Dwell

MAY 10, 2024

From prefab tiny houses and modular cabin kits to entire homes ready to ship, their projects represent some of the best ideas in the industry. Andres Garcia and Marcelo Mederos were tired of inefficient, traditional home construction processes. The company offers both fully custom homes as well as a catalog of pre-designed options.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

The rough finishes of an existing concrete and brick structure are contrasted by white exhibition spaces at Arario Gallery in Seoul , completed by Japanese studio Schemata Architects. On the third floor, sections of the exterior wall were removed to create a full-height glass wall in the VIP area. The photography is by Yongjoon Choi.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 2, 2024

Though traditional materials like wood , paper , and bamboo continue to hold significance, modern Japanese interiors also often feature a fusion of glass , steel , concrete , and metals.

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Dwell

JANUARY 2, 2024

Rather than add an addition to the original structure, their plan was a complementary new companion house: a ruggedly modern home capable of coexisting in balance with the existing house, offering the potential for dual occupancy or future use of either building.

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Deezen

JUNE 20, 2024

US studios PKA Architecture and Martha Dayton Design have completed a waterfront residence with a glass-clad entry volume designed to "make an architectural statement". It was designed for a couple with grown children who were looking to downsize from their large family home, located nearby. The photography is by PKA Architecture.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Dutch studio Francois Verhoeven Architects has completed Villa K340, a house in The Hague formed of interlocking blocks finished with contrasting timber and plaster. The garage at the front of the home is topped by a green roof. The studio also completed Villa SG21, a blackened wood home with a turfed roof in Rotterdam.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Local studio Geddes Ulinskas Architects has completed an expansive home in Cow Hollow, San Francisco with indoor-outdoor spaces, a cast glass staircase and stone detailing. The Bay Area studio designed the 12,000-square foot (1,114-square metre) home on a vacant 0.26 The Cow Hollow home is defined by indoor-outdoor spaces.

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Deezen

AUGUST 31, 2023

Read: Edition Office completes black concrete home in rural Australia In contrast, the majority of the bedrooms look inwards, towards the more intimate paved and planted paths at the site's centre. Highly textural concrete was married with precision glass and copper screens, amplifying the qualities and manufacturing process of each.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

From prefab tiny houses and modular cabin kits to entire homes ready to ship, their projects represent some of the best ideas in the industry. In 2012 they launched Connect Homes with fifteen designs as part of its original Design Series. California prefab builder Connect Homes’ units span between 460 and 3,200 square feet in size.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Unknown Works remodelled and extended the existing home's ground floor to open up its cramped living areas while improving its connection to the rear garden. Entered through a bespoke timber pivot door housed in an oversized yellow entrance, a new axis through the home leads to a skylit kitchen and dining area. Joinery: Puck London.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

A greenhouse framed by a wooden pergola tops this home in Muiden, the Netherlands , designed by local studio Moke Architecten with landscape practice LA4Sale. Called Wooden House, the home is located in a new residential area in the port town that enjoys views of the nearby lake IJmeer. The photography is by Thijs Wolzak.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2023

Specht Architects has designed a symmetrical glass pavilion in The Berkshires in Massachusetts that was created as a residence and a place to showcase antiques. metre) wide porch that wraps around the entire house and shades the interior spaces, reducing the home's heating and cooling load. The terrace is natural concrete.

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Deezen

APRIL 9, 2022

Designed for a family local to the area, the three-storey 100JOA home occupies a tight row-house site, with a small walled garden at its rear surrounded by neighbouring buildings. Due to the party walls at either side, light is brought into the home through a large skylight at the top of a lightweight, white metal staircase at its centre.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Fluted blocks of local stone bring a tactile finish to this home in Greece , which has been completed by local studio Point27 Architects. The two storeys of the home are divided by a large concrete floor plate, left visible to create a horizontal datum across the exterior and extending to form a canopy that shelters the home's terrace.

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Deezen

APRIL 2, 2024

Architecture studio Snøhetta has extended the Holmenkollen ski museum in Oslo with a glass entrance covered in 1,207 "meticulously placed" wooden battens. A five-metre-tall glass wall is partially covered with 1,207 meticulously placed wooden pieces, reminiscent of the iconic skigard fences," said Snøhetta.

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Deezen

JANUARY 24, 2022

The home is sited at the foot of a hill and divided into three volumes that encompass 1,900 square feet (177 square metres). The weathered steel skin provides privacy and protection from the harsh desert climate, while glass volumes in public spaces act as eyes taking in every magnificent vista," said the architects. Geotech: AGEC.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Completed in 2019 on the eastern end of Long Island , New York, the 8,300-square foot (770-square metre) home has a board-formed mass with punched windows, natural materials and light-filled spaces. The home has a poolhouse with an outdoor shower. Read: Ten of the best homes in the Hamptons. The photography is by Adam Macchia.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Style Meets Safety with Fire Rated Glass Fences 1 kcichowicz Thu, 09/21/2023 - 12:53 SAFTI FIRST For homes and developments built near or in wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas and designated fire zones, fire rated glass fences introduce a remarkable innovation that seamlessly combines safety and aesthetics.

