Amazon to develop Alexa-enabled prefab homes
Amazon has invested in Californian home design and prefabrication company Plant Prefab, with plans to integrate its suite of voice-controlled Alexa devices into affordable easy-to-build houses. More
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10 architects imagine the Chinese home of the future for China House Vision exhibition
MAD, Penda and Open Architecture are among 10 Asian studios that have built futuristic concept homes in Beijing, including a living garden, a nomadic Martian pod and a modular home inspired by Beijing's hutongs. More
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Stone skeleton of Amin Taha's 15 Clerkenwell Close pays tribute to 11th-century abbey
Here's a detailed look at 15 Clerkenwell Close, the housing block built by Amin Taha + Groupwork with a rugged structure of raw quarried limestone, which is currently under threat of demolition. More
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McLeod Bovell's Container House perches on a West Vancouver hillside
Canadian design firm McLeod Bovell has created a two-storey dwelling for a sloped site with sea views, with a bright red facade and a rear volume that cantilevers over a swimming pool. More
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Gad Line+ Studio creates low-cost housing in rural Chinese village
This affordable housing development in China's Fuyang District, near Hangzhou, features sloping tiled roofs and a pared-back material palette inspired by the region's vernacular architecture. More
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Cliff House in Idaho steps down a granite slope to a lake
This waterfront property by US studio McCall Design and Planning is built into rugged granite boulders that face Idaho's Payette Lake. More
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Trewhela Williams' Sinter House extension "celebrates the sculptural potential of brickwork"
This extension to an Edwardian house in north London by Trewhela Williams features carefully detailed brick surfaces that extend from the exterior into a minimal kitchen and dining room. More
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Buchanan Architecture designs "simple and sculptural" Rio Vista Residence in Dallas
The corrugated-steel facades of this house in Downtown Dallas, designed by local firm Buchanan Architecture, have slightly differently hues across its three zones. More
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Hufft's Artery Residence in Missouri accommodates impressive art collection
Missouri architecture firm Hufft has designed an expansive two-storey residence for a couple with a large private art collection in Kansas City, complete with a subterranean gallery. More
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H&P Architects wraps perforated brick walls around Hanoi house Brick Cave
Two layers of perforated brickwork surround this two-bedroom family home in Hanoi by Vietnamese studio H&P Architects. More
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Steel-framed "winter gardens" form the facade of Nightingale 1 housing development
Breathe Architecture has completed an apartment building in an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, with metal-framed winter gardens arranged along its street facing facade. More
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Amin Taha ordered to demolish his RIBA Award-winning home and office 15 Clerkenwell Close
Architect Amin Taha has been served a demolition order for his stone-framed 15 Clerkenwell Close housing block in London, which is shortlisted for a Dezeen Award, and has already won an RIBA Award. More
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Pablo Escobar's former Medellín home to be torn down
The concrete Mónaco building in the Colombian city of Medellín, once home to infamous drug baron Pablo Escobar, is set to be demolished to make way for a public space. More
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Dominique Coulon adopts terracotta tones for riverside retirement home near Basel
Textured brick facades are complemented by terracotta-toned communal spaces in this elderly housing complex, completed by French office Dominique Coulon & Associés in a suburb of Basel. More
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Five vacation homes at California's modernist marvel The Sea Ranch
The Sea Ranch community in Northern California will be spotlighted in a forthcoming SFMOMA exhibition. We've rounded up five residences on the coastal site that demonstrate why the 1960s development remains a holiday hotspot today. More
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The Sea Ranch in California "still has a magical lure" says SFMOMA curator
The Sea Ranch, a haven for modernist architecture on the Californian coast, will be the focus of a major exhibition at SFMOMA. Curator Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher gives an overview of its history and explains why it remains an important example of "environmental stewardship". More
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Vintage car mounted to ceiling in SOMA Residence by Dumican Mosey
American firm Dumican Mosey Architects has transformed an old industrial building in San Francisco into a home, gallery and studio for a contemporary artist and her family. More
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Casa R by Felipe Lagos provides a mountain refuge in Patagonia
Chilean architect Felipe Lagos has created a pointy black cabin for his family, with several design elements that help it endure extreme climatic conditions. More
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Steel porch connects Coastal Retreat at Sea Ranch by Malcolm Davis
San Francisco firm Malcolm Davis Architecture has divided this holiday home at the Sea Ranch community in California into two cedar-clad volumes, which face out in different directions to overlook the rugged coastline. More
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Linear swimming pool runs parallel to slate-clad Pavilion House by Pitsou Kedem
An outdoor swimming pool runs along the full length of this black residence by Israeli architecture firm Pitsou Kedem, which features slate walls both inside and out. More