Deezen

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Looking Glass Lodge is situated within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and was developed for a client whose parents established a nature reserve there in the 1960s. The building is set on a sloping site in the grounds of the client's family home. Looking Glass Lodge is clad in timber.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Local architecture firm La Base Studio has renovated a glass and concrete home, wrapping it in a delicate privacy and shading screen on a lush site in Buenos Aires , Argentina. The existing service space was also demolished and rebuilt underground – within a 430-square-foot (40-square metre) subterranean library and study.

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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. Below are a few ways in which architects have made the most of sloped sites to create unique homes and public buildings. Images by Benedikt Markel.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2023

Specht Architects has designed a symmetrical glass pavilion in The Berkshires in Massachusetts that was created as a residence and a place to showcase antiques. metre) wide porch that wraps around the entire house and shades the interior spaces, reducing the home's heating and cooling load. The terrace is natural concrete.

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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2024

Chinese studio Wutopia Lab has used wave-shaped roofs of blue aluminium and translucent fabric to transform an industrial yard in Shanghai into a mixed-use cultural space. Wutopia Lab focused on a former service yard and duty office at the site, transforming it into a multipurpose square with bold red concrete surfaces.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Argentinian architect Malvina Zayat has completed a white home for herself and her family that is lifted above a sloped site and enters into "an intimate dialogue with the sky and clouds". The house is linear in plan and accessed via a hanging staircase Facades consist of white-painted metal and stretches of glass.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Located on a 35-acre (14-hectare) property near the town of Wilson, the home was envisioned as a series of "tectonic structures" set within a diverse ecosystem.

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Deezen

JANUARY 25, 2024

UK architecture studio DaeWha Kang Design has designed a pavilion and courtyard for The OWO hotel at the site of the former Old War Office in Whitehall, London. The pavilion is located in front of the 1906 Grade II*-listed building, designed by architect William Young, that was once used by the British government's military departments.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Image credit: Lara Swimmer Image credit: Lara Swimmer Visitors to the center are greeted by a new two-story lobby enclosed by a wood and glass curtain wall, responding to the site’s woodland context. “We took advantage of the scale and tectonic identity of the original structure.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Known as Indie Lab, the 69,632-square foot (6,469-square metre) complex is situated on a steeply sloped site next to a nature preserve outside the city of Medellín. The designed it "to connect to both in a meaningful way but still anchoring a new structure in hopes of tying them together," StudioSC principal Stephen Conte told Dezeen.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A landmark era of high-profile additions and architectural changes to the historic Brooklyn waterfront has ushered in a new chapter with today’s official public unveiling of the PAU -designed The Refinery at Domino office component at the 11-acre former Domino Sugar Factory site in Williamsburg.

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Chinese studio Open Architecture has revealed its design for a space museum and experience centre in Yantai, China , which will appear like a mysterious black object in an oceanfront park. Named Space Crystals, the building will have a glossy black exterior and a faceted stone-like shape that rises at one end to point towards the ocean.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Swedish architecture studio Konstantin Arkitekter has created a pavilion in Greenland named Qaammat, which is made up of two glass block walls perched on the rocky terrain of a UNESCO World Heritage site. The pavilion is situated on a UNESCO World Heritage site. The pavilion is used as a gathering space and a landmark.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Called The Lindemann Performing Arts Center (The Lindemann) the 101,000 square-foot (9,383-square-metre) structure consists of a shoebox theatre with a long bridge-like walkway. And then you go into the main hall and it's this massive space and there's no structure. So it's this weird inversion."

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Deezen

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Dutch studio OMA has completed its first major public building in the UK , Aviva Studios, designed to provide flexible event space for Manchester-based arts and music company Factory International.

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Deezen

AUGUST 14, 2023

Designed to help connect the home to its garden, the extension was designed to turn a house that suffered from dark and small spaces into a light-filled home with glass walls that frame views of nature. The floor was dropped one metre below the existing home "The existing kitchen was dark and not large enough for a dining space.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Formafatal has constructed twin villas out of rammed earth on a jungled hillside in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica that open to the Pacific Ocean with expansive frameless glass. Their facades are clad in rammed earth The identical rectangular plans have only three solid exterior walls, constructed of rammed clay that was excavated from the site.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It also features landscaped spaces Inside, the lower buildings house 60,000 square metres of retail space, while the tower holds 100,000 square metres of office space. The project's design is informed by Hong Kong's legacy of textile manufacturing and draws on different aspects of tailoring. The photography is by Kevin Mak.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 21, 2023

It juts from a hillside on steel columns that frame an indoor/outdoor living space. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Water is efficiently used with rainwater harvesting, and on-site stormwater disposal and effluent treatment.

