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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Deezen

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Reclaimed brick was used to create a compact, three-bedroom home and its ash-lined guest annexe on the mews site, previously home to a ministry of transport (MOT) garage and associated outbuildings. They completed the home around a central courtyard in 2022 and the annexe on the small adjacent plot in 2023.

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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

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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Santa Cruz Architect

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Natural light is an essential design element that profoundly impacts a home’s aesthetics, energy efficiency, and livability. For architects, contractors, and homeowners planning new builds or home additions, incorporating ample daylight into design not only enhances comfort but also adds significant value.

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Deezen

MARCH 3, 2025

Named Hidden Villa because of its secluded garden setting, the two-storey home occupies the site of a former hospital on the coast of the North Sea. An outdoor swimming pool runs alongside the home "When entering the home, a gradient of light builds up towards the central part of the home," said i29 partner Chris Collaris. "It

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Pockets of outdoor space surround Gardener's House, a suburban home in Melbourne extended and renovated by Australian studio Splinter Society. To achieve this, Splinter Society has maximised views out to the garden throughout the home and placed the client's vibrant collection of exotic orchids at centre stage.

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Deezen

JANUARY 2, 2025

Studio on the Rye has added an extension to a terraced home in London Built for a client who has lived in Peckham for 14 years, the two-storey extension nearly doubled the size of the existing house adding a kitchen, snug and utility room on the ground floor. It was then sealed so that it would not weather further," she continued.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2025

Named Bomun House, the home sits on a narrow road barely wide enough for vehicle access and is hemmed in by multi-family houses commonly found in Seoul. In addition to streamlining the facade, it prevents overlooking from the neighbouring homes, continuing right up to the terrace's railing.

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Dwell

MARCH 13, 2025

Specializing in high-end, modern but not too trendy furniture, Sundays makes pieces with commercial-grade finishes that can take a real beating. I love how the wood grain peeks through the stools glossy, red lacquered finish. You cant really tell in the photo, but the vase has a rough, matte finish.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Belgian studio Studio Okami Architecten has completed Patio House, a home in East Flanders wrapped in brick walls punctuated with a cross-shaped pattern. Studio Okami Architecten has completed a home in Belgium. Brick walls punctuated with a cross-shaped pattern wrap around the home.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Located in the rear garden of founder Chris Van Laethem's home, the building acts as both a workspace for up to three people and a demonstration of the studio's approach to using bio-based materials. Inside, the hempcrete walls and timber roof have been left exposed, complemented by a floor of recycled foam glass granules.

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Architizer

MARCH 24, 2025

How does one transform a home into a lens for nature? Yet, the most prominent feature of the space is glass. Dramatic Marvin Modern floor-to-ceiling windows were key to realizing a house with contextual harmony that fulfills the demands of the client, all while pushing the boundaries of expansive glass. Its basically all glass.

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Deezen

MARCH 14, 2025

Scullion Architects has renovated a terraced home in Dublin "Having been a rental property for many years, the house needed a lot of work," said studio founder Declan Scullion. Grattan is designed for young professionals, so small work-from-home spaces are dotted around the communal spaces. The photography is by Aisling McCoy.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2024

Tropical modernism informed the plaster finishes of this extension in Hackney , London , which has been completed by local architecture studio Sonn. The post Sonn uses rough plaster finishes for "monolithic and sculptural" London extension appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is courtesy of Sonn.

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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

MARCH 18, 2025

Named Hope Villa, the project both updated and expanded a previous side extension to the home, which occupies a narrow site between terraces and infill housing. While retaining the previous extension's steel structure for this room, Proctor & Shaw also preserved its floor finishes and fittings, adopting a "make do and mend approach".

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Lionel Ballmer Architectes has completed The Wandering House in Switzerland Lionel Ballmer Architectes was originally approached to transform the small wooden barn into a family home. The point where these two materials meet creates a datum both outside and inside the home.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Photo is by Ben Pipe Watercress Cottage, UK, by Greenaway Architecture British studio Greenaway Architecture added a minimalist glass extension to this medieval thatched cottage near Bath , which features floor-to-ceiling glazing informed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's modernist Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2025

It sits within the Kendall Square neighbourhood, which is home to several research buildings and tech companies. The upper part was designed to be "soft and light" and is wrapped in glass and vertical aluminium fins. Glass and aluminium wrap the upper part of the building.

