Aric Gitomer Architect

JULY 12, 2022

You must keep this in mind if you are building a new home. Roofs are the “guardians” of your home. Their primary job to withstand harsh weather makes it necessary for you to select a high-quality roof for your home. Roofs are now constructed in a way that helps reduce energy bills while retaining the energy in your home.

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Archinect

APRIL 5, 2024

Responding to the theme of ‘Rethinking Home — Adapt and Reuse,’ entrants were asked to create new homes using recycled materials and/or retrofitting existing structures. The 2024 longlist for the £25,000 (USD $31,600) Davidson Prize has been announced for its third edition.

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Deezen

MARCH 12, 2024

Promotion: furniture brand Kave Home has launched a series of tables , chairs , sun loungers and sofas designed to elevate outdoor spaces and provide relaxing places to sit and dine. Kave Home adds intense colours to its collection, providing a perfect contrast to the fine materials with more natural shades," said the brand.

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Deezen

JUNE 16, 2023

Raw, tactile materials including clay tiles, earthenware pots and compressed earth bricks define this courtyard home near Chennai, India , designed by local practice Rain Studio. The structure was built from a combination of reclaimed and regional materials, which were left raw wherever possible.

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Deezen

JANUARY 15, 2024

Red brickwork and perforated metal panels bring an industrial feel to this compact infill home in Dublin , which has been completed by Irish architecture studio Gró Works. To the northwest, a small covered balcony overlooks the home's entrance, partially wrapped by vertical metal louvres.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This makes sense if we bear in mind that, when not at home, humans are working, learning or engaging in fun activities mostly in enclosed, built settings. Recent statistics suggest that if someone lives until they are 80, around 72 of those years will be spent inside buildings. Read more ».

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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. Attempting to use as many local materials as possible, Studio Circle Growth finished the exterior with a base of larch planks and lime render above.

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Materials Home Regulation Roofing 111

designboom

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The post this renovated peruvian home embraces raw materiality + delicate ecosystems appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. the dwelling boldly sports the natural textures and expressions of peruvian adobe and concrete to embody different ecosystems and micro-habitats.

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Deezen

MARCH 3, 2023

Australian architect Emily Sandstrom has transformed a run-down 1930s bungalow in Sydney by adding an extension that was partly built from demolition materials. Sandstrom aimed to restore the home, which had been left untouched for decades, and celebrate its original features including picture rails and ceiling mouldings.

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Deezen

APRIL 15, 2024

Named Maison Nana, the home is located on a dense urban plot in Bagnolet and provides a series of flexible spaces organised around a central skylit atrium. The home is organised around a central atrium "Following the volumes of the adjacent dwellings the land is divided into two parts," said Jean Benoît Vétillard Architecture.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Image © Mauricio Fuertes How is it possible to reduce the energy consumption of our homes? What design, material, and/or technological strategies can be developed to achieve interior comfort while also addressing the climate crisis?

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Deezen

APRIL 20, 2024

The kitchens in this roundup exemplify how a combination of seemingly clashing materials can create a rich and interesting palette. Here are eight kitchens with eye-catching material palettes made up of contrasting colours and textures.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 26, 2023

” The home, named Cherry Valley House, sits on a steep ridge that descends to the lakeshore. Image credit: Felix Michaud Image credit: Felix Michaud The home’s contemporary spatial sequencing is contrasted by materiality drawing inspiration from the area’s agrarian architecture.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Timber, terracotta and rich jewel tones feature throughout this home in Melbourne that Australian studio Brave New Eco has designed for a family of five. Our challenge was to configure the interior elements so that each space feels settled and cohesive, with a sense of discovery to the distinct spaces as you move through the home.".

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2022

Wood, stone and lime plaster pervade the minimal interior of this energy-saving home in Muswell Hill that Architecture for London has created for its founder, Ben Ridley. The interiors of the home are finished with natural materials. The interiors of the home are finished with natural materials. "It

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designboom

MARCH 18, 2023

The post connected spaces and reclaimed materials revamp [Y/N] studio’s victorian london home appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. a new glass house in the form of a lean-to accommodates a bright dining area with a mono pitched roof, bringing the outdoors in.

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designboom

JUNE 2, 2022

by leveraging discarded natural materials, from abundant soil to precious native beeswax, and the waste from fruit and vegetable harvests, they create symbiotic solutions for the earth, community, and local crafts.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Living rooms with tactile brick , concrete and wood surfaces feature in this lookbook , which shows that opting for industrial materials doesn't have to sacrifice cosiness. Concrete is the predominant material, but stainless steel and wooden elements such as horizontally stacked logs also feature throughout.

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Industrial Materials Interior Inspiration 140

Deezen

MAY 10, 2024

Promotion: Italian architect Elisa Ossino has designed a "tactile" showroom in Milan for Swiss home appliance brand V-Zug. Overlooking Piazza San Marco in the Italian city's Brera district, the space is organised into two areas – one that displays V-Zug 's home appliances and one that functions as an "interactive kitchen".

