Deezen

APRIL 16, 2023

Challenging site constraints informed the angular shape of this concrete house named Villa MKZ, designed by Japanese studio Takeshi Hirobe Architects. The footprint of this vacation home dances around the complex conditions of the site," studio founder Takeshi Hirobe told Dezeen. metres in the centre," said Hirobe. "By

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MAY 20, 2024

Utah is a land of striking contrasts and otherworldly landscapes, and its architectural identity is deeply rooted in the state’s history and culture. The interior offers expansive views of the Utah sky through abundant windows, while the glass exterior integrates the horizon into the building façade.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Toronto-based StudioAC has completed a residence east of the city, in a landscape characterized by an “intricate coastline and a bourgeoning wine-making industry.” Large windows on the shore-facing facade frame views of the lake, while panoramic windows at ground level face an adjacent meadow.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A corner terrace with decades of architectural detritus had engulfed the site with a never-ending cascade of additions and lean-to’s with the odd weed surviving between the cracks of the concrete path. Our intent was to deliver a mixed-use house, breaking up the site to deliver more. Three uses out of one.

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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

JUNE 22, 2023

It occupies a site on the waterfront in Charleston, where many enslaved Africans first reached the United States before being sold into forced labour throughout the country. Without this building, this sacred site would have remained unknown and the stories of our ancestors untold." The columns were clad in oyster-shell tabby.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Clay tiles line the front of a slender family house in San Miguel de Allende that was designed by local architect Mauricio Alonso to be in "continuous dialogue with the landscape". The site conditions figured heavily into the design of the 1,948-square-metre (181-square-metre) home. To the northeast is a city-owned park.

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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. Edith Neville Primary School is a school in King's Cross that was designed by Hayhurst and Co. It was designed as a school in a park.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Windows are an integral element of any residential design. Picturesque views can inform an architectural project’s siting and overall design. Listed below are eight residential homes, all of which sit on wondrous landscapes and make the most of such special sights through thoughtfully-placed glass openings.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Vitrocsa, a pioneering Swiss glass manufacturer, has built on this idea through a revolutionary approach to window design. Vitrocsa seamlessly blends traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge technology to create windows that transcend the boundaries of conventional architectural aesthetics.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

From rainforests in the most unlikely transport hubs to event spaces hanging preciously over world heritage sites and remote rest stops for desert travelers, each of the blueprints below proves that our planet is the ultimate creative force. Architizer's 12th Annual A+Awards are officially underway!

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Thermally insulated glazing is braced by an intricate steel structure — inside, the intersections of the geometric struts frame viewing windows, capturing snapshots of Prague’s breathtaking topography. The connectivity historically enjoyed at ground level has been recreated in the clouds, imparting a new-found intimacy to the site.

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Deezen

JANUARY 11, 2023

Occupying a site formerly used by Plymouth University , the project involved the construction of a new teaching building and the refurbishment of the adjacent Owen Theatre, the two of which are connected by a glass link bridge. The post Stride Treglown completes site for the Deaf Academy in Exmouth appeared first on Dezeen.

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Dwell

MAY 16, 2022

"We grew up here near Lake Constance and the Alps, where it’s mainly grassland and forest—we love our region, and we want to give people the ability to get to know the landscape and its beauty." The dwelling connects to its pastoral landscape, and it lives larger than its 516 square feet of interior space. Photo by Linda Kl?tniece

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Archinect

MARCH 12, 2024

The series describes itself as a “window into tomorrow’s cities” by celebrating excellence in projects still undergoing design or construction, which have “the potential for positive contribution to communities, neighborhoods and urban landscapes around the world.”

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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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DECEMBER 8, 2022

The subtle yet refined design is modest in scale, and makes use of the sloping site where the lodge appears elevated amongst the trees as the ground levels fall away below. Furthermore, by using off-site construction, the project was able to overcome logistical limitations and minimize disruption to the setting.

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Deezen

APRIL 6, 2022

Patinated brass panels and extra-clear glass form the facades of a weekend dwelling designed by Woods + Dangaran for a boulder-strewn site in southern California. Flanking the ends of the main bar are piers made of concrete masonry units (CMUs), which help anchor the home to the site. Landscape architect: Chris Sosa.

