Dwell

JANUARY 13, 2025

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The design strives to maximize views, thermal comfort, and most importantly, connection to nature. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Named One River North, the residential block in Denver's northern RiNo neighbourhood was designed as a nod to geographic formations in the nearby Rocky Mountains. There were a lot of small design moves like that that were made just to heighten that experiential factor." "The We wanted it to be all-enveloping," Kontuly told Dezeen.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Designed for motorsports enthusiasts, the 60 residences line the world-famous circuit at Silverstone in Northamptonshire, with some sitting just 12 metres from the track's crash barrier providing guests with "unrivalled proximity to the tarmac". Our job was to find a way to bring these two elements together and complement them both."

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Deezen

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Made from orange-tinted exposed concrete, Siza designed each floor in the house with an outdoor terrace to extend the internal spaces and provide a connection with the surrounding sloped terrain and nearby sea. The photography is by Pedro Cardigo.

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Deezen

JANUARY 6, 2025

Studio Dig and Lake Flato have redesigned Scottsdale Civic Plaza Partly sitting on an overpass that allows pedestrians to bypass a busy street, the plaza provides public space for multiple public and arts institutions, including a public library and the Scottsdale Civic Center both designed by renowned Arizona architect Bennie Gonzales.

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Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Landscape 119

Deezen

MARCH 11, 2025

The project was designed for a couple who wanted a holiday home with plenty of space for visits from their three adult daughters. Palo Quemado House overlooks a lake in southern Chile Located in Chile 's Los Ros region, the house rests on a sloped site and looks toward Lake Ranco. Sleeping space was maximised in the guest rooms.

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Architizer

JANUARY 22, 2025

Earthquakes are among the most unpredictable and devastating natural phenomena, testing the resilience of the built environment and the ingenuity of architects and engineers. By weaving resilience into the fabric of architectural expression, designers are redefining what it means to create spaces that are not only safe but also inspiring.

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Dwell

MARCH 21, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The roof extension is built in a timber frame structure with exposed beams. Clay plaster and rammed earth from the waste soil of Brussels building sites are used for finishing. Have one to share?

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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

DECEMBER 4, 2024

A dark grey roof shaped like an armadillo's shell peeks out behind a row of terraced houses on Station Lodge, a home in southwest London designed by local architectural studio Lacey & Salkytov. These have been designed with heavy block-work and oblique windows to reduce noise from the train line.

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Deezen

MARCH 20, 2025

Located in a conversation area a couple of streets away from the original college, David Kohn Architects designed the shape of Gradel Quadrangles' main building to create outdoor areas informed by the historic New College building. A stone tower contains offices David Kohn Architects also designed a 21.5-metre-tall

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Project Details: Location: Whakamaru, New Zealand Architect: DCA Architects of Transformation / @ dca_architects Footprint: 3,218 square feet Builder: HRC Construction Structural Engineer: No.8

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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. Residents must meet income requirements that are regulated by the government.

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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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Deezen

DECEMBER 6, 2024

For Lyon Confluence, David Chipperfield Architects adapted the site's masterplan to make the landscaping, building massing and facades more suited to its riverfront location. According to the studio, this nine-storey building is designed to be adaptable for future use as a residential building.

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Deezen

JANUARY 23, 2025

It contains retail, office and residential floors According to Gensler, its design was shaped largely by Austin's Capitol View Corridor , zoning restrictions that require a clear sightline to the Texas State Capitol in Austin. One of those cuts through this building. So that trapezoidal shape you see for the tower is because of that."

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Zoning Residential Engineering Engineering 126

Dwell

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Over time the design evolved to include a separate two-bedroom guest house. Have one to share? Post it here. They wanted it to embed it in the trees with a view of the pond.

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Dwell

JANUARY 16, 2025

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The design was adapted to allow easy future conversion into two houses and make the project financially viable long-term. The owners of this U.K. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

MAY 28, 2024

hectare) site, the dwelling looks toward the Teton Range and is about an hour from Jackson , a popular ski destination. The design is centered around the sublime mountain landscape," the team said. Located in the small Wyoming town of Alta, the house serves as a holiday home for an outdoor-loving couple from Portland, Oregon.

