A Bungalow in Sydney Gets a Dramatic, Pavilion-Like Addition
The Binary House project began as a 1960’s yellow brick bungalow in Woolooware, Sydney, Australia, that was transformed by Christopher Polly Archite...
21-09-2018 21:49
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Austin’s Vista Residence Is Built Around a Sculptural,
Located in Austin, Texas, the Vista Residence is a modern, three-story home that’s built around a sculptural staircase that took 8 months to fabrica...
20-09-2018 21:52
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A U-Shaped House in Osaka That Opens up to a Green Landscape
Surrounded by nature, the House in Mita is a residential project designed by Horibe Associates that spans 84.64-square-meters. The U-shaped house is l...
18-09-2018 21:51
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Grimshaw Designs a Tiny Home That’s Affordable, Sustai
Grimshaw recently went small for a very good cause ? preventing youth homelessness. The architecture practice designed its first tiny home for Nestd, ...
17-09-2018 21:50
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This Workshop on a Cliff Is a Modern Addition to a House Ove
Cantilevered over a rocky hillside in Quebec’s Sainte-Adèle, the
The addition can be reached through a hovering bridge directly from the main hou...
13-09-2018 21:48
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Randy Bens Turns a Shipping Container into an Architecture S
After working in a home office for a number of years, architect Randy Bens decided it was time to expand his practice in New Westminster, BC. Instead ...
12-09-2018 21:49
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A Modern Flat in Prague Full of Natural and Black Stained Wo
Designed by SOA architekti, Apartment ?itná is a renovated flat on ?itná Street located in an old building in the center of Prague. The top floor apar...
10-09-2018 21:51
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FreelandBuck Designs a Stacked, Multilevel Home Built into a
Carved into a Los Angeles hillside, the Stack House rises four stories and spans 2,207-square-feet as it perfectly rests embedded into the landscape a...
07-09-2018 21:52
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Swedish Studio Wingårdhs Gives the Radisson Collection Hotel
You might have seen Photo by Rickard L. Eriksson
In the guest rooms, the bright white linens on the beds pop out against the warm wood and dark tones,...
05-09-2018 21:52
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Anthony Gall Transforms a Historic Pie Slice-Shaped Building
Australian architect Anthony Gall had to overcome a peculiar design situation when it came to designing the Hotel Clark in Budapest. Instead of design...
29-08-2018 21:50
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A House in Bangkok That Embraces Greenery and a Love of Natu
Designed for a family that loves nature, the SIRI House is located in Bangkok, Thailand with a courtyard and greenery weaving up through the facade. G...
28-08-2018 21:50
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The A-Frame Nolla Cabin in Finland Has a Minimal Carbon Foot
Remember Robin Falck’s incredible micro cabin in Finland" He’s back with another cabin, this time an A-frame, that also boasts a minimal carbon fo...
27-08-2018 21:54
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The Chestnut House with an Angled Roof in the Czech Republic
The Chestnut House marks the first project by architecture studio Valarch and it’s located between Kop?ivnice and ?tramberk in the Czech Republic. T...
23-08-2018 21:54
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Where I Work: Anne Fletcher of HOK
For this edition of Where I Work, we’re visiting Anne Fletcher, AIA, LEED AP, at the Los Angeles office of global architecture firm HOK. After gradu...
21-08-2018 21:51
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A Modern Apartment in St. Petersburg Inspired by a Luxury Ho
A young couple in St. Petersburg, Russia requested MS-A to design their apartment as if it was a high-end hotel suite with the main living area and be...
21-08-2018 21:51
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Clemens Ascher’s ‘Of Rainbows and Other Monument
The Bertone Rainbow was an oddball design even 42 years ago when unveiled as a concept car at the 1976 Turin Motor Show. Designed by Marcello Gandini ...
17-08-2018 21:49
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The Bluestone Clad Quarry House in Brighton, Australia by Fi
Situated on a corner lot in Brighton, Australia, the Quarry House exudes a strong curbside presence with its bluestone exterior. The residence, design...
14-08-2018 21:50
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Celebrating Detroit as the First UNESCO City of Design with
Recently Detroit was designated as the first UNESCO City of Design and to celebrate, the Design Core Detroit is transitioning the Detroit Design Festi...
14-08-2018 21:50
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Miró Rivera Architects Designs the Sustainable Hill Country
Miró Rivera Architects recently completed Hill Country House, a sustainable residence located in Central Texas. The angular home was designed as a pro...
13-08-2018 21:52
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A Former Equipment Room Is Converted into a Penthouse Apartm
Located in Kiev, Ukraine, the P.26 Apartment was once an equipment room before the 2B.group saw its potential. The interior boasted high ceilings, som...
