Exterior, Space and Visualization

Elevated Exteriors: 12 Award-Winning Products Transforming Outdoor Spaces

Architizer

JANUARY 20, 2025

A well-designed exterior can be so much more than a pretty face; it is a key component in realizing how a building interacts with its environment. But a well-designed exterior can do so much more than just boost property value; it can improve energy efficiency, transform underused spaces and even enhance occupant well-being.

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Taming Exterior Greenery: Landscape Design for Houses in Natural Environments

ArchDaily

JUNE 24, 2023

© Derek Swalwell A healthy environment that is also visually appealing in our homes has become increasingly sought when it comes to designing houses and residential spaces, especially during the world’s current context. Read more »

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solid exterior minimizes visual noise in bankog’s monochromatic phuffle restaurant

designboom

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

too.architects fills the space with a greyscale palette through washed sand on lower walls and floors. The post solid exterior minimizes visual noise in bankog’s monochromatic phuffle restaurant appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Snøhetta completes El Paso Children’s Museum with ‘billowing curves’

Archinect

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The building, named La Nube, adds 77,000 square feet of learning and play space to the city, and was designed alongside El Paso architects Exigo and exhibition designers Gyroscope.

Education

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Nikjoo weaves terraces into townhouse on London parking space

Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The three-bedroom house by Nikjoo is located on a backland site tucked behind Stoke Newington's Church Street and was originally a parking space used by a convenience store to receive deliveries. On the ground floor is an open-plan kitchen, dining and living space that was given floor-to-ceiling glazing to let lin in natural light.

Space

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Bigfork Library by Cushing Terrell

Archinect

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Occupying a former 6,000-square-foot church recreation hall, the project transforms the existing building into a rich mix of spaces. Spaces leverage light—qualities such as shadows, light-dark, and dappled light—to visually sculpt ar.

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National Air and Space Museum Holds Architecture Challenge for Architecture Students and Young Professionals

Archinect

MARCH 17, 2023

This post is brought to you by The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum recently announced its Student Architecture and Design Challenge for the design of an element for its new Bezos Learning Center. Image courtesy of The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

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Zaha Hadid Architects designs starfish-like cultural centre in Italy

Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Construction has started on the Centre of Mediterranean Culture in Italy Situated along the Strait of Messina in southern Italy, the centre has been developed by Zaha Hadid Architects as a primary civic space for Reggio Calabria. It will form part of the city's wider Reggium Waterfront redevelopment.

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IKEA completes bookcase-inspired store in Vienna, Austria

Archinect

MAY 23, 2022

Austria-based architecture office querkraft has completed an IKEA furniture store in the country’s capital Vienna , whose exterior was inspired by bookcases. From the ground level, a generous void extends up the building, visually linking the five retail floors occupied by IKEA. The top two.

Inspiration

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Bundang Doosan by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)

Archinect

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The tower's rational form contains office, auditorium, and tenant amenity space, including the Doosan History Museum and a café that opens up to the landscaped roof terrace. The stacked, interconnected masses create a grand portal which becomes an identifiable visual marker from the adjacent Gyeongbu Expressway.

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Snøhetta unveils green design for new Westchester Square Library in the Bronx

Archinect

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Its two-story interior is organized around a need for natural light in educational spaces and the desire to frame a street-level exterior Viewing Garden that serves as a “counterpoint to the surrounding urban landscape” while adding “visual interest to the indoor experience.” ” Image co.

Education

Education Exterior Design Visualization

Foster + Partners unveils Dubai skyscrapers linked by penthouse swimming pool

Deezen

DECEMBER 23, 2024

A penthouse on the top floor will connect the two skyscrapers, complete with a swimming pool that bridges over the space below. Foster + Partners designed the podium exterior to complement the neighbouring buildings and retail spaces along the Marasi Marina promenade.

Real Estate

Real Estate Residential Exterior Visualization

Eight calming home interiors with earthy-toned finishes

Deezen

JANUARY 12, 2025

Often used as a form of weather protection on home exteriors, wall coatings like lime render and clay paint may also offer decorative touches to interiors. This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive.

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Erieta Attali | Kengo Kuma – Mirror in the Mirror

ArchDaily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Their joint work is characterized by a shared aesthetic understanding of architecture, space, and visual perception. In both Kuma’s buildings and Attali’s photographs, interior and exterior spaces merge and dissolve into one another.

