Formerly abandoned traditional #Scottish village.
For centuries, #Highlanders and their livestock lived in these one-room abodes. The houses, which featured packed earth floors, drystone walls, and thatched roofs, offered refuge from the wild North Atlantic weather.
In 1989, Urras nan Gearrannan, the local trust, set to work restoring and preserving these historic buildings. Now, the renovated #blackhouses are available as holiday accommodation.
Set Ideas completes two modular home prototypes in Argentina
Argentinian studio Set Ideas has completed two small cabins in Córdoba that aim to offer high-quality living spaces within a tight footprint.
Encompassing only 40 square metres, the TINY_MOD cabins – which stands for Tiny Module – were completed in 2021. The small, black cabins are located in Córdoba, the capital of the eponymous province where Set Ideas' office is established.
The modular home prototypes are in Argentina
Each of the rectangular buildings has openings in its corrugated metal facade to accommodate sliding doors that open into the main living area.
The bedroom is at one end of the space and is behind a storage wall, which gives it some privacy.
Storage space gives the bedroom privacy
On the other end, the architects included the bathroom and kitchen, grouped together. The remainder of the area is dedicated to the living room and can fit a sofa or dining table.
"We are creating an efficient response to interior spatiality and the use of resources and space, so that with fewer elements, we live better," said Set Ideas.
"Where does the smell of coffee live more intensely? In a large cup of coffee with milk or in a cup of ristretto?"
Plywood lines the interiors
The interiors are lined with plywood, giving the spaces an intimate and comfortable feeling. Because of their small size, these buildings can be heated with a high-efficiency wood-burning stove.
"The interior space is simple, but the implementation is everything," said Set Ideas.
Outside of one prototype, overhanging panels made up of a steel frame and wooden staves provide shade to the exterior, creating an outdoor seating area almost as large as the interior space itself.
The other prototype is accessed by a metal staircase
The other prototype is built on a steeper piece of land, so the architects included a metal staircase with a covered landing to provide access to the unit.
"These are two modular works, two houses in particular contexts, with particular situations and with specific designs," the office explained.
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"Pre-agreed standards and modulations facilitate the process and the way in they are built and designed," they added. "The proposal from the studio is to industrialize architecture and everything that concerns it."
Set Ideas has applied these principles to larger projects as well. It completed a thorough renovation to a house in Córdoba, extending the original home's living spaces with a steel-and-glass extension at the back of the property.
The cabins are located in Córdoba
Other modular designs include a triangular cabin by Atelier Craft and ICI! that is designed for migrants in Paris, and Cosmic ADU, a US startup that claims to have developed a construction process that generates more electricity than it uses.
The photography is byGonzalo Viramonte.
Project credits:
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Architects in charge:** Arq. Carlos Arias, Arq. Heriberto Martinez, Arq Pedro Ruiz Funes, Arq. Tomas Camuyrano.
Design team: Arq. Tomas Camuyrano, Arq. Clara Maldonado
Engineer: Ing. Lucas Crespi
Landscape: Francisco Pascualini
Interiors: Florencia Negrete – Neo interior
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Anacapa Architecture overhauls Vista Residence to frame views of California landscape
Blackened wood and large stretches of glass form the exterior of a 1970s home that has been renovated by American studio Anacapa Architecture.
The Vista Residence sits in the hills of Montecito, a coastal town in central California.
Charred wood clads the California house. Photo is by Erin Feinblatt
Anacapa Architecture, a studio located in the nearby city of Santa Barbara, was tasked with updating a single-storey, 1978 house that was designed by an unknown architect.
Over the years, the 2,500-square-foot (232-square-metre) dwelling had become dated. It also failed to embrace the scenic landscape.
A statement fireplace was repositioned. Photo is by Betsy Peace
"In general, the home felt outdated and lacked a true connection to its amazing surroundings," the team said.
Working closely with the clients – an opera singer and a talent manager – the architects focused on interventions that would open the house up to the environment.
The wood was blackened using an ancient Japanese technique. Photo is by Erin Feinblatt
On the exterior, board-and-batten siding was replaced with wood that was charred using Shou Sugi Ban, an ancient Japanese technique. The clients assisted with the weathering process.
The home's gabled roof was replaced, as were all of its doors and windows. On the north elevation, expansive glass openings were installed to provide generous views of the Santa Ynez Mountains.
Rooms were painted white. Photo is by Betsy Peace
Within the home, which is roughly T-shaped in plan, the team sought to create a brighter and more fluid atmosphere. In addition to a public zone, the house has a main bedroom, a guest bedroom and an office.
Notable changes included opening up the closed-off kitchen, the removal of dropped ceilings, and the relocation of a hearth.
