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Appareil Architecture tops a wooden Quebec home with a sloped single-pitch roof

August 8, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian studio Appareil Architecture has created a wooden, light-filled mountain house with a single-pitch roof in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. Known as Résidence des Rapides, the three-bedroom house is partially embedded in a sloped four-acre site on the banks of the Diable River in the Laurentian Mountains. Montreal-based Appareil Architecture completed the cedar-clad house in 2023, informed

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Dezeen Agenda features world’s tallest residential skyscraper

August 8, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the world’s tallest residential skyscraper, which has been approved for Brazil. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. According to reports, the city of Balneário Camboriú in Brazil has approved plans for a residential tower that developers claim will be the world’s tallest – standing over 500

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Airbnb creates life-size Polly Pocket house in Massachusetts

August 8, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

As part of its ongoing Icons series, Airbnb has created a life-size rental version of a Polly Pocket compact toy, which includes mock-up versions of clothing and oversized furniture. Located in Littleton, Massachusetts the rental was created to resemble a full-scale version of a Mattel Polly Pocket toy, a series of small plastic compacts that

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Michael Green Architecture designs world’s tallest mass-timber skyscraper for Milwaukee

August 8, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Vancouver studio Michael Green Architects has released plans for a development in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which includes a mass-timber skyscraper that would be the tallest in the world if completed. Set to be built alongside the Marcus Center in central Milwaukee, the multi-tower scheme led by developer Neutral is currently going through the city’s approvals process.

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This Modern Home Is Suspended Over A Creek

August 8, 2024 Erin 0

Fougeron Architecture has shared photos of a home they remodeled that’s suspended between two California hills, and spans a creek, and boasts a waterfall in the backyard. The goal of the project was to reconnect this structure into the environment while best utilizing the exceptional site for the clients. In this part of California, it […]

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Pink plaster cloaks limestone house in Kenya by Studio Mehta Architecture

August 8, 2024 Katie Last 0

Limestone-block walls covered in pink plaster intersect to form UA House, which Kenyan practice Studio Mehta Architecture has added to a creekside site in Kilifi, Kenya. Positioned among trees along the edge of Takaungu Creek, the home is designed by Studio Mehta Architecture as a blend of contemporary and traditional architectural elements. It comprises a network

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