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Dwell

JANUARY 24, 2025

Gaudy 80s finishes were replaced with crisp ones that let the owners evolving collection set the tone for the Upper East Side home. Klara prefers the work of self-taught artists, she says, and her collection includes Murano glass, folk art, and German expressionism, all sourced from galleries or online auction sites like eBay.

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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

"Only the existing concrete structure of the building was preserved, while all secondary elements such as interior sashes, railings and finishing materials were removed." Here, and throughout the wider building, the studio opted for a limited material palette comprised primarily of steel, glass and wood.

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Archinect

JANUARY 6, 2022

Minimal details and neutral finishes anticipate an evolving composition of the client’s art and design collection. The home’s open and connected spaces ultimately flow to the client’s workshop, a new separate structure dedicated to unbounded exploration.

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Archinect

APRIL 13, 2023

The building, distinct with its undulating glass façade and mass timber grid shell, will be home to critical research in solar and climate science, energy, biofuels, decomposable plastics, and more.

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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

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

square-metre home is designed by Earthscape Studio to complement its rolling green site between the mountains and a forest near the town of Mettupalayam. It has a contemporary yet organic form with natural finishes, including a type of lime plaster known as thappi that coats the home's structural ferrocement shell.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Walls of glass peel back from one corner of the Melbourne expansion to further connect the living space to the outdoors. Erin and Julien, a young couple with a vision for a modernized living space, entrusted their home’s transformation to David, who was embarking on his inaugural solo project. Have one to share? Post it here.

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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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Archinect

JANUARY 6, 2023

In Collaboration with 180 Degrees Design + Build, Echo Canyon is a transformation of a 1970’s era home at the base of Camelback Mountain in Scottsdale, Arizona. A large glass wall frames views of Camelback and the new terrace and pool. Simplified exterior finishes of stucco and steel elements contrast with the rugged terrain.

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Deezen

MARCH 12, 2025

Architect Price Harrison has designed a stucco -clad home for himself in Tennessee called Green Hills Residence, which features an open-air courtyard and interior spaces that prioritise the display of artwork. Facades are clad in dark concrete stucco that allows the home to "nearly disappear at night".

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Deezen

DECEMBER 31, 2024

From a slender home nestled into an infill site in Wisconsin to a micro home prototype in Indore, here are Dezeen's houses of the month for December. Other houses featured in our monthly roundup of the most popular residences published on Dezeen include a London home defined by brick and natural ash cladding and.

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Archinect

APRIL 14, 2022

Related on Archinect: Iconic Joshua Tree "starburst" shipping container home is officially on the market Part of the draw is the growing number of Instagram-friendly architectural showpieces that have been spun off into midcentury-inspired camp compounds and Disneyfied planned communities.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Archipelago and NU Architectuuratelier transformed the site not only by providing homes but also by increasing its usable open green space, introducing a series of pathways and squares. They are limited to a maximum of four storeys, remaining under the height of the surrounding buildings, with rectilinear forms finished in yellow brick.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 30, 2024

From the breezy verandas of colonial-era homes to the geometric forms of mid-twentieth-century tropical modernism, the region’s built environment has always responded to its unique climate and cultural context. Inside, the home balances scale and simplicity, with concrete walls and floors accented by warm walnut and textured details.

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Dwell

MARCH 11, 2025

Original finishes are extraordinarily intact, including wood and stainless steel countertop surfaces, vintage appliances, and translucent stained cabinetry. A low island and glass sliding door face a large wooden deck that extends out below a canopy of mature trees. composition of modules woven with lines (framing) and planes (walls).

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Deezen

MARCH 20, 2025

The architects designed the large house around a triangular entrance hall with curved sides, complete with a concrete and glass domed roof, a parquet dance floor and flanked by separate ladies' and gentlemen's cloakrooms that were more typical of the day's grand public institutions than private homes.

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