Estudio MMX steps Mexico City home down steep site
Architecture firm Estudio MMX has spread CAB House in Mexico City over four levels by using a series of towering volumes to integrate the building into a steep site. More
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Citic teams up with local builders for gabled lakeside house in Chile
Three gabled volumes connected by glazed walkways form this home overlooking Chile's Rupanco Lake, completed as part of as a community-driven initiative with a local organisation. More
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Set Ideas completes two modular home prototypes in Argentina
Argentinian studio Set Ideas has completed two small cabins in Córdoba that aim to offer high-quality living spaces within a tight footprint. More
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Anacapa Architecture overhauls Vista Residence to frame views of California landscape
Blackened wood and large stretches of glass form the exterior of a 1970s home that has been renovated by American studio Anacapa Architecture. More
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Lopez Gonzalez hides roof terrace atop black House in Xalapa
Mexico City-based Lopez Gonzalez Studio has carved a terrace into a gabled rooftop on a black house in Xalapa, Veracruz. More
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Snow Kreilich completes holiday home overlooking Michigan's Lake Superior
The two wings of this house on the shores of Michigan's Lake Superior intersect at an irregular angle, offering a variety of views of the surrounding forest and waterfront. More
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Wanda Ely completes Scandinavian-inspired retreat outside of Toronto
Toronto-based architect Wanda Ely has completed a country home for a Danish family, combining the Scandinavian principles of "simplicity, functionality, and restraint" with the local design style. More
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A+I and Unionworks raise Bridge House to protect sensitive Hamptons environment
New York studios A+I and Unionworks have completed a house near Long Island's Sagaponack Pond with two volumes connected by an enclosed bridge, allowing the site's native shrubbery to grow beneath. More
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Kompas completes tile-clad house and gallery for art collector in Japan
Architecture studio Kompas has completed a house and art gallery in Chiba, Japan, featuring a sawtooth roof and a facade clad in black tiles that are angled to create louvred openings. More
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Elton Léniz perches Casa BB on hillside overlooking Chilean lake
A black holiday home by Chilean architecture studio Elton Léniz is lifted off the ground by wooden stilts to help reduce the building's impact on the earth. More
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Caserío Azkarraga is a restaurant and residence wrapped in blackened timber
Architecture offices BABELstudio and Bonadona Arquitectura have completed a timber-clad building in northern Spain containing a restaurant and an adjoining house for its chef. More
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Holiday Home by Orange Architects is a timber-clad cabin with a flexible interior
Dutch office Orange Architects has completed a compact holiday home on the island of Texel in the Netherlands, featuring an interior that adapts to its occupants' changing needs throughout the day. More
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Edition Office completes black concrete home in rural Australia
Black-pigmented concrete and black timber battens have been used to create this tactile home in the village of Federal, New South Wales by Australian studio Edition Office. More
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A compact black-brick house features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes a small west London home, designed by Phillips Tracey Architects. More
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Phillips Tracey squeezes brick-clad Jupp House onto site of a former garage
Local firm Phillips Tracey Architects has created a compact black-brick house in west London, featuring a double-gabled roof that references a pair of garages across the street. More
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Landry Smith Architect builds wooden bungalow overlooking Oregon river
Wood takes centre stage in this riverside dwelling in Oregon by American office Landry Smith Architect, complete with black cedar siding and an interior made from white oak boards. More
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Architect builds his own blackened pine-clad house in Chile
Architects Pablo Saric and Cristian Winckler designed Casa SS in Canela, Chile, as a single-storey dwelling clad in charred pine just steps away from a dramatic coastline. More
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Sandy Rendel Architects converts barrel-vaulted barn into home in the South Downs
UK studio Sandy Rendel Architects has converted a Dutch barn at Morlands Farm in West Sussex, England, into a house clad in corrugated steel. More
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Office of McFarlane Biggar Architects + Designers creates cedar-clad cabin in the woods
Vancouver studio Office of McFarlane Biggar Architects + Designers has clad a "contemporary cabin the woods" of British Columbia's Bowen Island in black-stained cedar. More
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Majamaja is an off-grid seaside cabin near Helsinki
Architect Pekka Littow has used Finnish spruce and birch plywood for off-grid holiday home Majamaja, which is perched on a rocky outcrop by the sea just outside of Helsinki. More
