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- Green-roofed Casa 23s porous facade opens and closes to save energy Wed, 27 Jan 21, 2:30amOn the outskirts of the town Villeta in Colombia, Bogotá-based architecture firm Arquitectura en Estudio (aRE) has completed Casa 23, a holiday home that relies on passive strategies to save energy and stay naturally cool...
- Ancient Mayan-inspired Casa Merida operates off the grid in Mexico Sat, 23 May 20, 1:30amIn the hot and humid Yucatán capital of Mérida, blasting air conditioning all day is commonly regarded as a necessity of life. But Mexico City-based Ludwig Godefroy Architecture has rebelled against this belief with its...
- This sculptural home takes cues from the sloping Hollywood Hills landscape Sat, 13 Oct 18, 5:30amTucked inside a quiet and wooded site of Nichols Canyon is the Hollywood Hills House, a sculptural home that boasts cutting-edge green technologies and materials...
- An energy-efficient modern church references Utahs mining history Fri, 12 Oct 18, 3:30amSalt Lake City-based design practice Sparano + Mooney Architecture designed a church for West Valley City, Utah that’s strikingly modern yet sensitive to the existing site context...
- LEED Gold home celebrates Utah's brilliant light and beauty Sat, 29 Sep 18, 7:30amDesigned to “celebrate Utah’s brilliant light and raw beauty,” this LEED Gold-certified family home in Utah embraces indoor-outdoor living. Salt Lake City-based Sparano + Mooney Architecture crafted the home for clients...
- Gorgeous barn is built of reclaimed, century-old oaks from the site itself Tue, 5 Jun 18, 1:00amIn 2017, Dutch design firm HilberinkBosch Architects found out that seven of their century-old oak trees were in ailing health and would need to be cut down...
- The modern, light-filled MILU house sports a wildflower green roof Wed, 11 Apr 18, 5:41pmWhen the owners happened upon an early 20th-century house in Ghent, Belgium, the garden space and location sold them on the property despite the home’s rather dark and introverted character...
- Modern light-filled extension sports a wildflower green roof Wed, 11 Apr 18, 5:41pmWhen the owners happened upon an early 20th-century house in Ghent, Belgium, the garden space and location sold them on the property despite the home’s rather dark and introverted character...
- Specht Architects' Sundial House is a sculptural extension of the desert landscape Sat, 24 Mar 18, 8:00amSpecht Architects completed the Sundial House, a modernist home that derives its name from the changing play of light and shadow indoors. Set atop a ridge in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the award-winning residence is built to look...
- Modern desert home is a sculptural extension of the landscape Fri, 23 Mar 18, 8:50pmSpecht Architects completed the Sundial House, a modernist home that derives its name from the changing play of light and shadow indoors. Set atop a ridge in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the award-winning residence is built to look...
- Moon Hoons funky new home captures sunlight on Jeju Island Thu, 31 Aug 17, 6:30pmSouth Korean architect Moon Hoon regularly wows us with his crazy and whimsical designs—and his latest work is no exception. Set on South Korea’s stunning Jeju Island, the Simple House is a bunker-inspired house with...
- Dark unused garage transformed into a cozy light-filled studio in San Francisco Mon, 31 Jul 17, 8:26pmThe garage is the last place most people want to cozy up in, but that’s not so for the lucky owners of this beautiful garage-turned-studio space in San Francisco...
- Dark unused garage is transformed into a cozy light-filled studio in San Francisco Mon, 31 Jul 17, 8:26pmThe garage is the last place most people want to cozy up in, but that’s not so for the lucky owners of this beautiful garage-turned-studio space in San Francisco...