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"The existing fireplace was awkwardly placed in line with the front door," the team said. "We moved the fireplace to take advantage of the views as soon as you walk in."
Interior finishes, such as vinyl flooring and wood cladding, were replaced with concrete and smooth gypsum siding.
The home features a minimal interior palette
"We opted for a fairly minimal palette to further emphasize the home's surroundings," the team said.
To furnish the home, the architects worked with local studio Bailey Peace Design. White-painted rooms are adorned with comfy decor in neutral colours, including a plush grey sofa and soft, rounded armchairs.
The project also entailed updates to a guest house, which sits just above the main dwelling.
Large stretches of glass form the house's exterior. Photo is by Erin Feinblatt
Anacapa Architecture was founded by architect Dan Weber in 2008 and took on its current name in 2016.
Other projects by the studio include a low-slung home in Santa Barbara that was designed for a young entrepreneur, and a luxury campground in Sonoma County with customised tents and trailers.
The photography is byErin Feinblatt and Betsy Peace.
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Lopez Gonzalez hides roof terrace atop black House in Xalapa
Mexico City-based Lopez Gonzalez Studio has carved a terrace into a gabled rooftop on a black house in Xalapa, Veracruz.
Designed for a growing family, the House in Xalapa is a three-storey structure set against a backdrop of lush vegetation.
The House in Xalapa was designed as an abstracted version of a typical gabled home
The 528-square-metre residence sits on a slight slope that is mirrored in the angles of its roof.
To make the home stand out in the suburban neighbourhood, the simple geometric form of a traditional gabled house has been modified and abstracted into a more minimal and contemporary design.
The building is covered in a cement render that was painted black
Studio Lopez Gonzalez chose the black colour and angular shape to mimic geologic forms, especially homes "carved in the interior of a rock formation".
"In this case, the shape is the result of our site analysis and the idea of proposing a house that felt strongly connected to the place," studio principal Pedro López González told Dezeen. "In a very abstract way, the house is a typical gabled house."
A roof terrace is hidden from view among the gable shapes
The exterior surfaces are covered in a cement render and painted black to further emphasise the simple architectural forms.
"The exterior cladding is a very simple flattening done by local masons with a sponge," said González. "The intention was to obtain a natural and irregular texture that would absorb the climatic conditions of the region and show them over time."
Windows and doors have maroon frames to contrast the black walls
The facades are dotted with asymmetrical windows, which are "organised around a continuous dialogue with the landscape" according to the studio.
Maroon-coloured frames were chosen for the windows and door to stand out against the black walls.
Interior spaces open onto patio spaces with lush planting
A large "crack" at the apex of the roof continues down through the envelope, revealing a crenel for the recessed rooftop terraces that are undetectable from the outside.
The tiled terraces have planters with tropical plants and geometric sculptures. Their floors are made of recinto, a type of volcanic stone, which, in the walled patio at the rear of the home leads to a swimming pool.
Black marble floors match the dark exterior
Large glass doors connect the outdoor spaces with inside, where the dark colour of the exterior is continued with rich, veined marble used for the flooring.
This visual link is intended to give the impression of a "monolithic" effect, according to González.
Three large concrete slabs lead to the entrance of the home, which is recessed and framed by two walls that continue around the whole of the property.
Inside the house is divided into social spaces on the ground floor with "transitional spaces" like an entertainment room and study on the first floor.
Closely spaced pine beams form ceilings inside
The top floor houses the main bedroom suite, which leads out to one of the private terraces — separated from the bath tub by a glass wall. This terrace steps up to the primary rooftop area.
In contrast to the dark stone floors and exterior, the interior ceilings have closely spaced rafters of pine.
Pine is also used for built-in cabinetry
The light wood also forms additional millwork elements like built-in cabinetry and floorboards.
House in Xalapa is one of Studio Lopez Gonzalez's first ground-up residential designs.
The asymmetric windows are placed to frame specific views of the landscape
Other architectural projects in the Mexican state of Veracruz include a pitched-roof structure built to revitalise public space at a port on the gulf coast.
The photography is byCésar Béjar.
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Snow Kreilich completes holiday home overlooking Michigan's Lake Superior
The two wings of this house on the shores of Michigan's Lake Superior intersect at an irregular angle, offering a variety of views of the surrounding forest and waterfront.
Named X-House after its layout, the home was conceived by Minneapolis-based firm Snow Kreilich as an isolated retreat for a large family that had been coming to a nearby property for several years.
The waterfront house overlooks Lake Superior
The site is perched on the shores of Lake Superior, near the city of Marquette, Michigan. "It is adjacent to a property that had been in their family for years, a multi-generational cabin along the south shore of Lake Superior, on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula," said Snow Kreilich.
