Slatted wood encloses glass Engawa House in Chile
An external walkway and glazed living space are hidden behind sliding slatted woodwork in this house in Chile, designed by architects Santiago Valdivieso and Stefano Rolla. More
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Gruff Architects supports Pitched Black house on bright blue columns
UK studio Gruff Architects has created a four-bedroom house in south London that has a first floor that is clad in black timber and overhangs its driveway. More
Piers Taylor retrofits his own off-grid home "to banish the demons" of his youth
Invisible Studio founder Piers Taylor has carried out an extensive retrofit of Moonshine – his own off-grid home near Bath in southwest England. More
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Black monolithic volumes and concrete latticework form Carrizal houses in Mexico City
Eight black houses are arranged next to a path cutting through this residential complex that architecture firm PPAA has designed in Mexico City. More
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Circus tents and Japanese architecture inform Seattle house renovation
American studio SHED referenced Japanese design and three-ring circus tents when creating the Me-Kwa-Mooks Net-Zero house in Seattle, Washington. More
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Gardens bookend Yo Ju Courtyard House in Washington by Wittman Estes
Seattle architecture studio Wittman Estes drew on ancient Chinese landscape paintings and principles of garden design for this black house in Washington. More
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Lost House by David Adjaye features black interiors and bedroom with a pool
Black walls, built-in raw concrete furniture and a fish pond in a lightwell define Lost House, a residential project designed by David Adjaye in London's King's Cross, which has recently come on the market. More
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White brick walls wrap trees and patios to form Casa RA in Mexico
White brickwork wrapping a courtyard in this house is Mexico is broken up by slatted metal, a balcony and the shape of a staircase. More
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Aston Martin collaborates with S3 Architecture to design first residential project
US studio S3 Architecture worked with luxury carmaker Aston Martin's architectural design service to create Sylvan Rock, an angular black-cedar home in Hudson Valley, New York. More
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Circular opening illuminates patio for yoga in coastal Mexican holiday house
Architecture studio Palma has used dried palm leaves, thatch, stucco and circular openings to keep this holiday home on Mexico's Pacific Coast cool in a tropical climate. More
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Tactile 6M House in Ecuador nestles into its natural surroundings
A tactile material palette and floor-to-ceiling glazing characterise this Ecuadorian house, which Jannina Cabal has created for a family of five in the town of Samborondón. More
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Tinted glass bathes Lookout House by Faulkner Architects in red glow
This house at the bottom of Lookout Mountain volcano in Truckee, California has glass walls chosen by local studio Faulkner Architects to tint the interiors "the colour of cooling magma". More
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Arched living spaces open up Vom House to the outside
Vietnamese studio Sanuki Daisuke Architects has designed a townhouse for a family in Ho Chi Minh City around three cavernous rooms open to the elements. More
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Scullion Architects folds Portobello house extension around courtyard
Scullion Architects has renovated and extended a terraced Victorian house around a plant-filled courtyard for a young family living in Portobello, Dublin. More
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Wittman Estes elevates extensions to 1940s beach house
Seattle studio Wittman Estes has designed two elevated wings to open up and extend a beach house from the 1940s in Hood Canal, Washington. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects' Hong Kong skyscraper is "a fresh take on space age design" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are debating a Zaha Hadid Architects skyscraper which will occupy the world's most-expensive site in Hong Kong, and sharing their views on other top stories. More
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Large windows and cantilevers animate House on 36th by Beebe Skidmore
A cantilevered upper storey with symmetrical, glazed dormers is the focal point of House on 36th, which Beebe Skidmore has completed for a young family relocating to Portland, USA. More
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Andrew Burges Architects designs Bismarck House to be "continuous garden"
Andrew Burges Architects created Bismarck House holiday home in the Sydney suburb of Bondi to showcase the work of its landscape architect client. More
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Ortraum Architects builds timber music studio beside house in Helsinki
Ortraum Architects has built an asymmetric studio called 12 in the garden of a house in Helsinki, Finland, to provide its owners with space to compose music and make ceramics. More
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Double O Studio tops trefoil-shaped concrete house with rooftop pool
Double O Studio has designed Trefoil House in Aroeira, Portugal, as a series of overlapping concrete shapes topped by a long swimming pool. More
