Deezen

JANUARY 2, 2022

Hacker Architects has renovated a 1970s house in central Oregon , removing walls to create a more spacious layout and preserving original design features that lend the home a "retro spirit". The home enjoys stunning natural surroundings, which the team sought to highlight throughout the renovation.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2024

Located in a remote part of central Montana , the Four Roof House was designed for a couple who wanted a low-maintenance home where they could age in place. One side of the home is set at an angle, adding a dynamic quality to the plan. Both the walls and roofs are wrapped in standing-seam weathering steel with a natural patina.

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Deezen

APRIL 20, 2024

A "classical" two-storey colonnade characterises this family home in the South Downs National Park , completed by London studio Sandy Rendel Architects. The challenge was how to craft sensitive contemporary design that responds to and enhances this protected landscape without resorting to historic mimicry," he continued.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Architecture studio NWLND Rogiers Vandeputte has built a pool house from red concrete within the wooded garden of a home in Flanders, Belgium. Named the Refuge, the project is a walled pavilion containing a square building and swimming pond – a swimming pool with a natural filtration system. Structural engineer: Util.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2023

Montreal studio ACDF Architecture has designed a low-slung, modernist -style home with massing shaped to surround an apple tree and provide lines of sight through the living areas. ACDF Architecture arranged the structure around an apple tree. Inside, a minimal palette of materials defines the home.

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Deezen

MAY 24, 2023

Robert Hutchison Architecture and Javier Sanchez Arquitectos include an extensive system for capturing and reusing stormwater for a family nature retreat in a mountainous region of Mexico. The Rain Harvest Home, or Casa Cosecha de Lluvia, is located in the rural town of Temascaltepec, which lies about 140 kilometres west of Mexico City.

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e-architect

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The Point Western Washington family home, WA Residence by Kor Architects, US Residential Property Photos. The Point Western Washington family home, USA. The Point Western Washington home, WA. Building elements are organized into attached/detached pavilions based on program, hierarchy of structure and levels of privacy.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The form of a traditional rural Czech dwelling is contrasted with modern pine-lined interiors at Casa de mi Luna, a home designed by architecture practice Studio Circle Growth. We decided to negotiate an arched collar tie out of plywood with our structural engineer, which we could then clad in a more seamless way," explained Zizka.

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Deezen

JANUARY 5, 2024

Architectural studio Worrell Yeung has completed a two-storey, black-coloured home extension called Springs Artist Studio that is meant to offer the "experience of being perched in the trees". Their home is located in Springs, a hamlet in East Hampton that is popular with artists. The ground floor also has a powder room.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Envisioned as a home that embraces the outdoors, the residence is composed of four structures housing the home’s separate functions. While one structure houses the kitchen, dining and living areas, a second houses the primary suite, creating a private escape. Only six trees were removed to build all four structures.

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Deezen

MARCH 13, 2022

Klopf Architecture has reconfigured a San Francisco home to create an open-concept living space that faces onto the backyard. The Modern Inversion project involved the renovation of a San Francisco home. The front of the home is closed off to the street. Read: Klopf Architecture revamps mid-century home at Stanford University.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

Wendell Burnette Architects used Corten steel to clad a cabin in Arizona designed to capture views while disappearing into the landscape like a "dark shadow". The home is in Sedona, a high-desert town located about two hours north of Phoenix by car. It is naturally fireproof along with steel-plate window frames."

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Dwell

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A man-made object in nature may exist in harmony or disparity. The goal was to reconnect this structure with the environment while best utilizing the exceptional site for the clients. "In In this part of California, it is no longer legal for homes to be suspended over a creek.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

CLB Architects designed a Japanese-influenced home in Wyoming. Locally based CLB Architects noted that the design — influenced by both Japanese architecture and California modernism – is a departure from the mountain modernism typical of vacation homes built in the region. The facade of the home is simple and linear.

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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. Built into a hillside, the home is U-shaped in plan, with gabled volumes organised around a central courtyard.

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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. The 6,557-square-foot (609-square-metre) home has two main levels, a basement and a rooftop terrace.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The underside of the rain screen is cut into soft curves which mirror the surrounding dunes and soften the form in the landscape. The top edge of the rain screen is sharply cut to introduce a strong horizontal line reflecting the horizon and delineating the built form.

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Dwell

JULY 12, 2022

The redesign by Will Gamble Architects includes a sunken room to overlook the conservation area surrounding the home. The lightweight nature of the ground floor extension juxtaposes the heavy masonry walls of the existing property and helps define old from new. Internally, there is a polished concrete floor with a sunken garden room.

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Dwell

JANUARY 13, 2023

We began designing the home for our clients who were expecting their first child and looking to build their family home. The brief for the 5,381-square-foot block was to create a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home with multiple living spaces. Our client Sam shared memories of his grandparents midcentury home growing up.

