Deezen

MARCH 24, 2025

A sunken concrete form designed to "embrace the irregular topography" of its sloping site defines Oeiras House, completed by Portuguese architecture studio OODA near Lisbon. The semi-buried structure follows the natural slope, offering a sense of shelter while remaining open to light and views," said OODA.

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Deezen

JANUARY 28, 2025

Adaptive reuse refers to avoiding building from scratch due to its environmental impact, and instead choosing to reuse existing structures and assigning them new purposes. The project involved designing auxiliary structures that enhance the preexisting ruins on the site, without tampering with them too heavily.

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2025

The Ragon Institute serves as a hub for research on infectious diseases Totalling 323,000 square feet (30,008 square metres), the building is located on a triangular site at the edge of the MIT campus in Cambridge, just across from Boston. Sheltering the courtyard is a canopy structure.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Perched along the Douro River, this UNESCO World Heritage site boasts a rich architectural tapestry that spans centuries. Porto's urban landscape is a testament to its evolving identity from its medieval Ribeira district with narrow cobblestone streets to the iconic Luís I Bridge.

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JANUARY 12, 2025

Fires have raced through the landscape, reducing homes, businesses, and irreplaceable landmarks to ashes. Noteworthy structures under immediate threat include the Getty Center, the Hollywood Bowl, and the Eames House (among other important Case Study House Program examples). Communities are devastated and in need of urgent help.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Architecture Research Office (ARO) , in partnership with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) and The Olana Partnership (TOP), has today revealed a new plan for the Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape at the Olana State Historic Site in Upstate New York.

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Archinect

MARCH 19, 2025

The 12,000-square-meter (around 130,000 square feet) design is marketed to be the future largest wood structure in the region and will serve as a blueprint for the use of low-carbon materials in construction. Outside, landscape courtyards provide additional space for workers in between each wing.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 24, 2024

The two mountains, apart from being artificial landscapes, were also hollowed out, housing a carpark within their cavernous interior and acting as a true project of terraforming. In fact, apart from its spatial benefits, landscape structures also offer thermal insulation and reduce the urban heat island effect.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Aiming to challenge what schools traditionally look like, Andblack Design Studio designed the structure with a playful, curving form to avoid "conventional, box-like classrooms". Designed to be an extension of the interior spaces, the landscaped playground also serves as an outdoor classroom and amphitheatre.

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Deezen

APRIL 12, 2025

Called Timber Nest, the home is located near the southern town of Rdberg, where it occupies a sloping, forested site overlooking the mountains of the Hardangervidda National Park. Quentin Desfarges added porthole-style windows to Timber Nest "Timber Nest does not merely occupy its site; it coexists with it," Desfarges told Dezeen.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Architects and urban designers are increasingly challenged to address these risks, creating resilient structures and landscapes that not only withstand but thrive. From resilient structures to adaptive landscapes, these projects provide a blueprint for how the built environment can harmonize with water rather than succumb to it.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 25, 2024

What are going to be the two tallest structures in the neighborhood (at 32 and 26 stories apiece) will be joined by a new two-story conference center located on the site’s northern side adjacent to the new Wilshire Building. That joins another 8-acre botanical garden included as part of the plan’s 10-acre open space design.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The site is a former andesite stone quarry in the Songjiang district of Shanghai. BAM was invited to design the landscape for the project, which included the ground level landscape around the quarry edge, the quarry walls and stairs, and the B14 quarry pool level.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

” Built on a sloping site at the end of a valley, the home’s design seeks to emphasize integration and subtlety. “The site here has an exceptional character, it is an exclusive place, where the notion of integration into a landscape takes on its full meaning.”

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Deezen

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Chinese studio Atelier Xi has completed a visitor centre for Qiaochengbei Park in Shenzhen , using weathering steel and grass roofs to blend two pavilion-like structures into the landscape. The two structures were organised around the park's trees The two buildings sit at either end of the park. The photography is by Zhang Chao.

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Deezen

APRIL 13, 2025

Studio Saransh has self-designed Oasis The studios created five blocks on the site, surrounding a central, sunken courtyard. Five blocks surround a central sunken courtyard The main studio has a double-height structure topped with a north light roof.

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Architizer

JANUARY 22, 2025

Across the globe, regions prone to seismic activity face the dual challenge of designing structures that not only endure these forces but also serve as symbols of hope and recovery for their communities. Designed to meet modern seismic safety standards, the structure ensures durability and performance.

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Deezen

JANUARY 6, 2025

Dig Studio carried out a careful evaluation and repositioning of landscape elements in the nine-acre plaza, which connects two blocks in the city's Old Town neighbourhood. Dig Studio wanted to preserve the existing trees and features to maintain shade for cooling on the site while taking into account water needs in the arid environment.