"Remembering long summers spent on the shore, our clients wanted a legacy home for themselves and their children - similar to the family cabin, more comfortable and convenient, but just as enduring," the team added.
Snow Kreilich clad the house in blackened timber
The contemporary black cabin is laid out on a single level. This keeps the building's profile from protruding above the surrounding pine trees, while also considering the owner's future needs as their mobility diminishes.
One of the wings is for communal functions, while the other accommodates three bedrooms. The entrance is at the intersection of both volumes, and offers a glimpse of the expansive living area.
The open-concept kitchen, living and dining area is wrapped with full-height glass panels
"The house sits on a rocky promontory between two coves with sandy beaches," said Snow Kreilich.
"Two intersecting bars of the house balance on the promontory, cantilevering toward the water and into the forest, creating captured landscapes and embedding its occupants in the landscape," they added.
Living spaces overlook the rocky lakeside
The open-concept kitchen, living and dining area is wrapped with full-height glass panels on three sides. As the site slopes down towards the lake, the building becomes raised above the ground.
A terrace runs along this volume overlooking the lake and offering an outdoor lounge area that connects to the living room.
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"Living spaces hover over the rocky point with large panels of glass connecting the family with the beach coves, forest and the expanses of Lake Superior," said the architects.
In keeping with their intention of providing a more contemporary setting for the residence, the architects kept to a restrained palette of white, grey and black finishes.
Stone accent walls feature inside
Many of these material selections — such as stone accent walls and blackened wood — are used both within the home and outside, lending an impression of continuity with the natural environment.
Within the primary bedroom, Snow Kreilich included a secondary terrace, which occupies the end of the sleeping wing.
The holiday home's wings intersect at an irregular angle
The architecture firm was founded by Julie Snow in 1995, and earned an AIA Honor Award in 2018 in recognition of its work in the US.
Other homes in Michigan include a waterfront home near is namesake lake by Wheeler Kearns Architects, and a secondary home for a Chicago family topped with deep wooden overhanging roofs.
The photography is byGaffer Photography.
Project credits:
Design team: Julie V Snow, lead designer & principal in charge; Matthew Kreilich, principal; Tyson McElvain, project architect; Carl Gauley, project designer & architect; Mary Springer, architect; Pauv Thouk, project manager
General contractor: Gregg H Seiple Construction (in collaboration with Hall Contracting)
Landscape architect: Flourishes
Structural engineer: Meyer Borgman Johnson
Consulting architect: James Larson
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Wanda Ely completes Scandinavian-inspired retreat outside of Toronto
Toronto-based architect Wanda Ely has completed a country home for a Danish family, combining the Scandinavian principles of "simplicity, functionality, and restraint" with the local design style.
The Sommerhus project (Summer House) is located in Mulmur, Ontario, roughly 100 kilometres outside of Toronto. It sits in rolling wheat fields, on land that belongs to a tight-knit, extended family that gathers there for vacations and celebrations.
Wanda Ely designed a rural vacation home outside of Toronto called Summerhus
"By blending the core Danish design principles of simplicity, functionality, and restraint, with touches of Ontario rural vernacular, this project is a contemporary interpretation of the traditional Danish Sommerhus that is rooted in both its local context and the clients' family history," said Wanda Ely, who has run her eponymous studio since 2011.
The property has two volumes oriented perpendicularly towards each other. The two-storey structures are topped with gabled roofs that resemble buildings found in this rural setting.
Summerhus comprises two volumes connected by a glass walkway
Both are clad in black wooden siding, lending them a starkness that contrasts with the surrounding woodlands.
"As you approach the home, the two barn-like volumes reveal themselves," said Ely. "The public and private uses are split between the two volumes – the kitchen, living, and dining area are housed in one building, and the bedrooms and bathrooms are located in the other."
Outdoor terraces create extra room for family in summer
Connecting the two volumes is a short corridor lined with floor-to-ceiling glass walls. According to the architect, this gives the impression of exiting one building before the entering the other, while remaining protected from the elements.
The public areas have a double-height ceiling that takes advantage of the full building envelope and creates wide-open interiors.
The public volume has double-height ceilings in the living spaces
"The roofline of the building is expressed in the form of lofty, vaulted ceilings," said Ely. "Anchored by an extruded volume for the fireplace and a large corner window in the living room, the gracious open-concept room offers multiple distinct living areas within it."
Within the private volume, the architect included the larger, primary suite on the ground floor, and three bedrooms upstairs for children.
Light colours and upholstery contrast with the black exterior
A generously sized terrace connects both wings of the L-shaped plan, and extends the living spaces in the summer months. "It is an entertaining space large enough for the entire extended clan to gather together, and large enough for multiple dining and seating areas," the architect said.
