16, 2024

The China Merchants Bank Headquarters by British architecture studio Foster + Partners has topped out in Shenzhen , with progress on a decorative ribbed steel and glass facade. The studio also designed double-height atriums and landscaped terraces to provide breakout space connected to the offices.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

To the west are the garage and guesthouse, along with a swimming pool Manhattan-based Desai Chia Architecture was charged with designing a home that embraces the landscape and accommodates outdoor artwork. Roof overhangs reduce sun glare and heat gain while still allowing ample daylight to enter through large stretches of glass.

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Architizer

JUNE 2, 2022

Meanwhile, the use of materials like stone, wood and concrete helps unify the design with the terrain around. Inspired by the geometry of the Krkonose Mountains, this new building blends into the landscape (almost completely!) One the one hand, this is a four-story structure with stacked volumes that follow the contours of the site.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2024

California architecture studio Brooks + Scarpa has created a central structure for a sports complex in Florida with a sloped concrete shell designed to "make a spectacle of rainfall". The concrete shell protects the internal glass structure – where the offices and storage are located – and the outdoor spaces around it.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

South African architecture studio SAOTA has completed an angular residence in the Los Angeles hills meant to provide privacy while drawing in the "calmness and serenity" of the surrounding landscape. Large stretches of glass break up the cladding and bring in natural light. The photography is by Mike Kelley.

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Dwell

MARCH 20, 2024

Our Focus series shines the spotlight on the details: the extraordinary materials, spaces, and ideas that take great projects to the next level. The H-shaped structure separates the living and sleeping areas while allowing natural light to reach the center of the plan.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

According to the studio, careful consideration was given to the topographical intricacies of the site, resulting in a structure that "gracefully follows the contours of the hill, ensuring an organic fusion with the landscape". A pair of bronze-clad columns set into a flight of granite steps frame the front door.

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Deezen

APRIL 14, 2024

New York architecture studio HGX Design has created a linear, glass-fronted home in the Hudson Valley informed by the "individual notes of a music composition". The structure's horizontal form was informed by the vernacular architecture of the surrounding farmland.

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Deezen

APRIL 14, 2024

Spaceworkers has completed a geometric garden pavilion near Porto Looking to capture the "essence" of this place, Spaceworkers created a glazed, column-free interior intended to feel like an extension of the surrounding landscape. These support a large gridded canopy punctured by square skylights, which sits over a central events space.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The archive collection contains nearly 35,000 items from 47 countries spanning vinyl records, textiles, DVDs, promotional materials and more related to Springsteen. The theatre will be located at the anterior glass facade, which will point inwards towards the university campus. The images are courtesy of CookFox Architects.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The home's Tokyo-based owner tasked the studio with creating a holiday rental that would "incorporate the local climate and culture", while also updating its structure to be earthquake resilient. Copper is a traditional material in this region, and we thought it was particularly appropriate," he added.

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Architecture Ideas

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

For your home, a retaining wall can be use d for similar purposes; landscaping is much simpler when your yard is level. Retaining walls can boost the value of your property by up to 15%, whether you’re wanting to create a little dining area or want something that also serves as an additional structural component outside the home.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Located within a hilly landscape near Lake Lugano, the house was designed to showcase non-traditional building materials and features a timber structure as well as metal and cork cladding. Beyond the kitchen, the ground floor opens into a double-height living and dining space. The photography is by Simone Bossi.

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