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- The Lookout House celebrates site's volcanic history Thu, 13 Aug 20, 12:30amWhen Faulkner Architects was asked to design a house on a spectacular site in Truckee, California, the Placer County-based design practice allowed the beautiful landscape to dictate the design...
- Gorgeous site-sensitive home ushers in the outdoors Fri, 23 Feb 18, 9:47pmIn Northern California, a spectacular modern home embraces nature in more ways than one. Palo Alto-based Field Architecture designed the spacious residence, named Forty-One Oaks after the property’s oak trees that became...
- Nickisch Sano Walder Architekten Casts a Tiny Concrete House from an Old Log Cabin Sat, 28 Jun 14, 1:20amNickish Sano Walder used the logs of the wood construction as a form work for the concrete to create a fossilized version of the old barn. This way they captured some of the texture, age and character of the log home. The...
- Tato Architects’ Tiny, Modern House in Ishikiri Fits in With Historic Japanese Neighborhood Wed, 6 Nov 13, 3:00amThe architects were concerned that since the site was about 11 feet above the road, the house would look larger than its actual size. So it is designed with setback volumes floating over open and translucent spaces to break...
- Historic German Mill Transformed Into Dramatic Underground Stahlemuhle Distillery by Philipp Mainzer Mon, 23 Jul 12, 3:00pmRead the rest of Historic German Mill Transformed Into Dramatic Underground Stahlemuhle Distillery by Philipp Mainzer Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: adaptive reuse, cement finish, Christoph Keller,...