Woods + Dangaran creates Desert Palisades house for rocky site in Palm Springs

Patinated brass panels and extra-clear glass form the facades of a weekend dwelling designed by Woods + Dangaran for a boulder-strewn site in southern California.

The Desert Palisades home – located in a gated community of the same name in Palm Springs – serves as a family weekend retreat for designer Brett Woods, who leads Woods + Dangaran with architect Joseph Dangaran. Their studio is based in Los Angeles.

A glazed corridor links the two parts of the Desert Palisades home

The dwelling sits on a rocky hillside offering views of the mountains and the city below.

The desert context and keeping the terrain intact were key considerations for the design team. Woods also wanted a house that departed from the mid-century modern style that is so ubiquitous in Palm Springs.

Interiors were crafted from a "muted palette"

"Our vision for the home was very much antithetical to the typical tropes of mid-century modernist style that so defines the iconic Palm Spring aesthetic, and this informed the development of the palette and materiality," the studio said.

L-shaped in plan, the single-storey home consists of two volumes that total 3,800 square feet (353 square metres).

Furnishings intend to tie the home to its natural surroundings

The main volume, which looks east toward the city, is a rectangular bar that holds the public zone and primary sleeping areas. It is gently lifted above the ground to preserve a pair of arroyos that run through the property.

"As the site begins to slope away to the east, the building delicately lifts off grade and spans the natural terrain and arroyos," the team said, noting that this kept draining channels in place.

A swimming pool was built into the terrace

Behind the main bar is a "west wing" containing a garage and guest house.

A glazed corridor links the two parts of the home, and bridges the arroyos and a cacti garden. Metal trellises extend outward from the glass enclosure, offering shade and producing an interesting play of light and shadow.

A rectangular volume includes sleeping areas

The home's facades are wrapped in patinated brass panels that will continue to weather over time. Flanking the ends of the main bar are piers made of concrete masonry units (CMUs), which help anchor the home to the site.

The exterior also features generous stretches of low-iron glass, known for its high transparency.

Woods + Dangaran perched the house on a boulder-strewn site

In the rear, 12-foot-deep (3.7-metre) overhangs help protect the building and also visually unify its different components. The backyard features a swimming pool and terrace.

Within the dwelling, one finds a straightforward layout. One side of the bar holds the sleeping areas, while the other contains an open-concept space for cooking, dining and lounging.

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Similar to the exterior, the interior design takes cues from the desert landscape.

Sage green, dusty pinks and sandy browns form a "muted palette that seems to blend in with the terrain", the team said.

Mountainous surroundings are reflected in extra-clear glass windows

Finishes include travertine flooring and walls made of exposed CMU blocks. For the furnishings, the team used earthy materials such as walnut, teak, leather and stone to help tie the home to its natural setting.

Crisp views of the landscape are provided by the home's low-iron glass windows. Along the front of the house, rooms are lined with gauzy, floor-to-ceiling curtains that, in addition to offering privacy, add a soft touch to the interior.

"For the interiors, it was particularly important to cultivate a feeling of comfort and cosiness," the team said.

The home is clad in patinated brass panels that will weather over time

Other projects by Woods + Dangaran include the sensitive renovation of a mid-century residence in Los Angeles that was originally designed by Craig Ellwood.

The photography is byJoe Fletcher.

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Project credits:

Architecture and interior design: Woods + Dangaran

Landscape architect: Chris Sosa

Renderings: Squared Design Lab

General contractor: HJH Construction

Lighting design: Woods + Dangaran

Soils engineer: Landmark Consultants

Structural engineer: Labib Funk + Associates

Civil engineer: Labib Funk + Associates

Fire sprinklers: AFP Systems

Plumbing engineer: California Energy Designs

Title 24: Solargy

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Tung Jai Ork Baab stacks shipping containers to create holiday home in Thailand

A cluster of shipping containers sheltered by a steep metal roof defines a series of indoor and outdoor spaces at this home in Thailand, designed by architecture studio Tung Jai Ork Baab.

The Container Cabin is part of a wider project by the studio called OOST Campville, transforming a former paddy field on a floodplain in Nakhon Nayok into a place to "get away from city life" with rentable accommodation, orchards and playgrounds.

The Container Cabin features an oversized A-frame roof

With poor availability of both materials and construction workers in the area, the studio decided to re-use shipping containers to create prefabricated spaces that could then be brought onsite and assembled.

In order to mitigate flooding, a small reservoir was dug out to create a raised area for the Container Cabin, which overlooks this new area of water atop a long, thin concrete base, split into two around a central communal space.

It is located on a paddy field on a floodplain

"The key idea was to create an outdoor getaway destination, with a connection between the outdoor and indoor space used to create the spatial configuration of the house," explained the practice.

To the west, a stack of containers contains the living spaces and bedrooms of the home, while to the east a single container housing an additional bedroom overlooks a swimming pool surrounded by decking that overlooks the reservoir.

Both indoor and outdoor spaces define the holiday home

Due to high heat transfer through the containers' metal walls, the living spaces are sheltered by an oversized A-frame roof, which creates a series of "in-between" terraces and balconies around and atop the cabins.

