Apio Arquitectos creates gabled holiday house overlooking Chilean lake

January 17, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

Chilean studio Apio Arquitectos has used wooden barns as a reference for this nature retreat, with pitched roofs and facades wrapped in grey metal and pine. The House in Lake Calafquen is located in southern Chile’s Los Ríos Region. Dotted with lakes, the rural area features low ridges, where “elements appear like isolated modules in

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Butterfly roofs top rural house in Carmel by Feldman Architecture

January 16, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

V-shaped roofs cover each of the three pavilions that make up this Californian residence by US studio Feldman Architecture, which was constructed in an environmentally sensitive private community. The Butterfly House is located in the Santa Lucia Preserve, a private development near the seaside town of Carmel. Only 10 per cent of the 20,000-acre (8,094-hectare)

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Birdseye Design references local vernacular for secluded Vermont dwelling

January 15, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

American studio Birdseye Design has created a rural guest house in Vermont with hipped roofs and distinctive cladding, which evokes the traditional board-and-batten siding commonly found across New England. The project, called Board + Batten, is located in Plymouth Notch – a historic village in central Vermont. The guest house is situated at the edge

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LMN Architects combines textured surfaces for Iowa City concert hall

January 10, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

American studio LMN Architects has completed a performing arts centre for the University of Iowa that features twisted terracotta panels, glass shingles and bespoke acoustic panels made of metal and felt. The Voxman Music Building is situated between the university’s campus and the downtown core of Iowa City. L-shaped in plan, the six-storey building occupies

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Haus wraps low-lying Indiana residence in thermally treated ash

January 9, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

American studio Haus has created a countryside home that consists of interlocking boxes clad in ash, concrete and cement board and a large overhanging roof that shelters an Airstream trailer. The Copperwood house – named after the colour of the surrounding landscape – is situated on a sloping 20-acre (eight-hectare) site in Zionsville, a town

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Haus wraps low-lying Indiana residence in thermally treated ash

January 9, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

American studio Haus has created a countryside home that consists of interlocking boxes clad in ash, concrete and cement board and a large overhanging roof that shelters an Airstream trailer. The Copperwood house – named after the colour of the surrounding landscape – is situated on a sloping 20-acre (eight-hectare) site in Zionsville, a town

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Faulkner Architects creates holiday home with sweeping Lake Tahoe views

January 8, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

American studio Faulkner Architects has used glass, textured concrete and charred wood for the exterior of a vacation dwelling in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The home, called Burnt Cedar, is situated along Lake Tahoe – the largest high-altitude lake in North America, and a popular spot for holiday homes, and winter and summer sports. California-based

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Cannon Design creates sculptural glass hospital in southern California

January 4, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

American firm Cannon Design has largely avoided right angles while designing this medical facility near San Diego, resulting in a building defined by curvilinear forms and surfaces.  The Jacobs Medical Center is located on the University of California San Diego campus in the seaside town of La Jolla. The 245-bed hospital contains speciality centres for

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Brooks + Scarpa drapes wavy metal screen over Seattle transit station

January 3, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

California architecture firm Brooks + Scarpa has wrapped a Seattle transit facility in an undulated, blue aluminium screen that was influenced by a dance performance. The Angle Lake Transit Station and Plaza is located on a seven-acre (2.8-hectare) site in the city’s SeaTac neighbourhood. It serves as a stop along an elevated light rail line that

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Bourgeois/Lechasseur nestles Quebec home with metal staircase into snowy hillside

January 2, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

Rough concrete, white cedar and vast expanses of glass define this light-filled house designed by Canadian studio Bourgeois/Lechasseur Architects near a ski resort. Villa Vingt is located in the town of Lac-Beauport in northern Quebec. The 361-square-metre home is anchored to a sloped site near the ski resort of Le Relais in the Laurentian Mountains.

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