Stone fireplaces anchor Wyoming retreat by Carney Logan Burke

December 21, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

American firm Carney Logan Burke Architects has created a spacious home that responds to its picturesque setting at the foot of a mountain range. The project, called Crescent H, is located in the small town of Wilson in western Wyoming. Situated on a 40-acre (16-hectare site) at the base of the Teton Range, the residence

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Go Logic creates gable-roofed home for oceanfront site in Massachusetts

December 20, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

This family dwelling that American studio Go Logic designed for a dense waterfront neighbourhood features a green roof, two-toned cladding and a distinctive silhouette. The Quincy Bay Residence is located on an east-facing, oceanfront lot in Quincy, a densely populated town located just south of Boston. Creating a home that responded to the local historical

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Klopf Architecture updates mid-century modern Eichler home in Silicon Valley

December 19, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

San Francisco studio Klopf Architecture has renovated and expanded a mid-century modern home in northern California that was built by pioneering post-war real-estate developer Joseph Eichler. The 2,285-square-foot (212-square-metre) dwelling is located in the San Mateo Highlands neighbourhood, which features numerous modern homes built by Eichler in the 1950s and 1960s. Eichler, who died in

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Jean Verville overhauls A-frame cottage in the Quebec forest

December 14, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Canadian architect Jean Verville has shrunk the floor area within this compact black cabin, in a bid to create a more spacious atmosphere. The project, titled Aframe Rehab by Subtraction, is located on a forested site in Saint-Adolphe-d’Howard, a small village in the Laurentian Mountains. Envisioned as a nature retreat for an urban family, the project

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Alabama architecture students convert historic bank into library for rural town

December 13, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

A brick bank building in Alabama dating to the early 1900s has been transformed into a community library by Rural Studio, a student design-build programme dedicated to social projects. The Newbern Library is located in a town of the same name with less than 200 residents, and was converted by fifth-year architecture students at Auburn

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Alabama architecture students convert historic bank into library for rural town

December 13, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

A brick bank building in Alabama dating to the early 1900s has been transformed into a community library by Rural Studio, a student design-build programme dedicated to social projects. The Newbern Library is located in a town of the same name with less than 200 residents, and was converted by fifth-year architecture students at Auburn

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Reflective holiday home by Tatiana Bilbao hides among trees in Mexico

December 12, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao has used mirrored glass, along with rammed earth and clay bricks, to create a vacation home that blends with its wooded site in Monterrey. Los Terrenos, or The Terrains, is located on a forested hillside in the northern Mexican city. The residence is near another project by Bilbao, the Ventura House,

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In Situ Studio uses metal, timber and stucco for home on a wooded site in North Carolina

December 6, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

American firm In Situ Studio has paired dark cladding with white stucco for the facades of a modern family residence that overlooks a pond in North Carolina. Located in Matthews, a suburb of Charlotte, the Taylor Residence is situated on a flat site with trees and a small body of water at the back. Set

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Triangular concert hall by Productora and Isaac Broid takes cues from Aztec ruins

December 5, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Mexican architect Isaac Broid and firm Productora has created a stone-clad performing arts venue in central Mexico that borders an archaeological site. The Teopanzolco Cultural Center is situated in Cuernavaca, the capital of the state of Morelos, and adjoins an archaeological site with Aztec ruins. The team incorporated triangular geometries that allude to the pyramid-shaped

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Kansas City architecture students wrap affordable home in corrugated metal

December 4, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Students at Kansas State University in Missouri have designed and constructed a two-unit apartment building that is intended to be occupied by low-income tenants. The Waldo Duplex is located in a diverse and historic district in Kansas City that is dominated by single-family bungalows and shotgun homes. Architectural experimentation is “rare but celebrated” in the

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