In the centre of the main living area, the stacking of cabins creates a void below, where raised wooden decking has been used to create a shaded terrace signalled by a horizontal metal canopy protruding from the roof.

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"Part of the A-frame roof is the steel plate louvres, that can protect from rain and sunlight but still let the wind flow through the whole house," said the studio.

Inside, containers have been merged along both their short and long edges to create a varied of wider and longer spaces, with areas of their walls replaced by full-height windows and sliding doors.

Tung Jai Ork Baab painted the containers' insides white

Original container doors and some of the cut-away wall sections have been repurposed as shutters, providing further shading or privacy to the interiors.

The metal surface of the containers has been left uncovered, painted white internally and grey externally to match the A-frame roof structure.

The dwelling is part of a wider project by the studio called OOST Campville

Other homes created using shipping containers include a portable home in Poland by Wiercinski Studio, and a home on the outskirts of Stockholm created using eight stacked, elevated containers by Swedish architect Måns Tham.

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Wooden terrace acts as "additional room" for Polish house by UGO

A blank exterior clad in corrugated metal conceals a large terrace at this holiday home, which architecture studio UGO has created close to a lake in Wielkopolska, Poland.

The summer residence, called Terrace With a House by the Lake, was designed by Poznań studio UGO to create the feeling of being immersed in nature while having a minimal impact on its rural site.

UGO has created a Polish holiday home with a blank exterior

With an exterior informed by nearby agricultural structures, the U-shaped building encloses a 120-metre-long wooden terrace that UGO designed as an "additional room" for the home.

"The huge terrace is a place for living, resting and eating for the inhabitants of the house," explained the studio.

Corrugated metal lines parts of the exterior

"Its slightly raised platform was intended to allow the household members to commune with nature, without interfering with it," UGO continued.

"The result was not so much a house with a terrace, but a terrace with a house."

The blank exterior conceals a large terrace

Sliding doors create a seamless connection between the terrace and a central living, dining and kitchen area, which looks out in the direction of the lake through double-height glazing.

At either side of this living space are two wings containing the bedrooms. These have their own private connections to the terrace, with seating areas sheltered from the central space by deep cut-outs.

The terrace acts as additional living space for the home

Above the bedrooms are mezzanine areas, providing further sleeping spaces that open onto a roof terrace.

"The side wings additionally protect against the wind and provide full privacy for vacationing residents," said the studio.

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The corrugated metal of the exterior is contrasted by Siberian larch panelling in areas where guests have the "most frequent contact", such as the entrance areas and around the courtyard.

Inside, the furniture and materials have been chosen to reflect the colours and textures of the landscape outside, with minimal finishes that retain focus on the home's large windows.

It is lined with Siberian larch

Oversized metal gutters line the edges of the house, with protruding brackets that direct rainwater to irrigate the surrounding plants.

Protruding from the roof is a distinctive cone-shaped chimney that provides ventilation for a fireplace in the living room, as well as ducting for a heat pump.

Large windows frame outward views

Alongside the path leading into the main home is an additional smaller building, providing storage space for two cars and a motorboat.

Other Polish houses featured on Dezeen include a lakeside cottage by HOLA Design that incorporates large windows to frame outward views and a gabled house by Kropka Studio that references local agricultural buildings.

_The photography is byAlex Shoots Buildings. _

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Swedish forest retreat by Norm Architects is "designed for a simple life"

Norm Architects has converted a traditional timber cabin, hidden away amongst pine trees in a forest in Sweden, into a pared-back holiday home for families.

The Copenhagen-based studio took a "back-to-basics" approach when it came to remodelling the two-floor building, which is positioned on top of a ridge.

Norm Architects has converted a traditional cabin into a minimalist holiday home

"Creating homes is often an exercise in restraint," explained Norm Architects co-founder Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen.

"And while the creation of a simple, authentic and welcoming space might seem effortless and natural once completed, the journey to simplicity and the exercise of finding essence is often rather complex and not an easy task."

The ground floor houses an open-plan living and dining area

On the home's ground floor, a cosy sitting room is dressed with a couple of plump greige sofas and a sheepskin-covered lounge chair, created by the practice in collaboration with Danish furniture brand Menu.

One corner of the room is occupied by a wood burner in the same off-white colour as the walls, which were coated in dolomite plaster.

Oakwood was used to craft the flooring and cabinetry

On the other side of the ground floor lies a dining area, anchored by a large timber table. Just behind is the kitchen, housing a series of handleless low-lying cupboards crafted from oakwood.

Oak was also used to form the flooring and all of the doors throughout the cabin, which were designed by Norm Architects to act more like slender cabinet fronts so they don't take up too much space.

The doors are finished with circular brass knobs and extend all the way up to the ceiling, in a bid to make the rooms appear loftier.

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A number of new windows were inserted into the cabin's facade to allow more natural light into the interiors and reveal views of the towering pine trees outdoors.

Distributed across the rest of the holiday cabin are enough bedrooms and wash facilities to accommodate two families, as well as a small sauna.

Slim oak doors lead through to the bedrooms

For larger groups, the project also saw Norm Architects build a new self-contained annexe that can house a third family.