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e-architect

JULY 13, 2023

Located on a working dairy farm within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, this forgotten historical artefact has been brought back into use, recently opening its doors to guests. The bunker otherwise remains submerged in the landscape, as it was originally designed to be. I think we have managed to achieve this.”

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Dwell

JULY 29, 2022

The skylight contours the original brick home, creating a natural connection with the terra-cotta–clad extension. As avid entertainers, the family sought to balance a high degree of privacy and refuge while providing the ability to completely open up, warmly welcoming family, friends, and locals dropping by.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Designed for a family of four, the multi-storey home sits on a sloped site in Santa Monica. Nature and natural light are the piece de resistance," the studio said. Binational studio Montalba Architects used ample glazing and a clever siting strategy to provide the best vistas at Canyon Terrace House in southern California.

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2022

The earthen tone of this off-grid holiday home in Northern Mexico was selected to match the rock formations of the nearby Cumbres de Majalca National Park, which is known for its dramatic landscapes. OAX Arquitectos completed this remote home as a vacation getaway for a large family. Structural engineer: Manuel Jezzini.

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Dwell

JULY 28, 2023

The spaces are sited between two natural mounds in the surrounding tussock. Two cubic masonry structures anchor the house. Between these forms, interior spaces are laid out around a sheltered courtyard, under an engineered-timber roof plane.

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Dwell

APRIL 9, 2024

Located in Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula, the rambler-style home utilized the trees for the roof and a coffee table, too. The house is 1,700 square feet, and reaches into the landscape with a sheltering roof and screen walls to create usable outdoor spaces on all sides. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Westeck News

APRIL 1, 2022

Our Client Spotlight explores the latest projects from Custom Home Builders, Architects, Designers and Renovation Specialists. This is a great way to learn how together we’re creating homes that move the world forward. Structural Engineer | Chiu Hippmann Engineering Inc. Landscaping | Green Elevations.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2024

COA Arquitectura has completed a winery outside of Guadalajara Each of the three buildings was arranged diagonally by COA Arquitectura to create "enclosures" between one another and "apertures" to the surrounding landscape, which includes the vineyard, the neighbouring Cerro del Muerto mountain and a small lake.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Located in Austin, Texas , the r usted steel-clad home was completed for a retired professional golfer. Visitors enter directly into the home's open-concept kitchen, living, and dining room – a large space overlooking the ravine below. The home is clad in rusted-steel siding. "My The home contains four bedrooms.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

Known as DNA Alpine, the 4,000-square foot (372-square metre) home was completed in 2022 and designed to "disappear into or somehow become" the 75-acre site in San Miguel County. This DNA sequence, ever-present and unseen, underscores the subtleties of the landscape and the beauty of deferring to it." meters) above ground level.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The splayed plan opens to the landscape and generates a serene central courtyard around which circulation paths are placed. A sumptuous garden with vegetables and orchards by Trish Dobson Landscape Architect perfectly complements the dwelling. The farmhouse is designed as a place for family and friends to gather.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2023

We looked to the bush – those forested, undeveloped areas of nature that surround the house – while allowing the built structures to adapt to the natural terrain," the studio said. The home's circulation follows the metaphorical flow of water, with copper-clad pavilions connected by glazed corridors. the studio said.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Named Ferndale Flightdeck, the 400-square foot (37-square metre) extension holds a recreation room, yoga studio, home office and a rooftop observation deck that allows the owners to watch birds in the surrounding diverse and ecologically rich landscape. The photography is by Brendan Burden.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2023

The axial approach includes replanted natural grasses The roof extends to create a 15-foot (4.5-metre) metre) wide porch that wraps around the entire house and shades the interior spaces, reducing the home's heating and cooling load. Replanted natural grasses will create a dramatic ground plane when fully grown.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 18, 2024

The nonprofit’s new home is a light-flooded learning laboratory on the Oregon State University-Cascades (OSU) campus providing state-of-the-art facilities for STEM education, research, and teacher training serving K-12 students and teachers of Central Oregon. Low-flow plumbing fixtures and native landscaping minimize on-site water use.

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Dwell

JANUARY 25, 2023

Lake|Flato Architects built them two-feet thick and utilized a courtyard plan to passively cool and heat the West Texas home. The house embraces the expansive landscape with lightweight breezeways and porches made of recycled oil field pipe. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Although the shape and form of the remodeled home remains relatively unchanged from its original design, we closely collaborated with our clients to take advantage of the ocean’s proximity by opening up the walls and providing framed views of the coast line. "We

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Deezen

JANUARY 2, 2024

The ADU is part of a family estate During the design process, they looked to farm structures that dot Sonoma Valley, many of which are dilapidated and have "their own strange elegance", the team said. From the road, the home appears relatively conventional," the team said.

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