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Deborah Berke Partners transforms historic insane asylum into boutique hotel

October 2, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Guests can stay overnight in former patients’ rooms at this late 19th-century building constructed as a mental hospital, which New York studio Deborah Berke Partners has partially restored and redesigned as a hotel. Hotel Henry occupies a brick building completed by American architect Henry Hobson Richardson in 1880, which operated as an insane asylum until

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Red window frames accent angular Seattle house by Stettler Design

September 30, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Seattle firms Stettler Design and Paul Michael Davis Architects have used bright pops of colour to frame glazing at this pointy home. The Burke Gilman House sits close to a bike trail of the same name in the Washington city, on a spacious plot with impressive views. “The design takes advantage of the width of

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Slatted timber doors unfold along house in Uruguay by Masa Arquitectos

September 26, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Wooden panels open up in sections across the back of this concrete house in Uruguay, designed by local firm Masa Arquitectos. Measuring 969 square feet (90 square metres), Casa Marindia is located an hour outside the South American country’s capital Montevideo, in the beach town of Marindia. The rectangular house is made primarily of concrete, but

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Grey peristyle supports Guadalajara residence by Santoscreativos

September 23, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Rows of columns surround flexible spaces on the ground floor of this house in Guadalajara by Mexican firm Santoscreatives, and support boxy volumes above. Santoscreativos collaborated with local architecture firm V Taller to design Puerta Lomas House. The residence is constructed from poured concrete that is painted a dusty brown, and has a series of

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Grey peristyle supports Guadalajara residence by Santoscreativos

September 23, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Rows of columns surround flexible spaces on the ground floor of this house in Guadalajara by Mexican firm Santoscreatives, and support boxy volumes above. Santoscreativos collaborated with local architecture firm V Taller to design Puerta Lomas House. The residence is constructed from poured concrete that is painted a dusty brown, and has a series of

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Andersson-Wise’s Tower House provides cabin with extra lakefront accommodation

September 22, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

US firm Andersson-Wise has created a tall silvery building containing bedrooms near a waterside holiday home in Austin, so that the owners can invite more guests to stay. Tower House perches atop a hill overlooking Lake Travis, one of Austin’s man-made lakes created by the Marshall Ford Dam across Texas’ Colorado River. The building is

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Living spaces open out to Lake Austin at residence by A Parallel

September 21, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Rooms with white and glass walls slots on top of the stone-clad ground floor of this house overlooking Lake Austin, by Texas firm A Parallel Architecture. The two-storey Lake Austin Residence has a wide footprint with floor-to-ceiling windows at nearly every vantage point. Structurally, the residence is comprised of an assortment of rectangular cubes that

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Tom Hurt attaches tiered white pods with plywood core to Austin house

September 20, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Austin-based architect Tom Hurt has extended the back of a ranch house using a series of stacked units and wooden interiors to form a multi-storey living space. The 1,110-square-foot (103-square-metre) structure grows out from the existing low-slung home in Austin. The addition joins the main home through a series of low-lying platforms in the original

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Expansive deck divides levels of Canadian cliffside house by Alain Carle

September 16, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Canadian firm Alain Carle Architecte has built a sustainable house in the mountains of Quebec as a retreat from modern conveniences. Located in the Laurentian Mountains, La Héronnière sits atop large rocks overlooking a forest. The clients chose the site based on the natural surroundings. Alain Carle Architecte placed a horizontal plane onto the steep

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Expansive deck divides levels of Canadian cliffside house by Alain Carle

September 16, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Canadian firm Alain Carle Architecte has built a sustainable house in the mountains of Quebec as a retreat from modern conveniences. Located in the Laurentian Mountains, La Héronnière sits atop large rocks overlooking a forest. The clients chose the site based on the natural surroundings. Alain Carle Architecte placed a horizontal plane onto the steep

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