Articles by Jenna McKnight

Arizona horse barn transformed into desert guest house by The Construction Zone

November 8, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Concrete walls that once enclosed horse stalls are now used as room dividers in this modern guest house by The Construction Zone, a design-build firm in Phoenix. The Barn Guest House is located on a large property in Phoenix dotted with cacti, boulders and desert trees. The adaptive reuse project entailed transforming an existing concrete

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Arizona horse barn transformed into desert guest house by The Construction Zone

November 8, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Concrete walls that once enclosed horse stalls are now used as room dividers in this modern guest house by The Construction Zone, a design-build firm in Phoenix. The Barn Guest House is located on a large property in Phoenix dotted with cacti, boulders and desert trees. The adaptive reuse project entailed transforming an existing concrete

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El Dorado and Modus Studio repurpose old warehouse for Arkansas art school

November 7, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

A steel-framed building in Fayetteville, Arkansas, has been transformed into an educational facility with the addition of white cladding, tall linear windows and a second floor. The facility, which houses a range of spaces for students and faculty, is part of the School of Art at the University of Arkansas. The building is the first phase

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El Dorado and Modus Studio repurpose old warehouse for Arkansas art school

November 7, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

A steel-framed building in Fayetteville, Arkansas, has been transformed into an educational facility with the addition of white cladding, tall linear windows and a second floor. The facility, which houses a range of spaces for students and faculty, is part of the School of Art at the University of Arkansas. The building is the first phase

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Yale architecture students create dwelling in Connecticut for the homeless

November 6, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Graduate students at Yale University have completed a prefabricated building in New Haven with two apartments that will be leased to tenants who are experiencing homelessness. The 1,000-square-foot (92-square-metre) house was built on a slender vacant lot on Adeline Street, in the city’s Upper Hill neighbourhood. The building is clad in white-stained cedar and is

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Matt Fajkus designs asymmetrical Austin residence for vintage car lover

November 1, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Texas studio Matt Fajkus Architecture has created a two-storey building that features a garage at ground level and a home above, part of which cantilevers over the site. Designed for a car collector, the Autohaus is situated on a slender property in Austin that totals 10,300 square feet (957-square-metre). Local studio Matt Fajkus Architecture was

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Carney Logan Burke spends five years creating Wyoming retreat clad in cedar and steel

October 31, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

This residence and nearby guest house for a principal of Carney Logan Burke Architects are meant to sensitively respond to their setting: a forested site that looks toward a verdant valley and towering peaks. The Fish Creek Compound is located on a five-acre (two-hectare) site in western Wyoming, near the village of Wilson. Consisting of a

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Faulkner Architects wraps Northern California home in weathering steel

October 30, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

For a site just outside of San Francisco, American studio Faulkner Architects has created a family residence clad in Corten steel panels and shaded by large oak trees. The residence, called Miner Road, is located in the town of Orinda, on a gently sloping site at the base of the Oakland Hills. The property encompasses

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Carney Logan Burke designs cabin for fire-ravaged Wyoming mountainside

October 25, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Wyoming studio Carney Logan Burke Architects has created a small, rustic retreat for one of its firm’s principals on the site of a log cabin that was destroyed in a forest fire. The Phoenix is situated on a 10-acre (four-hectare) site on Casper Mountain in central Wyoming. The cabin is named after the well-known bird

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A/O builds slanted black holiday home in Hudson Valley

October 24, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Designed and built by Actual/Office Architects, this vacation home in upstate New York consists of two nested volumes wrapped in angled screens made of blackened wood. The Sleeve House sits on a gently sloping site in the bucolic Hudson River Valley, about two hours north of New York City. Built as a speculative development, the residence

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