Architecture & Design Community
November 29, 2023
Best Practice Architecture has shared photos of a contemporary home renovation they completed in Seattle, Washington. Before – The Exterior The single-story, mid-century home had two doors at the front of the home, with steps leading to each one. After – The Exterior The updated exterior has been opened up, with wide steps leading to […]
November 28, 2023
Nook Architects has shared photos of a home interior they remodeled in Barcelona, Spain, that includes a lot of built-in elements. This home was originally designed by architect Joan Bosch Agustí in 1978 as a cooperative housingproject, with the units sharing a swimming pool, parking lot, entrances, and exterior spaces. Nook Architects joined together two […]
November 27, 2023
FORWARD Design | Architecture has sent us photos of a home renovation they completed for an existing mid-century ranch in Leawood, Kansas. Before Photos The existing house was a small two-bedroom home, with the clients originally wanting a temporary addition with the intent of razing the house within a few years. Instead, the architects were […]
November 26, 2023
Koichi Takada Architects has sent us photos of ‘Landmark by Lexus’, a showroom/pavilion that was presented to guests during the Melbourne Cup Carnival at the Flemington Racecourse in Australia. Drawing inspiration from the Australian landscape, Koichi Takada Architects designed a three-floor modular structure that has over 1,000 native Australian plants and flowers on its facade. […]
November 24, 2023
Using startling wall colours sparingly and adding stunning mid-century modernist pieces, Amsterdam-based Framework Studio has created an elegant penthouse apartment in Overhoeks, Amsterdam, for an empty-nester couple for whom Framework had already designed another residence. Overhoeks is the area known formerly as the Royal Dutch Shell Research Facility Grounds. Its redevelopment began in 2007 and it […]
November 23, 2023
Tomas Beranek and Arthur Nuss of Global Architects collaborated with client and builder Bram van de Wal to design and complete a barn-inspired modern home in The Netherlands. The barn house has a natural look and the modern simplicity of timber frame construction. The exterior facade is made of Accoya, a sustainable modified fast-growing wood […]
November 22, 2023
Photography © Sebastian van Damme De Zwarte Hond and Loer Architecten have shared photos of a building they recently completed in Groningen, Netherlands, that combines modern design with ceramic elements. Photography © Marcel Ijzerman The architects worked together with ceramic manufacturer NBK and facade builder Bijlbouw to create samples and mock-ups to find the perfect […]
November 20, 2023
Architecture and interior design studio Bradley VanDerStraeten has shared photos of a Victorian terrace house renovation in London, England, that was designed with Italian charm, and centered around a sociable kitchen and its pantry. A rear ground floor extension has two peaked volumes that form a stepped plan to respond to the varying lengths of […]
November 20, 2023
Celebrated Dutch architect and Pritzker Prize laureate (2000) Rem Koolhaas is not known mainly as a designer of private residences. However, the ones he has designed have become iconic. His famous private residence projects include the most recent three, all of them completed more than 30 years ago: the Maison à Bordeaux (1998), Dutch House (1995) and […]
November 17, 2023
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based McLeod Bovell designed Liminal House for a couple that wanted a residence to meet their needs as soon-to-be empty nesters. The founders of the design firm, Lisa Bovell and Matt McLeodcall, were the designers in charge of the project that took four years to complete. They named the house Liminal, reflecting […]
November 15, 2023
Photo by Michael Moran Photography Architecture and building company BIRDSEYE has shared photos of a home they completed in Sagaponack, New York, that features an exterior clad in reclaimed weathered wood siding. Photo by Michael Moran Photography The home, named Lathhouse, was inspired and conceptually influenced by the region’s local agricultural history, notably by a […]
November 13, 2023
Stilt Studios has shared photos of a newly completed project called the Treehouse Villa, which is located in Grün Resort Uluwatu, a family-run nature-focused luxury boutique resort in Bali. The project consists of 7 distinct units seamlessly woven into the surrounding landscape, with each raised up into the trees on elevated stilted foundations. Ascending the […]
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