Dwell

JANUARY 9, 2025

The site orientation is such that the best views are towards the north facing the valley towards Ashridge Estate. The single-story building has the same silhouette as stable block with overhanging eaves. The construction system uses a cross-laminated timber (CLT) off-site manufactured system. Post it here.

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Dwell

MARCH 21, 2023

Hé Architectuur redesigned an industrial building with plaster made of dirt, straw insulation sourced from hay bales, and plenty of exposed timber. The notions of subtlety, simplicity, repetition, and flexibility were central in this project to create an easily adaptable, low-tech building. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

APRIL 15, 2025

Steeplechase is a 2,573-square foot (239-square metre) house that is nestled on a wooded 65-acre site in the Appalachian foothills near Hillsborough, North Carolina. The studio replaced an existing structure on site bud The team replaced an old house with a new, contemporary design while leaving 98 per cent of the natural site untouched.

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Dwell

MARCH 17, 2025

Originally constructed at the corner of Church Street and Oak Avenue in 1910 for a largely Swedish immigrant community, the existing building on the site was used by the Soujorner Covenant Church for over a hundred years. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The three-bedroom house by Nikjoo is located on a backland site tucked behind Stoke Newington's Church Street and was originally a parking space used by a convenience store to receive deliveries. Playful portholes were added to its west facade.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 6, 2024

British studio David Chipperfield Architects has completed a social housing block, an office building and a mixed-use high-rise as part of a masterplan in Lyon led by Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron. The studio also aimed for the 11 buildings to be visually cohesive while being distinguishable from each other.

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Deezen

APRIL 5, 2025

Tuckey Design Studio , which has offices in London and Switzerland, designed Lake Como Villa on a steeply sloping site that looks directly out over the water and the village of Bellagio. The 183-square-metre Lake Como Villa is divided into two wings. The photography is by Dario Borruto.

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e-architect

APRIL 23, 2025

The site is situated between the Eski Bağdat Street and the coastline of the Sea of Marmara, with a clear and unobstructed view of the sea, a rare occurrence in the city. The building is the outcome of an intricate superposition of different site constraints fused with internal functional requirements.

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Architizer

JANUARY 22, 2025

Across the globe, regions prone to seismic activity face the dual challenge of designing structures that not only endure these forces but also serve as symbols of hope and recovery for their communities. The centerpiece of the design is its prefabricated wood truss system, developed under the Citys Wood First Policy.

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Dwell

JANUARY 13, 2025

The sole occupant enjoys an intimate connection to the tree canopy, the abundance of indirect natural light within the dwelling, and the way the building ventilates during the warmer months." The design strives to maximize views, thermal comfort, and most importantly, connection to nature.

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Deezen

JANUARY 6, 2025

American firms Dig Studio and Lake Flato have restored and expanded Scottsdale Civic Plaza in Arizona , adding a series of pavilions and responding directly to existing buildings flanking the outdoor space. According to the team, the undulating roofs of the two performance structures reference the fluid movement of dance.

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Deezen

MARCH 7, 2025

Architecture studio Loader Monteith has replaced a dilapidated farm building in Angus, Scotland , with a home finished with stone, black-painted pine and a red corrugated-metal roof. Situated on arable farmland acquired by the client in 2009, the home occupies the site of an old stone stable, or byre, lending it the name Cairnconon Byre.

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Deezen

JANUARY 23, 2025

Private residential balconies line the majority of the upper levels, while planes of glass curtain wall cover the building's angeled sides and the office floors. One of those cuts through this building. A large terrace sits on top of the podium and another was placed at the joint between the tower's office and residential floors.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2024

It contains 60 holiday homes Anchored by a central clubhouse, the hotel site in Northamptonshire overlooks a stretch of the track's most fast-paced corners against the backdrop of rolling countryside. There is no racing at night and the bedrooms are on the quiet side of the building," said Stoutt Griffith.

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Deezen

JUNE 15, 2023

It sits at the edge of a nature preserve on Punta Cometa, or Comet Point, a peninsula that juts into the Pacific Ocean and was once the site of an Aztec fort. Two stone towers juxtapose the site's horizontal elements The architects also needed to consider how the landscape evolves throughout the year.

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Deezen

APRIL 7, 2022

Like other parts of the city, the area is experiencing a lot of new development and building renovations. Local firm In Situ Studio was charged with designing a contemporary residence for a couple – the husband is an electrical engineer, and the wife is a German and history teacher. They opted to raze the old building and start anew.

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Deezen

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 structures share a timber-and-metal material palette designed to create a "common language", the studio said.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2024

DataAE and Xavier Vendrell designed the project on a Barcelona hillside Claudi Aguiló and Albert Domingo, who run DataAE , and Xavier Vendrell Studio respectively, worked to create the project on a steep site at the edge of town. Balconies run along the eastern side of the building.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Its atrium-like living area has been positioned at the front of the site, while the bedrooms and roof terraces look out over the railway line behind. Pre-fabricated concrete panels from the old garages on site were also reused to build a new fence along the railway edge.

