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Architecture studio TYPE has converted the dilapidated Redhill Barn in Devon, England, into a house that retains its 200-year-old stone walls. London-based TYPE oversaw the conversion of Redhill Barn, which occupies a secluded spot within a 25-acre site that was previously part of a large farming estate, as part of a wider project to turn the agricultural

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Portuguese architect Tiago Sousa has renovated the remains of a traditional house in the village of Romarigães by inserting a brick volume into an existing stone shell. Called Box, the new two-bedroom house in Portugal does not extend beyond the footprint of the original building. Instead, openings, terraces and balconies slot into the old stone

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Greek studio Sinas Architects has built a house on the island of Serifos, taking cues from local dry stone walls to make the building as inconspicuous as possible. The walls of the two-bedroom house are designed to look like the stone retaining walls that are typical of Greek landscapes. Known locally as xerolithies, these low walls

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Mexican firm HGR Arquitectos has completed Casa Texcal, a holiday home formed of intersecting gabled volumes wrapped in local stone and large stretches of glass. Casa Texcal is located in Tepoztlán, a mountain town that lies about 80 kilometres south of Mexico City. The area is home to the ruins of El Tepozteco, an Aztec

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