Jenna McKnight

The Row skyscraper by Morris Adjmi pays homage to Chicago’s heritage

January 10, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

US firm Morris Adjmi Architects has designed a 43-storey residential skyscraper in Chicago with a “deeply expressive” facade that takes cues from the city’s industrial past and the work of architect Mies van der Rohe. The 480-foot (146-metre) building is located in Chicago’s Fulton Market District – a former meatpacking area that has undergone extensive

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Studio Bower creates gabled annexe for Washington DC residence

January 8, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Architecture firm Studio Bower has created a wood-clad extension for a 1940s cottage that preserves the house’s charm and has interiors like a “generous treehouse”. Occupied by a couple with a young son, the Solit-Garreau Residence is located in the leafy Chevy Chase neighbourhood in northwest Washington, DC. The original home – described by local firm

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Hamptons artist studio by Worrell Yeung is tucked among the trees

January 5, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Architectural studio Worrell Yeung has completed a two-storey, black-coloured home extension called Springs Artist Studio that is meant to offer the “experience of being perched in the trees”. The Brooklyn-based firm was tasked with designing the 800-square-foot (74-square-metre) addition for a Long Island house belonging to a florist and a painter. The couple has an

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Farm buildings inform Sonoma ADU by Schwartz and Architecture

January 2, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

American studio Schwartz and Architecture has completed a cedar-clad accessory dwelling unit on a California property that is meant to serve as “a jumping off point for a modern wine country design”. The Diamond ADU is part of a family estate in Sonoma, a historic town in northern California’s winemaking region. The property has a

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Kinneymorrow clads Berkshires Farmhouse in wood and weathering steel

December 31, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio Kinneymorrow Architecture has completed a pitched-roof house on a family farm in western Massachusetts that is designed to “sit well with the existing utilitarian buildings”. Located in the village of New Marlborough, the Berkshires Farmhouse was designed for a family of four whose prior residence, dating to the 19th century, was destroyed in

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Far + Dang creates long Oklahoma cabin for three families

December 29, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

American architecture studio Far + Dang has created Linear Cabin in the Woods for multiple families, using black metal to help the elongated building disappear into its natural setting. Tucked into a forested site, the project is located in Broken Bow, a town in southeastern Oklahoma that sits within the foothills of the Kiamichi Mountains.

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Mauricio Alonso creates Tomm House for irregular site in Mexico

December 26, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Clay tiles line the front of a slender family house in San Miguel de Allende that was designed by local architect Mauricio Alonso to be in “continuous dialogue with the landscape”. Designed for a family of three, the house is located in a dense neighbourhood and occupies an oddly shaped property in a cul-de-sac. To

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Mexico City community centre features blue-tinted concrete walls

December 20, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Design firms WORKac and Ignacio Urquiza Architects have created a multi-level, concrete community centre in an underserved neighbourhood that is meant to “promote the regeneration of social life”. The building by New York’s WORKac and local studio Ignacio Urquiza Arquitectos – officially called PILARES Lomas de Becerra — is located in a hilly area and

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Robert Young Architects designs Virginia Treehouse around a family’s experience of loss

December 7, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

This pine-clad home on a forested hillside was designed by US studio Robert Young Architects to provide immersive views of nature and to offer “a sense of optimism” for a family experiencing loss. The full-time residence sits within a river valley in Virginia, just outside of Washington, DC. Meant to embody a “sense of connectedness

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The Ranch Mine creates White Dates house for desert site in Phoenix

December 6, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Breeze-block walls and a roof cutout for a palm tree are among the special features at an Arizona house designed by The Ranch Mine, which took cues from a mid-century modern dwelling across the street. Designed for a family of four, the residence is located on a cactus-dotted site in Phoenix and looks toward Camelback

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