Exterior

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Birdproof glass technology is getting better – but it's popularity still hasn't taken off

Archinect

JANUARY 5, 2022

Architects have known how to prevent their buildings from becoming bird killers for more than a decade: Patterned glass, exterior screens and turning the lights off at night can all significantly reduce bird deaths. The problem stems from the way glass reflects green spaces surrounding them.

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Populous releases visuals of Aramco Stadium planned for Saudi World Cup

Deezen

AUGUST 15, 2024

Populous has released visuals of Aramco Stadium Aramco Stadium's curved design is intended to be "instantly and uniquely recognisable", Populous said. The panels will incorporate openings, allowing natural light inside where ramps and walkways will follow the shape of the exterior, leading visitors down into the elliptical seating bowl.

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Rahul Pudale Design wraps Indian home in perforated adobe facade

Deezen

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The client was keen on providing double-height spaces with green courtyards, which would maximise light and ventilation and create interconnected spaces," Pudale continued. The courtyards not only infuse the interior with natural light but also facilitate cross-ventilation and spaces for interaction."

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Ten living rooms with warming fireplaces to keep the cold out

Deezen

OCTOBER 12, 2024

As the weather gets colder in the northern hemisphere, this lookbook compiles ten living spaces where log burners and fireplaces take the chill out of the air and provide a cosy centrepiece. This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive.

Glass

Glass Inspiration Exterior Housing

Adam Kane Architects banishes colour to create Grey House in Australia

Deezen

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Polished plaster coats the interior and exterior "There's a softness to this product that could not be achieved with paint it evolves throughout the day, with the texture intensity changing, as does its mottled sheen,"said Kane.

Housing

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Kengo Kuma and Associates cloaks Chinese clay museum in handmade tiles

Deezen

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Kengo Kuma and Associates has completed a clay museum in China "We hoped to provide a space that would encourage visitors to rediscover and engage with the rich heritage of Yixing's pottery culture," Kengo Kuma and Associates partner Yutaka Terasaki told Dezeen.

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Rural house by Kirkland Fraser Moor incorporates homes for birds and bees

Deezen

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

It has a low-slung, grass-topped form, designed by Kirkland Fraser Moor to have minimal visual impact on views across this surrounding landscape. The exterior walls of the home have a zigzagging form, designed to create a play of light and shadow that minimises its visual mass and is intended to mimic the tall trunks of the surrounding trees.

Home

Home Housing Roofing Exterior

Naturehumaine uses Merlot red palette for duplex renovation in Montreal

Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The visual homogeneity of the project is ensured by shades of red. Above, the ground floor contains an additional bedroom and large living, dining and kitchen space with access out onto a decked wooden patio at the end of the garden.

Renovation

Renovation Windows Exterior Housing

GRT Architects expands New Jersey warehouses into residences with white brick addition

Deezen

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

The stacked-bond brickwork and regular fenestration of the addition contrast the old buildings This contemporary form features stacked-bond bricks in bright white and regularly spaced fenestration, contrasting the irregular-spaced windows and the beige hue of the older construction.

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From City Streets to Countryside Retreats: 6 Tiny Homes with Big Ambitions

Architizer

MARCH 4, 2025

By creating open-plan spaces, both horizontally as well as vertically, is key in establishing visual connections within a limited space, making it appear airy and uncluttered. Additionally, the design accelerates the circulation and movement within the space and encourages impromptu social interactions.

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TM House by Inception Architects Studio

Archinect

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The house seeks a deliberate connection between all its spaces, with respect to the functional relationship of interior and exterior areas and experiences. In this way, the interior spaces benefit, expanding the visual limits of each one.

Housing

Housing Architect Exterior Visualization

PAO transforms Chinese porcelain factory using "plug-in architecture"

Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2024

"By using plug-in architecture, the design addresses contemporary needs within a heritage context, adding functional spaces that support modern artistic practices and community interaction," PAO principal James Shen told Dezeen. It is finished with clay tiles on the exterior and faceted, slatted wood ceilings above the internal spaces.

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Delve Architects uses green tiles to disguise Kim-oflage studio in London garden

Deezen

MARCH 16, 2025

Local studio Delve Architects used glazed green tiles to camouflage the exterior of this garden studio in south London with the surrounding trees and bushes. Green tiles line its exterior to help it blend into the garden Inside, the studio is divided into two zones.

