Stefano Boeri designs "vertical forest" city to eat up China's smog
Italian architect Stefano Boeri has unveiled plans for a city near China's Liuzhou, featuring towers completely covered in trees and plants to combat air pollution. More
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CF Møller appointed on Robin Hood Gardens replacement scheme
Scandinavian firm CF Møller has been appointed alongside Haworth Tompkins and Metropolitan Workshop on the housing scheme that will replace Robin Hood Gardens, the brutalist estate in east London designed by Alison and Peter Smithson. More
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COBE transforms Copenhagen grain silo into apartment block with faceted facades
Galvanised-steel panels form faceted balconies and window surrounds on the exterior of this former grain-storage silo in Copenhagen, which Danish studio COBE has converted into an apartment building. More
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YH2 adds sculptural upper volume to tiny forest cottage in Quebec
Canadian studio YH2 has taken the notion of openness to the extreme in this small wooden cabin, which features stairs without walls and elevated areas without protective railings. More
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Rippling red brick facade shades house in Surat by Design Work Group
Design Work Group has completed a family home in the Indian port city of Surat, which features a gently undulating brick facade that offers shade from the sun. More
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Go Logic launches line of prefab homes with New England aesthetic
American design-build firm Go Logic has created a range of factory-made dwellings that were designed using passive house standards and can be constructed onsite in less than two weeks. More
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Jailmake overhauls south London home to make kitchen garden the focal point
South London studio Jailmake has redesigned this once "ill-functioning" 1960s house in Peckham by opening up the kitchen and dining area to a spacious garden. More
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Studio De Materia submerges private rooms of House JRv2 into sloping terrain
A timber-clad garage rests on top of partly submerged living spaces at this house in Poznań, Poland, which opens up towards the landscape on its lower level. More
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Andres Stebelski opens up artist's Mexico City house to its courtyard during renovation
Stained white walls, black-framed windows and roof gardens surround a courtyard overflowing with greenery in this house in Mexico City, which architect Andres Stebelski has overhauled for an artist. More
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Casey Hughes Architects adds twin-peaked extension to refurbished LA home
Casey Hughes Architects has renovated and extended a 1950s house in Los Angeles, adding a tall metal-clad volume featuring a pair of high windows. More
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MWAI uses pale grey tones in west London flat renovation for two design enthusiasts
London studio MWAI has used a soft-grey palette to update an apartment on the upper floors of a Victorian terrace in Little Venice, applying the tone to chevron-patterened tiling and oak floors.
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Slatted marble walls shade Casa Chaaltun pool deck in Mexico
Elevated walls with marble slats form a canopy above the terrace and swimming pool of this house, which Tescala Architects has based on the natural surroundings in Yucatán, Mexico. 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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ACDF Architecture completes home for two sisters beside Canada's Lake Memphremagog
This wood-clad home in Canada was designed as a secondary residence for sisters that split their time between Montreal and the Eastern Townships, and nestles into the landscape overlooking Lake Memphremagog. More
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10 houses from Dezeen's Pinterest boards that offer ideas for outdoor dining
A Miami Beach residence that takes indoor-outdoor living to the extreme and a Japanese house with a garden dining room feature in our Pinterest roundup of homes that prioritise entertaining in the summer months. More
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Moxon Architects builds humble cabin in mountainous Scottish landscape
The mountains of Scotland's Cairngorms National Park offer a dramatic backdrop for this modernist-inspired hut by firm Moxon Architects. More
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Studio MK27 takes cues from Brazilian modernism for Osler House in Brasília
Brazilian studio Studio MK27 has rotated the top volume of this concrete house in Brasília so it extends out over a narrow swimming pool to rest on a pair of stilts. More
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OFIS Architects extends Slovenian house with trio of stacked wooden boxes
Three stacked cuboids covered in strips of dark-stained wood form this extension to a 1930s house in Ljubljana by Slovenian firm OFIS Arhitekti. More
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ODA creates thick gridded facade for Manhattan condo building
American studio ODA has taken cues from New York's historic character while designing this apartment block, which aims to "combat the cold modernism of so much contemporary construction". More
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Timber-framed cabin by Hanna Michelson stands on stilts to peep over the treetops of Swedish mountain
Swedish architect Hanna Michelson has completed a stilted timber cabin overlooking the Åsberget mountains, as the first of four getaways being built for the Bergaliv Landscape Hotel. More