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Fran Silvestre Arquitectos creates minimalist home behind historic facade in Spain

March 27, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Sparse and minimalist interiors define this home in Valencia, Spain, by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, which sits behind the historic frontage of a large 20th-century residential building. Called The Empty House, the four-bedroom dwelling was designed to be a “blank canvas” for its owners, with plain interiors that starkly contrast the traditional shell of the existing

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LBR&A creates dramatic cantilever for CH73 House in Mexico City

March 24, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Architecture studio LBR&A has designed a residence that “breaks the imposed paradigms of construction” in a Mexico City neighbourhood where development has reportedly taken its toll on the landscape. The CH73 House is located in the Bosques de las Lomas neighbourhood and occupies a long, slender site that slopes down toward a ravine. Designed for

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Dezeen Debate features “robust and luxurious” brick-clad townhouses

March 23, 2023 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a row of townhouses by The DHaus Company featuring brick-clad arches. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Architecture studio The DHaus Company has finished a row of brick-clad townhouses within the Dartmouth Park Conservation Area in north London called The Arches. The homes, which replace a derelict petrol

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Atelier Gratia designs angular concrete courtyard house in Taiwan

March 22, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

An angular wall of exposed concrete informed by origami wraps this courtyard home in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, designed by local studio Atelier Gratia to be a “sanctuary” from the surrounding city. Called Star House after the street on which it sits in a dense urban area, the four-storey home has been turned inwards, with a series

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Ryall Sheridan Carroll Architects includes monumental porch on Long Island home

March 1, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Ryall Sheridan Carroll Architects has created a cedar-clad, pavilion-like house on the North Fork of Long Island that includes a detached garage and pool. Based in New York City, Ryall Sheridan Carroll Architects designed the 2,500-square-foot (230-square-metre) home, called the Tree Farmer’s House, for a one-acre lot. In elevation, the light-coloured home has the shape

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Dupont Blouin orients brick-clad MI-2 Residence around central courtyard

September 21, 2022 James Brillon 0
Montreal home with grey brick

Pale-grey brick clads this compact residence with a courtyard on the outskirts of Montreal designed by local architectural studio Dupont Blouin. MI-2 Residence is located in Laval, a suburban island north of Montreal, separated from the city by the Prairies River. Although it is now a part of Greater Montreal, the island initially developed as

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“Paint out that green” says commenter

September 7, 2022 Rupert Bickersteth 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are debating David Kohn’s Red House in Dorset, which celebrates English eccentricities. David Kohn Architects completed a two-storey house for a couple and their young daughter in southwest England with exaggerated features that include oversized eaves, patterned brickwork and vibrant green details. The latter sparked strong reactions with Tony365 acknowledging “the green,

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Blee Halligan draws on Derbyshire landscape for Derwent Valley Villa

July 20, 2022 Katie Last 0
Blee Halligan's Derwent Valley Villa in Derbyshire

London-based architecture firm Blee Halligan has created Derwent Valley Villa, a family home in Derbyshire, UK, that was informed by the surrounding landscape. The studio aimed for its design to highlight the late client’s favourite views across the Derwent Valley countryside surrounding the home. “The building’s fabric is intrinsically tied to the passing away of

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