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OCTOBER 17, 2024

The site is located on a very narrow and highly frequented street, presenting challenges such as limited parking availability for contractors. The site is located on a very narrow and highly frequented street, presenting challenges such as limited parking availability for contractors. Have one to share? Post it here.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

In turn, the team took an unconventional approach and created a single-storey, courtyard-style house with a solid exterior and no front yard. Schwartz and Architecture has completed a single-storey home in Menlo Park for a family of four "The siting of the home at the front edge of the corner lot is somewhat counter-intuitive," the team said.

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Deezen

JULY 11, 2024

RSHP has received planning consent to redevelop the Bromley-by-Bow Gasworks site in London The redevelopment, which was approved by the London Borough of Newham's Strategic Development Committee, will reopen the site the the public after being inaccessible for 150 years. The images are courtesy of RSHP.

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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

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Located across the street from Santa Monica College, the residential complex – also known as Brunson Terrace – was designed for a half-acre corner site. Its exterior walls are covered in grey and blue cladding Exterior walls are clad in basic materials coloured grey and light blue.

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Deezen

APRIL 4, 2024

The cantilevering volumes are supported by two-storey steel trusses For the empty parcel, the team sought to "maximise the buildable floor area for the small corner site by capitalizing on the air rights of the neighbouring building". The photography is by Albert Vecerka of ESTO (exteriors) and United Management (interiors).

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Deezen

OCTOBER 2, 2024

MVRDV worked with landscape studio Buro Harro and developer KondorWessels Projecten on the redevelopment of the site, named Buitenplaats Koningsweg , aiming to create a masterplan that responds to its architectural history. Holiday rentals also feature at Buitenplaats Koningsweg. The photography is by Daria Scagliola unless stated.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Named after the community where it is located, the Cotton Patch Hills House sits on an oceanfront site in Bethany Beach, Delaware. For a sandy site that faces the water, the team created a rectilinear, three-storey building that totals 5,842 square feet (542 square metres). The staircase is made of white oak and steel.

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Deezen

AUGUST 30, 2024

The tower is composed of a network of timber beams and metal "Observation Tower Kärven's concept has required an understanding from both architect and structural engineer of each other's disciplines," said lead architect Lukas Nordström. At ground level, Observation Tower Kärven is punctuated by an angular metal-framed opening.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This structure was to be very strong, be as fire resistant as possible and require as little long term exterior maintenance as possible. I did spend what seemed to be endless hours on the phone and through emails with my structural engineer figuring out how to make my ideas, concepts and drawings into a safe, functional structure.

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Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2024

hectare site near Maastricht to commemorate soldiers who died in the second world war. The visitor centre houses a display space and auditorium Inside, the wood-lined auditorium and visitor facilities sit at the centre of the space behind poured concrete walls that mirror the appearance of the exterior.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2024

California studio TW Ryan Architecture has completed a wildfire-resistant house in the American West that features a Corten steel exterior and pyramidal roofs that allude to the mountainous terrain. Four Roof House features a Corten steel exterior Their chosen site was a bluff overlooking a lake near the town of Helmville.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Residents enter from a small courtyard on the outside street-edge corner of the lot into a rounded entryway that passes directly into the main exterior courtyard. The studio said the home has achieved net-zero emissions At the northern end of the site lies a small two-storey volume that holds a media room and a private suite.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2023

We wanted to touch lightly on the site, so the home cantilevers over the site, is grounded at the entrance, and then floats over the landscape as you move through the home," the studio said. This projection helped us to minimize the impact on this natural site and reduce excavation.". Civil engineer: McNeil Engineering.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

Roughly rectangular in plan, the house sits on a gently sloping site and was built atop the footprint of a former building. Bedrooms feature surrounding views Exterior walls are wrapped in weathering steel , which helps protect the home against wildfire. Sustainability was a guiding concern for the team.

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Deezen

JULY 22, 2024

Lead by architect Mark Stoner and the National Trust for Historic Preservation , the project included the exterior and interior restoration of Johnson's Brick House , a small retreat building located just across from the historic Glass House. The photography is by Michael Biondo Project credits: General contractor: Hobbs, Inc.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

"We wanted our expansion to retain the qualities of surprise and free-spiritedness that have defined Kresge College, while at the same time opening it up to students of all abilities, the incredible natural ecology of its site, and the larger university community beyond."

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Dwell

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Project Details: Location: Eastsound, Washington Architect: Allied8 / @ allied8architects Footprint: 1,386 square feet Builder: CA Reed Construction Structural Engineer: Dibble Engineers Archeologist: Full Scope NW Interior Design: Color & Design Studio Cabinetry Design: Bellmont Cabinet Co. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The team sought to oppose the recent suburban-style development of the surrounding neighbourhood "Steel Louise is a single-family, urban infill house that reckons with dramatic contradictions between its site's past and present, becoming a private house with a unique public persona." The photography is by Keith Isaacs.

