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Baby Point Residence: A House Renovation/Addition with Warm Tones and Original Exterior

Baby Point Residence is a 2019 project of a house renovation/addition by Batay-Csorba Architects located in Toronto’s Baby Point neighborhood, Canada. The project consists of the addition of a kitchen and master bedroom suite, opening up of the existing layout, re-organization, and structural renewal. The residence spaces are not only warm but also rich. The original exterior of the stucco and stones of the house also has been kept intact.

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Fireworks House 2

Fireworks House: A Private House for Client’s Mother to See Fireworks through Glass Panels

This private house is designed by Nendo from Japan, located in Japan’s Chichibu region where the residents look forward to the festival of annual December fireworks. Completed in 2015, Fireworks House is built for the client who wants her elderly mother to be able to watch the fireworks from the festival. Part of the roof is replaced with glass panels so it is very easy to see the fireworks from upstairs.

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Studio Franz Messner Renovation 4

Studio Franz Messner Renovation: A Traditional Workshop Renovation with Light Catchers

Studio Franz Messner Renovation is a project of partial transformation and renovation of a traditional workshop by Messner Architects. This workshop is located in an alpine region, Collalbo, Renon, Italia. It has two parallel walls that separate its large of the existing structure and “light-catchers”, two large openings that replace the existing windows of the workshop.

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Stairway House 31

Stairway House: A Two-Family Home with A “Stairway-Like” Structure and Functional Elements

Located in a quiet residential area of Tokyo, Stairway House sits on a site with other apartment buildings and houses pressing around. This two-family home is designed by Nendo with an architectural volume that pushes to the north and a layout plan to preserve the existing persimmon tree. The “stairway-like” structure connects the house interior to the yard and also bonds one household to another, supported by some functional elements of the house.

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If House 6

If House: A 1950’s Split Level Home with A New Wing and Early Modernist Architecture

If House is an award winner in Residential Architecture (Alterations & Additions) category from the Australian Institute of Architects ACT Chapter Awards 2016. Working together with Matrix Joinery and Country Builders, Ben Walker Architects designs a new wing at the back of this house and removes a previous, poorly considered addition. An early modernist architecture of this house is enhanced by its new rooms.

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ED&JO House 5

ED&JO House: A New Single-Family Dwelling on Sloped Topography with Expanded Floor

ED&JO House is a 2013-2018 project located in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, Portugal. The aim is to demolish a single-family dwelling then build another one in the center of V. N. de Famalicão. The gross area of this house is 408.90 m² on two floors with a 367.20 m² footprint, sits on sloped topography. Designed by NOARQ, the house floor is rehabilitated and expanded to preserve some rooms of the house.

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Stealth Building 9

Stealth Building: A Building Renovation and Addition with An Exuberant Roof Form and Contemporary Ornament

Stealth Building has been hailed by WORKac as a model of sensitivity. It is a gut renovation and two-and-a-half-story penthouse addition with contemporary historic preservation and also adaptive reuse. Located in a landmarked district, the most of a Landmarks Commission requirement that rooftop additions are visible to the passerby through this awesome project.

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Ledge House 6

Ledge House: A New Home with Environmentally Friendly Materials and Light Interiors

Clients of Ledge House ask Desai Chia Architecture to design their new home located in Cornwall, CT with 2,500 SF in size. This new home resonates with the Connecticut Valley history, designed with environmentally friendly materials with a challenge site on a large rock ledge. Completed in 2019, this house offers not only light interiors but also airy and warm.

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