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David Kohn celebrates English eccentricities with Red House in Dorset

Deezen

The red tone of the brickwork heavily contrasts the green that colours the doors, window frames and the underside of roof canopies. Other details include bulging bays that span entire rooms, circular and semi-circular windows, and drainpipes that draw bold graphic lines. Windows come in various shapes and sizes.

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Breeze blocks, openness and voids – a Singaporean villa worth exploring

Habitus Living

Most of the original walls have been demolished to cater for open plan living, like the first level’s utility room which was knocked down to extend the kitchen,” says Mandy. This modern rendition helps to reduce the visual bulk that would otherwise look ill-fitting in other zones with a clean and minimalist style.

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Undulating green roof helps Creek Cabin "live in harmony with the surrounding environment"

Deezen

The curved green roof continues the form of the adjacent fields to reduce the visual impact of the new house on the surrounding landscape, while also reducing surface water runoff and the risk of flooding," architect Jon Broome told Dezeen. The cladding was set out in varied widths and thicknesses to resemble the local woodland."

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The Point Western Washington family home

e-architect

The push-pull of building elements around the organizing circulation spine generates intriguing exterior landscaped spaces that inhabit the zones between each pavilion. A simple, cyclical palette of wood, stone, concrete, steel, and expansive window walls allow the architecture to recede and let nature take center stage.

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Merkurhuset Offices, Gothenburg, Sweden

e-architect

As a result of the maximum allowed building height, the outer wall of the top floor was angled, resembling a studio window. The vertical structures took the shape of masonry cylinders built with Danish Flensburg brick, paying homage to the nearby Rosenlundsverket heating plant and the rounded bay windows of the old Merkurhuset.

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Jorge Almazán creates minimal broken-plan interior for House in Honjo

Deezen

The new layout is broken-plan rather than open-plan; the space is loosely divided up into different zones by the few remaining partition walls, and a few custom furniture pieces. Each element is 'dressed' with a distinctive tactile and visual experience," said the studio. A new window was added in the lounge.

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Laemthong Corporation Factory | PHTAA Living Design

ArchiDiaries

The first consideration for the architect was how to utilize an underused space between two buildings (Building A: office and production, and Building B: canteen and worker’s facilities). The space was primarily a loading zone used in the morning and evening, but free during the middle of the day.

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