Archinect

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Frame House transforms the existing barn house typology into a contemporary dwelling, redefined by strategic compositions of window frames on each new elevation and new structure extending from the existing gambrel roof construction.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Dubbed the first major design trend of 2024, our latest lookbook collects cosy, lived-in interiors that embody the "bookshelf wealth" aesthetic movement taking over social media. This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive.

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Deezen

JANUARY 28, 2023

From Norway to New Zealand, this lookbook explores rural cabins with cosy living areas that are animated by natural materials and views out over wild landscapes. As demonstrated by this roundup, little else is needed to make a cabin cosy, and keeping their interiors pared-back retains focus on the main event – the views out to nature.

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Deezen

JULY 4, 2023

It is designed by JM Architecture to resemble "a white pebble in the landscape" A concrete basement level supports the upper timber structure of Pinwheel, which was prefabricated to minimise maintenance and construction time due to the site's remote location. The photography is by Mascheroni.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 21, 2022

London studio Hayhurst & Co has completed the Edith Neville Primary School near King's Cross, with pockets of landscape and external play spaces wrapped by a filigree screen of white aluminium mesh. A zigzagging canopy bridges the interior and exterior. The school was wrapped in a white aluminium mesh.

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Deezen

MAY 21, 2023

From a plant-enclosed terrace in Mexico to a large rooftop garden set beneath a metal pergola in Tokyo, Dezeen's latest lookbook highlights eight interiors with impressive balconies and terraces. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring cave-like interiors , gallery interiors , and garden swimming pools.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Inside, the steel-frame structure allows for open floorplans with no load-bearing columns or walls, creating dynamic sightlines throughout the house and allowing for maximal flexibility. Built as a 100-year structure, the house was designed to meet the changing needs of a growing family.

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Habitus Living

MAY 23, 2023

Located a few hours from Melbourne, Hardcourt is a residence that sits on an 18 acre farm and property, owned by interior designer Emily Jury and partner Mark. The view here is again celebrated with large picture windows boxed into the build. A large rug brings pinks and mustard into the composition beautifully.

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Deezen

MAY 13, 2024

Studio North has completed a screen-wrapped house in Calgary "The Elbow House looks to the immediate and the macro landscapes for inspiration," the studio told Dezeen. The form, materiality, and windows are all choreographed to create both references to and relationships with these landscapes."

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Habitus Living

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Williams Burton Leopardi (WBL) has conceived a new contemporary direction for the design of Millswood Residence and directors, Sophia Leopardi and David Burton have created a home that is appropriate to place, while acknowledging the original ‘pottery shed’ structures that were on the site. Williams Burton Leopardi designbywbl.com.au

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Wadba Wadba House by Hannah Cooper "Nested in Toonumber Forest, New South Wales, Wadba Wadba House draws inspiration from MORQ and various Australian designs that embody a luxurious, rustic, minimal interior. The use of natural light, layering and circulation all add to the inspiration derived from the works of Louis Kahn.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

It blends the idea of a permanent luxury camping structure and a grown-up cubby house, and was an exercise in limiting scale and maximizing usability. Earthy tones and hand-selected, local materials and furnishings throughout the cabin pay homage to the external landscape and give warmth and coziness."

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Deezen

JULY 21, 2022

Architecture studio SPF Architects has completed a sports facility in Los Angeles consisting of two separate buildings that were built using pre-engineered metal structures in order to not disrupt activity at the site. The PEMBs consist of the structure and an exterior, which consists of insulated rib metal panels.

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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2024

Omar Gandhi clad the home in naturally weathering cedar boards Naturally weathering cedar boards were interspersed with detail elements of Corten steel to form picture frame hoops around the windows. Approaching the building from the public side, a sense of privacy and shelter welcomes visitors," the team said.

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Deezen

JANUARY 2, 2022

Portland -based Hacker Architects ' renovation focused on the interiors, which the team described as a "vibrant, nostalgic mix of colours and textures". One way of doing this was by adding in a large window to the main living space. A large window was added to the main living space. Exposed wood creates a cosy atmosphere.

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Deezen

MARCH 4, 2023

Our latest lookbook features cross-laminated timber interiors, including a colourful German vacation home and a tenement-style housing development in Edinburgh , and is part of Dezeen's Timber Revolution series. In interiors, CLT can create a luxurious effect even for projects with a tight budget and gives rooms a light, modern feel.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

A nursery by Junya Ishigami and MAD's Cloudscape of Haikou feature in our latest lookbook , which highlights 10 softly contoured interiors from the Dezeen archive that were modelled on the sinuous shapes of clouds and wind-smoothed caves. Find out more about the Cabin at Norderhov ›. Find out more about Two Holiday Houses in Firostefani ›.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The following rural retreats also seek to make the most of the country’s rich and surreal landscapes. The soothing macrocarpa interior, the central stone fireplace and broad windows beautifully complement the tranquil exterior. This earthy, weathered look nearly camouflages the house amid the rugged landscape.

