Architecture Ideas

JUNE 1, 2023

You may not know this, but Crittall windows and doors got their start in the 1880s. Back then, they were exclusively used for warehouses, factories, and other industrial spaces. Sure, they’re still immensely popular as windows and internal doors, but they’re also used for everything from room dividers to shower screens.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

Bright red curving forms and cubic volumes form Haus 2+, a mixed-use building that architecture studio Office ParkScheerbarth has added to a compact riverside site in Berlin. The building features balconies and window seats Set into a small gap in the street near the district's entrance, Haus 2+ is spread across three storeys.

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MAY 16, 2024

Local studio Forge Craft Architecture + Design has created affordable apartments for people transitioning out of homelessness in Austin that feature a breezeway to encourage rest and preserve heritage trees on the site. The breezeway connects the common spaces to foster social interaction and relaxation.

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APRIL 21, 2023

Called the Third Space Commons, the project was led by Third Quadrant Design, UBC ’s first green building design team. The team also reused many materials from other construction sites in Vancouver, including the building’s windows, solar panels, appliances, and lumber, whic.

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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 spaces between each pod create room for gardens, outdoor nooks and wooden terraces along the house, while a parking area was carved out of the hillside at the back.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Scottish architecture studio Loader Monteith has designed an office with a gabled roof , along with two private residences, for mountain bike tour operator H&I Adventures on a sloping brownfield site in Scotland. The first of two planned residences, it is distinguished by its lower height and butterfly roof.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Architecture firm Alterstudio has completed a tower-like house in Texas that rises up from a steep, wooded site that was long overlooked "as a possible home site". The site had long been overlooked as feasible for home construction. Garapa wood was used for soffits and for door and window surrounds.

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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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AUGUST 16, 2023

Satish Jassal Architects designed Haringey Brick Bungalow The 110-square-metre site and narrow passageway was "like building through a straw", dictating many design and construction decisions. The living spaces span both wings and look out to both courtyards, bringing in a different quality of light throughout the day." "The

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MARCH 11, 2024

Chinese studio Wutopia Lab has used wave-shaped roofs of blue aluminium and translucent fabric to transform an industrial yard in Shanghai into a mixed-use cultural space. Wutopia Lab focused on a former service yard and duty office at the site, transforming it into a multipurpose square with bold red concrete surfaces.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. 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.

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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. It is] a fluid open space that can be seen through," said the studio. The concrete is left exposed.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

Architecture practice Stride Treglown worked closely with staff and students at the Deaf Academy to design a campus in Exmouth, UK , with spaces tailored to best suit the needs of deaf people. It was to be their space, and hearing people entering the building should notice the features included to suit their needs," he added.

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JUNE 22, 2023

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and Moody Nolan unveiled the International African American Museum The space underneath the structure was left completely open between the columns, except for the massing of the skylit staircase that rises up through the centre of it. The material choices on the exterior further reference the history of the site.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

A Los Angeles entrepreneur is launching a glamping site in California that aims to attract urban professionals who want to commune with nature. Find Sanctuary is opening glamping sites in California. The sites feature compact cabins. "The The first site will be located in Big Bear. There are operable windows.

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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. Their design references the site's former use as a builders' yard. Dallas Pierce Quintero has completed a cluster of houses in London.

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APRIL 7, 2022

The site formerly held a run-down, 1940s dwelling that was owned by the clients. The new house needed to have plenty of space to accommodate frequent visits from the clients' grown kids, who live out of town. Large windows and skylights illuminate the upper level. The largest window is 11 feet wide and 10 feet tall (3.3

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

GO'C has created the City Park Mini Mart art centre in Seattle Initially attempting to renovate an existing structure, GO'C realised it did not provide enough space. GO'C wanted to create a functional space that used as much of the 1930s-era gas station aesthetic as possible. Skylights were included in the gallery space.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Yet sports spaces are far more than just centers of spectacle or physical activity. The new clubhouse and refurbished amenities pay homage to the past, while providing state-of-the-art recreation spaces for the local community. This revival of a hallowed sporting site has been sensitively negotiated.

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JUNE 9, 2022

The upgrades now make it the second-largest in the BPL’s system and are part of a larger $52 million land-sale funded push that brings with it 114 units of off-site affordable housing at the site and a suite of upgrades and repairs to nine other branches. Image © Gregg Richards/Courtesy of Brooklyn Public Library.

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

Large windows on the shore-facing facade frame views of the lake, while panoramic windows at ground level face an adjacent meadow. Above, large dormer windows bring additional natural light into the space.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Comprising six flats, the housing block replaces an old builder's yard on a site closely bordered by 19th-century stone tenements, in Edinburgh's Southside. Our chamfered form with big picture windows and lime-plastered masonry sits contemporary in the street and the south side of Edinburgh," project architect Ayla Riom told Dezeen.

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JANUARY 18, 2023

Local practice Platform 5 Architects has completed NW10 House, a family home on an infill site in north London with exposed concrete interiors and a textured brick exterior. Centred around a skylit, concrete spiral stair, the home's spaces fan out to fill the triangular site, overlooking a paved terrace that wraps its eastern edge.

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JULY 29, 2023

Not every house has the space for a designated office room, so adding a desk to the bedroom is a popular choice for those requiring a place to work or study at home. Pine plywood furniture that decorates the space was built on site, including the wall-mounted desk at the end of the bed.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Windows are an integral element of any residential design. Picturesque views can inform an architectural project’s siting and overall design. Meanwhile, the interior space contrasts the harsh exterior through its soft, white walls and flowing floor plan. Architects: Want to have your project featured?

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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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JANUARY 22, 2022

Named Tree House, the dwelling was designed by London studio Fletcher Crane Architects for a former garage site in a conservation area in Chiswick that is bounded by rear gardens. To provide the necessary spaces, this required embedding the house in the ground using excavations extending to a depth of 3.2 metres below street level.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

The building was stripped down to its foundation and replaced with a 2,400-square-foot (223-square-metre) house that is lifted above the site. Inside, there is an open-concept living space Inside, one finds three bedrooms and an open-concept space for cooking, dining and lounging. Stairs lead up to the front door.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

Windows are fun because they enliven any space with natural light and effortlessly connect us to the world outside. However, architects should be wary of adopting windows too excessively. Luckily, louvers are an ideal counterpart to windows. Start an A+Firm Award Application today. . Bardales Urban Training Center.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. 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. Have one to share?

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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

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MAY 7, 2022

US studio Walker Workshop acted as both architect and general contractor to create a southern California home that features stucco cladding and a distinctive window system. Located in Los Angeles , the Rustic Canyon house sits on a shady site dotted with California oak and sycamore trees. The firm also served as the general contractor.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Expansive windows, a 92-foot-long skylight along the home’s central axis, and sliding-glass doors between the den and sheltered porch create an airy environment connected to the outdoors.

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APRIL 6, 2023

The Portland Flatiron building is a timber framed mixed use building sited at the edge of a sloping triangular site in N Portland. The five floor plates will be open loft space of approximately 5,000 sf each framed with timber columns and beams, and cross laminated timber floors with concrete topping slabs.

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DECEMBER 27, 2022

Named Zhang Yuan, the site has recently reopened after a complete rehabilitation of its historic buildings. As part of the revamp , coffee roaster and retailer Blue Bottle Coffee Company commissioned Neri&Hu to create a retail space in one of the old residences. The café rises in the midst of these elements.

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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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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. Images by Benedikt Markel.

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