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MAY 1, 2024

Originally purchased by the couple 17 years ago, Chinlund and Crespo enlisted architect Alan Koch and designer Karen Spector of firm Lovers Unite for the renovation they had always intended where a selection of carefully plotted architectural interventions and material shifts completely reimagined the interior of the home. "An

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2023

The home, called Wabi Sabi Residence and completed in 2020 is a 4,000-square-foot (370-square metre) structure on a nine-acre lot in the Wasatch Range. Sparano + Mooney created the cantilevered home near Salt Lake City. bath house out of two volumes with floor-to-ceiling glazed ends that float above the landscape.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Curved ceilings create a cozy feel, but wall-height windows throughout the L-shaped plan keep the home connected to its courtyard. The gardens gradually divide the residence and create harmony for the environment both at home and from the outside. The lower flat roof hangs above the connecting section.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2023

Based in New York City, Ryall Sheridan Carroll Architects designed the 2,500-square-foot (230-square-metre) home, called the Tree Farmer's House, for a one-acre lot. The exterior walls were clad in cedar wood The three-bedroom home "creates a sense of containment and release in the landscape."

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Deezen

JULY 6, 2023

In Situ Studio has renovated and expanded the mid-century modern childhood home of musician James Taylor in Chapel Hill, North Carolina , into a multi-building complex for two art collectors. The team has experience refurbishing mid-century modern homes in North Carolina, having overhauled a 1959 brick ranch-style home in Raleigh in 2017.

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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. The former bay windows have been replaced with a solid white facade.

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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

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Design firm Neiheiser Argyros stripped a grid-like ’70s home to its essence in service of the Mediterranean setting. The project is a full gut renovation of an existing modernist house into a six-bedroom tucked into the landscape, appearing modest from the entry but opening up its full width and height to the sea. Post it here.

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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. The architects used red concrete both to contrast with the green landscaping and to reference the nearby brick house. Structural engineer: Util. Landscape: Jeroen Provoost.

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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

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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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. A radiant system provides heat, and fresh air flows in through operable windows.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Studio Terpeluk was selected to expand the 1976 house from 2,260 square feet (210 square metres) to 3,218 square feet (299 square metres) with a new guest room suite, home office, wet bar and media room. The renovation expanded the home. Padded seating wraps the corner under a large window looking out to the San Francisco skyline.

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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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Dwell

JULY 29, 2022

The skylight contours the original brick home, creating a natural connection with the terra-cotta–clad extension. A window demarcates the original building fabric and our new addition and allows for light and shadow play to alter the interior spaces of the building throughout the day at both ground and first floor levels.

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Deezen

JUNE 28, 2022

The structure is sited on the eastern edge of the property at the base of a slope so that the back of the gallery is buried 15 feet (4.5 Read: Richard Serra sculpture finds permanent home inside charred timber LX Pavilion. It is made of stacked-concrete blocks with floor-to-ceiling glass windows oriented around a marshy central pond.

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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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Dwell

JULY 28, 2023

Project Details: Location: South Island, New Zealand Architect: Fearon Hay / @ fearonhay Footprint: 4,467 square feet Builder: Bayshore Builders Structural Engineer: Cuthbert Ashmore Consultants Landscape Design: O2 Landscapes Lighting Design: ECC Interior Design: Fearon Hay in collaboration with Dawdy Brown Cabinetry: Harris Quality Woodwork Windows: (..)

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2023

Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates has completed Esprit House, a home in Tokyo with a blocky concrete form elevated on piloti above a garage space. Apollo Architects & Associates has completed a home in Tokyo. "In Structural engineer: Motoi Nomura Structures. metres wide.

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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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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

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."

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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". HGX Design has created a linear home in the Hudson Valley. Floor-to-ceiling windows line the majority of the exterior, with the remainder clad in a vertical cedar siding.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Canadian designer and lighting brand Bocci founder Omer Arbel has created a home in British Columbia with expressive pillars made from concrete poured into fabric. The team covered the structure with berms, which rise out of the flat landscape of the surrounding agricultural fields. Concrete floors run throughout the project.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Having far fewer windows, the buildings reduce heat gain and energy use, while allowing residents to enjoy indoor outdoor living," the studio told Dezeen. With less need for air conditioning and generous access to landscaped areas, they offer a more natural, less tempered experience with the environment."

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Dwell

DECEMBER 16, 2022

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. Therefore, there were strict guidelines on how to use the existing structure as the basis for design.

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Dwell

JANUARY 13, 2023

The slanted edges—echoed by the bathroom mirrors and an outdoor fireplace—create room for windows that bring in light and bolster the home’s passive thermal performance. We began designing the home for our clients who were expecting their first child and looking to build their family home. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Metal siding, cantilevers and a rolling window supported by counterweights that slides into the floor characterise Caddy Shack in Austin by Olson Kundig. Located in Austin, Texas , the r usted steel-clad home was completed for a retired professional golfer. The home is clad in rusted-steel siding. "My

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Deezen

JUNE 26, 2023

A terraced landscape and dusty pink surfaces help to brighten Pigment House, a north London residence that has been renovated by local studio Unknown Works. The transformation of the landscape was essential to unlocking this." The photography is by Lorenzo Zandri.

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Deezen

JUNE 8, 2022

The home was designed to achieve three main goals – to make the most of the natural setting, provide ample space for visitors, and accommodate the client's impressive art collection, which features work by artists such as Richard Serra, Deborah Butterfield and Roy Lichtenstein. Windows open the home to the mountains beyond.

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Dwell

JULY 20, 2022

The concrete-and-steel home by Faulkner Architects gives one family a refined escape in the mountains of Northern California. Dug into the slope, the home wraps a courtyard that offers privacy from neighbors. Clerestory windows enclose the triangular space between the roof and concrete walls.

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Spiegel Aihara Workshop (SAW) has completed the transformative architectural and landscape design of a 1962 home in Mill Valley for a couple and their two young children. The project, known as The Middle Half, dramatically reconfigures the home’s core to create an open, light-flooded interior and direct connection to the landscape.

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MARCH 10, 2024

The former accommodates the client’s need for a home suitable for hosting and conducive to the contemporary lifestyle of a family of four. Frisson aside, the original spatial composition was closed off and reconfigured to ensure the transition through the home felt seamless and organic.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Splyce Design added a cantilevered staircase to Yield House The front of the house – functioning like stacked viewing platforms with wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling windows – looks to the city, mountains and ocean, while the restrained rear side frames views of Douglas firs and western red cedars in the coastal rainforest.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

Only existing bricks were used to create new openings, and the new floor and exposed structure throughout is recycled timber. Away from the perimeter, small voids, highlight windows, and skylights bring light to the center of the plan. External sliding screens on the perimeter are easily operated by-hand to respond to weather.

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Dwell

JANUARY 18, 2024

Together, they crafted a modest desert dwelling where the owners could put up their feet in the profound stillness that saturates the desert landscape. Using rugged materials that reflect the desert fabric (Cor-Ten steel, split-face concrete block, and cedar), the structure naturally blends in and ages with its surroundings.

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