Architecture & Design Community
May 19, 2025
A good outdoor dining area makes it easy to move meals outside, whether on a small patio, a terrace, a rooftop or a large garden. The eleven projects below, by architects and landscape designers in several countries, show different ways to do it: under a pergola, beside a pool or fireplace, with a built-in oven […]
June 18, 2023
Building firm Demardi, together with design firm Mesh Design & Projects, have recently completed the renovation and new rear extension of a home in Thornbury, Australia, for a young family. The original facade of the home was restored, weatherboards were replaced, and new fretwork and posts were installed and repainted. New decking on the front […]
May 9, 2023
SHED Architecture & Design has renovated a 1930s brick farmhouse in Washington State. The derelict house no longer suited the client’s needs or the visits of their large extended family, so the brief was twofold: renovate the old farmhouse for guests and design a new primary residence. The architects are at shedbuilt.com. Exterior kept, interior […]
May 7, 2023
Ben Callery Architects has completed a rear extension to an Edwardian home in Victoria, Australia. The addition is built around indoor-outdoor living, with a deck, bi-fold doors and bi-fold windows that join the rooms to the garden. The architects are at bencallery.com.au. A deck with a shaded lounge One end of the deck is shaded […]
November 4, 2022
November 4, 2022 This modern cabin, with an all black board and batten exterior, is located in the mountains near Dahlonega, Georgia. Designed with privacy in mind, the cabin appears almost like a dark shadow in the trees, however, once across the entryway bridge and through a gate, there’s a large deck with expansive mountain […]
13 November 2026