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

SJB designed a facade of reclaimed and broken bricks for 19 Waterloo Street Informed by the playful houses that feature in movies by French director Jacques Tati, 19 Waterloo Street features a patchwork-like facade made from reclaimed materials and broken bricks. The photography is by Anson Smart.

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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. Located on the shores of Da Bang Lake in the Chau Duc District in Vietnam, the home was commissioned by an elderly couple and designed by H2 to bring them and their grandchildren closer to nature.

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The Architecture Designs

MAY 7, 2024

Choosing the best driveway material for your home is a significant decision that requires careful consideration. With so many options available, each with pros and cons, it can be challenging to determine the best driveway material for your needs. Your driveway needs to look good and withstand the test of time.

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Dwell

MAY 26, 2022

In 2005, recently graduated architects Asha Nicholas and Chris Stanley bought a tiny worker’s cottage in the Melbourne suburb of East Brunswick—and they spent the next 15 years experimenting and evolving the space into a three-bedroom home as they started a family.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

From prefab tiny houses and modular cabin kits to entire homes ready to ship, their projects represent some of the best ideas in the industry. Soon after, the pair founded Blend Projects to build their vision: crisp gabled homes strung together from eight-foot-long cedar-sided glulam sections. Get in touch!

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Indian architecture studio Workers of Art has converted a former storage space into its own plant-filled office , using recycled and repurposed waste materials in almost every aspect of its design. For instance, odd-shaped waste tiles are harmoniously mixed and matched, finding their new home in the powder room.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Materials from a dismantled warehouse were used to build this courtyard house named Dailly, which local studio Mamout has nestled between two buildings in Belgium. Dailly is arranged around two courtyards and features colourful spaces filled with reclaimed materials. The concept is therefore to have a low, long house lit by patios."

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

Arario Gallery sits alongside the grey-brick Space Group Building Alongside this building is a glazed extension from the 1990s by architect Jang Se-yang, a student of Swoo-geun, as well as a traditional South Korean home, or hanok, which was relocated to the site when it reopened in 2014. The photography is by Yongjoon Choi.

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Deezen

MAY 2, 2022

A tall, pyramidal roof tops the main living area of this holiday home in northern Mexico by Práctica Arquitectura, made almost entirely of concrete. Located on a large plot of land in the village of El Barrial, near the city of Monterrey , the project was developed as a secondary home for a family and dubbed "El Aguacate" – or "The Avocado".

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Contemporist

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

GetAway Projects BV has shared photos of a new home they designed that includes misfired bricks, dark wood, and a natural swimming pool.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

In the eight examples below, architects and interior designers used the style in different creative ways to turn staircases into statement pieces made from materials including steel, patterned wood and micro cement. The post Eight closed staircases in tactile materials and sculptural shapes appeared first on Dezeen.

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Materials Interior Inspiration Visualization 136

Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Spanish architect Juan Gurrea Rumeu used a palette of warm, textural materials and carefully positioned voids to create atmospheric living spaces inside this house he designed for himself and his wife in Barcelona. The post Tactile materials "accentuate the value of shadows" in Bolívar House appeared first on Dezeen.

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Dwell

MAY 7, 2024

An appliance update turned into a full-on remodel in this Portland, Oregon, family's home. What began with a broken oven needing replacement evolved into something much more exciting: a kitchen transformation, centered on a botanical breakfast nook. But the one pain point was the kitchen, a cramped, dark space with a bad layout.

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Urban Design Associates

APRIL 26, 2024

You don’t have to compromise beautiful design or your comfort standards when aiming to reduce the environmental footprint of your luxury custom home. Here are four trends we are seeing in sustainable luxury properties that you can use to lower the environmental impact of your dream home. You help the local economy.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Copenhagen-based Natural Material Studio has handcrafted swirly panels made of spent grain salvaged from beer production for a restaurant opened by the local ÅBEN brewery. From the very start of the process, it was important for us not to force the waste material, so we let it dry naturally," explained Hvillum.

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designboom

MARCH 4, 2023

The post makhno studio uses organic materials to add ukrainian heritage in modern kyiv home appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. symbols of nature and traditional ukranian items create a cozy environment within a familial setting at vyshto house.

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Deezen

MARCH 6, 2024

Persona is located in Stockholm's Östermalm area "The inspiration is drawn from a mix of personal experiences, subconscious imprints from admired styles, particularly mid-century Italian design, and a desire to integrate a homely warmth into a hospitality environment," he told Dezeen. The photography is by Erik Lefvander.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The timber office in Norway was designed as a demountable "materials bank" Oslotre designed a 5x5 metre timber grid structure for the building, which is entirely steel-free, both to lower its embodied carbon and to allow all of its components to be easily reused. The photography is by Einar Aslaksen and Dmitry Tkachenko.

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