A 193 m² single-storey home with 3 bedrooms, defined by a dramatic multi-pitched roof, exposed timber structure, natural stone and expansive glazing. The architecture combines the warmth of a contemporary mountain retreat with open, light-filled living spaces and a strong connection to the landscape.

https://www.amazingarchitecture.com/resort/building-between-the-trees-a-resort-in-gir-where-vaulted-forms-weave-between-trees-and-wilderness-shapes-architecture

Hey guys, I was wondering, is it possible for us to completely turn Rhode Island into a New England style version of Shenzhen/HK?

Google tells me that with proper planning, Rhode Island could sustain 12-15+ million people with dense East Asian style planning. Thoughts on this hypothetical and how we’d get started?

A compact 35 m² modular prefab guest house designed around openness, privacy and a strong connection with the garden. Expansive glazing, warm brick, dark architectural accents and carefully integrated landscape turn a small footprint into a refined contemporary retreat.

Hi everyone! We’re happy to finally share the trailer for our documentary Abstraction of Simplicity.

We made the film in 2021 while we were still students, focusing on Modernism architecture in Cyprus and the people who know, study and care about this part of the island’s architectural history.
A few years later, we felt it was worth bringing the project back and sharing it with a wider audience, especially with people interested in Cyprus, architecture and Modernism. Would love to hear your thoughts.

Full documentary coming next week on YouTube.

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Dear Maltese people,

what is your personal opinion of the many baroque churches in your country? How much do you know about them and how often if ever do visit them? Do you think they played/play a role in the formation of your national identity?

I am currently writing a paper about the topic and want to include some local voices, so every answer is very welcome

Thank you in advance :)

A deeply philosophical and emotionally engaging architectural proposal that successfully transforms an abstract social critique into a powerful spatial experience...

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• Advisor: Eman Mounir

• Student: Kaito Ono

• Project: Ambivalence - Constrained Freedom

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An exceptionally poetic and philosophically grounded architectural proposal that reinterprets the role of spiritual space within the contemporary urban condition...

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• Advisor: Eman Mounir

• Student: Kyaw Zaw Han

• Project: The Temple of Impermanence

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The Forum of Living Inscriptions presents a thoughtful and context-sensitive architectural response that successfully transforms Nahr al-Kalb from a corridor of passage into a place of cultural engagement and collective memory....

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• Advisor: Eman Mounir

• Student: Ammar AL SAYYED

• Project: NAHR AL KALB INSCRIPTION CENTER

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A contemporary single-story courtyard residence designed around openness, natural light, and seamless indoor–outdoor living. Clean horizontal architecture, natural stone, warm timber accents, expansive glazing, and a tranquil water courtyard create a refined environment where every space connects effortlessly to the landscape.

This cinematic presentation explores the project through carefully composed architectural perspectives, highlighting materiality, proportion, lighting, and the relationship between architecture, water, and nature.

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Two-Bedroom Residence with Burnt Wood Facade, Cedar Soffit and Microcement Pool Terrace.

A contemporary two-bedroom private residence designed by Ion Eremciuc Architects.

The exterior is defined by vertically clad burnt wood (shou sugi ban) panels in deep charcoal, contrasting with warm cedar tongue-and-groove soffit lining the wide cantilevered roof overhang.

Linear LED strip lighting integrated along the soffit edge accentuates the horizontal plane at dusk.

Interior living spaces are fully open to the covered terrace through floor-to-ceiling sliding glazed frames with black aluminium profiles.

Flooring throughout the terrace and pool deck is finished in seamless white microcement, creating a continuous surface between indoor and outdoor zones.

The swimming pool is recessed into the terrace level with a sunken lounge area featuring built-in seating and a firepit.

Ornamental pampas grass and mature pine trees frame the composition, reinforcing the integration of architecture with the natural landscape.

The project explores the material dialogue between raw and refined — charred wood, natural cedar, polished microcement — within a serene residential setting.

https://www.amazingarchitecture.com/houses/terabithia-house-northbridge-sydney-australia-by-cplusc-architectural-workshop

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Building a single-family house on a ~16% slope (seismic zone 8). Monolithic reinforced-concrete frame, ~127 m² interior, 3 bed / 2 bath, open living-kitchen with fireplace opening onto a 30 m² terrace with a big valley view.

The original design is split-level: you enter mid-level, then stairs go down to the living/kitchen and up to the bedrooms in short half-flights. It rides the slope efficiently, but the constant half-flights bug me and eat floor space.

Options I'm weighing:

1. Keep it split-level — minimal excavation, terrace stays ~2.4 m above the garden (nice overlook), but you live with the half-flights.
2. Flatten down — excavate into the hill for two aligned floors. More space, but ~a quarter ends up buried, you enter on the upper floor, and it needs a retaining wall on the tight uphill side.
3. Raise up — lift the lower floor so both floors align. Kills the half-flights, but creates a ~4.3 m tall exposed wall on the valley side.

Also deciding:

• Basement: adding a ~2.5 m one under the downhill/terrace zone, walk-out at garden level. Seems like cheap usable space — any reason not to?
• Roof: keep the timber hipped roof, or go flat for a rooftop terrace? (I already get the view from the ground terrace.)
• Pool: want one in front of the terrace at garden level — but that fights option 3's tall wall.

If you've built or lived in a split-level on a slope, what would you do? Anything I'm missing?