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Deezen
JUNE 15, 2023
The Cometa House is located in the small, coastal town of Mazunte in the state of Oaxaca. It sits at the edge of a nature preserve on Punta Cometa, or Comet Point, a peninsula that juts into the Pacific Ocean and was once the site of an Aztec fort. They faced several interesting conditions while designing the house.
Deezen
APRIL 25, 2024
Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has completed a cedar-wrapped house "inspired by the scattered boulders" that trail down the seaside property in Hubbards, Nova Scotia. The house presents as two interlocked, stacking boxes – that are meant to weather over time to match the pale grey of the sky – perched on a hillside.
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Deezen
AUGUST 30, 2022
A void punctures the centre of this compact concrete home, which Japanese studio Noriaki Hanaoka Architecture has elevated over a sloping site in Chiba Prefecture. Torus House sits on a steeply sloping site in Chiba Prefecture. Torus House is elevated on four large columns. "It It sits level with the road to the north.
Dwell
APRIL 9, 2024
Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. On a secluded wooded site, the new structure grounds itself to the earth with its approach to material and form. Have one to share? Post it here.
Deezen
JANUARY 26, 2024
British architecture practice Studio Bark has worked with students from the University of East London to devise a roof-supporting column with otherwise unusable timber at a site within ancient English woodland. This is "an old technique", said Thorns, but one that opens up a lot of opportunities to use smaller trees.
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.
Deezen
APRIL 7, 2022
Located in an inner suburb of Raleigh, HUUS house sits in a leafy neighbourhood with homes built between the 1940s and 1970s. Part of the HUUS house is sunken in the ground. The project's name comes from the old Alemannic German word for house, hüüs. This attitude is a perfect reflection of the couple who lives in the house.".
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