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A White Material Palette Creates A Peaceful Coastal Living Feeling For This Home

September 6, 2023 Erin 0

Habitat Studio Architects has shared photos of a modern home they completed in Queensland, Australia, that’s located right on Currumbin Beach. Inspired by coastal living, the home features an exterior of stone, white weatherboards that reflect the sun, and white battens that serve a dual purpose: to grace the exterior with a touch of contemporary […]

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Eight textural kitchens that combine stone and wood surfaces

September 2, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

For this lookbook, we’ve collected eight kitchen interiors that marry the natural textures of wood and stone to create visual interest while remaining practical. Stone is a hardwearing and durable material, making it a popular choice for kitchen worktops, while wood adds a sense of warmth to interior spaces when applied to walls, floors or

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Redefining Luxury with Opulent Stone Decor

August 16, 2023 HD Staff 0

Welcome to a world of opulence and refinement, visualized by Taiga Arch, where interior luxury finds its expression through the artful incorporation of stone decor elements. In this article, we delve into two magnificent home designs that embrace the timeless charm and enduring beauty of stone, where every detail has been meticulously crafted to exude […]

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Elliott Architects arranges textural Hushh House around courtyards

August 7, 2023 Katie Last 0

Blocky volumes clad in roughly textured materials surround a series of courtyards at this home, which Northumberland studio Elliott Architects has created in a village in Yorkshire. Named Hushh House, the home is arranged across three low-lying blocks informed by the site’s existing sandstone boundary walls and its history as a source of local stone.

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Cava Arcari performance space by David Chipperfield captured in new photos

July 26, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

British photographer Edmund Sumner has captured the monolithic performance space that David Chipperfield Architects crafted within Cava Arcari, a cave near Vicenza in Italy. Completed in 2018, the project by David Chipperfield Architects transformed the cave from its former use as a Vicenza stone quarry. The new photos by Sumner capture the imposing details of the

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Hutton embeds off-grid research station into hills of rural Kansas

July 11, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Bands of local stone wrap the Youngmeyer Field Station, which was designed and built by Kansas studio Hutton to integrate with the natural topography and operate off the grid. Located in eastern Kansas, the building sits within the 4,700-acre (1,902-hectare) Youngmeyer Ranch, which is an active cattle ranch and research site for Wichita State University.

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Mountain landscapes inform perforated-granite-clad Chengdu Natural History Museum

June 12, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Faceted, rock-like forms clad with panels of perforated granite define the Chengdu Natural History Museum in China, which was designed by US studio Pelli Clarke & Partners and local studio CSWADI. Completed in 2022, the 50,000-square-metre museum is part of a developing “entrepreneurial hub” in Chengdu, combining public spaces, shops and a cafe with galleries,

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Brown & Brown uses reclaimed stone to create The Arbor House

June 6, 2023 Katie Last 0

Architecture studio Brown & Brown has married stone salvaged from a dilapidated farmstead with timber and board-marked concrete to create The Arbor House in Scotland. Located in a conservation area in Aberdeen, the home nestles in a dipped area at the north of its site and comprises cantilevering volumes clad in timber battens. Brown &

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Sculptural roof helps Taihang Xinyu Art Museum blend into mountainside

May 29, 2023 Katie Last 0

Chinese practice Wang Chong Studio used rustic stone walls and a sloping roof to help this art museum blend into its rocky site in China’s Henan Province. Named Taihang Xinyu Art Museum, the museum is built around an old warehouse on the site, which backs onto Taihang Mountain and sits alongside the Cangxi River. Wang

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Daniel Joseph Chenin uses passive building strategies for stone-clad Nevada house

May 22, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Daniel Joseph Chenin has placed a sprawling stone residence around an 1850s fort-inspired rotunda outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. Daniel Joseph Chenin settled the 7,800-square foot (725-square-metre) house on an acre rock outcrop near government-protected land in Las Vegas Valley, looking out to Red Rock Canyon. Named Fort 137, “the building pays homage

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