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The Broad taps Diller Scofidio + Renfro again for major expansion

Archinect

MARCH 27, 2024

The reveal of the new proposal, which will reportedly increase the available gallery space by 70%, comes nearly ten years after the existing building opened to much fanfare on Downtown LA's Grand Avenue arts and culture corridor in 2015 to allow free public access to the vast art collection of philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad.

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Archer + Braun adds "modernist extension" to Limestone House in Edinburgh

Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2025

Read: Luke McClelland uses stone and oak to overhaul Georgian apartment in Edinburgh At its rear, expansive glazed openings that draw on mid-century Californian aesthetics line the extension to provide visual and physical connections between the home and connecting garden.

Housing

Housing Finishes Home Structure

Branding in Motion: How Architects Can Build Identity Beyond the Screen

Architizer

MARCH 17, 2025

However, physical spaces also offer a powerful and lasting way to establish identity. Specializing in manufacturing aluminum chains for architectural and interior design projects, the Montblanc (Spain) and Miami (USA) based company offers versatile, lightweight solutions for both interior and exterior applications.

Building

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How Do You Define Spaces in a Tiny Apartment? This Madrid Flat Has Ideas

Dwell

MARCH 24, 2025

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Our challenge was to transform a 430-square-foot pass-through dwelling (complete with a terrace and four rooms) into an open, boundary-free space. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Cubist Prague: The Geometric Architectural History of Eastern Europe

Architizer

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Through the abstraction and fragmented shapes of Cubism, they believed architecture could provoke new emotions and thoughts while creating a uniquely Czech visual language that contrasted sharply with the oppressive imperial styles of the time. It is emotionally that Cubist spaces had and still have the most profound effect.

Architecture

Architecture Inspiration Contemporary Modern

Eight minimalist bedrooms lined with exposed concrete surfaces

Deezen

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. Named Villain House, the home is contained within a new concrete volume with exposed walls throughout the living and bedroom spaces.

Interior

Interior Inspiration Home Visualization

Eight light-filled cottage interiors defined by generous windows

Deezen

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. The studio chose simple interiors for the open-plan living room, creating a gallery-like space focused on the surrounding views of the garden. Read on for eight examples from Canada, Australia and the UK.

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Windows Interior Glass Inspiration

YDR Studio organises house in Mexico around stargazing courtyard

Deezen

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Named Casa Suna, the 700-square-metre home sits between the sea and mountains in La Ribera, and has been finished in a palette of pale stone and timber in order to visually complement the surrounding, sandy landscape.

Housing

Housing Finishes Home Landscape

5468796 Architecture adds "floating" office floor within preserved pumphouse

Deezen

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Offices were suspended inside the pumphouse Office space and a restaurant fill the steel-and-glass structures, which have polished concrete flooring and open up directly to the original industrial roof and its new skylights, providing the structure with plentiful natural light.

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Ten striking sculptural buildings that draw attention from afar

Deezen

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Located in Yantai, northeast China, Sun Tower contains exhibition spaces, a semi-outdoor theatre , a library , a viewing deck, a cafe and a bar within its sculptural form, which references lighthouse typologies.

Building

Building Residential Structure Exterior

No Skeletons in the Closet: 7 Buildings Proudly Exposing Their Structures

Architizer

MARCH 20, 2025

A radial timber frame, built from small-section columns stacked in modular units, defines the space while doubling as shelving for Rehmannia root products. Cross-laminated timber and steel define key spaces, reinforcing a clear and expressive structural language.

Structure

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Forest Villa by HAS design and research

Archinect

JANUARY 8, 2024

Its natural topography is as picturesque as a fairyland on earth, which prompted HAS Design and Research to create a unique space that coexists with eternity and spirituality. In the foyer, a large number of holes create a sense of ambiguity, giving the spaces a free and flowing visual effect. The overlapping holes are like.

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David Chipperfield adds social housing and offices to Lyon riverside development

Deezen

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The studio also aimed for the 11 buildings to be visually cohesive while being distinguishable from each other. In addition to residential and workspace, the development contains a health centre and commercial venues that open onto outdoor public space. Its board-marked concrete exterior is designed to complement the building's form.

