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Photo credit: Rafael Gamo The new Orchid Pavilion from the Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica (CCA) embodies the Japanese notion of Ikigai (or 'a reason for being') and functions as both a meditative refuge for guests and a resource for the stewardship of local plant life at its site on the outskirts of Puerto Escondido.
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The home is positioned on the slope of its hillside site. Image: Ben Hosking It draws on Australia’s colonial homestead and verandah typology, which is reflected in the project’s living and bedroom spaces that extend into a covered outdoor space.
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of requirements that included a guest suite, a reconfigurable living space, ample outdoor connection without sacrificing privacy, and a Palm Springs midcentury-modern aesthetic (but not the copy/paste kind). The home is located on a steep site in Los Angeless Montecito Heights neighborhood. He also envisioned a house that folded.
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Named Hemp House, the project updates a traditional semi-detached home in Upper Norwood, Croydon, to provide its owner room to host dinner parties and flexible space for their growing family. It used a mix of pre-dried hemp blocks and hemp that was hand-pressed on site in layers a process that takes time to dry.
Named House Djur, the home replaces an old building which once stood on the site, the scale and footprint of which the new building was required to match. The living spaces overlook an external patio "The kitchen and dining area span between the two glazed facades and offers openings to both terraces," explained Berglund.
DHaus has extended a Victorian maisonette in north London "The design not only addressed the clients' desire to bring light deep into the house but also created a sense of openness that's rarely found in lower ground floor spaces," DHaus co-founder Daniel Woolfson told Dezeen.
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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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Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Other challenges were to house the clients books and music collections in a flexible single display, and exhibit a collection of art and sentimental objects in a well-lit space without direct sunlight.
” Bordered by the Longmen Mountains in the northwest and the Qionglai Mountains due directly west, the city bursts with bamboo-laden green spaces and set in a region smattered with lakes. It was our first completed project in China and a very special design for a very special and engaged client. Therefore — portable regionalism.
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