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House of Wall Forest

A crab-claw-shaped lot in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, bordered by a greenway to the south and an electrical transmission tower to the east, set the terms for House of Wall Forest. Saitama-based IGArchitects, led by Masato Igarashi, designed the two-story timber…
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mirrored acrylic skin dissolves cube pavilion into its surroundings in mexico

MIRROR-FINISH ACRYLIC PANELS CONCEAL pavilion IN GUADALAJARA Designed by errre taller, Sfumato is a temporary reflective pavilion that reinterprets the Cubo MEM, a prominent sculptural landmark at the ITESO architecture complex in Guadalajara, Mexico. Selected as the winning proposal for…
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A 1908 Japanese Prison Finds New Life as a Luxury Hotel

Constructed in 1908 by government architect Keijiro Yamashita, the landmark Nara Prison is the only complex among Japan’s monumental “Five Great Prisons of Meiji” to survive almost entirely intact. More than a century later, Hoshino Resorts has transformed the former…
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Previously Uninhabited Island in Seoul Just Hit a Major Milestone and Is Now Open to the Public

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met and Manager of My Modern Met Store. She is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art where she earned her BFA in Illustration and MFA in Illustration Practice.…
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262 Fifth Avenue Pairs Sculptural Architecture With Serene Interiors

At 262 Fifth Avenue, the elevator shafts, major MEP risers, and service infrastructure sit outside the perimeter of the apartments. Architecture studio Meganom developed this exo-core arrangement for the 860-foot NoMad tower in collaboration with structural engineers at WSP and…
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House in Yamanakako

The ground under House in Yamanakako falls gently from east to west across a wooded slope at the foot of Mount Fuji, and CASE-REAL worked through many rounds of massing studies before settling on a plan that keeps the natural…
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A New Book Preserves the Lost Interiors of Ebony and Jet’s Chicago Headquarters

For decades, Ebony and Jet were among the most important publications documenting Black American life and culture, making Johnson Publishing Company the era’s most influential Black-owned media corporation. Completed in 1972, its headquarters at 820 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago…
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Casa Piva

From its laneway in Malvern East, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, Casa Piva shows the street a white brick facade with almost no windows. B.E. Architecture designed the house as the home of architect and director Andrew Piva. The plan…
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Orchard House

Local planning rules required Orchard House to carry a 22-degree roof pitch, and Fearon Hay built the entire scheme around that constraint. Set within a mature chestnut orchard near Queenstown, New Zealand, the house by the Auckland-based studio is composed…
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four pitched-roof volumes build timber-clad coastal house in belgium

Four triangular timber volumes shape coastal ‘house of cards’ House of Cards is a coastal residence in Koksijde, Belgium, designed by Vantieghem Talebi around the structural and zoning constraints of an existing foundation. The new house follows the foundation’s asymmetrical cruciform…
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Inside Local People, a Contemporary Cafe Beneath an Istanbul Dome

A dormant dome in the heart of Istanbul has been reimagined as a contemporary cafe. Designed by international design and creative studio Mitte, Local People transforms an underused structure in Başakşehir, one of the city’s densely developed residential districts, into…
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Why America’s Richest Families Copied European Palaces

Why did America’s richest families build mansions inspired by European palaces? During the Gilded Age, wealthy families like the Vanderbilts and Berwinds recreated aristocratic architecture to project status, history, and prestige. Feeling inspired? Subscribe to AD and get a free…
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Walkers Hook Residence

A creek runs through one side of this Salt Spring Island lot and a road defines the other, and the riparian setbacks between them left so little buildable area that many prospective buyers assumed nothing could be built there. Walkers…
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A West Vancouver Home Appears to Float Among the Trees

You wouldn’t think a 7,000-square-foot West Coast modern home would settle in so perfectly on a historical site above the West Vancouver oceanfront. But Openspace Architecture made sure of it, relying on an ultra-minimal material palette of wood, concrete, and…
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Blue House

Blue House’s ultramarine lime plaster had to be applied to each facade in a single day, since the pigment is unstable and any seam or repair would show. The house, in the Marvila district of Lisbon, Portugal, is a renovation…
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Inside Julianne Moore’s Rooftop NYC Home | Open Door | Architectural Digest

Julianne Moore welcomes AD into her New York City home, designed with architect Oliver Freundlich. The Oscar-winning actor has filled her 1920s rooftop apartment with art, vintage furniture, and collectible design pieces, including works by George Nakashima and Isamu Noguchi.…
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Lucy Hale’s Been Manifesting Her Open Door

Lucy Hale’s Open Door really was a full-circle moment, as she’s been manifesting it for years. Feeling inspired? Subscribe to AD and get a free tote with your subscription! → https://bit.ly/4jBCUMl Still haven’t subscribed to Architectural Digest on YouTube? ►►…
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DS Residence

As a house on agricultural land, DS Residence was held to a capped building volume. Merckx / Holvoet placed it in farmland beside the village castle in Gestel, Belgium, as far from the street as regulations allowed, for a couple…