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. Our job was to find a way to bring these two elements together and complement them both." The photography is by Jack Hobhouse.

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Deezen

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. Read: In Situ Studio creates low-lying Trull Residence for wooded site in North Carolina. Contractor: Arrowhead.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

It was our first completed project in China and a very special design for a very special and engaged client. The client wanted to set the tone for their Luxe Lakes development with the Gateway Arts Center and they allowed us broad design latitude to engage the site entry and waterfront. Therefore — portable regionalism.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 13, 2025

Selected through listener feedback and platform analytics, this episode explores how architects can use storytelling to create proposals that connect emotionally with clients, stand out from the competition, and secure more work. Every design tells a storyof a clients vision, a communitys needs, or a sites history.

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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 first of two planned residences, it is distinguished by its lower height and butterfly roof.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

US architecture studio Schaum/Shieh has embedded a Virginia house with irregularly shaped volumes into the contours of a steep site. Our clients knew many hilly sites from growing up in the area and their time in Greece. We focused on the hill, the seasons, the distant view, and the intimate life of the site."

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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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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2025

A red ring, which functions as a running track, weaves through and around the playground design Once a fenced, asphalted area, the rejuvenated site is now a flexible space for ball games, concerts, outdoor cinema screenings and community events.

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Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2025

A corridor was used as an exhibition space and small workshops and remnants of the original structure constructed with handmade adobe bricks are scattered around the site. The first level old San Blas customs building is still standing.

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Deezen

JANUARY 8, 2022

Gort Scott's scheme focused on unifying these buildings and their relationship to the landscape, removing a small residential building at the centre of the site that diverted the riverside route and blocked views from the rest of the college. The project reconnects the college to its riverside site. Client: St Hilda's College, Oxford.

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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

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Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Known as the Dogtrot House, the 3200-square foot (300-square metre) residence sits on a 10-acre site in Hillsborough, outside of Raleigh-Durham, that is densely wooded with oak, sweet gum, maple and persimmon trees and overlooks a pond. The photography is by Keith Isaacs.

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Architizer

JULY 23, 2024

However, in the professional world, architects and designers must be able to find a way of balancing creativity with client needs, budgets, building codes, and zoning regulations. Client satisfaction and feasibility take precedence over purely artistic endeavors, necessitating practical and often conservative solutions.

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Deezen

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. Two green roofs top the building, characterised by their asymmetrical pyramid shapes topped with rooflights.

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Deezen

MAY 30, 2024

As the client is a chef, the renovation centres around a large kitchen at the heart of the ground floor lit by a strip of skylights along one side. Avoiding internal linings wherever possible, this kitchen is wrapped by an exposed hardwood timber frame infilled with hempcrete, which was hand-poured with the help of the clients.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Indeed, while clients and the general public often admire the final product, the behind-the-scenes process of material specification remains largely invisible. In particular, Material Bank has revolutionized sampling by centralizing this process so that architects no longer need to bounce from site to site.

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Deezen

MARCH 18, 2024

UK architecture studio Richard Parr Associates has completed a single-storey family residence on a wild countryside site in Oxfordshire. Drawing on the local farmhouse typology, the home by Richard Parr Associates features a sloped-roof brick structure clad with charred timber and topped with corrugated metal roofing.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Informed by the greenhouses that once occupied the site, local architecture studio Hayhurst and Co added bamboo planting behind polycarbonate screens to the facade of a family home in London. The plants and screens softly filter the daylight whilst maintaining privacy and provide solar shading on hot summer days," said Nicholls.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 21, 2025

Note: If you are reading this via email, click h ere to access the on-site audio player] Today we are going to be talking about those interesting considerations and bits of advice that have been shared with us during our career. Welcome to Episode 174: Dear Future Architects. Welcome to Episode 174: Dear Future Architects.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Design firm DGN Studio, the clients, and their contractor turned the terrace home into a bright residence filled with the owners’ collection of vintage fittings and furnishings. This stitching and weaving of different material components and objects inherited from the client continues throughout the home. Have one to share?