06-08-2018 21:53
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A Dated Spanish Colonial Becomes a Jaw-Dropping Mountain Hou
Nestled in the side of Camelback Mountain, this Phoenix, Arizona home was recently transformed from a dated Spanish Colonial Revival style to a modern...
03-08-2018 21:53
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8 Modern Houseboats and Floating Homes That Will Make You Sa
Floatwing is a prefab, self-sustainable floating house designed by Friday, a Portugal-based design house that began at the University of Coimbra. The ...
31-07-2018 21:51
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Ceramicist Eunbi Cho’s Invisible City of Clay
Inside a small studio located at an armpit intersection conjoining the Los Angeles State Historic Park with one of the city’s most defiantly industr...
26-07-2018 21:51
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The Grasshopper Studio and Courtyard Adds Much Needed Space
Instead of moving to a larger home or tearing down their original 1940s house to make way for a larger one, homeowners hired Wittman Estes to come up ...
26-07-2018 21:51
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An Angled, Contemporary Extension on a 1970’s Brick Ho
Fusion House is a project completed by Dankor Architecture that included a three-bedroom extension added onto a 1970’s brick house in Melbourne, Aus...
24-07-2018 21:53
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A 1970’s Apartment in Greece is Renovated with a Black
Makridis Associates were hired to transform The Raw Apartment in Thessaloniki, Greece that had not been touched since the 1970s. The homeowners reques...
23-07-2018 21:53
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A Modern, Modular Extension Added to a Weatherboard House in
Around the back of a weatherboard house in Melbourne is a new, two-story modular extension, named Ivanhoe, designed by Modscape to transform the lives...
19-07-2018 21:50
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The Warm and Welcoming Keeshen Residence Is Designed for Ind
The design included using lots of warm woods, initially spotted under the exterior roof overhangs which feature redwood cladding running opposing way...
16-07-2018 21:53
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Fresh from the Dairy: Architecture in Color
Lately we’ve been noticing a trend in our Discover page on Instagram: photographers who have a knack for capturing color in architecture or graphic ...
12-07-2018 21:50
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A Cottage Renovation Leads to a New Addition Accessed Throug
Located in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, is a double fronted cottage that wasn’t working for clients of MODO Architecture so they brought the fi...
06-07-2018 21:52
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ACDF Architecture Designs a Modern, Prism-Like Addition for
ACDF Architecture was hired by a large family to add more space to their traditional house in Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm, Canada. Surrounded by birch tre...
05-07-2018 21:51
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House in Minamiyukigaya by Hugo Kohno Architect Associates
House in Minamiyukigaya is a minimal home located in Tokyo, Japan, designed by Hugo Kohno Architect Associates. The building contains two independent ...
05-07-2018 21:51
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The Morpheus Hotel by Zaha Hadid Architects: The World’
Zaha Hadid Architects has a way of designing buildings so intricate and complex that the photographs look like renderings rather than completed archit...
04-07-2018 21:50
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The Urban Grid Inspires nortstudio’s Bench Series
Beginning in the late sixteenth century, the roots of modern urbanism began taking hold in cities across Northern Europe, with grid-like developments ...
28-06-2018 21:50
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The Bourne Road Residence Frames the Outdoor Spaces
The Bourne Road Residence was designed by studiofour to frame the surrounding outdoor spaces, which the family is known to enjoy. The house itself act...
25-06-2018 21:53
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Fun House: A Dated, Traditional Home in Taiwan Is Updated by
Hired by a young couple returning to Taiwan to raise their baby, IIMOSTUDIO renovated a dated, 25-year-old house that was traditional in style and not...
22-06-2018 21:50
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The iOhouse SPACE: Off-the-Grid, Internet Connected Living
Living “off-the-grid†connotes a level of living rustic and rough fashion, one distant from the comforts and conveniences the typical well-heeled ...
22-06-2018 21:50
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The Coorparoo House in Brisbane Designed Around the Surround
Alexandra Buchanan Architecture designed the Coorparoo House for a family with growing children looking for a balance of separation and togetherness. ...
21-06-2018 21:53
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Plús Hús Is a 320-Square-Foot Flat-Packed Home by Minarc
Minarc has thrown their hat into the ring with their answer to California’s housing crisis ? the Plús Hús, which is Icelandic for “plus houseâ€. ...
18-06-2018 21:52
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An 11-Foot-Wide Row House in Brooklyn by Office of Architect
Little House. Big City. is a renovation project by Office of Architecture that’s located in Brooklyn, New York, for a young couple ? an architect an...