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Deezen

JULY 20, 2022

London-based architecture firm Blee Halligan has created Derwent Valley Villa, a family home in Derbyshire, UK, that was informed by the surrounding landscape. The position of it on the site meant that most of the approach was a large asphalt driveway, which did not allow for a discernible garden even though the village site was around 0.5

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Early in the design process, our clients shared what they wanted to carry through from their former home, including its quality of light, the way it connected to the surrounding landscape, and its natural materials and craftsmanship. Natural, locally sourced materials help anchor the home to its site and surroundings.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2022

US studio Heliotrope Architects has minimized site disturbances while creating a cedar -clad holiday home on a wooded hillside in the Pacific Northwest. The clients initially tapped Seattle's Heliotrope Architects to consult on the site selection and then hired the firm to design the dwelling itself. "We Cabinetry: Space Theory.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Instead, the studio decided to create a 1,500-square-foot (139-square-metre) structure on the site that consists of a gallery and gathering space and a utilities area, separated by a courtyard. Also important was the remediation of the contaminated site, often referred to as a brownfield site.

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Archinect

AUGUST 10, 2023

Led by architects Carmody Groarke and landscape artist Kim Wilkie, the project will be the biggest redevelopment of the past two decades for the venue, which originally opened in 1817 as the UK’s first public art gallery. Image credit: Carmody Groarke The redevelopment will see a new timber pavilion constructed in the gallery's gardens.

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Archinect

APRIL 8, 2024

FELINE (SKI CHALET) Feline Chalet is a ski chalet situated on a beautiful rural landscape in Collingwood, which has views towards two mountains – the Blue Mountain on north-west and the Osler Bluff on south-west – and a small creek flowing into Georgian Bay on the east end.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 28, 2023

The new design respects the site’s long-standing use as a multi family house with an embedded accessory dwelling unit at the garden level. Shared by both families, the landscape consists of citrus trees and a vegetable garden, viable due to this sunny south San Francisco location.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The site is located in a cottage village outside the city, surrounded by a variety of modern manor buildings. The original shape of the house in the longitudinal direction does not have a clear distinction between walls and roof, being associated with the natural landscape - the outcropping of rocks near the Dnipro River.

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Deezen

MAY 17, 2022

Robert Gurney designed the house for a site near Washington DC. In the main suite, the architect incorporated a street-facing window system that provides both privacy and natural light. The main suite has a street-facing window system. Landscape architect: Campion Hruby Landscape Architects.

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Architizer

JANUARY 19, 2022

Embracing the stunning landscape of Norway, their forms are intentionally simplistic, leaving the scenic surroundings undisturbed. United by the same set of keywords — timber, landscape and cold climate — these projects each uniquely coexist with their sites to create cozy environments for long winter days.

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Architizer

JUNE 2, 2022

Despite technical complications involved in construction, inclined sites can invoke inspiring new architectural possibilities that just aren’t possible on flat sites. Below are a few ways in which architects have made the most of sloped sites to create unique homes and public buildings. when seen from certain angles.

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Archinect

MAY 19, 2023

meter high central space of the house, its inhabitants can enjoy the surrounding landscape through the large windows that end in two of its perimeter patios and a large terrace that extends into the terrain by means of vegetated platforms. Under the zenithal light that enters through the roof of the 4.5

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

A family home that blurs the distinction between interior and exterior space through its unique connection to the natural landscape. Terraces adjacent to the living spaces, a hidden path to the lake shore, and two outdoor rooms with fire pits further integrate the building into the site.

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Archinect

MARCH 21, 2023

Sited on a private coastal California hillside street lined with five tightly stacked homes, the 3000 square foot residence optimizes a compact footprint, resulting in an experience that maximizes outdoor living, without compromising the privacy of the family. Additionally, a guest quarters open.

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Dwell

AUGUST 4, 2023

Marion Mahoney and Walter Burley Griffin planned and designed the picturesque subdivision in 1915, with winding roads and community parklands that follow the curving topography, and dwellings that are secondary to the natural landscape. Proponents of modern architecture, the Griffins designed houses free from stylistic precedent.

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Architizer

JANUARY 26, 2023

miles from the site. The cost of bringing a sanitary sewer to the site was $2.0M – threatening the viability of the entire development. Working with our civil and plumbing engineers, we developed a design for an on-site black water treatment system where the outflow was clean water.

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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". The site's remote nature informed the simple material choices, as well as making it more viable to construct the timber frame on-site rather than prefabricating it.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Located on a wooded site in the northwest corner of Connecticut, the Sharon Residence is a 1,892 square foot prefabricated home with views towards the Housatonic Valley. Floor-to-ceiling glass windows and sliding doors frame views of the surrounding landscape.

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Archinect

AUGUST 10, 2022

During this time, LA's Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) embarked on “significant transformations” at the Hollyhock House and Residence A, a guest house (also designed by Wright) located at the same site. The property saw conservation work on its cast stone, art glass windows, woodwork, and landscape.

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