Tham & Videgård completes "tent-like" summer house on a Swedish island
Swedish studio Tham & Videgård Arkitekter designed this summer retreat with a dramatic scooped roofline for an island in the Stockholm archipelago. More
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![Takei-Nabeshima-Architects has released new renderings of its concrete holiday home designed for French developer Christian Bourdais' Solo Houses series.]()
TNA's dream holiday home is an upside-down concrete pyramid
Takei Nabeshima Architects has released new renderings of its design for an extravagant concrete holiday home, which forms part of French developer Christian Bourdais' Solo Houses series. More
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Holiday home by Masato Sekiya cantilevers over a river bank in Nara Prefecture
Masato Sekiya's firm Planet Creations has completed a concrete weekend house, which cantilevers six metres over a rocky ledge in Japan's Omine mountain range. More
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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates remote holiday retreat in Ontario forest
Nestled into a wooded hillside, this residence by US firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Canadian studio Bohlin Grauman Miller Architects has large glass walls offering picturesque views. More
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Plasma Studio's copper-clad apartment block has huge windows facing the Dolomites
Floor-to-ceiling windows allow guests to wake up to views of the Dolomites at this complex of copper-clad holiday apartments in northern Italy by Plasma Studio. More
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S&T Architects designs poolside retreat in Ukrainian mountains
Ukrainian studio S&T Architects has released detailed renders showing its design for a summer retreat in the Carpathian Mountains, comprising two concrete and glass buildings that face each other across a swimming pool. More
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Traditional Washington boathouse by Hoedemaker Pfeiffer offers sweeping coastal views
Giant sliding doors allow occupants to take in the sunrise and sunset from this modest boathouse that was overhauled by American studio Hoedemaker Pfeiffer. More
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Casa Xixim by Specht Architects opens up to Tulum's jungle and ocean
Bedrooms at this holiday villa in the Mexican resort of Tulum open onto expansive terraces overlooking the tropical forest and beach. More
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Rural Idaho home by Olson Kundig has gadgets and gizmos aplenty
An entire glass wall swings upward to open this spacious retreat to the landscape of the American West – one of several inventive features incorporated by US firm Olson Kundig. More
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Phoenix House sits at the base of the world's most active volcano
This tiny guest house by designer Will Beilharz stands on a lava field on Hawaii's Big Island, and has views of the steam produced where molten rock flows into the sea. More
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Modest holiday retreat by David Cervera nestles among the palms in Mexico
A natural finish made from tree sap covers this compact summer house on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, which has plenty of hammocks for relaxing in the shade. More
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Zrobym Architects' summer house combines references to Scandinavian and Belarusian architecture
The cosy feel of classic Scandinavian cottages is referenced in the interior of this summer house near the Belarusian village of Raubichi, which is clad entirely in larch and cedar. More
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Sea Bright House by Jeff Jordan Architects overlooks the Jersey Shore
This beachfront house designed by Jeff Jordan Architects for a Manhattan-based couple comprises boxy, cedar-clad volumes that create expansive outdoor spaces overlooking the New Jersey coastline. More
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Studio Selva wraps Chilean surfers' retreat in eucalyptus screens
Amsterdam office Studio Selva used locally sourced materials to construct this holiday home for surfers in central Chile, which features rooms that open onto a communal deck overlooking the ocean. More
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Vertically sliding walls open Bergmeisterwolf's Italian villa extension to the garden
Architecture studio Bergmeisterwolf has completed an extension to a house on the shores of Italy's Lake Garda, featuring glazed walls that disappear into the ground to open the living area up to the garden. More
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BoutiqueHomes website offers holidays in architect-designed homes
Dezeen promotion: holidaymakers can rent architect-designed buildings around the world through rental site BoutiqueHomes, including a stone-walled Mexican house and a hilltop house in Portugal with a missing corner. More
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10 holiday homes that celebrate the American landscape
On this Fourth of July, we're rounding up some of the best holiday homes in the US to enjoy the vacation, including a woodsy hideaway, a lakeside retreat and a cabin with mid-century modern style. More
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Maka Arkitektur completes contemporary Swedish courtyard house
A gabled wall provides the entrance to this holiday home in a Swedish coastal village, which also features rooms arranged around a garden and cherry tree. More
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Cheng + Franco cantilevers trio of Corten-clad volumes from rural Peruvian house
This countryside house in Peru by Lima-based studio Cheng + Franco Arquitectos features three volumes clad in perforated Corten steel that cantilever above a grassy bridleway. More
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Domed summer house by LASSA offers an elevated view over a Greek olive grove
Fingers of earth branch over this mound-shaped holiday home by architecture studio LASSA, allowing its owners to climb up onto the roof to admire Greece's Peloponnese peninsula. More
