Chelsea SW10 by AndArchitects

The Chelsea SW10 is an interwar semi-detached property in a pocket of land to the rear of other gardens. The basement extends under the garden, with a metre of soil for sustainable drainage. | Continue reading


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Phoenix Retreat: A House Rises from the Ashes

The Phoenix retreat is the rebirth of an Architects’ family retreat destroyed by a forest fire. Located in central Wyoming on a south facing slope within an aspen and pine forest, the original building was a classic log cabin with a gable roof. | Continue reading


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Modern Bungalow House in Kuala Lumpur Renovated by Fabian Tan

Nestled in a high-end enclave at Kuala Lumpur, this bungalow house is an ancestral residence that is home to a young family. Their brief was to modernize the home while preserving its existing layout and form to conserve their familiarity and comfort. | Continue reading


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Kennedy Residence by John Pardey Architects

Kennedy Residence: a replacement house on a site that sits at the westernmost end of a linear village in the Chilterns, with distant views to the west and north across rolling farmland. | Continue reading


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Ocean Residence by FMD Architects

Ocean residence is a weekend beach house for a semi retired couple with a large family and extensive corporate guests. The house was designed to entertain large amounts of guests for parties and extended stays. | Continue reading


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Brooklyn Passive House Plus by Baxt Ingui Architects

78 Third Place–the first Passive House Plus built in the United States–included a rehabilitation of a townhouse built in the early 1900’s. Revitalized by New York-based studio, Baxt Ingui the work respected the original historical architecture of the main building and restoration … | Continue reading


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Tama’s Tee House: A Coastal Concrete Unipod by Luigi Rosselli

Tama’s Tee House was constructed on what was solid and reusable from the previous house. Approximately fifty-percent of the previous structure was kept, including the large sandstone retaining wall to the front of the home and the garage beneath. | Continue reading


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Casa Laia by CAVAA Arquitectes

Casa Laia was born from the idea to link the different spaces of the house by means of a unifying element. This concept was materialized employing a suspended ceiling that communicated both ends of the apartment and overlaid the existing elements and the new intervention. | Continue reading


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Ashby Residence in Austin, Texas / Matt Fajkus Architecture

The Ashby Residence is derived from the stereotomic operation of subtracting from and adding to a solid volume to enable specific programmatic relationships and daylight conditions. | Continue reading


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Cheeran House by John Pardey Architects

The sloping site for the Cheeran house sits to the south of the walled garden and so the design for the house is based on the desire to both enjoy a south-facing aspect yet engaging with the walled garden to the north, resulting in the main body of the house forming part of the w … | Continue reading


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Fuzzy Dentist House by SO Architects

The Fuzzy Dentist house was considered to still let that path being in function even when the construction is finished, and to appear almost as nothing much happens from constructing this house. | Continue reading


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ASR House in Sicily by Giuseppe Gurrieri and Nunzio Gabriele Sciveres

ASR House is a renovation project of a house situated on the second floor of a building located in Sicily, in the old town centre of Ragusa near the Cathedral and the Bishop's Palace. | Continue reading


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D Brand Store in Valencia by Nihil Estudio

As if it were a shoe box, D Brand Store is presented as a “box” that by itself contains and exposes. The double skins generates a volume that from the façade, extending it to the end of this shoe shop. | Continue reading


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Parkside Beach House by Cera Stribley Architects

Taking inspiration from the iconic Mornington bathing boxes, Parkside Beach House features concrete, timber and brick throughout the building. The property is ideal for multi-family use and balances open and spacious communal areas with the privacy of secluded retreats. | Continue reading


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Diagonal Apartment by Brain Factory Architecture & Design

The plan of the Diagonal apartment has been completely redesigned to make the most of the space and get not only the open space, but also two bathrooms and two bedrooms. Minimalism and rigor are at the base of the choices of furnishings as well as in the architectural functionali … | Continue reading


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A Small But Original Coffee House: Redcupsalut by Allartsdesign

A small but original coffee house opened in Perm. Interior created studio ALLARTSDESIGN (Russia, Perm), led by designer Saranin Artemy. This is the third joint work of the coffee shop #redcupteam and ALLARTSDESIGN - for the city. | Continue reading


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Malangen Family Cabin Retreat in Norway by Stinessen Arkitektur

