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- 19th-century Catalan ruins are revived into a self-sufficient home Thu, 25 Mar 21, 2:30amSpanish architecture firm Andrea Solé Arquitectura has given new life to the ruins of Can Tomeu, a historic Catalan building from the 1800s that is now a modern, self-sufficient home...
- Old ruins are transformed into a cozy, off-grid guesthouse in France Wed, 12 Jun 19, 4:30amFrom afar, this quaint guesthouse seems like a pile of rubble — but take a closer look and you’ll find a tiny and cozy getaway with interiors of Douglas fir...
- A solar-powered luxury home blends into a Pacific Northwest landscape Thu, 28 Mar 19, 3:30amWhen a client commissioned Seattle-based architectural practice Hoedemaker Pfeiffer to design their new solar-powered home, they asked that the design take inspiration from a stone-and-wood retreat that they had lost to a...
- Rammed concrete home in Portugal boasts passive design features and a green roof Wed, 27 Mar 19, 7:30amPortuguese firm Atelier 1111 has unveiled a gorgeous home designed to strategically blend into the rural region of Grândola in southern Portugal. The Cottage House is an angular design embedded into a small hillside, putting...
- Community hub built of recycled materials spotlights exploitation of nature in Vietnam Fri, 7 Dec 18, 4:30amIn their latest eco-friendly project, Vietnamese design studio H&P Architects completed an inspiring community hub built mainly from recycled waste materials...
- Eco-friendly Scarborough Home is designed to follow the sun Wed, 10 Oct 18, 5:30amSet into a steep hillside in Christchurch, the Scarborough Home makes the most of its challenging location by embracing site-specific design. The modern family home is the work of New Zealand architectural practice Borrmeister...
- This weekend home in Mexico blends in with the forest landscape Fri, 20 Jul 18, 7:00amMexican architecture firm AM30 Taller de Arquitectura has inserted a site-specific weekend home into a forested location in Atemajac de Brizuela, a small town southwest of Guadalajara, Mexico...
- Green-roofed vacation home embraces old-growth trees in the San Juan Islands Thu, 21 Jun 18, 8:30amWhen Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects was asked to design a vacation home on the San Juan Islands of Washington state, the Seattle-based design firm didn’t take the easy way out...
- Antony Gibbon's Lucent House is a serene minimalist retreat made of glass and stone Thu, 19 Oct 17, 11:33pmUK-based designer Antony Gibbon never ceases to amaze with his spectacular designs inspired by nature. His latest work, the Lucent House, combines glazed walls and stonework to create a serene, minimalist structure that blends...
- Passively cooled Walls and Vaults House in India brings lush tropical vegetation inside Fri, 29 Jan 16, 5:00pmThe house is hidden from three sides, and only visible from the road. Its materiality and colors were carefully chosen to blend into the surroundings and blur the line between the inside and outside. Lush vegetation permeates...
- India’s high-flying Hornbill House is a treetop paradise built with stone and mud Wed, 26 Aug 15, 3:00amHidden deep into the forests of southern India, this renovated bungalow provides an ideal quiet space for those looking to escape the city and enjoy nature...
- FCC Arquitectura gives a crumbling stone farmhouse a modern facelift Sat, 17 Jan 15, 1:00amSited on a steep slope, Casa RM overlooks sweeping views of the Portuguese city down below. Outdoor balconies and large glazed windows take advantage of those views and bring natural light into a contemporary, mostly white...
- Diébédo Francis Kéré’s Great Mosque and National Park Sit Beautifully In the Heart of Mali Thu, 25 Aug 11, 3:00pmRead the rest of Diébédo Francis Kéré’s Great Mosque and National Park Sit Beautifully In the Heart of Mali Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: adobe, adobe mud construction, Africa, aga khan...