Deezen

APRIL 7, 2022

Glazed brick and charred cypress wrap the exterior of a partly sunken North Carolina home designed by architecture firm In Situ Studio. Large windows and skylights illuminate the upper level. It also has its own exterior entrance, allowing visitors to easily come and go. The largest window is 11 feet wide and 10 feet tall (3.3

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The bedrooms and bathrooms are stacked on the opposite end with windows that look out east and west. The interior features a C-shaped plan An exterior staircase – shaded by a black partition lattice made of local purple rosewood – leads up to a roof terrace with 360-degree views. Rogelio Rojas Castro Structural engineering: Ing.

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Deezen

MAY 16, 2023

Eighteen-inch Corten steel panels wrap around the exterior of the home and align with perimeter measurements and window ledges. Dark metal flashing caps the house and clean black frames mark the windows. This allowed for a clean finish and avoided the cost of cutting metal. The photography is by Brad Feinknopf.

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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. At other moments it contains full height wood-framed windows to orient views out into the garden and sea. Have a project to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Its facade is interspersed with many skinny windows The seven-storey structure has a ground-level podium clad in green-painted concrete interspersed with steel gates. These aspects are set back slightly from the primary envelope, a massing clad in black-painted plaster with many long windows spread across it.

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Deezen

JANUARY 12, 2024

Subtle use of green steel is repeated throughout the design The home's bold exterior is offset by green steel used for shutters, railings and furniture, while a warmer interior palette features oak wood and tiled flooring. A sequence of cascading gardens wrap around the home, providing outdoor seating along with a small pool.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The exterior has a variety of slopes, cutouts, and openings Exterior walls are wrapped in white corrugated steel , and a multi-faceted roof is covered with standing-seam metal. The team carved out areas on both the front and rear elevations to form porches, balconies and recessed windows. The photography is by Keith Isaacs.

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Deezen

JANUARY 8, 2022

The design draws upon two references: a cluster of shed-roof agricultural buildings and a Japanese courtyard house with sheltered, exterior walkways. A large, northern window delivers sight lines of the home's courtyard, entry path and driveway, offering a sense of security. Windows were randomly places across the walls.

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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

JULY 9, 2024

Over 5,000 industrial timber logs were used for the structure "The building continues long traditions of building with timber log in the area surrounding Tuusula Lake, including for example the lakeside villas of some of the national artists of Finland," Mikki Ristola, partner at AOR Architects told Dezeen. "It

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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. It measures half the depth of the Glass House, although both structures are 56 feet long (17 metres).

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

Bedrooms feature surrounding views Exterior walls are wrapped in weathering steel , which helps protect the home against wildfire. It is naturally fireproof along with steel-plate window frames." To reduce energy usage, the team added exterior shading devices to windows and integrated operable windows to facilitate cross ventilation.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The exterior is a combination of geometric blocks and features concrete and fiber cement panels The exterior is a conglomeration of board-formed concrete, polished architectural concrete masonry units, light-toned fiber cement panels, and floor-to-ceiling glazing, notched together in geometric blocks.

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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. Exterior walls consist of concrete and 16-gauge weathering steel – materials that are known for being non-combustible and could help the building survive a wildfire.

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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

DECEMBER 4, 2024

"The house is located in a suburb developed in the 1920s and 30s, with surprising and quirky art-deco details like stepping windows and porches, and bold geometric patterns," Mavropoulos told Dezeen. The underside of the canopy is painted in a contrasting shade of yellow ochre. The photography is by Gilbert McCarragher.

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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. This was accomplished by utilizes repurposed shipping containers, a galvanized tower crane mast and tower components, metal interior framing, aluminum framed windows/trim and stainless steel ceilings.

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Deezen

AUGUST 5, 2024

With now exterior-facing windows, the single-story home is oriented inward towards internal courtyards and passageways. Moving directly forward from the entrance, residents enter the main portion of the house with a large kitchen, dining and living space open to the garden through floor-to-ceiling windows. Previously, RA!

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Having far fewer windows, the buildings reduce heat gain and energy use, while allowing residents to enjoy indoor outdoor living," the studio told Dezeen. 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.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2024

The cladding was made from recycled material The exterior cladding was selected for its cost efficiency, ease of installation, and ability to withstand hurricane-force winds and rain, which are common in the area. Project credits: Architecture: Tall Architects Interiors: Jill Dupre Structural engineer: Simpkins & Costelli, Inc.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2024

The structures have mass-timber structures and brick facades The new buildings – officially called Barry Mills Hall and the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies – were designed by American studio HGA , which served as both architect and structural engineer. The photography is by Michael Moran.