The family cabin is laid out east to west effectively shielding the opening in the forest, which is only discovered once you enter through the large oak sliding door from the outside courtyard. The clients had a clear wish for enough space to welcome family and friends visiting. | Continue reading


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Palo Alto Ranch-Style House Fully Remodeled by Feldman Architecture

This Palo Alto ranch-style house was renovated by Feldman Architecture in 2016. The clients for the Creekside Residence, a pair of Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs, approached the firm looking to create a unique home for work and play for themselves and their three active boys … | Continue reading


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Apartment Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in Rome by Supervoid Architects

Palazzo Doria Pamphilj as we know it today is the result of at least five different construction phases spanning four centuries. Through a process of successive agglomeration, the monumental complex finally became a unitarian urban block. | Continue reading


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Modern Weekend House in Central Oregon by NB Design Group

Located on the edge of Shevlin Park in Central Oregon, this 2,700 square foot residence was built as a modern weekend house from the urban bustle of Seattle and an eventual forever home for the owners. | Continue reading


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Rethinking the Old Mixing It With the New: Former Haystack Refurbishment

When the architects started to build this Haystack project, they had no idea how it was going to end up looking. This has been a project designed day after day onsite, solving problems, creating an intense teamwork together with the client and the builders. | Continue reading


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An Old Tyre Shop Transformed into Two Beautiful Maisonettes

Rylston Road is the transformation of an old tyre shop into two beautifully designed maisonettes. The lower flat is a slick and colourful duplex apartment with a huge, warehouse-like, open living room/kitchen area opening onto the garden. | Continue reading


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Minimalist Contemporary House Designed To Be a Peaceful Retreat

Villa GK was built by request of a private client, who was looking to renovate his old Algarvian villa. Result of this intervention is a minimalist contemporary house which responds to the owners view on quality of life, privacy and sustainable living. | Continue reading


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Mid-Century Modern Home Renovation in Berkeley Hills, California

This mid-century modern home renovation in the Berkeley Hills features enhanced indoor-outdoor living, updated finishes, a structural upgrade, increased energy efficiency, and enhanced daylight. | Continue reading


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Sunnybrook South House by Stocker Hoesterey Montenegro Architects

The Sunnybrook South house is a modern, yet warm home, taking cues from the beautiful property it’s in partnership with. Vibrant splashes of jewel tones accent a predominantly neutral canvass, creating a light but colorful ambiance that is always conscious of its natural environm … | Continue reading


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Interlock House by Matt Fajkus Architecture

Located on a small triangular lot near Bull Creek in Austin, the Interlock house addition was required to comply with complex ordinance regulations which drastically constrain the possibility to add area to an 800 square-foot house originally built in the 1950’s. | Continue reading


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Pavilion-Like House Offers Spectacular Views of New South Wales’s Werri Beach

This new pavilion-like house designed by Atelier Andy Carson is a sanctuary from its harsh surrounds, perched on a sprawling coastal site overlooking Werri Beach, New South Wales. | Continue reading


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Renovation of a 1960’s Side Split Home in Toronto by Urbanscape Architects

The newly designed side split home stands distinguished in its immediate context. It integrates the landscape of the adjacent ravines, the structural form of the existing house, and the spatial requirements of its inhabitants in order to deliver a comprehensive, new home. | Continue reading


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One-Story 1960s Ranch-Style Home Renovated in California

This one-story 1960s ranch-style home had comparably little going for it beyond being situated on a pretty flat corner lot and a western private backyard orientation with panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean. | Continue reading


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Gambrel-Roofed Home Renovated by Kaplan Thompson Architects

The original, gambrel-roofed home in Waldoboro, Maine was built in the 1980s and set back from the water a few hundred feet. The home needed a major update and expansion, and the owners wanted to really make it a place that reflected their family spirit. | Continue reading


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Chelsea Apartment by BFDO Architects

This Chelsea apartment occupies the top floor of one of a series of brick rowhouses that were joined together to create a larger building. | Continue reading


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Tunquen Residence by Patricio Araya Rodriguez

The Tunquen Residence synthesizes the daily acts of the family life and the constant search for what the scenery wants to tell us. Premises that set up the Tunquen Residence, 160 km from the city of Santiago. | Continue reading


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Pacific Pavilion by Studio John Irving Architects

