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Traditional farmsteads of England’s West Country informed the rough render exterior and barn-like timber ceilings of this house in Cornwall by London studio Hugh Strange Architects. Aptly named Farmworker’s House, it is designed by Hugh Strange Architects for a farm manager in a wooded corner of a large field opposite a livestock shed. It has

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Featuring transparent walls, unorthodox plans and giant staircases, we’ve rounded up 10 houses that may be trickier to live in than they are to look at. Sabater House, Spain, by Fran Silvestre Arquitecto The vast Sabater House zigzags its way across a gently sloping site in Alicante. According to Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, the elongated plan

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UK studio Cowper Griffith Architects has combined the medieval fabric of the 14th-century Calverley Old Hall in West Yorkshire, England, with contemporary additions to create a holiday home for the Landmark Trust charity. The Grade I-listed medieval hall in the town of Calverley, which was in a largely derelict state, was overhauled by the studio

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Our latest roundup showcases a mixture of new and renovated beach houses located in The Hamptons, including a dune-informed home by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and James Bond “lair” by designer Timothy Godbold An enclave for vacationing, affluent New Yorkers, The Hamptons encompasses several villages along the eastern tip of Long Island which once operated primarily

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