Development

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A Chilean Beach Home’s Sinuous Facade Is Designed for High Winds

Dwell

MARCH 18, 2025

Thousands of pine battens clad the curving exterior, tempering gusts that come off the ocean. 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. Its natural tone blends with the low vegetation and grasses of the area.

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Design Restoration Nature Landscape

Eight living areas that make a feature of exposed rammed-earth walls

Deezen

MARCH 30, 2025

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. The monolithic walls shelter semi-external living and dining areas, with the earthen material's thermal mass helping to passively cool the spaces in the day and warm them at night.

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Sketching Inspiration Regulation Interior

Old Meets Bold: 8 Building Additions That Stack, Stretch and Reinvent Their Foundations

Architizer

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Whether by building within, above or around an existing structure, architects are finding new ways to expand spaces while preserving their original character. A rooftop terrace at the fifth floor provides an open-air space, reinforcing the projects approachbuilding inward while maintaining a connection to its context.

Foundation

Foundation Building Structure Industrial

Andrei Saltykov tucks unconventional house behind suburban London street

Deezen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Lacey & Salkytov has completed Station Lodge in southwest London Twice as big as neighbouring properties, with a total floor space of 241 square metres, the architect designed the house to follow the geometry of its triangular-shaped plot – formerly a row of old garages. But inside the main space is extraordinary.

Housing

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Elevated Exteriors: 12 Award-Winning Products Transforming Outdoor Spaces

Taming Exterior Greenery: Landscape Design for Houses in Natural Environments

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solid exterior minimizes visual noise in bankog’s monochromatic phuffle restaurant

Snøhetta completes El Paso Children’s Museum with ‘billowing curves’

Nikjoo weaves terraces into townhouse on London parking space

Bigfork Library by Cushing Terrell

National Air and Space Museum Holds Architecture Challenge for Architecture Students and Young Professionals

Zaha Hadid Architects designs starfish-like cultural centre in Italy

IKEA completes bookcase-inspired store in Vienna, Austria

Bundang Doosan by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)

Snøhetta unveils green design for new Westchester Square Library in the Bronx

Foster + Partners unveils Dubai skyscrapers linked by penthouse swimming pool

Eight calming home interiors with earthy-toned finishes

Erieta Attali | Kengo Kuma – Mirror in the Mirror

Birdproof glass technology is getting better – but it's popularity still hasn't taken off

Populous releases visuals of Aramco Stadium planned for Saudi World Cup

Rahul Pudale Design wraps Indian home in perforated adobe facade

Ten living rooms with warming fireplaces to keep the cold out

Adam Kane Architects banishes colour to create Grey House in Australia

Kengo Kuma and Associates cloaks Chinese clay museum in handmade tiles

Rural house by Kirkland Fraser Moor incorporates homes for birds and bees

Naturehumaine uses Merlot red palette for duplex renovation in Montreal

GRT Architects expands New Jersey warehouses into residences with white brick addition

From City Streets to Countryside Retreats: 6 Tiny Homes with Big Ambitions

TM House by Inception Architects Studio

PAO transforms Chinese porcelain factory using "plug-in architecture"

Delve Architects uses green tiles to disguise Kim-oflage studio in London garden

The Broad taps Diller Scofidio + Renfro again for major expansion

Archer + Braun adds "modernist extension" to Limestone House in Edinburgh

Branding in Motion: How Architects Can Build Identity Beyond the Screen

How Do You Define Spaces in a Tiny Apartment? This Madrid Flat Has Ideas

Cubist Prague: The Geometric Architectural History of Eastern Europe

Eight minimalist bedrooms lined with exposed concrete surfaces

Eight light-filled cottage interiors defined by generous windows

YDR Studio organises house in Mexico around stargazing courtyard

5468796 Architecture adds "floating" office floor within preserved pumphouse

Ten striking sculptural buildings that draw attention from afar

No Skeletons in the Closet: 7 Buildings Proudly Exposing Their Structures

Forest Villa by HAS design and research

David Chipperfield adds social housing and offices to Lyon riverside development

A Chilean Beach Home’s Sinuous Facade Is Designed for High Winds

Eight living areas that make a feature of exposed rammed-earth walls

Old Meets Bold: 8 Building Additions That Stack, Stretch and Reinvent Their Foundations

Andrei Saltykov tucks unconventional house behind suburban London street

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