Archinect

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Built on the shores of Lake Revdor, the three-level Break Residence was commissioned to fulfill the client’s wish of building a home on the land of his ancestors and is described by the design team as “a place of welcoming and gathering” for the small surrounding community.

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Archinect

MARCH 4, 2025

The project site is located in the Ganges Delta off the Bay of Bengal in the Bhola District of Bangladesh. Due to the hot and humid climate, the form of the structure is calibrated to maximize the potential for natural ventilation through a series of perforations.

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Archinect

JANUARY 16, 2025

Located in one of the most affluent neighbourhoods in Toronto, the Hoggs Hollow, 10° of Separation is a simple, rational, and ethical response to the existing geographical context and nature of the site, as well as the client’s needs for a retirement home. The site exhibited two major complexities.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Named Sawmill Treehouse, the home sits on a steeply sloping site in Sawmill Settlement, a suburb near Mount Buller ski resort in the Victorian Alps, known locally as High Country. Built on site with a structural steel frame, the cabin has a rectangular form measuring 12 metres long and four metres wide.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

It is built from hempcrete and timber "The clients wanted an open plan, flexible layout for both parents, children, grandparents and guests to enjoy," said Nimtim Architects project director Allie MacKinnon. "We It gives a natural, soft quality to the extension," she added. We proposed hempcrete as a response to this.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Its constrained site, which measures just six metres in width and 15 metres in depth, is opened up by a series of courtyards that help maximise access to natural light, ventilation and greenery. The courtyards not only infuse the interior with natural light but also facilitate cross-ventilation and spaces for interaction."

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Deezen

MARCH 7, 2025

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. In particular, they desired a space that evoked bothies shelters often found in remote Scotland that are free to use and byres to pay homage to the site's former use.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 15, 2024

MAD Architects wanted the reference to natural rock formations to appear to be imposing itself on an otherwise typical residential facade. We wanted to bring all that to the site" The rooftop has pine trees and a pool. There were a lot of small design moves like that that were made just to heighten that experiential factor." "The

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Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The 205-square-metre dwelling was designed for a client with a background in the steel industry and is located on a site surrounded by large mango trees in the coastal town of Tanur. The durable deck-sheet roof offers thermal insulation, completing the modern industrial aesthetic while ensuring energy efficiency."

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Archinect

JANUARY 10, 2024

The client’s main goal was to establish unique accommodation, connected to their existing activities center, for active guests to experience and explore the local nature. One of the main challenges is that most of the site is two to four meters under the projected flood zone levels after factoring in future climate change.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Topped with a stack of eight chimney-style lightwells, the spa is located on a river valley site surrounded by cliffs and forest in Wuling Mountain's Yanshi Village, which means Eye Stone and gives the project its name.

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Archinect

JULY 19, 2024

The clients also wanted the project to promote and be aligned with the surrounding environment. The architects honored this through the house’s visual and material harmonization with its surroundings, responsible material sourcing and site adaptation, and energy-saving systems.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Architecture as a Two-Way Exchange Pabelln 3E by TACO Taller de Arquitectura Contextual , Yucatan, Mexico Just as a traveler learns to navigate new landscapes, tastes and customs, architects immersed in foreign projects confront the subtleties of cultural expectations, site-specific constraints and regional craftsmanship.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Tidal House belongs to a retired couple, who moved from Edinburgh to Dumfriesshire in pursuit of a more peaceful life in closer proximity to nature. The site on the Solway Coast was previously occupied by a neglected house that was demolished to make way for a building designed to blend in harmoniously with its natural surroundings.

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Deezen

MAY 10, 2024

It was commissioned during the pandemic as a second home for the client The design team had multiple goals for the project. It was elevated to avoid humidity and provide greater views and more illumination The architects conceived a two-storey house that is partly lifted above the site by steel piers.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Colien House steps down a sloped site in Barcelona "The central purpose was to answer the programme proposal made by the client by including a careful embodiment of the landscape, complying with the specific local rules and the relation of each of the four floors' elevation with the natural topography," Siza told Dezeen.