"Planting is thoughtfully integrated into the deck, and overtime will help it blend into the site," she added.
Three childrens' bedrooms are located upstairs in the private volume
The home's interiors are restrained, with a palette of pale woods and white walls, and openings that are intended to frame the site's seasonal landscape.
"The stark palette of black and white is a hallmark of Scandinavian design and keeps the focus on the spatial qualities of the rooms, and the views out to the surrounding landscape," Ely concluded.
Other recently completed Canadian projects include a "beach house" located near Toronto's downtown area, and an expansive property on the shores of Lake Ontario designed by Omar Gandhi Architects.
The photography is byScott Norsworthy.
Project credits:
Architecture and interiors: Wanda Ely Architect
Builder: Raised Up Building
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A+I and Unionworks raise Bridge House to protect sensitive Hamptons environment
New York studios A+I and Unionworks have completed a house near Long Island's Sagaponack Pond with two volumes connected by an enclosed bridge, allowing the site's native shrubbery to grow beneath.
Bridge House is the first ground-up residential project by A+I, or Architecture+Information, which typically works on office interiors.
The studio collaborated with Unionworks on the expansive private home, located near the Hamptons town of Bridgehampton and totals 12,000 square feet (111 square metres)
A+I and Unionworks designed Bridge House in Long Island
Responding to the property's fragile ecosystem, the architects decided to partially raise the house to safeguard against flooding and minimise the impact on the land.
"Because the lowest of the three volumes is elevated 12 feet (3.7 metres) above the ground plain, evoking a bridge, the home seems to float above a bio-swale with native grasses, shrubs and wildflowers created by LaGuardia Design," said the team.
The "bridge" connects two grounded volumes
"This strategic landscaping allows water during major storms and coastal flooding to pass underneath the structure without harm," they added
Each end of the "bridge" is supported by a grounded volume that contains part of the home's communal areas. The two ground structures are parallel, intersected by the bridge, bringing the total of connected volumes to three.
The volumes have plentiful terraces
These buildings were constructed with slender grey bricks and clad in vertical wooden siding, a choice that the architects describe as "a significant departure from the typical Hamptons shingle style".
"[The property] needed to be unlike any other Hamptons home," said the architects.
Exposed brick and light wood was placed throughout the interior
On the ground floor, the exterior finishes alternate between the exposed grey bricks and floor-to-ceiling windows that slide open, extending the living space into the home's multiple terraces.
"Dark-stained, quarter-sawn wood wraps the facade, lending dimension and character," said the architects.
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The bridge extends over the grounded volumes and becomes the top floor, cantilevering where it meets the grounded volume on the north side.
Stained wooden planks also clad its elevations and underside, which shelters a walkway between the two ends of the building.
The bridge contains five bedrooms
The home's interior palette includes accents like bronze kitchen cabinets, which are intended to develop a patina over time.
White oak-paneled walls offers plenty of storage space, and a dramatic, suspended staircase creates a screening effect with the spacing of its slender metal supports.
The bridge serves as the top floor
The bridge structure contains five bedrooms, including the primary suite at one end, which opens out to a rooftop terrace. Downstairs, there are four additional bedrooms in one of the wings.
The Hamptons has long served as an escape from New York City, and this stretch of Long Island's southern shore is home to many impressive properties. Others to recently complete include Worrell Yeung's renovation of a 1970s house designed by Charles Gwathmey and a stone-clad residence with a pyramidal roof by Neil Logan.
The photography is byMagda Biernat.
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Kompas completes tile-clad house and gallery for art collector in Japan
Architecture studio Kompas has completed a house and art gallery in Chiba, Japan, featuring a sawtooth roof and a facade clad in black tiles that are angled to create louvred openings.
Named the Nishiji Project, the residence was designed by Kompas for a real estate developer and art collector who wanted a family home that could double as his company's offices and a gallery.
Kompas has created a house and art gallery called the Nishiji Project
The site in Chiba's historic Nishifunabashi neighbourhood was owned by the client's parents and already contained their home, alongside several old warehouses and a parking area.
Kompas positioned the new building at the opposite end of the site from the existing house and orientated the plan so the living areas look onto a quiet central garden.
It is clad in black tiles
"Our first approach was to organise the entire site so that the two families' lives and the workspaces coexist comfortably, arranging site circulation and developing a sloped garden moderating the level differences between the two buildings," said Kompas.
The Nishiji Project contains garages at the centre of its ground floor, while the galleries and offices are arranged vertically across three storeys on the south side facing the main road.
The building features a sawtooth roof
The client was keen for the building to engage with the neighbourhood, so the prominent southern elevation features a public entrance that invites visitors to enter from the adjacent street.
Traditional Japanese kawara tiles clad most of the exterior and were chosen to recall an old warehouse that had occupied the site since the owner's grandparents' generation.
