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October 3, 2025
Nestled in Rollingwood, just west of downtown Austin, Texas, Vale House takes on a unique challenge: how to design a large family home on a compact site without losing the neighborhood’s charm. Add in a sprawling live oak tree planted right in the center of the lot, and the problem becomes even more complex. Instead […]
October 2, 2025
Skip to content My Kind of Town: Beau Lotto Beau Lotto on how Bruton’s unique mix of culture and community fosters discovery and connection – and why this small Somerset town provides the perfect setting for a new kind of school rooted in interaction, meaning and curiosity. Newtonian physics once told us that space was […]
October 2, 2025
An event celebrating the 2025 Regenerative Architecture Index (RAI), hosted by UK Architects Declare and Architecture Today in partnership with Schüco, took place on 2 October at Broadway Malyan’s London office. Unknown Works’ Armadillo shell structure exemplifies the practice’s use of biomimicry and systems thinking (photo: Henry Woide). The 2025 Regenerative Architecture Index (RAI) was […]
October 2, 2025
When a Seattle couple bought their 1919 home on Pritchard Island, they loved its wooded lot and lakeside charm. But after the pandemic hit, their growing family and new work-from-home reality made it clear the house needed to change. Together with their friends at Best Practice, they turned eccentric rooms and dated additions into a […]
October 2, 2025
October 2, 2025 Boston-based Flavin Architects have created the Eastern Point Retreat, a modern addition to a historic Gloucester, Massachusetts property. Set alongside a lap pool and hot tub, the guest house is designed as both a functional living space and a striking architectural statement on the grounds of a 19th-century shingle-style home. The architecture […]
September 30, 2025
Skip to content Dispatches from Folkestone AT chats to Duarte Lobo Antunes and Jack Taylor from A is for Architecture about their Folkestone ‘Harbourplan’ which has recently been granted planning permission. Photos A is for Architecture Can you start by giving us some background on A is For Architecture? We’ve all come from fairly international […]
September 30, 2025
Australian firm Clare Cousins Architects were asked to design a small but striking garden pavilion at the rear of an Edwardian cottage. The brief was simple yet challenging: create an extension that maximizes the exposure of a compact, sculptural garden, while still feeling like a natural continuation of the historic home. At the front of […]
September 28, 2025
When architects design for clients, the process is often deeply personal. But when architects design for themselves, it becomes even more meaningful. Husband-and-wife team Mick and Jules Moloney of Moloney Architects completed an extension to their own family home in Ballarat, Australia, creating a thoughtful balance between heritage charm and contemporary living. The house began […]
September 28, 2025
In the foothills of Vermont’s Green Mountains, a familiar rural form has been reimagined into something new. Birdseye Design’s Woodshed is a guest house and entertainment space, a contemporary take on the iconic woodshed crafted with materials that already carry the story of the land. The home borrows its form from the traditional structures scattered […]
September 27, 2025
Perched on a steep North Devon hillside, Bay House is a home that reveals itself slowly. From the road, it looks like a single-level dwelling, but as you move through it, the house stretches downward into a series of layered spaces. Designed by McLean Quinlan for an active family, this low-energy coastal home combines stone […]
September 27, 2025
Casa Tobi by Espacio 18 Arquitectura is a study in contrasts, a house that finds its character in the tension between solidity and openness. The project, known as Harte Schale, weicher Kern (hard shell, soft core), sits on a steep site in Oaxaca where the Pacific coast meets rugged hillside. From a distance the structure […]
September 26, 2025
Vespa House by Habitat Studio Architects is a family home in Surfers Paradise, Australia, that balances privacy, openness, and connection to nature. With thoughtful materials, a central courtyard, and subtropical design strategies, it offers a living experience shaped by climate, light, and landscape. The western facade makes a bold first impression. Its monolithic form shields […]
13 November 2026
