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This New Home Addition Opens To The Garden

June 10, 2024 Erin 0

Levitate Architects has shared photos of a modern rear home extension they completed for a home in England, that has folding doors, connecting the interior spaces to the garden. The architects removed the floor of a second rear sitting room and lowered it to the level of the garden, converting it into a new space […]

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A Waterfront A-frame House Renovated With Contemporary Finishes

June 6, 2024 Erin 0

Joe Herrin, Principal at Heliotrope Architects, has shared photos of an A-Frame cabin he completed as an idyllic little home on Orcas Island, set within the San Juan Island Archipelago of Washington state. The cabin structure is a modest late-60’s era kit A-frame, built by the previous property owner on a shoestring, and the new […]

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A Modern Addition Is Perched Above This Home In Texas

June 5, 2024 Erin 0

Architect Nicole Blair has shared photos of a modern addition that was built above an existing bungalow in Austin, Texas. Owners Dylan and Annie, a landscape designer and a hairstylist, wanted to keep their backyard intact, and not move during construction nor disrupt the mature landscape. As a result, a 660sf flexible studio space was […]

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An Extended Sloped Roof Runs The Length Of This Modern Home

June 4, 2024 Erin 0

RHAW architecture’s Rolf Reichardt, in partnership with the villa’s residents Marieke Jansen and Jaap Maashas, has designed a home in Sint-Oedenrode, The Netherlands, that has a sloped roof, and is made of timber, glass, and concrete. The home is a country house with a single-sloped shed roof and two different faces. The facade is low […]

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A Laneway House With A Rotated Brick Facade

June 1, 2024 Erin 0

Architecture firm Williamson Williamson has shared photos of a laneway home they completed in Toronto, Canada, that features a distinct rotated brick facade. Usually, laneway houses are small, however, this one is a four-bedroom home, designed for a family of five, providing ample living spaces, light-filled rooms, and a strong connection to the neighborhood. By […]

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This House Was Built Around A 100-Year-Old Oak Tree

May 30, 2024 Erin 0

Architecture Studio AtelierM has shared photos of a home they completed in Martinez, Argentina, that wraps around an imposing hundred-year-old oak tree. The homeowners wanted to maximize privacy, protect the old tree that was central to the lot, and take advantage of natural light. To achieve this the architects created a blind facade, where a […]

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A Wood-Lined Office That Used To Be A Parking Lot

May 24, 2024 Erin 0

Ujigawa Ohzono Architects has shared photos of a small wood-lined office they designed in Kyoto, Japan, that was once a parking lot. The owner of the land, who had been running a construction company in the local area for a long time, decided to create a place where dialogue can naturally occur, connecting with the […]

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Crafting Connection: A Contemporary Addition to a Historic Bungalow

May 23, 2024 Erin 0

Carter Williamson Architects has shared photos of a new home extension that they designed for an Australian house in a heritage conservation area. The designers’ brief asked for an open, warm home in which a family could truly gather, one that respected the home’s history while adding thoughtful contemporary layers. As a result of the […]