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Studio Libeskind unveils social housing that feels "like home" in Brooklyn

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Architecture firm Studio Libeskind has completed The Atrium at Sumner Houses, an affordable housing block with 190 apartments for seniors in Brooklyn , New York. Libeskind, who is now one of the world's best-known architects, lived in the housing cooperative when he was a teenager in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Geological formations shape design of Wyoming house by Lever Architecture

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Weathering steel and accoya wood wrap the exterior of the Alta House, which was created by US studio Lever Architecture to embrace the "sublime mountain landscape". Located in the small Wyoming town of Alta, the house serves as a holiday home for an outdoor-loving couple from Portland, Oregon. Situated on a half-acre (0.2-hectare)

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CO Adaptive overhauls Queens home to meet Passive House standards

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Brooklyn studio CO Adaptive has retrofitted a terraced house in Queens , New York to meet Passive House energy efficiency standards. The renovation work revolved around the goal of the unit becoming a Passive House – or Passivhaus – a certification that recognises outstanding energy efficiency in buildings.

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Polysmiths adds Mediterranean texture to Arch House in London

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Local architectural studio Polysmiths has aimed to bring Mediterranean warmth to a London terraced house with a sequence of structural arches and a mottled lime plaster finish. The project also included a new bathroom added to the side extension, the renovation of the house's entrance and a new staircase up to the upper floors.

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Small Tweaks Turn a Traditional Japanese House Into a Home for a Potter and His Family

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Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. We wanted to revive the form of the house and modify the floor plan for modern-day family living. It was important that the home is friendly to both people and the environment.

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Tomás de Iruarrizaga bridges concrete forms with wooden structure for Chile holiday home

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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". Iruarrizaga designed the 500-square-metre house with a timber-clad upper level that bridges two rectangular concrete structures.

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Oliver Leech Architects adds skylit extension to London home

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Local studio Oliver Leech Architects has extended a Victorian terrace house in south London, introducing a four-metre-wide skylight at its centre that offers views of a wildflower meadow roof. Here we used the light to draw you into the house through the darker hallway and towards a huge fixed skylight in the centre of the house." "We

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