No Image

Leckie Studio creates timber-clad house to frame views of Canadian Rockies

January 27, 2023 James Brillon 0

Leckie studio has completed Camera House in the mountains of British Columbia with dramatic windows and skylights that are meant to frame the surrounding landscape like a camera lens. The single-storey house is clad in dark timber boards, which the studio said helps it blend into its lush forest setting. The building’s steep roofline is

The post Leckie Studio creates timber-clad house to frame views of Canadian Rockies appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

AR Arquitectos completes black-concrete house in mountains of Argentina

January 24, 2023 James Brillon 0

Black-stained concrete forms the exterior of this home in the mountains of Córdoba by Argentinian studio AR Arquitectos. The Black House is located in the small mountain town of La Calera just outside of Córdoba. AR Arquitectos, a local studio, was commissioned by a family to create the 550-square-metres Argentinian home. “The principal idea was to

The post AR Arquitectos completes black-concrete house in mountains of Argentina appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

KPMB completes pavilion for New Brunswick’s public art collection

January 20, 2023 James Brillon 0

A curved colonnade fronts this extension to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, creating an airy new lobby for the art gallery and completing the institution’s expansion. The Harrison McCain Pavilion was completed in 2022 in the New Brunswick capital by KPMB Architects, a Canadian studio based in Toronto. The 9,000 square-foot (836 square metres)

The post KPMB completes pavilion for New Brunswick’s public art collection appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Diez + Muller Arquitectos completes sinuous office block attached to Ecuadorian factory

January 17, 2023 James Brillon 0

Diez + Muller Arquitectos has extended the corporate offices of an industrial company in Ecuador with a sinuous concrete extension. The new office building was designed for Novopan, the largest particle-board manufacturer in Ecuador. Initially, the client commissioned local studio Diez + Muller Arquitectos for a five-storey building on a parking lot across a street from

The post Diez + Muller Arquitectos completes sinuous office block attached to Ecuadorian factory appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

ACFD Architecture wraps glass home around apple tree in Quebec

January 16, 2023 James Brillon 0

Montreal studio ACDF Architecture has designed a low-slung, modernist-style home with massing shaped to surround an apple tree and provide lines of sight through the living areas. The project is located in St-Donat, a rural area near Montreal that serves as a popular getaway from the city. The all-black home, surrounded by a boreal forest,

The post ACFD Architecture wraps glass home around apple tree in Quebec appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Scalloped facade fronts supportive housing facility in Los Angeles by Brooks + Scarpa

January 3, 2023 James Brillon 0

Brooks + Scarpa has completed an apartment building with a scalloped, textured facade in Los Angeles that offers affordable low-cost housing to young adults that are transitioning out of group homes. Brooks + Scarpa was commissioned by a non-profit organisation, the Venice Community Housing Corporation, to redevelop the lot in Venice, CA where their offices

The post Scalloped facade fronts supportive housing facility in Los Angeles by Brooks + Scarpa appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

BLDG Workshop places Corten steel details on all-white home in rural Ontario

December 27, 2022 James Brillon 0

Weathering-steel accents break up the massing of the all-white Badlands Home that BLDG Workshop designed in a rural area outside of Toronto. The project is named after the unique topographic features of the area, known as the Cheltenham Badlands. Situated near the town of Caledon, in Ontario, the site is approximately an hour’s drive from

The post BLDG Workshop places Corten steel details on all-white home in rural Ontario appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Firma completes home and museum for artist Charles Pachter

December 26, 2022 James Brillon 0

An extension made of blue corrugated metal panels has been added to a laneway house in Toronto’s Chinatown neighbourhood to create a new museum and residence for the Canadian artist Charles Pachter. Charles Pachter is a Canadian artist, known for his paintings of moose, landscapes and Queen Elizabeth. The artist wanted to renovate an existing

The post Firma completes home and museum for artist Charles Pachter appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Olson Kundig unveils Austin home with cantilevered walkways

December 21, 2022 James Brillon 0

Metal siding, cantilevers and a rolling window supported by counterweights that slides into the floor characterise Caddy Shack in Austin by Olson Kundig. Located in Austin, Texas, the rusted steel-clad home was completed for a retired professional golfer. It uses a stilt system to hover above a ravine in a suburban neighbourhood. The main entry is

The post Olson Kundig unveils Austin home with cantilevered walkways appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Polycarbonate-wrapped rescue shelter by Garrison Architects maximises light for animals

December 16, 2022 James Brillon 0

NYC-based firm Garrison Architects has completed an animal shelter in Staten Island, which is wrapped in full-height glass walls that provide even lighting conditions throughout the day. The Staten Island Animal Rescue Center is located in Charleston, a neighbourhood in the New York City borough of Staten Island. It was completed earlier this year and

The post Polycarbonate-wrapped rescue shelter by Garrison Architects maximises light for animals appeared first on Dezeen.