Its tile-clad elevations rest on a monolithic concrete base
A special version of the tiles called Kuroibushi kawara, which are blackened to resist salt damage, was used to cover the upper portion of the facades.
Most of the tiles are laid in a typical overlapping pattern, but in places where light and views are required, they are rotated outwards to form louvred openings.
There is an outdoor terrace at the centre of the building
The tile-clad elevations rest on a monolithic concrete base and extend up to the sawtooth roof, which allows consistent northern light to flood into the gallery and living spaces.
Behind the three-storey elevation facing the street, the building steps down towards the north to follow the local building code and create spaces with a more residential scale.
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The pitch and height of the sawtooth roofs vary depending on the usage and daylight requirements of the internal spaces below.
The three uppermost windows flood the large gallery with natural light, while a bedroom and the main living space below feature openings that look out towards the garden.
The dwelling is positioned at the back of a plot owned by the client's parents
An outdoor terrace at the centre of the building provides a shortcut between the living spaces and the offices. The sheltered first-floor terrace can be used as an additional exhibition space or as a play area for the children.
Several other interstitial spaces incorporated between the main rooms will allow the Nishiji Project to adapt over time, potentially providing additional galleries to house the owner's growing art collection.
The gallery is lit by the sawtooth roof. Photo is by Munemasa Takahashi
The arrangement of spaces over multiple levels and the creation of rooms with varying sizes and daylight conditions enhances the building's flexibility.
According to the architects, following Nishiji Project's completion, the owner made the decision to open the spaces to the public rather than using the building solely as a private gallery.
The private living spaces look out to the garden
"This new cluster with the kawara facade and the sawtooth roofs begins a new era in this historical site as a generous field to comfortably mix artworks, residents, and visitors," claimed Kompas.
"We hope this architecture to be the reliable base for art and culture appealing to the world, besides supporting joyful and abundant daily life like living in a museum."
The exhibition spaces are open to the public. Photo is by Munemasa Takahashi
Other homes featured on Dezeen that double as art galleries include Oeuf by Flat House in Tokyo and the Cambridge Residence in Massachusetts by Stern McCafferty Architects.
Elsewhere in Japan, Apollo Architects & Associates designed the Fleuve house for a client who wanted to combine their home with a small salon space from which to operate his business.
The photography is byVincent Hecht unless stated.
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Elton Léniz perches Casa BB on hillside overlooking Chilean lake
A black holiday home by Chilean architecture studio Elton Léniz is lifted off the ground by wooden stilts to help reduce the building's impact on the earth.
Casa BB rises up from a slender, wooded site along Lake Calafquén in southern Chile. Just beyond the lake is Villarrica, one of the country's most active volcanoes.
Elton Léniz designed the house on stilts to overlook a Chilean lake
The building serves as a vacation house for a couple with two children. Santiago-based Elton Léniz aimed to capitalise on the scenery while also providing a sense of privacy.
"The narrow proportion of the site suggested a small, vertical design that would maximise unobstructed views of the impressive geography while freeing up as much space as possible between neighbouring buildings," the team said.
A micro-perforated screen mitigates sun exposure
To reduce exposure to ground moisture and to minimise disturbance to the hillside, the team propped the house up on wooden supports.
"This compact house sits almost like a container on a wooden structure, with minimal intervention in the terrain and the slope," the team said.
Cuts and openings connect occupants to the outdoors
Facades are clad in Quadroline aluminium panels from Hunter Douglas – a low-maintenance material with simple, vertical lines.
The panels' black colour helps the home blend with the terrain.
The compact house resembles a container
On the north is a micro-perforated screen that mitigates sun exposure while preserving a visual connection with the landscape.
The home's entrance is on the south side, where a wooden walkway leads to the front door. The bottom level holds the kitchen, living room, dining area and a sheltered patio, along with a bedroom.
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The social spaces are designed to flow into each other. "Living room, dining room, kitchen and barbecue-terrace are continuously articulated to allow simultaneous activities," the team said.
The main bedrooms are found on the upper level.
The house is entered via a wooden walkway
Rooms feature contemporary decor and ample use of earthy materials, including pine wood. Cuts and openings in the building enable occupants to feel connected to the outdoor setting.
"This allows one to silently confront geography and to discover new relations with the landscape from within the space," the team said.
Facades are clad in black Quadroline aluminium panels
Led by Mirene Elton and Mauricio Léniz, the firm Elton Léniz has designed a number of residential projects, including Casa El Pangue – a hillside house in Chile that offers panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean.
The photography is byCristobal Palma.
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Caserío Azkarraga is a restaurant and residence wrapped in blackened timber
Architecture office BABELstudio has completed a timber-clad building in northern Spain containing a restaurant and an adjoining house for its chef.
