6a Architects creates bright living spaces in revamp of century-old Coastal House
London studio 6a Architects has renovated a seaside house in Devon, England, transforming its old dark rooms into bright, tactile living spaces. More
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Caleb Johnson elevates In the Dunes home above beachfront site in Maine
US firm Caleb Johnson Studio has raised this cedar-clad coastal dwelling in Maine on wooden stilts so that the "landscape is allowed to flow under the house". More
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Woods Bagot builds sweeping stone house overlooking the ocean
Tidal Arc House by Woods Bagot has an arcing limestone facade with full-height openings looking out towards the sea on the coast of Victoria, Australia. More
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Austin Maynard Architects creates cylindrical holiday house on Australian beach
The cylindrical St Andrews Beach House in Victoria, Australia, designed by Austin Maynard Architects does away with unnecessary circulation space to create a laid-back communal atmosphere. More
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Visitor centre on England's coast built to withstand a century of rising seas
The Lookout on the English seaside, designed by Hampshire County Council, has a slender mono-pitched roof and concrete fins that shelter it from the "beautiful and brutal" elements and rising sea levels. More
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Soak in the sea views of beachfront properties via our new Pinterest board
Say goodbye to the January blues with our new Pinterest board, dedicated to beachfront properties boasting sea views, including Seascape Retreat – a honeymoon cottage in New Zealand – and a holiday home named The Ocean House. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Swimming pool tops Hither Hills holiday home in Long Island by Bates Masi Architects
Terraced volumes wrapped in stone and wood form a weekend dwelling by Bates Masi Architects on the eastern tip of New York's Long Island. More
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Ström Architects unveils renderings of British seaside getaway
Expanses of glazing meet darkened wood in this contemporary holiday home designed by British practice Ström Architects, which will be erected on the Isle of Wight coast. More
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Community bid launched to buy Stirling Prize-winning Hastings Pier
A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to purchase the Stirling Prize-winning pier on England's south coast, which was redesigned by architecture studio dRMM. More
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Redshank artist's studio is a cork-clad cabin raised above a tidal salt marsh
Oil rigs, Maunsell forts and a wading bird provided the inspiration for this artist's retreat in a salt marsh on England's east coast, which becomes inaccessible when the tide comes in. More
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Core Collective designs Sunnybanks House to withstand wild weather in rural Tasmania
Architecture practice Core Collective has completed a house in Tasmania featuring a robust material palette of concrete, steel, masonry and timber that complements its rural seaside setting. More
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VOA combines wood, marble and glass in layered composition of Portuguese seaside home
This house in the Portuguese coastal town of São Félix da Marinha comprises a series of stacked volumes clad in varying materials to signify the different programmatic functions contained within them. More
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Glazed corners peel back to allow sea breezes into Malan Vorster's Cape Town house
The living spaces of this seaside house in Cape Town are lined with sliding glass walls that can be pulled aside to connect the interiors with a series of external decks, patios and balconies overlooking the ocean. More
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Sea Del House by Robert Gurney faces the beach in Delaware
Strict building codes and environmental controls dictated the layout of this oceanfront house in Delaware by American architect Robert Gurney. More
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British seaside pier gets 21st-century update by dRMM
Architecture studio dRMM created a visitor centre clad in salvaged wooden boards as part of its overhaul of a seaside pier in Hastings, England – one of six projects in the running for this year's Stirling Prize. 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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OOPEAA builds wood and zinc sauna on the shore of a tiny Finnish island
Finnish architecture office OOPEAA has completed a log cabin-style sauna on an island in Helsinki's archipelago that is topped with a zinc roof incorporating dormer windows. More
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Farrells completes swimming pool with "shell-like" roof on Hong Kong waterfront
British firm Farrells has carved a large opening into the zinc-clad roof of its swimming pool complex in Hong Kong to offer outdoor bathers bay views. More
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Jamie Fobert's cliffside extension to Tate St Ives nears completion
Work is almost complete on a sunken extension to the Tate's seaside art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, which is set to open to the public later this year. More
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Vaughn McQuarrie completes island cottage overlooking New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf
Architect Vaughn McQuarrie has replaced a 1920s cottage on New Zealand's Waiheke Island with a modest concrete and timber residence, set among mature gardens. More