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Deezen

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. Alterstudio saw potential and let the constraints guide the home's design.

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Santa Cruz Architect

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Santiago Calatrava, born on July 28, 1951, in Benimmet, Valencia, Spain, is one of the most celebrated architects and engineers of our time. Known for his innovative approach that seamlessly combines structural engineering with artistic expression, Calatravas works have left an indelible mark on the global architectural landscape.

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Dwell

JANUARY 2, 2025

Updating insulation was critical, of course, but so was preserving the historic structure with the materials and construction techniques originally used to build it. Transforming this farm building into a gathering place required creating a large central space where the whole family could come together. Have one to share?

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Dwell

JANUARY 16, 2025

The site is a triangle bound on two sides by typical suburban terraces (with a right of way to an adjacent substation) and the third by the MotspurPark train station platform. The main triple-height living space sits at the front, following the sites geometry. Its dark color conceals the dust from the railway to reduce maintenance.

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Deezen

JUNE 18, 2024

Polycarbonate , steel and concrete are among the resilient materials used to form a pair of industrial buildings at Fulldraw Vineyard, designed by American studio Clayton Korte. The team designed three buildings for the site. The winery is known for its production of Rhone-style wines.

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Deezen

APRIL 17, 2023

Brooklyn-based studio Worrell Yeung has updated a historic property in New York with a series of gabled buildings clad in various timber finishes and details. The home's multi-layered gabled forms engage the site, interact with each other and frame interior spaces, studio co-founder Jejon Yeung said. The photography is by Naho Kubota.

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e-architect

APRIL 8, 2025

The project encompasses a reconfiguration of the existing building as the base with a new upper floor addition which spans the established gardens on the site and replans the home with a new central core for this multigenerational family home.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2024

Design studio HGA has completed a pair of educational facilities , Mills Hall and Gibbons Center, that are among the first "commercially scaled mass-timber buildings" in the state of Maine. Both buildings also have mass timber frames, wooden interior finishes and brick facades.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Nestled in a forested grove at the north end of a narrow, 10-acre site, the house is sheltered by oak, sweet gum, maple and persimmon trees, and opens onto an expansive view of a pond. Post it here. Each of the other rooms, including 3 bedrooms, 2.5

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The home is located on a steep site in Los Angeless Montecito Heights neighborhood. The stair hatch] required something that we enjoy doing, which is working on sites with fabricators who are willing to experiment with things that they haven't done before," says Cusm. He also envisioned a house that folded. says Bnysz. "[The

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Deezen

MAY 3, 2024

The Maine Savings Amphitheater is the largest single building in the state of Maine in terms of square footage, with a capacity of 16,500 spectators. Nearby, HGA recently completed two mass timber education buildings for Bowdoin College, and Lever Architecture has designed a mass timber extension for the Portland Museum of Art.

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Dwell

APRIL 9, 2024

Project Details: Location: Washington, United States Architect: GO'C / @ go_c_studio Footprint: 1,700 square feet Builder: Sparrow Woodworks Structural Engineer: SSF Engineers Civil Engineer: J Welch Engineering Envelope Consultant: RDH Building Science Inc.

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Deezen

JUNE 5, 2024

US studio Olson Kundig Architects has shaded a boxy, glass office complex with aluminium screens near Atlanta's BeltLine and included a glass-clad volume to connect to buildings and frame the pedestrian paths. We wanted to make the building porous, which in turn helped to drive the form," said design principal Kirsten Ring Murray.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

It islocated onehouse back from a busystreetcorner withapartments and shopfronts.This proximitymeansa mix ofsurroundinghousingtypes and the site is heavily overlooked. There was anexisting single-story bungalow on the site that wascarefully deconstructed toenable the re-use of building fabric, including the bricks and timber-roofframing.

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Deezen

JANUARY 24, 2025

The building form is addressed both additively and subtractively, creating a synergised, consolidated structure that encourages non-hierarchical relationships between office employees and factory staff," the CLB Architects team told Dezeen.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 16, 2023

US studio Anacapa Architecture has transformed an early 1900s, stucco -clad building that was formerly closed off to the public into a welcoming hotel filled with compact rooms and handcrafted decor. The building has served various uses over time. The building's terracotta tile roof was retained, as well.

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Deezen

MARCH 19, 2024

US architecture studio Cannon Design has referenced the local landscape and "prioritized inclusion", drawing on the Native American heritage of the site for its design of a university student centre in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The flow of the building creates interstitial overlaps and opportunities for students to engage with each other.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

These details emphasize the homes sense of belonging to its site, blurring the boundaries between built form and landscape." Post it here. At the heart of the main dwelling is an open-concept mezzanine level, complete with its own balcony overlooking Lake Wnaka.

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