Caserío Azkarraga is located on a remote hillside in the Amorebieta-Etxano region to the east of Bilbao, where BABELstudio has its offices.
BABELstudio built Caserío Azkarraga in a remote hillside in Amorebieta-Etxano
The studio was commissioned to design a home for chef Fernando Gonzalez, who moved to the area from Bilbao with his wife and business partner and their three children.
The building also contains Gonzalez's new restaurant, La Revelía, which is dedicated to regional cuisine, as well as accommodation used for an agrotourism business.
The building includes a house for a chef and his family, and his restaurant
The property occupies the site of a 19th-century farmhouse and its outbuildings, which had long been abandoned and had fallen into a state of disrepair.
BABELstudio was able to retain the lower portion of the original two-storey walls, which are incorporated into a new building arranged mostly on one level.
"Building restrictions obliged us to maintain the original footprint of the building, including the annex volume," the architects pointed out, "but allowed substantial modifications in building height, facade openings and selection of materials."
The building is located on what was once the site of a 19th-century farmhouse
The new property's more compact proportions reference the region's traditional farmhouses, while its form and materiality distinguish it as a modern addition in this historical area.
"The project's design presents itself as a contemporary, minimalist architecture that integrates itself into the formal, volumetric aspects of its architectural context," BABELstudio said.
Black-stained timber covers the original stone walls
The original stone walls are now wrapped in a skin of black-stained timber. The facades incorporate openings with deep reveals lined with untreated pine that contrasts with the dark surfaces.
The building's ground floor contains the residence and the restaurant, with the smaller first floor accommodating four guest suites and a lounge area for the agrotourism business.
A concrete wall added at the centre of the ground floor combines with a system of wooden beams and joists to support the new upper floor.
The in-situ cast concrete element is used to organise the building's programme by separating the residential spaces on one side from the restaurant on the other.
The living room connects to the garden via three large openings
The main living area occupies a double-height space featuring three large openings with sliding doors that connect this open-plan room to the garden.
A main bedroom suite and two single bedrooms are located in a separate volume that extends from one side of the building. This single-storey element is topped with a terrace for use by guests staying on the first floor.
The interiors make use of a neutral colour palette
The house's interior features white walls and a pared-back material palette that contrasts with the darker tones and finishes used in the restaurant.
Three large openings surrounding the restaurant's dining area immerse guests in the natural surroundings, which include a garden for growing ingredients used in the cooking.
The master bedroom is located in a separate volume that extends from one side of the buildings
The kitchen is separated from the dining space by a custom-made glass screen set atop a marble base that allows diners to see the chef preparing their food.
Black-stained timber has been used for other residential buildings, like Danish architecture studio Norm Architects' Fjord Boat House in Denmark.
The photography is by Biderbost Photo.
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Holiday Home by Orange Architects is a timber-clad cabin with a flexible interior
Dutch office Orange Architects has completed a compact holiday home on the island of Texel in the Netherlands, featuring an interior that adapts to its occupants' changing needs throughout the day.
Rotterdam-based Orange Architects designed the holiday cabin for a site nestled in a forest, from which the owners can walk to the North Sea coast in just ten minutes.
The holiday home is located on the island of Texel
The building is clad externally in black-stained timber and features an irregular roof form that rises on one side to accommodate a loft-level sleeping area.
The house occupies just 70 square metres of its woodland site and is carefully positioned in response to the prevailing climate.
Its northern elevation is more closed-off to protect it from cold winds, while the southern elevation opens up to allow sunlight to stream in.
The cabin is clad in black timber
Inside the building, light-coloured birch panelling creates a warm contrast to the black exterior.
Rather than using walls to separate the living areas, the architects employed a system of movable wooden panels that can divide the interior into dedicated functional zones if needed.
Light coloured birch furnishings inside contrast with the black exterior
During the day, when there is less need for private spaces, the ground-floor living room, bedroom, entrance hall and shower area form a single open space.
In the evening, the rotating birch screens can be used to separate the bedroom and transform the shower and sink area into an en-suite bathroom.
"By allowing the interior to be transformed, the space inside is optimised, keeping it compact and efficient, avoiding unused rooms during the daytime," Orange Architects said.
Despite its compact footprint, the house's interior feels bright and spacious due to the use of light-coloured timber and the height of the main living area.
Windows incorporated into the southern elevation extend to five metres, while skylights positioned above the bedroom, library and attic allow plenty of natural light to enter.
An outside deck can be accessed via floor to ceiling doors
Doors can be opened to connect the living room with a south-facing deck. The outdoor space is lined with vertical slats that can be rotated to form a protective screen when the wind blows.
