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Donald Lococo’s ‘Ocean Sundial’ stands against the conventional beach house architecture that lines the Delaware beaches

12/08/2024
South Bethany, Delaware, USA Using light as a tool, Donald Lococo follows all the technical requirements of beachfront architecture, maximizing panoramic ocean sunrise and sunset views to a singular communal area, and then dialing back solar gains by limiting solar exposure, a responsible solar heat gain is achieved. Named Ocean Sundial, this private holiday residence has recently been awarded a 2023 American Architecture Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Center for Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies. The form of this vacation home for a family of five is derived from state guidelines mandating…
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Ottawa to launch pre-approved home design catalogue, bring back post-war effort

10/08/2024
The federal government intends to resurrect a post-war effort to ramp up housing construction across Canada — but with a 21st-century twist. A consultation process will begin next month on developing a catalog of pre-approved home designs to accelerate the home-building process for developers, Housing Minister Sean Fraser said Tuesday. It’s a reboot of a federal policy from the post-Second World War era, when the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. developed straightforward blueprints to help speed up the construction of badly needed homes, Fraser said. “When many thousands of soldiers were returning home to be reunited with their families at…
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Canada revives a war-time housing program amid crunch

09/08/2024
The federal government is dusting off a Second World War-era housing plan to ignite the pace of home construction in Canada. Housing Minister Sean Fraser on Tuesday confirmed Global News’ report from Monday that the minority Liberals were taking the nearly 80-year-old program off the shelf and revamping it. The program, which was run by what was at the time known as Wartime Housing Ltd., provided standardized housing blueprints to builders. “In many instances, these homes were being built in a period of about 36 hours, and we intend to take these lessons from our history books and bring them…
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Interior Design Trends 2024: 5 Looks That Will Define the Year

04/08/2024
We’ve ridden the waves of 1970s revivals, wall-to-wall carpeting, the rise and fall of the Ultrafragola, and bouclé upholstery. When we type “interior design trends 2024” into our crystal balls (or indeed, into Google) what are we likely to find? AD PRO consulted the experts, and 2024 promises to be a year of thoughtfully chosen offbeat colors, a mix-and-match approach to the designs of different time periods, and a return to romanticism, with jewel tones and florals offering a flirty, old -fashioned respite from the onward march of technology. Stone Fruit Chic: Peach and Apricot Soft, sweet, and just a…
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Serena & Lily Furnished a Beach House on 30A—And It’s Full of Design Inspiration

02/08/2024
“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” We always love a well-appointed beach house, but a Rosemary Beach residence outfitted entirely with Serena & Lily furnishings might just be heaven. The luxury interiors brand collaborated with real estate marketplace Pacaso to decorate this stunning home on 30A with its preppy, seaside-inspired pieces. The home, known as Rosemary Shores, marks the first collaboration between the two brands and is Pacaso’s first place on the scenic 30A. “The moment I laid eyes on our first 30A Pacaso home, Serena & Lily’s effortlessly chic coastal…
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Architecture professor’s house design wins state’s top prize | Inside UNC Charlotte

30/07/2024
A house designed, built and owned by Marc Manack, associate professor of architecture, with his firm SILO AR+D, was awarded the 2023 George Matsumoto Prize from NCModernist, a non-profit organization and educational archive established for the documentation, promotion and preservation of residential modernist architecture in the state. Founded in 2012, the Matsumoto Prize is North Carolina’s highest honor exclusively for modernist residential architecture. Manack’s home, “Steel Louise,” was selected the first place winner from among 19 applicants by a distinguished six-member jury of nationally respected architects and architectural critics. “For the first time in the prize’s history, the jury was…
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Long Reef House / CHROFI

08/03/2024
© Clinton Weaver + 11 Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest WhatsApp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1013841/long-reef-house-chrofi Areas Area of ​​this architecture project Areas: 360 m² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year: 2021 Photographs © Clinton Weaver Text description provided by the architects. Long Reef House is an architectural exercise in reinvention. A complete re-crafting of the interior and a subtle shift in planning have resulted in a profound transformation of the experience of the home. All this is in spite of the fact that there is no more home than what we started with, and all domestic functions are roughly…
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17 Interior Design Schools Worth Applying To

23/02/2024
These days, there are many seeking becoming an interior decorator path or building a fulfilling career in interior design. But attending one of the top interior design schools remains a solid route for acquiring the skills required of most creative careers. Over the past several years, an increasing number of US states have begun requiring a license for design professionals—some combination of classroom education, professional experience, and passing a standardized exam—thus making design classes and degree programs more appealing investments. If you decide attending an interior design university is for you, you’ll want to start by doing some research. Certain…

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