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Deezen

JANUARY 25, 2025

The project is ingenious particularly in terms of the site plan, which is the starting point and most important aspect of housing," she told Dezeen for this piece. Unusually for a project of this type, Mikhail Riches and Hawley worked directly with the council as client, rather than through a contractor under a design-and-build setup.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Completed in the spring of 2021, the 6,060-square-foot (563-square-metre) House on a Bay is composed of two distinct bars that sit atop a steep site overlooking a bay in Southport, Maine. He felt strongly that this building should be singular, much like its site. Project credits: General contractor: Warren Construction Group.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Piil was informed by Estonia's observation towers, which are often placed in scenic locations, and assembled on-site. A mesh floor creates a viewpoint inside the house Piil, which was constructed off-site, was designed as a private retreat. metres above ground and creates a sheltered outdoor space.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2024

Alabama forms the site for Fowl River Cabin "When looking at the site and analysing the client's goals for the project, we knew that the siting of the building and the way it interacted with the river and trees was going to be just as crucial as the design itself," the Tall Architects team told Dezeen. Contractor: C.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2024

Four Roof House features a Corten steel exterior Their chosen site was a bluff overlooking a lake near the town of Helmville. The site came with challenges, such as fluctuating weather conditions and threats of wildfire. One side of the home is set at an angle, adding a dynamic quality to the plan.

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Dwell

JUNE 30, 2022

The client and family live in San Francisco and use the house as a retreat for gatherings and celebrations. The interior of the public spaces in the main home are also in dialogue with the other two structures on the site."

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Deezen

AUGUST 15, 2022

Raised above a floodplain on steel stilts , the single-storey March House replaces a former 1920s home in a row of summerhouses along the river bank close to the town of Marlow, where the client has lived for the past 19 years. One is used by the client and the other is designed for guests. Contractor: Philiam Construction.

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Dwell

JULY 29, 2024

The self-built home marks the first time that local firm Surman Weston has acted as a project’s client, architect, and contractor. Following a two-year search which began in 2016, the council-owned site, a small patch of scrubby grass in Peckham, was purchased at auction. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

MARCH 2, 2023

US studio CLB Architects has designed a cedar-clad home and barn in Wyoming for clients who love horses and wanted to return their property to its historic roots as a working ranch. CLB Architects gave the home a long, low roof To design the project, the team drew upon the site's history as a working cattle ranch.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

For the structure, Unknown Works designed a kit of prefabricated structural panels in spruce CLT, which allowed the project to be assembled on-site in just four days. Client: Annabel Bligh and Luke Leighfield. Main contractor: Tutka Building Services Ltd. CLT contractor: Construkt CLT. Interior designer: Unknown Works.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

The new rooms were raised up from the ground The house reminded the client of a trio of modernist villas in Sardinia, which he had admired since childhood stays at his family's vacation home on the Mediterranean island. When he bought the site on Manda Island, he decided to track down the architects behind these 1970s villas.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Situated on a narrow site between a fragment of the city's medieval wall and a branch of the river Dyle, the complex comprises a 14-storey tower, nine townhouses and a small apartment block united "into one coherent building". The photography is by Maxime Delvaux.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 15, 2023

The footprint of this vacation home dances around the complex conditions of the site. Although the site is splendidly situated overlooking an ocean view to the southeast, there is an elevation gap of about 1.4 The result is a natural-feeling interior scale and a sense of affinity between the buildings and the site.

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Modern Architecture Concept

APRIL 2, 2025

When choosing between glulam and traditional timber beams, builders, architects, and contractors must weigh the benefits and limitations of each. Whether you’re supporting large roof spans, exterior patios, or indoor columns, glulam provides the reliability contractors and clients demand.

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Deezen

JUNE 22, 2024

"We pride ourselves on being resourceful and making the most of a client's budget, and are always looking at ways of re-use and recycling," studio co-founder Lefkos Kyriacou told Dezeen. It connects to an existing public footpath and is designed to be wheelchair accessible. The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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Deezen

AUGUST 30, 2022

The clients – a local Ukrainian couple with a large family – requested from the outset that Makhno Studio should work with as many Ukrainian manufacturers and craftsmen as possible to create bespoke products for the house. "All The clients wanted a neutral, beige interior across all of the rooms to create a cohesive look.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The site is located on a very narrow and highly frequented street, presenting challenges such as limited parking availability for contractors. Additionally, the client required a swift construction process in order to move back into the property as soon as possible.

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