Articles by James Brillon

RISD students use standard greenhouse parts to build outdoor performance venue

January 7, 2018 James Brillon 0

Standardised parts from a greenhouse catalogue were repurposed to create this outdoor public space and performance venue in Providence, as the result of a design-build collaboration at RISD. The Southlight pavilion is the centrepiece of a larger scheme to provide a new public amenity for the city. It was completed by a team of students

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Deborah Richards creates retreat for her family beside Massachusetts lake

January 6, 2018 James Brillon 0

American architect Deborah Richards has designed a home for her extended family in Lakeville, Massachusetts, choosing wooden shingles to clad the exterior, and bright yellow accents for the windows and doors. Located on a steep slope facing a lake known as Long Pond, the home serves as a summertime meeting point for her extended family.

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Deborah Richards creates retreat for her family beside Massachusetts lake

January 6, 2018 James Brillon 0

American architect Deborah Richards has designed a home for her extended family in Lakeville, Massachusetts, choosing wooden shingles to clad the exterior, and bright yellow accents for the windows and doors. Located on a steep slope facing a lake known as Long Pond, the home serves as a summertime meeting point for her extended family.

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North Carolina home by Buildsense reuses materials from previous building on site

December 31, 2017 James Brillon 0

Dismantling an existing property allowed design-and-construction firm Buildsense to reuse materials for this ranch-style home in North Carolina. Built upon a wooded lot near the city of Raleigh, the three-storey Spring home was designed for a family eager to maximise their living space, with a limited environmental impact. A vertical volume clad in aluminium mesh

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Californian ski chalet by Strawn+Sierralta draws inspiration from the slopes

December 26, 2017 James Brillon 0

Dramatic cantilevers form ski-on terraces in this slope-side retreat in Squaw Valley, California, that was recently completed by Chicago-based architects Strawn+Sierralta. The three-storey property is nestled into the terrain so that every level is accessible directly from Squaw Valley’s main run. “The home is utilized by a large extended family and a constellation of friends

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Huge rolling shutters shade Pennsylvania farmhouse by Cutler Anderson Architects

December 18, 2017 James Brillon 0

Double-height rolling shutters can open up or enclose this farmhouse in Pennsylvania that Cutler Anderson Architects designed for a rural property. Situated outside the town of Lakewood, the compact white house was designed to echo the style of surrounding farm buildings, and to make the most of the client’s restricted budget. “We designed the 3,000-square-foot

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Burlesque act informs Welcome Projects and Boyd Design’s design for Shed House

December 16, 2017 James Brillon 0

A pair of long volumes with pitched roofs form a T-shaped plan in this Malibu home by Welcome Projects, which combines two different characters in one building. The low-slung Shed House was built and designed collaboratively by Laurel Consuelo Broughton of Welcome Projects and Michael Boyd of Boyd Design, for a client seeking to store

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Burlesque act informs Welcome Projects and Boyd Design’s design for Shed House

December 16, 2017 James Brillon 0

A pair of long volumes with pitched roofs form a T-shaped plan in this Malibu home by Welcome Projects, which combines two different characters in one building. The low-slung Shed House was built and designed collaboratively by Laurel Consuelo Broughton of Welcome Projects and Michael Boyd of Boyd Design, for a client seeking to store

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Burlesque act informs Welcome Projects and Boyd Design’s design for Shed House

December 16, 2017 James Brillon 0

A pair of long volumes with pitched roofs form a T-shaped plan in this Malibu home by Welcome Projects, which combines two different characters in one building. The low-slung Shed House was built and designed collaboratively by Laurel Consuelo Broughton of Welcome Projects and Michael Boyd of Boyd Design, for a client seeking to store

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North Carolina farmhouse by Buildsense combines rustic and modern features

December 11, 2017 James Brillon 0

Reclaimed materials form simple geometries in this farmhouse in North Carolina by design-built firm Buildsense, which sought to balance the modern appeal of a contemporary home with the cosiness of a rustic farm. Horseshoe Farm is located in the small town of Creedmoor. The clients wished for a home to retire in that would allow

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