15-06-2018 21:54
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An Isolated Hillside House in the Forest Overlooking Zapalla
In the Chilean seaside town of Zapallar, the isolated Casa El Boldo rests in a forest on a sloped hillside. Due to the extreme topography, stone walls...
11-06-2018 21:58
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The Shack: A Modern Hideaway for a San Francisco Couple by F
A busy couple from San Francisco were looking for a place to retreat to when they wanted to get out of the city which led them to The Shack. The small...
01-06-2018 21:51
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The G?Day House Is Designed to Feel Like a Modern Beach Hous
While the G’Day House is located in West Vancouver, Canada, Mcleod Bovell Modern Houses designed it to look like a modern beach house for a relocate...
31-05-2018 21:52
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Listen to Episode 59 of Clever: Barbara Bestor
In this episode of Clever, Amy and Jaime talk to architect Barbara Bestor, whose childhood memories involve Brutalist architecture and purple carpeted...
29-05-2018 21:51
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SL House: A Hillside Residence in Los Angeles by Aaron Neube
Situated on a slight hillside in Los Angeles’ Silver Lake neighborhood, the SL House is a single family home designed by ANX / Aaron Neubert Archite...
28-05-2018 21:56
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House Zeist by Bedaux de Brouwer Architects
Located in the Netherlands, House Zeist is a residence by Bedaux de Brouwer Architects that sits in the forest at the village edge. The structure’s ...
21-05-2018 21:52
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A House in the City Inspired by a Cabin in the Woods
When the owners of a plot of land in the center of Elche, Spain, approached Antonio Maciá A&D to design their new home, they expressed their desire to...
18-05-2018 21:56
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A Los Angeles Warehouse Becomes Roger Animation Studio by CH
This former garment manufacturing warehouse in Los Angeles’ Silver Lake neighborhood has now become the home of independent animation and motion gra...
16-05-2018 21:49
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A Mid-Century Hillside Home In LA Is Renovated by ras-a
Situated on a steep hill just under the Shakespeare Bridge in Los Angeles, this mid-century home was renovated and given a small addition by ras-a, in...
08-05-2018 21:53
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A Cottage Becomes the Light-Filled, Two-Story Screen House i
Located in Sydney’s Balmain suburb, the Screen House is a single story cottage that has been renovated and extended by Carterwilliamson Architects t...
04-05-2018 21:48
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Live That Luxe Life in a Shipping Container from Cocoon Modu
Not everyone can turn a shipping container into a place someone would actually like to live but Athens, Greece based Cocoon Modules has partnered up w...
04-05-2018 21:48
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The Kumaon: A Minimalist Hotel Hidden in the Himalayas Offer
Hidden away high above in the Himalayas, the Kumaon is a minimalist hotel designed by architect Pradeep Kodikara and Jineshi Samaraweera of Zowa Archi...
02-05-2018 21:49
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An Interview With Greg Warner of Walker Warner Architects
Writer Eckhart Tolle once professed, “Memories are thoughts that arise. They’re not realities“, an observation intended to demystify the stiflin...
27-04-2018 21:50
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Sip, Shop and Stay in Shibuya at a Modern Teahouse-Themed Ho
hotel koé isn?t your traditional Japanese hotel. That?s because the concept for the property designed by Suppose Design Office was to launch a flagshi...
25-04-2018 21:52
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Containerwerk Reimagines Shipping Containers into Affordable
With such a large turnout expected for Milan Design Week, German startup Containerwerk used the opportunity to present their modern concepts for micro...
23-04-2018 21:54
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A Wood Frame Townhouse in Brooklyn That’s Only 20 Feet
BFDO Architects renovated the 20th Street House, a 20-foot-wide wood frame townhouse that came with a tiny side yard and front and back extensions. Th...
20-04-2018 21:50
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A Compact 24m² Apartment in Brazil by Casa 100 Arquitetura
Brazilian architecture firm Casa 100 Arquitetura designed this compact apartment in São Paulo, Brazil for a single, 30-something man who mainly lives ...
19-04-2018 21:51
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COS and Phillip K. Smith III Unfolds the Milanese Sky in a R
Every year since 2012, COS chooses a special artist, designer or architect to create an installation for Salone del Mobile in Milan. This year they ta...
17-04-2018 21:48
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Nest by Airstream: A Modern Fiberglass Travel Trailer
If you’re not one to pop a tent when it comes time to hit the road, there are a million recreational vehicles to choose from with the Airstream bran...
