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Omer Arbel proposes surrounding Washington houses with “cedar orb clouds”

October 29, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Canada-based designer Omer Arbel has unveiled designs for a series of homes in Washington State made from concrete and covered in wooden balls intended to cultivate ecosystems over time. Arbel, the founder of lighting brand Bocci, was commissioned to design 16 houses on Governor’s Point, a peninsula that juts into Bellingham Bay north of Seattle.

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Lighthouse Building / 3XN

October 29, 2024 Hadir Al Koshta 0

Lighthouse is a residential-led, mixed-use development situated at the tip of Aarhus Harbour, facing the water, and pinpointing the transition from Aarhus Bay. Openness, safety, and diversity characterize the development, which combines a high-rise structure with a group of mid-rise buildings to foster community and interaction. Completed in two phases, the development combines private as well as social housing. A waterfront promenade with public restaurants, cafes, and retail space invites visitors into the site and creates a lively and diverse streetscape. Phase two saw the completion of Denmark’s tallest building which includes a public rooftop restaurant allowing visitors to share the incredible views over the city and Aarhus Bay. “We think the project is a lighthouse in more than one sense. Obviously, the building will become a landmark. But it is also an example of how we should be doing urban development in a way that catalyzes activities and social relations.” – Kim Herforth Nielsen, Founder and Creative Director, 3XN.

Elías Rizo reinterprets vernacular Mexican cabin in concrete

October 28, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Mexican studio Elías Rizo Arquitectos has balanced a concrete house with a steep gabled roof on a hillside in Tapalpa, Mexico near Guadalajara. Known as El Mirador, the 2023 house measures 230 square metres (2475 square feet) and serves as an “ode” to the site’s preexisting landscape. “We wanted to design a house that became

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Eight moody bedrooms with colour palettes that embrace the dark side

October 27, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Our latest lookbook steps into the shadows with dark and moody bedrooms that use rich colour palettes to create a sense of tranquility. Making a dramatic departure from more minimalist bedrooms with light-toned interiors, these bedrooms embrace dark colours to form restful sanctuaries. Many use a mix of materials to add depth and warmth to

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Eight bedrooms wrapped in tactile wood panelling

October 26, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve selected eight homes with bedrooms clad in wood panelling, ranging from a mid-century house in London with a “horror film” feel to a redwood-clad house with a curved roof in California. Wood panelling comes in a wide variety of styles, tones and grain patterns, each creating a different atmosphere. Whether

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KLG Architects uses thick walls for coastal “sanctuary” in South Africa

October 25, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Textured plaster intended to mimic nearby rocky outcrops coats the thick walls of Hytte Riverview, a house overlooking an estuary in South Africa by local studio KLG Architects. The 110-square-metre home is nestled into the rocky, sloping landscape of Rooi Els in the Western Cape, enjoying views of the Rooi Els River flowing into False

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North Gate social housing by Page\Park designed for residents to “embrace as their own”

October 25, 2024 Starr Charles 0

This film produced by Jim Stephenson spotlights the North Gate social housing project in Glasgow by Page\Park Architects, which has been shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. The video forms part of a series being published by Dezeen in collaboration with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) to

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MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple creates elliptical house for mountainous site

October 24, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Extreme site conditions drove the design of House at 9,000 Feet, a rounded dwelling by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects in the American West supported by stilts and accessed via a bridge. The ski dwelling is located in an undisclosed spot in the Intermountain Region in the western US. The project’s name – House at 9,000 Feet

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Piers Taylor completes “low-key” rural retreat in Greek countryside

October 24, 2024 Nyima Murry 0

The founder of British practice Invisible Studio, architect Piers Taylor, has created the concrete House in an Olive Grove for his family in Corfu, Greece. Set amid a rural olive grove, the minimalist structure has been designed to accommodate the basic needs of shelter, shade and sleep, while offering flexibility for future modifications. It was

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“Mid-century homes are a labour of love” say conservation experts

October 23, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

The challenges of preserving and upkeeping mid-century modern homes mean many are at risk of demolition, conservation experts tell Dezeen as part of our mid-century modern series. Open-plan layouts, large windows and aesthetically on-trend fitted furniture are among the attributes found in many mid-century modern houses built from the mid-1940s to the early 1970s that

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