Box Arquitectos tucks Windmill House into skinny site in Portugal
Portuguese practice Box Arquitectos has completed a narrow, white home in the dense urban centre of Ponta Delgado, with two volumes that face each other across a long garden. More
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Dezeen's top 10 cabins of 2021
Ever have the urge to get away from it all and retreat to a cosy cabin somewhere quiet and remote? In the second roundup of our review of 2021, we pick out 10 of the best cabins on Dezeen this year, including a metal tube in Russia and a house on stilts in the Brazilian forest. More
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Chris Collaris and Frederik Roijé complete lakeside home in the Netherlands
Dutch designer Frederik Roijé and practice Chris Collaris Architects have completed a house clad in black-stained timber near Amsterdam, with a projecting terrace overlooking the Markermeer Lake. More
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Dezeen's top 10 houses of 2021
Kicking off our review of 2021, we round up 10 of the most striking and interesting houses featured on Dezeen this year, including a concrete villa in Indonesia and a mid-century Californian home given a new lease of life. More
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Promontorio references walled fortresses for holiday home in Portugal
The whitewashed stone wall that surrounds this holiday home in southern Portugal draws on the region's historic walled fortifications known as alcáçova, to create a feeling of refuge and shelter. More
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Loader Monteith extends a remote stone cottage in the Scottish Highlands
Scottish practice Loader Monteith Architects has used two volumes clad in locally-sourced black timber to extend this stone cottage in the Highlands. More
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Carlos Gris creates Malaysian-informed home in the Cambridgeshire Fens
Lightly charred timber clads the walls of Sayang House, a house conceived by designer Carlos Gris for an aunt who had returned to UK after 20 years abroad. More
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Tigg + Coll Architects remodels Surrey home for children with limited mobility
Tigg + Coll Architects has added a timber-roofed wing to a house in Surrey, England, to support the needs of two children with a rare muscular disorder. More
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Nate Dalesio clads his Upstate New York family house in corkboard panels
Architect Nate Dalesio has completed a cork-covered home for himself and his young family in Upstate New York, reusing the existing foundations but replacing almost the entire building. More
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Bak Gordon Arquitectos adds concrete "garden pavilion" to 19th-century Porto home
Large glass doors open a double-height living space out onto a lush garden in this annexe to a 19th-century home in Porto by Bak Gordon Arquitectos. More
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Francisco Pardo tucks Casa Aguacates into hillside in rural Mexico
Mexican architect Francisco Pardo has created a partly underground weekend home that is meant to exist in "pleasant tension" with the natural landscape. More
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Dara Huang explores wellbeing, spirituality and Lake Maggiore house in Sky-Frame interview
Dezeen promotion: in an interview with Swiss window brand Sky-Frame, architect Dara Huang speaks about the connection to health, wellbeing and spirituality that drives her architecture practice. More
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Boat-shaped bedroom tops Quebec chalet for sailors by Paul Bernier Architecte
Canadian studio Paul Bernier Architecte has completed a cottage for a couple of sailing enthusiasts, shaping their upstairs bedroom with a rounded silhouette evocative of a boat. More
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Line Solgaard tops Weekend House Fredrikstad with pyramid skylight
A large pyramid-shaped skylight atop a zinc roof illuminates the interiors of this weekend home overlooking the sea in Fredrikstad, Norway, designed by Line Solgaard Arkitekter. More
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Amos Goldreich Architecture adds timber-framed extension to Framework House in London
Pale timber ribs characterise the interior of this white-brick extension, which local studio Amos Goldreich Architecture has added to the rear of a north London home. More
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Ten striking fireplaces at the heart of the home
As winter is approaching in the northern hemisphere, for our latest lookbook we have rounded up ten unusual fireplaces that add both visual interest and warmth to their surroundings. More
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Feldman Architecture updates 1960s Round House in northern California
American firm Feldman Architecture aimed to take a respectful approach while overhauling a "quirky circular house" perched on a hillside near Silicon Valley. More
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Shingles made from salvaged larch wood cover Alpine house in Italy
Italian studio Pedevilla Architects has used shingles made from trees that fell during a storm to cover the CiAsa Aqua Bad Cortina house in South Tyrol. More
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Iragüen Viñuela Arquitectos completes Chilean ski cabin atop reused foundations
Iragüen Viñuela Arquitectos has reused the foundations of a previous building project for this holiday home in Chile, which can accommodate up to 12 guests. More
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Tetris and Sangberg design senior housing around a covered communal courtyard
A grid of thin cross-laminated timber columns frames communal spaces at the centre of this co-living project for senior citizens in Slagelse, Denmark, a collaboration between Danish developer Tetris and Copenhagen architecture practice Sangberg. More
