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This Landscape Architect Disguised His Backyard Addition in Sydney With a Green Roof

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Bushy plants camouflage the extension, but the interiors are bright thanks to a series of skylights. A new tw0-story structure on the rear lane contains the bike and garden storage, laundry area, bathroom, and a studio space. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Geological formations shape design of Wyoming house by Lever Architecture

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Weathering steel and accoya wood wrap the exterior of the Alta House, which was created by US studio Lever Architecture to embrace the "sublime mountain landscape". The design is centered around the sublime mountain landscape," the team said. Situated on a half-acre (0.2-hectare) Many rooms offer expansive vistas.

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Hopson Rodstrom Design creates jagged-roof Los Angeles building with interior courtyard

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Local studio Hopson Rodstrom Design placed a sawtooth roof on top of this black-clad apartment building with an interior courtyard in southern California. It serves as a protective guard for the courtyard staircase, helps maintain the facade, and creates privacy for the interior courtyard.

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Oriented Strand Board Covers Almost Every Inch of This Australian Cabin’s Interiors

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The local builder’s brief was for a small footprint structure that encouraged his own three young kids to connect with the outdoors, as he had here in his youth, and had the essentials to support a growing family and the flexibility for seasonal internal expansion.

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Big Windows and White Interiors Punch Up a Gloomy ’60s California Beach House

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The interior of the home remains clean, simple, and minimal to accentuate a light-filled space that allows the natural outdoor landscaping to be the focus. We chose to utilize a dark cedar exterior to ground the home within the surrounding dunes and a contrasting natural cedar to accentuate the point of entry.

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NWLND Rogiers Vandeputte contrasts red concrete pool house with green landscape

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The architects used red concrete both to contrast with the green landscaping and to reference the nearby brick house. Red-stained plywood panelling insulates the interior of the pool house. Cutouts in the solid concrete walls were located to frame views of the landscape. Structural engineer: Util. Interior: ILB.

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Omar Gandhi Architects balances cedar house on rocky Nova Scotia coastline

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White oak features on the interior Upstairs, the primary suite faces the sea with a large balcony – which cantilevers over the ground floor, passively shading the large amounts of glazing – while the bathrooms are tucked on the western side. The photography is by Ema Peter.

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