The Pacific pavilion opens out in two directions, to the east (ocean) and to the west (farm). The views in both directions seem to go forever, the rolling hills give the ocean views a run for their money. | Continue reading


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Long Reach Retreat by Kaplan Thompson Architects

Located in Harpswell, the Long Reach Retreat was finished in 2016. Its gorgeous setting called for a design that drew visitors closer to the ocean cove, and conveyed a sense of organic modernism that didn’t compete with its peaceful setting in the trees. | Continue reading


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Shotgun House in Chile by Alejandro Soffia Arquitecto

SHOTGUN HOUSE is a house model designed with SIP panels (Structural insulated panel). These panels are prefabricated building components installed in the Chilean market and available through different suppliers throughout the country. Its technology is simple and arises in the US … | Continue reading


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Modern Ranch Escape by Studio VARA

When the owners purchased this 1970’s modern ranch escape in Kentfield, Marin County, it was dark, dank, and in danger of sliding down a hill. The interior was dated and needed to be updated to modern standards. | Continue reading


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Little Round Bay House by Dynerman Architects

Designed for an active pair of empty nesters, who still work full-time, this small home overlooks Little Round Bay, an idyllic deep-water cove 6 ½ miles up the Severn River from Annapolis, Maryland, and the Naval Academy. The Little Round Bay House was designed to accommodate thi … | Continue reading


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Waverly Place Loft in Manhattan by GRADE

Influenced by coveted Italian villas and the clients collection of Asian artifacts, the Waverly Place Loft combines an eclectic mix of antiques with textured, classically-inspired materials including oil rubbed bronze finishings, ... | Continue reading


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A Wood Frame Townhouse in Brooklyn Renovated by BFDO Architects

This 20-foot-wide wood frame townhouse, located at the end of a row along a narrow side yard, had existing front and rear extensions. The building volume was selectively manipulated—in some cases through addition, in others through subtraction—to improve room sizes, sequences and … | Continue reading


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Light Residence in Kiev by OM Architecture

Every room of the Light Residence contains paintings, art drawings and sculpture. There is a painting of Petro Slyota in the banquet room. Also there are several works of Nikolay Gluschenko. Part of the basement is taken by technical rooms that control proper operating of the hou … | Continue reading


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Sea Ranch Escape by Butler Armsden Architects

After a long search for a vacation home, our client’s patience paid off when a property in the remote Sea Ranch of California presented itself. When they saw the unique ocean front site, they instantly knew it would serve as the perfect escape from their fast-paced city life. | Continue reading


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Cherry Residence by Semple Brown Design

The Cherry residence was strategically laid out to maximize views to the mountains from the primary public spaces, while allowing the private spaces to recede and still take advantage of the site and site lines to the west. | Continue reading


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Home Office Addition: Creekbluff Studio by Matt Fajkus Architecture

The home office addition not only complements the existing house and balances the dynamic West Austin lot, but also provides a newly framed portal to the creek and its rich landscape beyond. | Continue reading


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A Montreal Concrete House Gets a Contemporary Update

A Montreal concrete house built in the 1990s needed an update. The closed-in kitchen created a wall between the living spaces, and the decor, in saturated primary colours, produced a rather cold atmosphere. | Continue reading


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Floating Terrace House by Tomohiro Hata Architect and Associates

The construction of Floating Terrace House takes place in a residential zone developed 30 years ago during the bubble period. Although this region used to be an idyllic countryside, following its development by a single developer to residential area as a city block ... | Continue reading


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A Finnish Retreat Features a Pyramidal Roof and a Glass Wall Facade

Pyramid House sits on the shore of Lake Päijänne, in the Municipality of Sysmä (Finland). This Finnish retreat has a total gross floor area of 125 smq, split between ground floor and mezzanine floor. | Continue reading


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Crescent House in Wyoming by Carney Logan Burke Architects

The Crescent house is situated to take advantage of panoramic views of the mountain range and a framed view of the Grand Teton is visible through an opening in the trees. | Continue reading


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Lode House in South East England by Henry Goss Architects

Henry Goss Architects' Lode House extension in East Cambridgeshire has finally reached completion. This is a small but exquisitely detailed addition to a house providing the owners with an extended internal living room and generous covered external living space. | Continue reading


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