Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2022

An enormous thatched roof structure with open sides covers the communal areas of this home perched on a rocky cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Mexico by Zozaya Arquitectos. Zozaya Arquitectos completed a cliffside home in Zihuatanejo. Zozaya Arquitectos completed a cliffside home in Zihuatanejo.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Architecture studio Wallmakers has reimagined a traditional roof by adding skylights that double as seating for an arts centre and home in Kerala, India. Nisarga Art Hub is topped with a large roof Indian studio Wallmakers punctured skylights into the roof to draw natural light into the communal space below.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2024

California studio TW Ryan Architecture has completed a wildfire-resistant house in the American West that features a Corten steel exterior and pyramidal roofs that allude to the mountainous terrain. Four Roof House features a Corten steel exterior Their chosen site was a bluff overlooking a lake near the town of Helmville.

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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 one-story home unfurls in a 120-foot-long (36-metre) horizontal line that runs parallel to the topography, with its front elevated to meet wooden terraces, and portions of the back sitting flat on the slope.

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Deezen

MARCH 8, 2024

Large rocks from the surrounding area are suspended in a gabion wall around The Infinite Rise, a holiday home in southern India by local architecture practice Earthscape Studio. The Infinite Rise is located near the village of Anaikatti on an elevated, rocky site that provides expansive views across the surrounding mountain ranges.

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Deezen

AUGUST 22, 2023

A zero-emission holiday cabin and a triangular house with underground bedrooms feature in this roundup of A-frame homes. Glazing at the gable ends and along the sides of the sloped walls lets natural light into the home, and rainwater is collected and reused from the steeply-pitched roof.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Informed by the greenhouses that once occupied the site, local architecture studio Hayhurst and Co added bamboo planting behind polycarbonate screens to the facade of a family home in London. An atrium at the centre of the home lets natural light into the interior and naturally cools the house by stack ventilation.

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Deezen

JUNE 4, 2023

An undulating green roof and timber cladding help this Suffolk house by MAP Architecture and Jon Broome Architects, which was designed to Passivhaus standards, blend into the surrounding wetland. The internal ceiling battens are made using an Ash facing piece with a softwood core to allow the battens to follow the roof curve," said Mawson.

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2024

A private roof terrace enclosed by greenery features in Hidden Garden House, a Sydney home reconfigured by Australian studio Sam Crawford Architects. Situated within a conservation zone, the home has been updated by Sam Crawford Architects to brighten its dark interior and transform it into an urban "sanctuary".

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Iranian architecture studio Olgoo has completed a subterranean holiday home near Tehran , topped by a green roof that merges with the surrounding landscape. It is topped by a green roof Intended to be used by multiple families, the pentagonal plan of The Inside Home is split into three exposed concrete blocks.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Chinese practice Arch Studio has renovated and extended a courtyard home called Mixed House on the outskirts of Beijing , China, by inserting a timber structure topped by a wavy roof. Arch Studio has renovated a courtyard home near Beijing. Arch Studio has renovated a courtyard home near Beijing.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

River Bend Residence overlooks the Guadalupe River Respecting the natural setting was a guiding concern for the design team, as the home sits on a wooded perch overlooking the Guadalupe River. The buildings are topped with tall, pyramidal hipped roofs. A portion of the dwelling is lifted above the site by concrete piers.

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Deezen

MARCH 2, 2024

In this lookbook , we've collected eight homes from Vietnam to the USA that are kept ventilated and illuminated by central courtyards. Courtyards have been used in ancient and contemporary architecture as a tool to trap and funnel breezes and natural light into the core of a building.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Indian studio Blurring Boundaries has used organic forms and natural materials throughout Asmalay, a curvaceous home that wraps around trees in a forest near Mumbai. Nestled within a network of mango trees in Indian coastal town Alibag, the house was designed to showcase the connection between architecture and nature.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Indonesian practice Stilt Studios has completed a series of "nature-centric" villas for the Grün Uluwatu resort in Bali , which are elevated on steel columns to sit among the tree canopy. This approach allows for a more sustainable and harmonious coexistence between the built environment and nature,” he added.

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Deezen

JANUARY 11, 2024

Named Family House Dolní Malá Úpa, the home is located within the mountainous Krkonoše National Park, which required Mar.s Using an approach common to the area, a plinth made from local stone creates a level base for Family House Dolní Malá Úpa on its sloping site. The post Traditional Czech dwellings inform mountain home by Mar.s

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Brooklyn-based Home Studios has turned a conference centre in Northern California back into a luxury hotel , as originally intended by the property's founder: the inventor of the radio. The Lodge at Marconi sits on a 62-acre site next to Tomales Bay, within the picturesque Marconi State Historic Park – a 1.5-hour

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Surman Weston has self-built a "characterful family home" in London The nature of the self-build project meant the duo was not guided by a client brief and instead largely free of parameters, requiring them to set their own. Peckham House was designed for and built by the directors of Surman Weston , Tom Surman and Percy Weston.

