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  • Tommy Rand's self-build house features a CNC-cut spiral staircase

    Danish architect and developer Tommy Rand has built a house for himself and his family in Denmark, featuring a spiral staircase made from 630 pieces of CNC-cut plywood. More

    Amy Frearson | 18 March 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Walters Way houses can be easily adapted to their owner's needs

    The final video tour published in collaboration with this year's Open House London festival spotlights Walters Way, a collection of 13 adaptable houses in Lewisham that were self-built by their owners with the help of architect Walter Segal. More

    Lizzie Crook | 27 September 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Morris + Company to extend Walter Segal's former London home

    Architecture studio Morris + Company has designed an extension for the self-built home of Walter Segal in north London that is "a direct homage" to the architect's body of work. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 4 August 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Invisible Studio "started as a voyage of self-build discovery" says Piers Taylor in film for VDF

    In the second part of our VDF collaboration with film-makers Laura Mark and Jim Stephenson, we screen the first episode of the duo's Practice series, in which architect Piers Taylor of Invisible Studio explains why he built his own house in the woods. More

    Cajsa Carlson | 27 May 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Modular boxes used by Extinction Rebellion are "protest architecture"

    Modular, plywood boxes have been self-built by climate change protesters Extinction Rebellion to build lock-on sites, towers and stages for London protests. More

    India Block | 17 October 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Studio Bark's first flat-pack U-build system used for a home extension in Essex

    Slatted screens of stained black wood surround the first-floor extension of an 1830s Georgian cottage in Essex, designed by Studio Bark but built largely by the clients themselves. More

    Jon Astbury | 30 September 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Studio Bark's flat-pack U-build system lets anyone self-build

    U-Build is a simple modular construction system designed by Studio Bark, which encourages individuals and communities to self-build. More

    Lizzie Crook | 10 May 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Cocoon BioFloss would enable people to grow their own micro homes

    The latest movie in our Dezeen x MINI Living series explores architect Maria Vergopoulou's concept for self-build micro homes made of bioplastic, which came third in the Dezeen x MINI Living Future Urban Home Competition.  More

    Siufan Adey | 8 February 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Courtyard provides focal point for Seattle home by MW Works

    Seattle architecture firm MW Works has helped a couple to self-build this home, which is organised around a courtyard and clad in weathered reclaimed timber. More

    Dan Howarth | 27 July 2017 | 3 comments
  • 31/44 Architects builds grey-brick house around three small courtyards in London

    One of the founders of 31/44 Architects has built his own London home, which is arranged around three courtyards to make it easy for domestic life to spill outdoors. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 22 July 2017 | 5 comments
  • Richard Pender and Dan Kerr combine local materials at self-built Shawm house

    Richard Pender was involved in every stage of this self-build project to create a sustainable and accessible house for his parents in rural Northumberland, which involved fabricating the wooden frame on site in a disused barn. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 16 July 2017 | 11 comments
  • Kodasema launches tiny prefab home for £150k in UK

    In a bid to solve the UK's housing crisis, Estonian design collective Kodasema has launched its prefabricated 25-square-metre micro home that takes less than a day to build and can be relocated to make use of vacant sites. More

    Jessica Mairs | 5 July 2017 | 53 comments
  • Self-build retreat by Rural Design nestles into rugged Isle of Skye landscape

    This small holiday home by Rural Design nestles between grassy knolls on the Isle of Skye, the largest of Scotland's Inner Hebrides islands (+ slideshow). More

    Jessica Mairs | 2 August 2016 | 2 comments
  • The Tinhouse by Rural Design is a self-built corrugated-metal dwelling on a Scottish island

    Scottish architecture studio Rural Design has completed a shed-like holiday home on Scotland's Isle of Skye, featuring corrugated aluminium walls that reference local agricultural buildings (+ slideshow). More

    Alyn Griffiths | 24 July 2016 | 14 comments
  • "The cult of self-build and do-it-yourself won't solve the housing crisis"

    Opinion: Walter Segal's self-build houses in south London and Assemble's Turner Award-winning Granby Four Streets project in Liverpool are rightly celebrated, but they're not the answer to the housing crisis, says Owen Hatherley. More

    Owen Hatherley | 29 January 2016 | 3 comments

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Aquarium House in Kanagawa by Nao Iwanari
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