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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. Read: Studio MEMM creates Tree House in Brazil to bring out "playful inner self" Untreated, thermally modified pine by Estonian company Thermory was used for the exterior of the one-bedroom house.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 7, 2022

A simple and regular concrete structural grid creates a variety of interior and exterior spaces with views across the Eubean Sea. In other locations the grid is left open, and creates exterior covered patios, balconies, and pergolas. Have a project to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 24, 2023

It has a number of safety features that allow it to be safe for students In addition to its flexibility, the structure was designed to make the arts visible to the campus. To accomplish this, REX included a "clear storey", a glazed walkway that runs the length of the building, passing between the shoebox form and the exterior wall.

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Deezen

JULY 21, 2022

Architecture studio SPF Architects has completed a sports facility in Los Angeles consisting of two separate buildings that were built using pre-engineered metal structures in order to not disrupt activity at the site. The PEMBs consist of the structure and an exterior, which consists of insulated rib metal panels.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

US studio CCY Architects has clad a mountainside house in patinated copper panels and tilted the roof to adhere with the topography of its site in Colorado. Known as DNA Alpine, the 4,000-square foot (372-square metre) home was completed in 2022 and designed to "disappear into or somehow become" the 75-acre site in San Miguel County.

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APRIL 18, 2024

The building soffits and protected exterior walls are clad with cedar siding; a standing seam metal shell is extruded down the outermost walls, reinforcing the simple massing while protecting the recessed cedar from weathering at the west, south, and east building frontages where the building receives the most sun.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It provides parking storage for 4,000 bicycles at Amsterdam Central Station IJboulevard sits within the River IJ and was prefabricated off-site, allowing the station to continue to function optimally throughout the construction process. Rounded edges and flowing lines help create continuous sight lines through the building.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Studio Libeskind 's three-storey building has a steel structure clad in prefabricated timber panels that grows and widens towards the top, aiming to maximise floor space on a restricted site. Timber panels clad the exterior Reaching 11.4 But over the years, issues with two other site locations meant the projects fell through.

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Deezen

MARCH 4, 2023

Cristián Izquierdo L, a partner at Santiago-based studio Izquierdo Lehmann , designed Casa Encoique in 2021 as a guest pavilion adjacent to an existing holiday home that would allow the site to accommodate multiple generations. Some lines, like the horizontal joints in the exterior glazing, match perfectly to the form.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Located immediately off of busy Brodie Lane, visitors enter the five-acre site that unfolds into a meadow-like green space with a tapestry of colorful, drought-tolerant plants. The buildings are light structures that blur the boundaries between the interior and exterior.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Cor-Ten siding was used on the exterior for its robust qualities and minimal maintenance. The two primary structures are located on a relatively steep slope and are primarily supported by piers to minimize excavation, reducing the impact on the site.

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Dwell

JULY 27, 2022

Project Details: Location: Aichi, Japan Architect: Nori Architects / @nori_architects Builder: TOKORO Structural Engineer: Seiji Okawa Textile Designer: Yuki Tsutsumi Equipment Advisor: Kozo Takase Lighting Advisor: CHIPS LLC. The exterior skin and mechanical equipment were designed for year-round comfort and energy-efficiency.

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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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Deezen

JUNE 29, 2023

Texas studio Tobin Smith Architect has completed a home for an irregular site facing a nature preserve that was envisioned as a "series of shields" clad in limestone and stucco. The exterior was envisioned as a "series of shields that provide privacy and mitigate solar exposure," the team said. The photography is by Dror Baldinger.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2023

The exterior walls were clad in cedar wood The three-bedroom home "creates a sense of containment and release in the landscape." The project's exterior material palette references the surrounding agricultural area with whitewashed cedar siding and an aluminium standing-seam roof. The photography is by Keith Scott Morton.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Brazilian practice Studio KUNZ has created a compact gabled house that cantilevers from a sloped site in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Vertical wood slats wrap the base The arrangement creates makes the structure appear balanced atop a slate staircase that provides a rustic base for the home's clean white lines.

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Deezen

MARCH 2, 2023

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. The clients' choice of site was influenced by their appreciation of wildlife and conservation, as well as their love of horses and desire to return the land to its historic roots," the team said. "The

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MARCH 15, 2023

Project Details: Location: Fundo Leona, Chile Architects: Hebra Arquitectos Footprint: 1,500 square feet Builder: Tierra Fertil Structural Engineer: Pedro Valenzuela Photographer: Marcos Zegers From the Architect: " The home is designed as an envisaged aerial volume with burnt wooden cladding on the exterior walls in the Japanese style of yakisugi.

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