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Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2023

Named Haringey Brick Bungalow, the 66-square-metre home is accessed through a one-metre-wide passageway hidden between the high street's commercial premises. This was a very tricky backland site, but the key message is that with careful planning, you can succeed," said Satish Jassal Architects founder Satish Jassal.

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Archinect

JANUARY 25, 2024

acre site and stands as a testament to architectural ingenuity and a profound appreciation of the natural world. Three interconnected wings with varying roof heights and pitches form the home’s massing concept. “As a long-time New Yorker, I’

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Montreal architecture studio Nós has completed a multi-generational home in Vermont 's Green Mountains named Three Summits, which is made up of three pitched-roof structures connected by one-storey walkways. These high angular roofs stage the Green Mountains, fully assuming its iconographic reference to winter sports and Nordicity."

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Deezen

AUGUST 23, 2023

Belgian studio Notan Office has completed Duchesse, a series of homes positioned around a communal garden on an old industrial site in Brussels. Duchesse's design also aims to preserve the site's historic significance by retaining existing elements while revamping others with new tiled volumes.

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Dwell

AUGUST 3, 2022

PAD Studio replaced a rundown cottage with a new gable-roofed timber design that looks as if it’d been there all along. PAD studio was commissioned to reorganize an existing ramshackle cottage on the site. The interior palette of natural materials was chosen to bounce light throughout the home.

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Dwell

JANUARY 19, 2024

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. Brian Abramson founded Method Homes in 2007 with the intention of using modular construction to streamline building—without sacrificing on good design or craftsmanship. Get in touch!

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Deezen

APRIL 19, 2023

Canadian practice StudioAC has used corrugated metal to clad this barn-like home and disguise it as an agricultural building on the Bruce Peninsula near Toronto. The home sits on a concrete plinth that has been left exposed for the floors and contrasted with pale wooden panels that line the underside of the roof.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2023

Studio Symbiosis has completed a villa in Delhi, India , that rises up from its landscaped grounds, forming a terraced roof that is covered with plants to maximise the site's green area. Villa KD45 is a concrete home in India that was designed by Studio Symbiosis. The home rises from the ground. "In

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Deezen

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Architecture studio Dallas Pierce Quintero has completed a cluster of houses in London with sawtooth roofs and corrugated-metal cladding that nod to the site's former use as a builders' yard. The Forest Houses have sawtooth roofs and corrugated-metal cladding. Their design references the site's former use as a builders' yard.

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Deezen

MAY 4, 2023

A curved roof tops Byró Architekti's Cabin Above the Town, a red timber-clad cabin informed by the surrounding Czech hills. Situated on the border between the city and the countryside, the cabin is nestled into the side of Svatobor Hill, a forested site in the foothills of the Czech Republic's Šumava mountains.

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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. This projection helped us to minimize the impact on this natural site and reduce excavation.".

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Deezen

APRIL 19, 2023

Copenhagen-based Natural Material Studio and designer Zuzanna Skurka have created an installation at Milan design week from soft bio textiles made from surplus bricks. The formation of brick-based textiles hangs from metal bars where meat once hung at the site. And that's the beauty and honesty of it."

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Dwell

APRIL 10, 2024

For a family of four, Ueda Design Studio restores the luminous-yet-drafty midcentury home of Alden Mason with warm materials and sensible restraint. Built for Seattle artist Alden Mason in 1958, the home has a sloping roof, an outdoor deck, and plentiful glazing that maximizes natural light amidst its wooded setting.

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Urban Design Associates

JULY 28, 2023

There is beauty in the desert landscape, and that aesthetic can make for an incredible home design. Aligning with the natural environment not only provides a rich color palette and a variety of materials to work with, but also helps you create a luxury desert home design that can withstand a demanding climate.

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Deezen

JUNE 6, 2022

Francois Verhoeven Architects has completed a house in a Dutch village featuring a roof with three sloping sections that incorporate skylights , sedum and concealed solar panels. Villa K2 features a multi-pitched roof. The home is designed to complement its surroundings. It was clad in vertical timber slats. "At

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

London studio Coffey Architects has completed Modern Barn, a home in Dorset, UK , that mimics a cluster of timber-clad barns in order to blend in with the surrounding landscape. Located atop a hill overlooking the Jurassic Coast World heritage site, the home replaces an old, dilapidated property with a new three-bedroom home.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 8, 2023

German designers Julian Krüger and Benjamin Kemper have created Digital House, a micro home that can be built without using nails or screws and was designed to be easy to disassemble. With a rectangular footprint, the home is topped with a sloping ceiling and is accessed by a set of four steps.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Belgian architecture studios Mamout and Stéphanie Willocx have refurbished a 1960s home in Hoeilaart, stripping away previous extensions to celebrate the "spirit and quality" of its original design. Located in a wooded area, the Belgian home was originally designed in 1962 for a group of musicians.

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MAY 9, 2024

Nowhere has renovated a house in Hyderabad called Mayalogili Alongside brick and marble dust, the studio also used plants and soil from the site to create tactile internal finishes that "weave in the materiality of the landscape", it said.

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