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Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2024

Located on Ruby Bay in the Tasman District, the home comprises a timber structure elevated partially by a pair of columns in response to its sloping site. Large glass doors connect the living spaces to a patio Raised on a concrete plinth, The Lookout is accessed by an undulating driveway that curves up the hillside to a timber staircase.

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Dwell

JANUARY 12, 2024

In a celebration of structural steel, the home is held aloft by four heroic columns, minimizing the impact on the site. Less an object in the landscape than a machine that dissolves the boundary between indoors and outdoors, the home is a study in restraint. Fred Hollingsworth’s Midcentury Lantern House Lists for $3.3M

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Archinect

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Built in 1994, the home is the last project Koening completed, uniquely built on four structural steel beams. Image credit: Cameron Carothers Image credit: Cameron Carothers Externally, the home takes the form of a steel cube held aloft by four 40-foot-tall structural steel columns. Image credit: Cameron Caro.

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Deezen

AUGUST 19, 2024

A single family home is contained within the Sarvasva tower, which Indian studio Spasm Design created to stand out from the neighbouring grey buildings in Mumbai , India. Named Sarvasva, the home is contained within a 12-storey tower that aims to make the most of its site within the dense urban setting.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Local architecture firm La Base Studio has renovated a glass and concrete home, wrapping it in a delicate privacy and shading screen on a lush site in Buenos Aires , Argentina. The location exposes the home to onlookers, so the design responds to views differently between the levels. The photography is by Cristóbal Palma.

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Deezen

JUNE 5, 2024

A projecting portico formed of exposed concrete creates an "imposing" entrance to Villa Eternal Way, a home in Ljubljana by local studio OFIS Arhitekti. The home's elevated entrance references those of traditional Slovenian structures in the area, which are raised above ground level due to the historical risk of flooding.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2024

Interiors studio YSG has upgraded a home in Sydney 's Mosman suburb to feature "lavish yet tranquil" interiors that are more akin to those of a luxury hotel. The three-storey house previously had drab grey walls and awkwardly placed partitions but now features more coherently connected rooms finished in a sumptuous mix of materials.

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Deezen

APRIL 5, 2024

Tasked with turning a dilapidated bungalow on the edge of Richmond Park into a new family home , the Surrey-based studio drew on its neighbouring buildings to create a simple, gabled form. This sits beneath a gable end that has been finished in pale textured brickwork.

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Deezen

AUGUST 14, 2023

Designed to help connect the home to its garden, the extension was designed to turn a house that suffered from dark and small spaces into a light-filled home with glass walls that frame views of nature. The floor was dropped one metre below the existing home "The existing kitchen was dark and not large enough for a dining space.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Czech designers Kristýna Mikolášková and Tereza Drobná have developed a collection of colourful glass side tables that can be combined with smaller metal models to alter their appearance. The glass tables feature a gradient effect that is introduced during the production process using a spray technique.

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Deezen

AUGUST 15, 2024

An elevated steel-framed verandah wraps the gabled forms of Frame House, a home in Hungary completed by Budapest studio Théque Atelier. Located alongside a forest in a village near Szeged, the home is designed to provide its nature-loving owners with a strong connection to the outdoors. The photography is by Balázs Danyi.

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Deezen

JULY 2, 2024

Seattle-based manufacturer Lindal Cedar Homes has partnered with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to create a series of purchasable house designs informed by the American architect's Usonian philosophy. Lindal Cedar Homes has created a series of house designs based upon Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian principles.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Named after the nearby town of Brampton, the home replaces a former stable and workshop that was originally constructed in the 1960s and had fallen into disrepair. Mary Arnold-Forster Architects has completed a home in Cumbria. Facing the street, the gable ends of each volume are left windowless for privacy.

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Deezen

JULY 22, 2024

Called Collectors Home, the dwelling is defined by the intricate brickwork and stained glass windows typical of the Amsterdam School – a movement from 1910 to 1920 that paid equal attention to the architecture and interior design of a building. The photography is by Alice Mesguich.

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Habitus Living

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

No wonder, then, that when one of Sydney’s most prestigious interior designers approached some of Australia’s premier glass artists, the result was something special. The aim is to create sculptural objects that, while used at home, can be passed down through the generations.

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Deezen

MAY 31, 2024

ARG Architects was tasked with updating the single-storey family home built in the 1970s in Garðabær, a rapidly growing area of Iceland. Contrasting the modernist grid of the original home, ARG Architects introduced three curving walls to reorganise the interiors. Alongside it are three bedrooms, illuminated by a large ribbon window.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Pale brick , stone and timber were used to create a "rustic and warm feeling" at this home in rural China , designed by local studio CPlus Architects. In the centre of the home, the double-height living space is wrapped by a wooden balcony above, beneath a concave ceiling formed by the butterfly roof and lined with wooden panelling.

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Habitus Living

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Through the Looking Glass House is a project that came to Ben Callery Architects not long after the studio was established five years ago. From the beginning, Through the Looking Glass has been a project that Callery has gone over and above for, even helping the owners find the right site.

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Deezen

APRIL 24, 2023

Local architect Tomás de Iruarrizaga has designed Casa Granic, a holiday home located on a hillside by Riñihue Lake in Chile that is meant for "year-round living". The home's laminated wood structure was left exposed and interior spaces were finished with wood cladding. The photography is by Cristóbal Palma.

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