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Archinect

MARCH 5, 2025

This single-story structure is articulated with a colonnade made of New York Champlain Valley granite with white, pink, and green tones and a warm cedar trellis, rendering it more like a park pavilion structure than an administration building. Over time the trellis will become covered with flowering vines.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Named the Majamaja Off-Grid Village, the cabins are located on a rocky site on the water's edge, which had little access to transportation infrastructure or public utilities. Due to the inaccessibility of the site, the team created a prefabricated cabin that could be assembled on-site without heavy machinery.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The building site, situated on a sloping hillside in Salzburg, is accessed via a narrow road. This elevated position provides an exceptional opportunity to craft a structure that harmoniously engages with the varying levels of the terrain, establishes a seamless connection to the surrounding landscape, and frames expansive, distant views.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Local studio 5468796 Architecture has renovated an early 20th-century utilities building in Winnipeg , Canada, showcasing the industrial equipment while updating the structure for contemporary usage. 5468796 Architecture has added residential buildings to the site The station closed in 1986 and was slated for demolition.

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Deezen

JANUARY 23, 2025

BarlisWedlick took on the challenge of updating the structure, preserving the materials for carbon sequestration, and reconnecting the spaces with the site. "We As the site had stringent zoning and environmental regulations, the team utilized some of the existing footprint to ensure the best connection and views of the water.

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Archinect

APRIL 11, 2022

Echoing the surrounding desert landscape, the design incorporates two interconnected dune-like structures that house the company’s main offices with a central courtyard and an oasis-like water feature in between to aid in the overall ventilation of the structures.

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Archinect

MARCH 5, 2025

Among the property’s historic structures are a small schoolhouse and the Cole House, a Greek Revival cottage, which were restored and remodeled by architect Richard Beard before he developed the site for the winery. The dark-toned materials of the winery help it blend into the surrounding landscap.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Read on for Dezeen's top 10 USA architecture projects of 2024: Photo by Tom Rossiter 1000M, Illinois, by Jahn One of the last projects by Jahn founder Helmut Jahn , 1000M is among the tallest structures in the southern end of Downtown Chicago. It rises to 788 feet (223 metres) and has a sleek, curved form clad mostly in glass.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Image: Paweł Ulatowski Taking the shape of a loop, in which the structure is seemingly both closed yet fluid, the home is aptly named the Loop House. It is situated on a large plot of land, appearing to naturally emerge from the landscape. Looking from the street, the structure seems to disappear into the landscape.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Located at the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas in California, the Mountain House sits as a “meticulously designed and thoughtfully crafted residential structure” in sixty acres of forest, according to the property’s realtors, Sotheby's.

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Deezen

APRIL 17, 2025

The site had some history of land-slips, so it made sense to design a lightweight, fine pavilion that ran along the edge of the site rather than doing any large cut or fill type earthworks," said director Dom Finlay-Jones. Landscaping interventions include the addition of native species.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 12, 2023

” Photo credit: Ye Rin Mok Photo credit: Ye Rin Mok “The landscape is harsh, and it can take decades for a plant or tree to recover if displaced from its delicate ecosystem,” says Fernando Gerscovich of IAON about the project.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Ryan Leidner Architecture constructed a wood and stucco house in California Ryan Leidner Architecture designed the home on an undeveloped desert site. "[We The rectangular wood frame, which steps down to accommodate a rocky slope, was coated in a white plaster stucco exterior to withstand the extreme fluctuations of the site's weather.

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Deezen

APRIL 5, 2025

Tuckey Design Studio , which has offices in London and Switzerland, designed Lake Como Villa on a steeply sloping site that looks directly out over the water and the village of Bellagio. Green marble columns have been added to the interior As part of the Lake Como Villa project, Tuckey Design Studio also redesigned the surrounding landscape.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Aimasia Residence was built around an existing stone wall Nestled on a hill overlooking the Aegean Sea, the surrounding rocky landscape informed the teams' design for Aimasia Residence. A31 Architecture has inserted the villa into the landscape, and the spine of the building is the dry stone wall, which is actually supporting the building."

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ArchDaily

MARCH 26, 2024

Image © Fitria Ramli via Shutterstock Renowned sculptor Richard Serra , known for his monumental steel structures that reshaped the landscape of contemporary art, passed away at the age of 85 at his residence in Orient, N.Y. The ‘7’ Sculpture by Richard Serra located at the Museum Of Islamic Art Park pier in Doha, Qatar.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 8, 2024

White Arkitekter has created a sculptural water tower in Sweden White Arkitekter 's primary goal for the tower was to create a functional yet sculptural landmark for the area, given the visibility of its elevated site from the E6 motorway and nearby houses. This dynamic ensures the tower never ceases to surprise."

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Architizer

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Its dramatic landscapes defined by vast desert plains, rugged ranges and vivid red earth are unlike anywhere else in the world. In recent years, architects working in remote regions of Australia have drawn on the timeless beauty and stark minimalism of the Outback to create structures that are both resilient and poetic.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The 40-acre site provides a picturesque setting, with a gently sloping landscape, meadows, pocket parks, and scenic trails. The use of wood for the primary structure allows large open spans, providing dramatic spaces that reach out into the wooded landscape, providin.

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