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Archinect

JUNE 1, 2023

The island site centers around the 6,426-square-foot Earth House, a village-like series of nine interconnected buildings clustered under a man-made hill, and the 947-square-foot Wood House, a standalone garden suite structure on the island’s eastern shoreline. View of Vollebak Island's Earth House. Rendering: MIR.

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Deezen

JUNE 10, 2022

Sitting on the site of a demolished theatre with the same name, Tom Patterson Theatre will primarily host events during the Stratford Festival – an ongoing exhibition of theatre in the Ontario town that runs from April-November yearly. Exterior materials include bronze, glass, stone, and wood. Photo and above are by Scott Norsworthy.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Raised above its sloping site on a concrete podium containing garage space, GRAAM Architecture 's design was informed by a desire to use materials and companies local to the area. Its wooden structure echoes the local resources of the Burgundy region, whose reputation for hardwood and softwood forests is well known," it continued.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Oliver Leech Architects transforms a West London townhouse using reeded glass that suffuses the family home with natural light while maintaining privacy. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 20, 2022

An all-glass greenhouse that was enacted at the site soon after became the focal point of the project after initial plans called for its demolition. It included adding a two-story extension and wood canopy entrance to the existing factory building at Place des Carmes which was acquired by the company in the early 2000s.

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2023

Local practice Platform 5 Architects has completed NW10 House, a family home on an infill site in north London with exposed concrete interiors and a textured brick exterior. Centred around a skylit, concrete spiral stair, the home's spaces fan out to fill the triangular site, overlooking a paved terrace that wraps its eastern edge.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Yet sports spaces are far more than just centers of spectacle or physical activity. The new clubhouse and refurbished amenities pay homage to the past, while providing state-of-the-art recreation spaces for the local community. Swaths of glass envelop the structure’s eastern aspect, revealing unimpeded views over the tennis courts.

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Deezen

MAY 10, 2022

New York office SO-IL and Parisian studio FREAKS have completed the renovation and extension of an 18th-century glass factory in France, adding a sweeping concrete plaza that unites a series of cultural spaces. SO-IL and FREAKS have extended a former glass factory in France. The team added a sweeping concrete plaza.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It also features landscaped spaces Inside, the lower buildings house 60,000 square metres of retail space, while the tower holds 100,000 square metres of office space. The project's design is informed by Hong Kong's legacy of textile manufacturing and draws on different aspects of tailoring. The photography is by Kevin Mak.

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Deezen

JULY 21, 2022

Architecture studio SPF Architects has completed a sports facility in Los Angeles consisting of two separate buildings that were built using pre-engineered metal structures in order to not disrupt activity at the site. The PEMBs consist of the structure and an exterior, which consists of insulated rib metal panels.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Providing shelter, controlling light and balancing temperature, they shape our perception of space and what we experience. 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. Not all glass gables are meant to be enclosed.

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Deezen

APRIL 7, 2022

The site formerly held a run-down, 1940s dwelling that was owned by the clients. The new house needed to have plenty of space to accommodate frequent visits from the clients' grown kids, who live out of town. Read: In Situ Studio creates low-lying Trull Residence for wooded site in North Carolina. The home has no light switches.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Named Cascade House, the residence in Paddington required minimal renovations but was overhauled by Ellway to create more playful spaces for the family's three children. It has been updated with a staggered interior arrangement defined by level changes and open spaces that aim to evoke the feeling of living in a garden.

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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

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Deezen

MAY 12, 2023

Fuller Overby clad the house in blackened wood Set on Lake James, the narrow one-acre site drops 100 feet (30 metres) from the top of the driveway to the water's edge. Two retaining walls are cut diagonally across the plot, forming two earthwork courts that have been carved out from the steep slope of the site."

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Berlin studio Mono Architekten has created a service station in Thuringia, Germany, combining facilities for motorists with an exhibition space about a nearby bronze-age burial mound. Running down one side of the eastern wing is the long and narrow exhibition space. An exhibition space runs down one side of the building.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Ahmedabad-based Andblack Design Studio has created a demountable events space in India , named Darwin Bucky, which was informed by the work of American architect Buckminster Fuller. The space was designed by Andblack Design Studio to be used as an exhibition gallery, town hall or performance space for up to 100 people.

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