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Architizer

JUNE 2, 2022

The rooms are placed around this central opening, ensuring that all the windows reach the surface. Some of the natural rock surfaces were in the interior spaces remains exposed, amplifying the alpine atmosphere. Inspired by the geometry of the Krkonose Mountains, this new building blends into the landscape (almost completely!)

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2022

Designed as a hideaway in a snowy forest, the two-storey house is characterised by floor-to-ceiling glass windows and rectilinear volumes. A tubular pink elevator runs from the top to the bottom of the structure and can be seen through the house's glass facade. "We The house was rendered within a frosty landscape.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

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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The Spaces

APRIL 1, 2022

Ome Dezin founders Jesse Rudolph and Joëlle Alexa Kütner renovated the LA property – which comprises three structures; the three-bedroom main home, a light-filled 188 sq ft studio space and a one-bedroom guesthouse – leaning heavily into the vibe created by its tranquil, hillside location, covered in tropical trees and plants.

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Deezen

APRIL 3, 2024

Thick walls of local stone shelter Caochan na Creige, a home in Scotland 's Outer Hebrides by local practice Izat Arundell designed to "sit respectfully in the landscape". Looking to blend the home in with its dramatic surroundings, Izat Arundell finished the simple, timber-frame structure with blocks of local stone called Lewisian Gneiss.

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Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

The entrance of the building uses fall height glass windows which gives a more interactive community communication, as the structural function to fill the collapsed part of the house. © The Design Institute Of Landscape & Architecture China Academy Of Art CO.,LTD. Many ethnic elements are used in the interior.

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Deezen

MAY 1, 2024

American studio Walker Warner Architects has completed Hale Kiawe, a family retreat with simple, gabled forms are set within an undulating landscape dotted with chunky lava rocks. Simple lines and geometries create a striking contrast with the undulating landscape and stunning coastline in the distance," the team said.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The structure for the 530-square-foot timber-clad retreat was craned into place and set on piles to prioritize views and minimize impact on the nationally preserved land. Photo by Tom Bird Photo by Tom Bird Photo by Tom Bird See the full story on Dwell.com: A Prefab Cabin With Massive Windows Touches Down Lightly in a U.K.

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Deezen

MARCH 23, 2022

The structure is now certified under the Passivhaus EnerPHit category, particular to retrofitted buildings. In order to achieve the status, ERA updated the cladding of the structure to ensure thermal performance and airtightness. The apartment interiors have also been renovated by ERA. Structural: Entuitive Corporation.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The spiral spatial structure both shapes the interior terraces and creates a 360-panoramic view of the surrounding landscape through expansive windows," he continued. It is modelled on a conch shell "The starting point of the spiral touches ground, meandering among the trees," Xi told Dezeen.

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Architizer

AUGUST 19, 2022

Taking advantage of the lack of limitations set by the natural surroundings, these homes reject the rigidity (and oftentimes boxy) design of the urban environment in favor of more free-flowing curved and circular structures. By Sweet Sparkman Architecture and Interiors , Sarasota County, FL. Casey Key Guest House. Viewpoint House.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

CCY Architects took cues from "the breathtaking natural landscape" "Our inspiration for DNA Alpine residence stemmed from the breathtaking natural landscape," CCY Architects principal Todd Kennedy told Dezeen. "We 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

MARCH 13, 2024

The 650-square-foot (60-square metre) cabin is organised into two offset volumes that are connected by an interior passageway while a tilted, cedar-shingled roof covers the structure. A porch and outdoor shower were placed in the back two corners of the structure, located in the interstitial space created by the offset plan.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Along with curling exterior walls that span the length of the houses's perimeter, they were created using a technique in which concrete is poured slowly into fabric formwork supported by a plywood rib structure. The team covered the structure with berms, which rise out of the flat landscape of the surrounding agricultural fields.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2022

Open-plan layouts, functional and adaptable furniture and minimalist designs are some of the trademarks of modernist interiors. Modernism emerged as an architectural movement in the 1930s and has influenced the pared-back appearance of many interior design projects ever since. Top: photo is by Joana France. Photo is by Trevor Mein.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 9, 2023

From the side, the serrated edge blocks oblique views from the principal first-floor neighbouring windows," Proctor & Shaw director John Proctor told Dezeen. "It It is designed to be pulled back (with the shortest overhang) at the mid-window point to allow the maximum amount of light directly from above."

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Deezen

MAY 16, 2024

Called Zilker Studios, the structure includes 110 affordable apartments operated by local housing organisation Foundation Communities. The internal common areas on the ground floor have surfaces painted with bright colours and internal windows to help spread light. The photography is by Casey Dunn.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Architecture practice THISS Studio has reconfigured the dark interior of an interwar house in east London, adding an extension characterised by timber joinery and a curved aluminium roof. By reducing its size, more of the client's budget was allocated to using sustainably sourced sapele hardwood for the timber structure.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The bedrooms and bathrooms are stacked on the opposite end with windows that look out east and west. The interior features a C-shaped plan An exterior staircase – shaded by a black partition lattice made of local purple rosewood – leads up to a roof terrace with 360-degree views. Rogelio Rojas Castro Structural engineering: Ing.

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