The building was prefabricated by a specialist contractor on the mainland before being dismantled and transported to the island.
This method allowed the house to be quickly assembled on-site, with the interior fittings added to an already watertight building envelope.
Wooden panels can divide the interior into separate rooms
Black timber cabins are a popular typology for remote hideaways. You can see ten more examples in our black-cabin round up, which features cabins from around the world, from Norway to Brazil.
Recently, Office of McFarlane Biggar Architects + Designers designed a cabin clad in black-stained cedar for a site on British Columbia's Bowen Island, while Studio Puisto created a timber cabin that is raised above the ground in a Finnish forest.
Photography is bySebastian van Damme.
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Edition Office completes black concrete home in rural Australia
Black-pigmented concrete and black timber battens have been used to create this tactile home in the village of Federal, New South Wales by Australian studio Edition Office.
The Melbourne-based firm designed Federal House to be both a peaceful sanctuary for its clients and a sculptural object dug into a slope in the hilly, forested landscape.
Edition Office has created a black concrete house
"At a distance the building is recessive, a shadow within the vast landscape," described Edition Office.
"On closer inspection, a highly textural outer skin of thick timber battens contrasts the earlier sense of a machined tectonic, allowing organic materials gestures to drive the dialogue with physical human intimacy."
It sits on a slope within a forested landscape
Drawing on the verandah typology common among Australia's colonial homesteads, a central living, dining and kitchen space is wrapped by a partially covered deck area.
This deck was designed to create a variety of different connections to the surrounding landscape.
It was lined with black timber battens that filter air, views and more direct sunlight on the western edge, and left entirely open for panoramic views to the north.
Sliding glass doors open the house to the outside
Sliding glass doors around the living spaces allow them to be completely opened to the elements or sealed off.
At the centre is a double-height garden void, illuminated by a cut in the home's roof.
"The expansion and contraction of the interior allows shifts between the intimate and the public, between immediate landscape and the expansive unfolding landscape to the north," said the studio.
Light wooden floors and tan leather furniture feature inside
Along the eastern edge of the home is the bedroom block, what the studio calls an "enclave of withdrawal, rest and solitude" containing two smaller rooms either side of a bathroom and a large en-suite bedroom with its own private terrace.
For the interiors, the dark wood and concrete are contrasted by lighter wooden floors and tan leather furniture, with custom door pulls designed to encourage a "tactile engagement" with the home.
On the lower level is a thin pool open to the landscape at one end, which cools air as it travels through the building, up the garden void into the living spaces.
This natural ventilation is supplemented with a ceiling fan for the hotter days of the year and a fireplace for winter.
On the lower level is a thin pool
Edition Office has recently completed another rural home in the Australian town of Kyneton, which also saw natural surroundings inform a textural material palette.
The photography is byBen Hosking.
Project credits:
Lead designers: Kim Bridgland, Aaron Roberts **
Landscape designer:** Florian Wild **
Structural engineer:** Westera Partners **
Builder:** SJ Reynolds Constructions
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A compact black-brick house features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes a small west London home, designed by Phillips Tracey Architects.
Readers are impressed by Jupp House, which was built on a plot of land at the end of a garden in Richmond, London.
Local firm Phillips Tracey Architects designed the house with a double-gabled roof that references a pair of garages across the street.
Thomas Randall-Page transforms Devon barn into light-filled artist's studio
Other stories in this week's newsletter include the renovation of a barn in Devon, a Tokyo home by Apollo Architects & Associates and a concept to transform Melbourne into a zero-carbon city by 2030.
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Phillips Tracey squeezes brick-clad Jupp House onto site of a former garage
Local firm Phillips Tracey Architects has created a compact black-brick house in west London, featuring a double-gabled roof that references a pair of garages across the street.
Phillips Tracey Architects designed Jupp House to occupy a plot at the end of a garden in Richmond that is owned by the client's parents.
Above: Jupp House sits at the end of a garden. Top image: it is clad in black brick
The single-storey Jupp House replaces an old garage and shed that were tucked away behind a brick wall at a bend in the street.
A new pedestrian entrance is slotted into a gap between brick piers that previously formed the entrance to the demolished garage. The black gate mirrors the appearance of two garage doors on the opposite side of the street.
The house is tucked behind a brick wall
The house fills most of the available site area and has a gross internal floor space of 66 square metres. Its cranked plan is comprised of two connected wings that follow the building lines of the properties on either side.
Spaces between the angled elevations and the boundary walls were used to create two private courtyards to the front and rear of the house.
It has a cranked plan
Jupp House's form evokes the garages opposite, with its irregular roofline following the shapes and angles of their facades.