16-04-2018 21:49
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Modularity Modern: The Cabin of 3D Printed Curiosities
The Design Milk archives of 3D printed objects is overwhelmingly represented by smaller dimension objects, reflective of the current manufacturing lim...
05-04-2018 21:54
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Listen to Episode 54 of Clever: Eric Quint of 3M
In this episode of Clever, Amy and Jaime talk to Eric Quint, Chief Design Officer of 3M. Eric incubated a lifelong habit of design thinking in youth a...
03-04-2018 21:53
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Venice House is a California House with a Sloping Trapezoida
Among the tightly packed lots in Venice, California, the Venice House is a three-story, energy-efficient residence topped off with a unique, sloping t...
03-04-2018 21:53
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The Perf House Is a Renovated Georgian Terrace House In Lond
The Perf House is a project that involved renovating a five-story Georgian terrace house in central London by opening it up and maximizing as much nat...
02-04-2018 21:58
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02-04-2018 21:58
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Friday Five with Lily Kwong
If you?ve visited The 14th Factory in Los Angeles, you might have seen
#1 NEW INC.
It?s the first museum-led incubator. I’m blessed to be in their ...
30-03-2018 21:53
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Studio Anita: A Small, but Smartly Designed Apartment by AMB
Spanning a mere 42-square-meters, Studio Anita is a modest apartment in Porto Alegre, Brazil, that was designed by AMBIDESTRO Arquitetura. With more p...
29-03-2018 21:58
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When Tiny Is More Than Enough: The Monocabin in Rhodes, Gree
On an island like Rhodes, Greece, you don?t need much to have the most idyllic vacation of your life, which is why the Monocabin is the perfect place ...
28-03-2018 21:56
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An Artist’s Studio in the Woods of Washington State by
Located in Washington’s Puget Sound region, the Scavenger Studio is a 693-square-foot artist cabin designed by Les Eerkes of Eerkes Architects. The ...
26-03-2018 21:55
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Courcelette Residence by _naturehumaine
Courcelette Residence is a modern home located in Montréal, Canada, designed by _naturehumaine. The home was first built in the late 1940s, and by rem...
22-03-2018 21:53
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Union Wharf: A Waterside Home in London Inspired by Canal Bo
Nicholas Szczepaniak Architects and Blue Engineering completed a project in London along Regent’s Canal that included a renovation and an extension ...
20-03-2018 21:59
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Stay in a Frank Lloyd Wright Home for Your Next Vacation
If you had the opportunity to, would you stay in a home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright himself" For many design lovers (us included), the answer is a ...
15-03-2018 21:55
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Take a Retreat to This Scandinavian Modern A-Frame Cabin In
Since opening the Lokal Hotel in Philadelphia, Chad and Courtney Ludeman decided to provide a different kind of hospitality experience for Lokal Hotel...
14-03-2018 21:55
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Casa Abierta: An Open Courtyard House by KUBE architecture
A family from Costa Rica looking to transform their house in Chevy Chase, Maryland, hired KUBE architecture to design a home that fit their lifestyle....
13-03-2018 21:54
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The Iconic Stahl House Gets a Dreamy Makeover from Design Wi
The Stahl House – Case Study House No. 22 designed by architect Pierre Koenig is arguably one of the most iconic homes in the US and if you didn?t t...
12-03-2018 21:54
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Ellsworth Kelly?s Final Masterpiece Is a Majestic Study of L
In January 2015, Ellsworth Kelly gifted the Blanton Museum of Art a design concept called Austin, the artist?s first and only free-standing building a...
12-03-2018 21:54
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Window on the Lake Cottage in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton by YH2
Right on the shores of Lac Plaisant in the village of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, the Window on the Lake house rests on the same land as an old family cotta...
06-03-2018 21:52
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4 Shipping Containers Become a Classroom at Bard College
We featured Maziar Behrooz Architecture’s shipping container studio several years ago and since then they’ve become MB Architecture and have conti...
02-03-2018 21:49
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Rilak’s Relax House in Alibunar, Serbia by Modelart Ar
Rilak’s Relax House is a family residence in Alibunar, Serbia, designed by Modelart Arhitekti to be a vacation home with all the bells and whistles....
26-02-2018 21:52
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10 Modern Museums You’ll Definitely Want to Visit
Coop Himmelb(l)au designed the The Museum of Contemporary Art & Planning Exhibition (MOCAPE) in Shenzhen, China, with a silver floating “Cloud†th...
23-02-2018 21:49
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Beam House by Hugo Kohno Architect Associates
Beam House is a residence located in Tokyo, Japan, designed by Hugo Kohno Architect Associates. Situated on a narrow lot, the building houses a galler...
