Jenna McKnight

Telescope House by Wendell Burnette offers framed views of Sedona

March 21, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Wendell Burnette Architects used Corten steel to clad a cabin in Arizona designed to capture views while disappearing into the landscape like a “dark shadow”. The home is in Sedona, a high-desert town located about two hours north of Phoenix by car. The scenic area is known for its red-coloured rock formations, outdoor activities and

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Telescope House by Wendell Burnette offers framed views of Sedona

March 21, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Wendell Burnette Architects used Corten steel to clad a cabin in Arizona designed to capture views while disappearing into the landscape like a “dark shadow”. The home is in Sedona, a high-desert town located about two hours north of Phoenix by car. The scenic area is known for its red-coloured rock formations, outdoor activities and

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Studio VARA designs Sonoma County house to stand up to wildfires

March 18, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Local firm Studio VARA has completed Fire Country Lookout, a rural retreat in northern California that is wrapped in a protective shell made of standing-seam metal and is equipped to operate off the grid. Located near the town of Healdsburg in Sonoma County, the house sits on a hilltop dotted with oak trees. A long,

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MW Works designs Longbranch house to blend with forest setting

March 11, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Rectilinear volumes of timber and concrete form a residence in coastal Washington state by MW Works that merges with the wooded landscape and is “designed to be overlooked”. The project, called Longbranch, is located on Key Peninsula within the Puget Sound. The house sits on a sloped, 7.8-acre (3.2-hectare) overlooking an inlet and is site

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Wittman Estes creates “rapid assembly” fire station in southern California

March 5, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Prefabricated steel modules were used to create Fire Station 67, which was designed by architecture studio Wittman Estes to be durable, adaptable and quick to construct and reconfigure. The fire station is located in Rancho Mission Viejo, a census-designated place in Orange County, California. The area consists of ranching operations, new residential developments and 17,000

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Robert Gurney clads gabled Delaware house with cedar shingles

February 28, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio Robert Gurney Architect has completed a beachfront house in Delaware consisting of “simple and pure forms” wrapped in white cedar, salvaged barn wood and fibre-cement panels. Named after the community where it is located, the Cotton Patch Hills House sits on an oceanfront site in Bethany Beach, Delaware. Robert Gurney Architect, a studio

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Habitable Form creates vertical house for woodsy site on South Carolina island

February 22, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Local architecture studio Habitable Form has created the timber-clad Victory Bay House to minimise disturbance to oak trees and to endure the storms and flooding that can strike its location along the Atlantic Seaboard. The dwelling is located on Kiawah Island, a barrier island near Charleston, and is tucked within a grove of mature oak

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SILO creates Steel Louise house for Charlotte neighbourhood with “dramatic contradictions”

February 20, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio SILO has created a sculptural, metal-clad home in North Carolina for one of its principals that is meant to break away from the “suburban-type” development emerging in its historic setting. The house belongs to Marc Manack, an architecture professor and founding principal of SILO, and his wife, Kallisto Vimr. After years of living

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Malvina Zayat perches House in the Clouds on hilly site in Argentina

February 19, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Argentinian architect Malvina Zayat has completed a white home for herself and her family that is lifted above a sloped site and enters into “an intimate dialogue with the sky and clouds”. The residence sits within a native forest in the town of Salsipuedes, which lies about 30 kilometers from the city of Córdoba. Zayat

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CLB Architects creates trio of “tectonic structures” for Wyoming residence

February 9, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Located on a 35-acre (14-hectare) property near the town of Wilson, the home was envisioned as a series of “tectonic structures” set within a diverse ecosystem. The ShineMaker home looks toward

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