"The roof form has been designed with an intricate pitched form with gables fronting the street – protruding over the top of the boundary wall to give the building an intriguing character and reflecting older gabled buildings across the street," the architects said.
The timber roof structure is exposed inside
Externally, Phillips Tracey used simple materials including dark brick and grey zinc that it said were chosen "to reflect the discreet setting and to ensure they weather and mature well."
The house's entrance hall is located at the point where the two angled wings meet. One wing houses two bedrooms and a bathroom, with the living area on the other side.
The hallway flows into the dual-aspect living and dining space to the east, which receives plenty of daylight from glazed doors on either side and openings in the exposed timber roof.
"Internally, the roof structure is expressed with bespoke rooflights providing high levels of daylight within," the studio added. "The ceiling heights generously follow the line of the faceted and gabled roof, creating unexpected and dramatic spaces."
The roof integrates bespoke skylights
The two bedrooms on the other side of the hallway are separated by storage and the main bedroom's en-suite bathroom. The main bedroom also has full-height glazed doors that open onto the northern courtyard.
A simple material palette is applied throughout Jupp House's interiors, with white-painted walls and polished concrete floors complemented by oak-veneered joinery and brass ironmongery.
A simple material palette is applied throughout
Phillips Tracey Architects is based in Richmond, where it works on projects of varying scales and programmes. The studio previously designed a two-storey brick house slotted between a pair of heritage-listed buildings in south London.
Photography is by Henry Woide.
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Landry Smith Architect builds wooden bungalow overlooking Oregon river
Wood takes centre stage in this riverside dwelling in Oregon by American office Landry Smith Architect, complete with black cedar siding and an interior made from white oak boards.
The Divine House is a bungalow located outside of the city of Eugene, sitting just above water-level and overlooking a bend in the McKenzie River.
The house overlooks the McKenzie River
Named after its owner, the property belongs to Roscoe Divine, a retired American track and field athlete.
The new-build house has a rectangular footprint and is topped with a deep-hanging gable roof made of raw corrugated aluminium, which will oxidise and dull over time.
It is perched just above water level
The Divine House is situated on the upper end of its plot overlooking the river to remain as far away from the floodplain as possible.
It replaces an old, rotting house believed to have been built by someone from the local timber industry "many, many years ago".
"It was a cosy but dilapidated little structure with an open carport that looked out onto the river," founder and architect Landry Smith told Dezeen. "This was an idea that carried on."
River views from inside
A concealed clip system is installed over a grid of wooden battens and counter-battens, attaching the roof to the house's volume and creating vaulted ceilings inside.
"The roof with its deep overhangs protects the house from Oregon's regular rain and sun, but it is also the dominant exterior feature," Smith said.
"Everything else, so to speak, happens under the roof, in the shadows, and gives the house an understated, under-the-radar quality."
The generous depth of the roof's overhangs is informed by the maximum length of local Douglas fir tree structural members. This length also determined the width of the property's rooms.
Timber plays a key role in The Divine House. Its cladding is made up of vertical-grain cedar boards, stained with black pine tar.
White oak forms the interior carpentry
Cedar is a readily-available local material that is commonly used in Oregon architecture for its durability and climate-suitability.
Beneath this exterior cladding, the house is formed from cedar battens and cedar counter-battens, like those attached to the roof.
"Wood is used for almost all houses, and now many larger buildings, in Oregon, and is a material that many local craftspeople have a mastery of," explained Smith.
"Also, wood offers very good interior air quality," he continued.
Much of Oregon's architecture is wooden
Inside, both floors and walls are built from wide, plain-sawn white oak boards that are finished with a hard-wax oil chosen to preserve the raw appearance of the wood.
"The white oak can take an incredible amount of abuse and still look elegant, as the floors of The Tate Modern museum in London can attest to," said Smith.
The property has sight-lines
Two halves of the property each house various spaces, from laundry and storage areas to the main living room which opens out onto a large hardwood deck, connecting the house with nature outside.
Sight-lines exist at various intervals throughout the property, striking a balance between integrating views into the house but also maintaining a sense of privacy.
A deep-hanging gable roof guards against weather
Landry Smith Architect is a Portland-based architecture office, founded and led by Landry Smith since 2014.
Other recent wooden houses include a prefabricated cabin in a Netherlands' forest by Amsterdam studio Woonpioneers, and another holiday cabin with a mono-pitched roof built by Out of the Valley for a farm in Devon, England.
Photography is by Jeremy Bittermann.
Project credits:
Architect: Landry Smith Architect
Design team: Landry Smith and Harrison Moser
Structural engineer: Munzing Structural Engineering
Lighting: Mariel Taviana Acevedo and Solus
Construction: Jay B Construction
Framing and finish carpentry: Green River Construction
Metalwork: Hanset Metal Fabricators
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