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Relogged house by Balbek Bureau reinterprets traditional log cabins

Architecture studio Balbek Bureau has revamped a house in Ukraine using stainless steel and concrete to create a modern interpretation of a log cabin. The three-bedroom cabin was built from horizontally stacked logs, which the designers kept on display throughout the…

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Plants Were Integrated Into This Home’s Design To Give It The Feeling Of A Tropical Resort

Wallflower Architecture + Design has shared photos of a home they recently completed in Novena, Singapore, that integrates plants into its design. Located in a residential area in the middle of the city, the house sits on a fan-shaped property…

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O’Neill McVoy creates “mini-manifesto against adjacent McMansions” in Houston

New York-based studio O’Neill McVoy Architects has created a grey stucco house with a Z-shaped plan and an upward-pitched roof in Houston. The 3,175-square-foot (300 square metres) home was completed in 2020 to replace a 1950s residence that was destroyed…

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Leibal — Höghult House

Situated in the of the Swedish countryside, the Höghult House designed by FABEL Arkitektur, presents a compelling demonstration of how architecture and nature can coexist harmoniously. Positioned atop a steep slope, the house acts as a connection between traditional and…

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Spacon & X adds kombucha brewery to 1930s functionalist building in Copenhagen

Danish studio Spacon & X preserved “different layers of unique history” when designing the Folk Kombucha brewery, which is set within a listed building in Copenhagen’s Meatpacking District. The factory belongs to fermented-tea brand Folk Kombucha and features a production area for…

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A Slightly Different Angled Ridge Line Was Given To Each Home In This Passive House Development

RODE, a Boston-based team of architects, designers, and urban planners, together with Passive House Construction LLC, has shared photos of Brucewood Homes, a collection of internationally certified Passive House single-family homes. The Brucewood Homes project is a series of three…

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Elkus Manfredi cuts openings into 1950s “concrete bunker” in Washington DC

A Cold War-era building designed to withstand nuclear blasts is among the structures that have been renovated by Elkus Manfredi Architects at the newly established Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus. The 12-acre (4.8-hectare) campus is located in northwest Washington…

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Leibal — Abe House

Abe House is a minimal residence located in Saitama, Japan, designed by masafumiharigaiarchitecture. This project begins by separating two key aspects of architectural thought: the foundational structure that resists horizontal forces, and the overall form or silhouette of the building.…

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The Act of Quad converts Mumbai shed into studio with see-through facade

The Act of Quad founders Priyanka Itadkar and Falguni Bhatia have built their own interior design studio, The Light Box, by transforming a 58-year-old former library in Mumbai, India. Itadkar and Bhatia have reimagined the shed, which was originally built…

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Dramatic Wood Ceilings Are Found Throughout This House

Carlos Castanheira of CC&CB Architects has shared photos of a home they designed in Porto, Portugal, that uses wood and copper throughout its design. The home’s exterior has a copper-clad roof and matching copper siding, while the exposed timber structure…

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Arii Irie Architects completes stripped-back Warehouse Villa in Japan

Tokyo studio Arii Irie Architects created this warehouse to double as a storage unit and a holiday home for its client in Isumi, Japan. Named Warehouse Villa, the building is designed by Arii Irie Architects as a “primitive shelter” with…

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This week we revealed this year’s Burning Man temple

This week on Dezeen, we revealed renderings of the temple that will form the centrepiece of this year’s annual Burning Man festival in Nevada, USA. Currently under construction at the Burning Man site, the timber structure conceived by designers Ela Madej and Reed Finlay will be…

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LMN Architects creates six-storey convention centre in downtown Seattle

Local studio LMN Architects has completed a convention centre in downtown Seattle with a six-storey central atrium and large wooden staircase. Centrally located in the city, the Convention Center Summit building is a detached expansion of the original Seattle Convention…

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Leibal — ONE

ONE is a minimal residence located in Kanagawa, Japan, designed by ambientdesigns. A distinct structure emerges on a grid, which spans three site boundaries. This design choice is no mere coincidence; it reflects a deliberate effort to intertwine the worlds…

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Denis Joelsons juxtaposes linear house with circular gardens in São Paulo

Brazilian architect Denis Joelsons has completed a rectangular house in São Paulo, Brazil that is set into a slope composed of round garden terraces. Aptly named Casa dos Terraços Circulares – or the House of Circular Terraces – the 2,725-square-foot…

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Arched Geometry Adds Personality To This Office Building Lobby

Architect and interior design firm Atelier Cho Thompson, has shared photos of the lobby in a building in Boston, Massachusetts. Originally constructed as a shoe factory, the exterior of the building has an ornate stone facade, decorated with imagery depicting…

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John Friedman and Alice Kimm include dining room crane in Los Angeles house

Architects John Friedman and Alice Kimm have stacked a white concrete mass with sinuous cutouts into a hillside as a home for their family in Los Angeles, complete with a yellow crane in the kitchen and a pink accessory dwelling…

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A Dark Exterior Helps To Hide This Modern Home In The Forest

Robert Young Architects has shared photos of a modern home they designed in Virginia, that’s surrounded by a forest and features a dark exterior. The multi-storey home was designed from the inside out, with the architects allowing the function of…