Dezeen's top five houses of May 2023
A timber home wedged into a London street and a Japanese coastal retreat held up by a single concrete column feature among May's five houses of the month. More
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Naturehumaine draws on Streamline Moderne architecture for Montreal duplex
Local studio Naturehumaine has completed a two-family housing block located in the Côte-des-Neiges borough of Montreal that draws on 1930s architectural styles. More
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Madeleine Architects converts pigsty into The Recipe house in Switzerland
Swiss architecture studio Madeleine Architectes has converted an old pigsty and clad it in lime and hemp to create the base of this house and office in Chavronay. More
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Dumican Mosey includes red staircase for "sculptural relief" in San Francisco renovation
Local studio Dumican Mosey has completed a renovation of a 1907 house with a four-storey, red staircase in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighbourhood. More
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Water shortage concerns influence design of Rain Harvest Home in Mexico
Robert Hutchison Architecture and Javier Sanchez Arquitectos include an extensive system for capturing and reusing stormwater for a family nature retreat in a mountainous region of Mexico. More
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The Secret Garden Flat named London's best new home renovation
A renovated flat by studio Nic Howett Architect that "feels like an oasis" has been named London's best new home improvement project by Don't Move Improve! 2023. More
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Daniel Joseph Chenin uses passive building strategies for stone-clad Nevada house
Local studio Daniel Joseph Chenin has placed a sprawling stone residence around an 1850s fort-inspired rotunda outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. More
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Taliesyn draws on vernacular architecture for earth-toned Cabin House
Rough textures and vernacular elements define this weekend home, which Indian studio Taliesyn has added to a streetside site in Bangalore. More
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Arquitecturia designs Catalan house as cluster of pavilions around garden
Spanish practice Arquitecturia has completed a home in the Catalan town of Caldes de Malavella, which is comprised of six small buildings organised around a courtyard at its centre. More
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Straw Bale House is a straw-and-timber duplex in the German countryside
Atelier Kaiser Shen has used straw bale-construction to create an interlocking semi-detached house in the village of Pfaffenhofen, Germany. More
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Studio MM wraps rural New York home in Corten steel
New York City-based firm Studio MM Architect has completed a Corten steel-wrapped house with a dogtrot-style breezeway that connects to a home studio in North Branch, New York. More
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Eight houses that integrate swimming pools into their architecture
From a cantilevered rooftop pool in Marbella to a brutalist home with a swim-up lagoon, here are eight houses that don't relegate swimming pools to the garden. More
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Ao-ft inserts mass-timber home into London terrace
Timber battens and mullions cover the facade of the cross-laminated-timber Spruce House in Walthamstow, London, which was completed in 2021 and is the first built project by local practice Ao-ft. More
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Single concrete column supports One-Legged House in Japan
A single concrete column supports the walls and roof of this house by Japanese studio IGArchitects, creating a flexible interior that can be opened up to the surrounding landscape. More
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Rodolfo Cañas likens "protective" Paire House in Chile to biblical whale
The tale of Jonah and the Whale informed the design of this house in Chile, which architect Rodolfo Cañas shaped around two gardens. More
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Rescobie Pavilion by Kris Grant Architect overlooks Scottish loch
A steel frame and large glazed openings define Rescobie Pavilion, a hillside garden room by Edinburgh studio Kris Grant Architect that overlooks a loch in rural Scotland. More
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Fuller Overby stacks cypress-wrapped spaces for North Carolina lake house
New York-based studio Fuller Overby has created a home clad in charred cypress that cascades down a hill to a lake in North Carolina. More
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Office for Strategic Spaces revitalises historic Barcelona apartment block
Spanish studio Office for Strategic Spaces has refurbished a 19th-century housing block in Barcelona, unlocking a previously neglected yard space with a new public courtyard linked by criss-crossing metal walkways. More
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"Architects are so sheltered in terms of their sharing of knowledge" says Wendy Perring
Hampshire-based Pad Studio recently completed a post-occupancy study on an eco-house it completed 13 years ago. In this interview, director Wendy Perring discusses the findings. More
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HW Studio divides a rural Mexican house with large stone walls
HW Studio Arquitectos has completed a cruciform house with open-air corridors and courtyards tucked between locally quarried stone walls in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. More