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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. The space itself was dark, dingy, and depressing, with no natural light.

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Archinect

JANUARY 23, 2023

’ Offering services in building design, exhibitions, and master planning since 1980, the firm has collaborated with clients including the Smithsonian Institution , the American Museum of Natural History , and the Cooper Union.

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Archinect

JANUARY 12, 2023

Blending the elegance of a chic urban retreat with the all-natural feel and openness of an idyllic getaway, this residence in Messenia, Greece was designed for a client and their extended family as a vacation home. The property is located on a generous, sloped, seaside plot. It also cleverly conceals the home from prying eyes.

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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. A spacious, storage-filled kitchen (where the clients spend a majority of their time) opens onto this living space.

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Archinect

JUNE 28, 2023

A new neighborhood-scale development from OSD aimed at enhancing the lives of neurodiverse adults has broken ground outside of Fayetteville, Arkansas following a special ceremony held this week with the firm and its client, a local nonprofit organization called SLS Community. Image courtesy OSD This objective will.

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Deezen

APRIL 18, 2025

Called Piano House after the client's white baby grand, which has pride of place in the living room, the property is located on a teardrop-shaped street in Gleneagles overlooking the Burrard Inlet. The office and entry all have windows that look back to the fern garden and the towering cedars on the north side of the site.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Located on a densely vegetated and sloped site, the tower-like structure comprises an art studio and bedroom, which connects to the main house via a polycarbonate corridor. The extension is intended to evoke a "childhood treehouse" "The biggest driver for our design solution was the site," studio founder Sam Brown told Dezeen.

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Architizer

MARCH 24, 2025

How does one transform a home into a lens for nature? While the residence is highly modern, it features the materiality, strategic site orientation and warm, welcoming feel of a traditional cabin in the woods. Yet, the most prominent feature of the space is glass. The Notch House by Paul Designs Projects; image courtesy of Marvin.

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Archinect

JULY 12, 2024

Our client, a retired aerospace engineer and avid hiker, is not interested in horses, but fell in love with the site for its purity, simplicity and openness. The resulting building is essentially a platform for viewing the rise and fall of the sun, the change of the seasons, and the natural beauty that flows by and through 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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Landscape Architecture Magazine

APRIL 2, 2025

A KOA site in Maine gets a glow-up into SITES-certified retreat. With its leafy trees, modest cabins, and open RV and tent sites, Bar Harbor Woodlands looked and functioned no differently than the average pull-in campground. That was always the goalto own that level of nature and be sustainable. Photo by Trevan Hiersche.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

From cliffside homes with sweeping views to tranquil retreats nestled in nature, Studio MM designs with the environment and the client in mind, always considering how the smallest details can make the largest impact. Our clients met me at our own home and had expressed concerns about feeling cold with that much glass.

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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 16, 2025

Built for a private client, the retreat is located on a rural estate near the city of Bogor and includes villas and "space for prayer", including a semi-public Catholic chapel. Running for approximately 100 metres and built into the steep contours of the sloped site, these arches serve as a bridge between the complex's different spaces.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

While prefab houses are sometimes divorced from their context, Puzzle Prefab can be modified according to each site; we can make an infinite variety of shapes and arrangements. The temperate climate of the Pacific Northwest enables these outdoor spaces to be an expansion of the interior, which gets the owners closer to nature.

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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. Additionally, the layout gives each unit ample natural light and a corresponding outdoor space.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Our team preserved the best aspects of the original house and improved up the rest – transforming the ”funky 70s mountain lodge” to the mountain-modern home the clients wanted. This mountain retreat reflects a harmonious flow between indoors and out that makes it perfectly in tune with its surrounding natural environment.

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Deezen

MARCH 3, 2025

Named Hidden Villa because of its secluded garden setting, the two-storey home occupies the site of a former hospital on the coast of the North Sea. Dark-oiled oak panels, continuous white concrete floors, and natural stone kitchen features bring a crafted feel to the home.

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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. 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

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. Some wanted more trees and nature and others were erasing trees and wanted more sport equipment.

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