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Dwell

JUNE 15, 2022

To fit in synergistically with the residential area surrounding the client’s house, one of the requirements was that the exterior should look like a ‘conventionally shaped house’. Having consulted with a structural engineer, these structures were placed within a comfortable distance from each other.

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Dwell

JULY 26, 2022

The exterior form of the house is generated through internal spatial configurations that work to enhance a specific view or produce an unexpected interior space. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 9, 2023

From the side, the serrated edge blocks oblique views from the principal first-floor neighbouring windows," Proctor & Shaw director John Proctor told Dezeen. "It It is designed to be pulled back (with the shortest overhang) at the mid-window point to allow the maximum amount of light directly from above."

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Dwell

MAY 2, 2023

Materials incorporated in the design are contextual and appropriate for the coastal setting, selected to enhance the fluid relationship between the interior and exterior, whilst also having a sympathetic response to the particular ambience of the place. Have one to share? Post it here. The large glass doors lead onto the covered terrace.

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Deezen

MAY 6, 2024

Hotel Rakuragu is located in central Tokyo "Planning windows and balconies on one side of a building for minimum lighting is typical," Kooo Architects co-founder Ayaka Kojima told Dezeen. This inspired Kooo Architects ' unusual design, which features large balconies and terraces that are inverted, creating gaps in the facade.

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Dwell

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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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2023

metre) boards that extend from the base of the exterior wall to the parapet without cuts. The exterior window system was designed to incorporate operable openings at key locations to take advantage of natural site ventilation, thereby reducing the need for mechanical heating/cooling and increasing indoor air quality," the studio said.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Lime-plastered walls, tiled floors and wooden joinery define the interior The blockwork arches, designed in collaboration with structural engineer Techne Engineering also reduced demolition and construction waste and eliminated the need to put in costly ground beams, Wu explained.

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SW Oregon Architect

AUGUST 8, 2021

Philip Speranza, AIA Tilting one of the exterior walls into place. The irregularity of the climatic condition of the steeply sloped, east-facing site also informed the placement of the operable windows to optimize passive ventilation strategies (which include inducing a stack effect for cooling during the hottest months of the year).

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Dwell

MARCH 28, 2023

Emblematic of its style, the house, set on a sandstone foundation, retains its Federation character to the street: An asymmetrical, white-painted weatherboard exterior maintains the civic optimism of the period through fine timber details and fretwork.

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Deezen

JANUARY 13, 2022

Sunlight penetrates through existing skylights and windows. Across the interior, previously subdivided spaces were opened up and existing windows, skylights, and clerestories were replaced or restored, permitting sunlight to penetrate all corners of the large square footprint," said CO Adaptive Architecture.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The staircase leading from the basement to the ground floor features a porthole window The refurbishment features contrasting light and dark spaces, materials of varying texture and warmth, and rooms of contrasting volumes. The stairwell space was left intentionally dark, with a porthole window to view the room beyond.

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Deezen

JULY 21, 2022

The studio landed on pre-engineered metal buildings (PEMB) from Nucor in order to create structures spacious enough for athletic activity that could be fabricated off-site. The PEMBs consist of the structure and an exterior, which consists of insulated rib metal panels. Civil engineer: Tetra-Tech.

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Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2022

Polycarbonate walls and a row of tall window boxes bring diffused sunlight into the Iowa City Public Works building by US firm Neumann Monson Architects. The exterior facade is made of concrete panels. The exterior panels were maximised in width as much as possible to reduce the number of joints," the studio said.

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Deezen

JUNE 20, 2023

Located in the neighborhood of Lavaca, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the design had to adhere to Historic Design Guidelines that required a front porch, specific roof profiles, window proportions and materials. The design dissolves the transition to the exterior and focuses on light and natural ventilation.

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Deezen

JANUARY 3, 2022

Through large glass panels that open widely, the house integrates with the ambient vegetation, dissolving the boundary between interior and exterior," they explained. It is used for the steel structure, which is left exposed, and for cabinets, railings, and window frames. Structural engineering: CAFEL Ingenieri?a.

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