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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. A circular window breaks the orthogonal design but references the curved walls.

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Dwell

MARCH 17, 2025

A developer and their design team expanded the 1910 structure with a metal-clad box, creating a mix of flats that add housing density to Evanston, Illinois. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Restoration IT Building Civil Engineering 82

Dwell

JANUARY 2, 2025

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. When our client expressed his wish to turn it into a home where he could gather his family for years to come, we agreed that this intervention should primarily respect the distinctive character of the site.

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Santa Cruz Architect

DECEMBER 24, 2024

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. His iconic bridges, buildings, and public installations embody a dynamic interplay of form and function, pushing the boundaries of modern design.

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Architecture Engineering Engineering Innovation 98

Dwell

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. 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. "The

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Welcome to How They Pulled It Off , where we take a close look at one particularly challenging aspect of a home design and get the nitty-gritty details about how it became a reality. The home is located on a steep site in Los Angeless Montecito Heights neighborhood. says Bnysz. "[The

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Dwell

APRIL 9, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. On a secluded wooded site, the new structure grounds itself to the earth with its approach to material and form. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Site Civil Engineering Engineering Roofing 105

Deezen

MARCH 17, 2025

London studio Threefold Architects has married red brick and timber for this home in Whitstable, Kent , which is designed as a "contemporary reinterpretation" of the area's mock-Tudor architecture.

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Modern Housing Architect Architecture 96

Deezen

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Who is designing Jeddah Tower? Architect Adrian Smith is the mastermind behind the design. Smith's proposal is being developed with structural engineer Thornton Tomasetti , after the pair won a competition to design it together in 2009. It is being designed as the heart of Jeddah Economic City, a 5.3-million-square-metre

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e-architect

APRIL 8, 2025

It is a poetic and pragmatic balance between architect and builder, whose relationship developed from the concept design to ensure a highly considered outcome. From the outset the house was designed with Cross Laminated Timber (CLT). The use of CLT allows for large spanning timber structures with minimal steel.

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2023

The property has a main residence designed by Pennsylvania-based Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in 2012. Photo is by Benjamin Benschneider The site is reached by boat, and a winding path leads from a dock through a wooded area and into a sunlit meadow. Built into a gentle slope, the guesthouse partly cantilevers over the site.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. This 1,880-square-foot retreat, designed by Sophie Bowers of Strutt Studios, embodies a refined yet grounded aesthetic that celebrates both the grandeur of nature and the intimacy of human connection. "The

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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2024

Known as Rockbound, the 4100-square foot (380-square metre) home sits on a rocky, sloped three-acre site overlooking a bay that connects the property to Peggy's Cove, a national historic site that can be seen across the water. The photography is by Ema Peter.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. It islocated onehouse back from a busystreetcorner withapartments and shopfronts.This proximitymeansa mix ofsurroundinghousingtypes and the site is heavily overlooked. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Local studio Splyce Design has designed a light-filled, angled house with glazed corners and a sculptural staircase overlooking the Burrard Inlet in Vancouver , British Columbia. Settled in a quarter-acre site, the house sits 17 feet (five metres) above the sidewalk, lifting it up from the street's sightlines.

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Housing Structural Engineering Design Windows 126

Deezen

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Located on the outskirts of Oaxaca, Hotel Flavia was commissioned in stages based and grew on a steep site with dramatic views of the nearby mountain range. RootStudio designed a boutique hotel in Oaxaca. "A The hotel was designed as its construction progressed,". "As Veined-marble flooring was included in the design.

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Deezen

AUGUST 23, 2022

Non-combustible materials form the exterior of a cabin near Lake Tahoe that was designed by US studio Faulkner Architects to serve as a "base camp" for an active family. The CAMPout House is located on a gently sloping site in Truckee, a mountain town just north of the lake known for its skiing , hiking and water sports.

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