22-02-2018 21:49
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A Brazilian Duplex with a Pool That Becomes Art by Fernanda
When a client approached Fernanda Marques Arquitetos Associados with an unusual request that most architects would run from, she welcomed the challeng...
21-02-2018 21:50
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A Lakeside Holiday House Nestled into the Steep Hillside
Sky House is a holiday home nestled into the steep land on the edge of Stoney Lake in Canada. It was designed by Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster as ...
19-02-2018 21:49
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A 1970s Sausalito Home Is Renovated by Feldman Architecture
After a newly retired couple visited Sausalito, California, on their way from Hong Kong to South America, they decided to plunk down roots and buy a 1...
16-02-2018 21:51
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A Refurbished Victorian Cottage in Melbourne by SWG STUDIO
The original hallway still accesses two bedrooms and leads to the newly designed back area of the house.
Photos by Sarah Anderson....
15-02-2018 21:47
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House in Santarém by Vasco Cabral + Sofia Saraiva
House in Santarém is a minimal weekend retreat located in Santarém, Portugal, designed by Vasco Cabral + Sofia Saraiva. The home consists of three fun...
15-02-2018 21:47
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A’ Design Awards – Last Call for Entries + Our F
an esteemed jury panel of academics, design professionals and press members review designs and concepts in
The A? Design Award promotes your work glo...
15-02-2018 21:47
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Svart: The Energy Positive Solar Powered Arctic Hotel
Unveiling an “energy-positive†concept doesn’t seem so out of left field for Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta. They’re the same braintrust...
15-02-2018 21:47
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A 70s Condo Becomes a Modern NYC Apartment with a Sleeping L
A wall of white, built-in storage cabinets rests along one side of the living room, a contrast to the warm walnut wood.
Upper level plan
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13-02-2018 21:51
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A Pavilion Style House in the Noosa Hinterland by Teeland Ar
The Tinbeerwah House is a modern family house in the Noosa Hinterland in Australia that’s designed as a glass pavilion clad in sliding hardwood scre...
09-02-2018 21:50
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Tower Apt. No1 in Tel Aviv by RUST architects
Located in a new building in the center of Tel Aviv, Israel, the Tower Apt. No1 spans 100 square meters (approx. 1076 square feet) and began as an emp...
06-02-2018 21:51
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A Prefab Weekend House in Morelos, Mexico
With only a short amount of time for construction on-site, SOA Soler Orozco Arquitectos took a different route with this weekend house in Morelos, Méx...
05-02-2018 21:52
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A 1950s Micro Apartment Is Renovated for Modern Times
George is among several identical studio apartments that once housed nurses in the 1950s in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia. With just 28 square meters,...
02-02-2018 21:49
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The Beach Cottage: A 1957 Beach House in Southern California
Surfside Projects set out to turn a 1957 ranch in the coastal city of Encinitas, California, into a fun, environmentally conscious modern home called ...
23-01-2018 21:51
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Where I Work: Hans Bølling at Brdr. Krüger
Danish architect and designer Hans Bølling is going strong at 86 years young, spending a majority of his time since the 1950s working with the family-...
16-01-2018 21:54
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A House in Panchkula with Glass Walls and an Elevated Pool
Studio Ardete was tasked with designing a home on a busy road in Panchkula, India, for a couple to relax and entertain their visiting family and frien...
15-01-2018 21:54
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Woven House: Inspired by the City’s Textile Weaving In
Located in the small Maharashtra town of Ichalkaranji, India,
The open living area boasts tall ceilings and skylights that fill the space with light ...
09-01-2018 21:52
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M.A.DI. Unfolds Into a Solar-Powered A-Frame In Just a Few H
Talk about (near) instant gratification: Italy-based M.A.DI.’s prefab A-frame unfolds to near completion like a pop-up book, requiring only a few ho...
08-01-2018 21:56
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A Small Mountaineer’s Refuge in Chile by Gonzalo Iturr
In the mountains of San Esteban, Chile, a small cabin was designed as a retreat for those arriving and departing on treks who need a place to rest and...
05-01-2018 21:55
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A House Composed of Stacked Blocks by Lazor Office
One of the more intimate spaces is the dining room with its curved wall clad in white oak.
The living room boasts a double-height ceiling givin...
04-01-2018 21:50
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Walker Warner Architects’ Hale Nukumoi Residence
Simple and understated, the vein of modernism flowing throughout Walker Warner Architects‘ portfolio of projects dotting the Hawaiian islands repres...
03-01-2018 21:53
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