Here, a raised daybed-cum-window seat was set up directly next to a vast wall of glazing, providing occupants with a place to recline and take in the scenery.

"Designed for a simple life during both summer and winter months, the cabin is rustic yet refined, only equipped with the necessities when opting for a slow living," the studio said.

A large window with an integrated daybed provides views of the forest

Sweden's lush natural landscape makes it a popular location for holiday homes.

Dezeen has previously featured a number of other cabins in the country including Sommarhus T by Johan Sundberg, which takes cues from traditional Japanese architecture, and a seaside villa by Studio Holmber with serene plywood-lined living spaces.

The photography is by Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen of Norm Architects.

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Ten escapist holiday homes with peaceful interiors

Cavernous summer houses in Santorini, a minimalist Canadian ski chalet and a Cape Town clifftop dwelling are among the tranquil holiday homes we have collected for our latest lookbook.

Holiday houses are designed to provide a relaxing getaway and often located in remote settings, such as peaceful countryside villages or coastal locations.

These 10 examples highlight how designers have tried to reflect the relaxing nature of the homes' locations within their interiors, incorporating details such as retractable walls that flood sunlight into living spaces and soothing Japandi-style furniture.

This is the latest in our series of lookbooks providing curated visual inspiration from Dezeen's image archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks showcasing retro eateries , modernist living rooms and decorative parquet wooden flooring.

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Naia I and Naia II, Costa Rica, by Studio Saxe

Architecture firm Studio Saxe designed a pair of beach houses in Costa Rica with rustic wooden screens and overhanging roofs, which intend to integrate the surrounding jungle into the homes' interiors.

Called Naia I and Naia II, the latter house features a double-height living space that is left mostly open to the elements, except for a minimal kitchen tucked within a geometric alcove.

Find out more about Naia I and Naia II ›

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Falcon House, UK, by Koto

British studio and prefab specialists Koto created this black timber-clad Cotswolds holiday home formed from twisted and stacked volumes that result in cantilevering canopies.

Falcon House's upper storey is a single, open space with a wood-burning stove in one corner, which also includes a delicate, olive-green sofa framed by exposed cross-laminated timber walls that integrate the home with its peaceful outside views.

Find out more about Falcon House ›

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Bundeena House, Australia, by Tribe Studio Architects

Retractable walls were inserted into this New South Wales weekend beach retreat to connect its U-shaped rectilinear volumes with the outdoors.

The founder of Tribe Studio Architects took cues from the area's modernist fisherman cottages when designing Bundeena House for herself, using "durable and honest" finishes.

Open-plan interiors include a mixture of materials, such as structural plywood and statement colourful chairs. Concrete flooring was purposefully left unpolished to allow for post-beach wet and sandy footprints.

Find out more about Bundeena House ›

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La Fraternelle, Canada, by Atelier Pierre Thibault

La Fraternelle – or The Brotherly – was designed by Quebec City-based Atelier Pierre Thibault as a shared weekend house for two brothers in Charlevoix, a popular Canadian ski destination.

The architecture firm chose a palette of minimalist, built-in or custom furniture, which was subtly inserted into the project in order to draw more attention to the surrounding landscape than the interiors.

"The large glazed openings and restrained interior furnishings facilitate contemplation," explained Atelier Pierre Thibault.

Find out more about La Fraternelle ›

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Summer houses, Greece, by Kapsimalis Architects

Two underground caves of an old property in Santorini were converted into summer houses by smoothing out and finishing their interiors in earthy tones that contrast with the houses' bright white facades.

Kapsimalis Architects added elegant furniture made by local craftsmen to the cavernous rooms, which also feature minimalist light fittings and built-in storage framed by vaulted ceilings and arched doorways.

Find out more about these summer houses ›

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La Extraviada, Mexico, by Em-Estudio

Mexico City-based firm Em-Estudio chose "materials thought of as elements that blend with the mountain" for La Extraviada, a holiday home made up of volumes that perch on a steep hillside in Oaxaca.

Inside, a dining and living space designed by Gala Sánchez-Renero is flanked by sliding doors that open out onto a patio, while black rattan pendant lights are suspended over a low-slung wooden dining table.

Find out more about La Extraviada ›

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Bowen Island House, Canada, by Office of McFarlane Biggar Architects + Designers

Described as a "contemporary cabin in the woods" by Vancouver studio Office of McFarlane Biggar Architects, Bowen Island House is a black-stained cedar and glass holiday home in British Columbia.

Hemlock wooden floors match the ceilings, which frame open-plan living spaces with floor-to-ceiling windows that are designed to allow the dwelling to recede into the surrounding rainforest.

"The house is made from a palette of local materials primarily, all chosen for their inherent beauty, toughness and refinement," said project leader Steve McFarlane.

Find out more about Bowen Island House ›

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Archipelago House, Sweden, by Norm Architects

Scandinavian and Japanese aesthetics blend together in Archipelago House on the coast of Sweden, an interior trend known as Japandi design.

Danish studio Norm Architects and Japanese brand Karimoku Case Study dressed the home's double-height lounge with minimal furniture that adheres to the style, including a pebble-grey sofa, curvy cream armchairs and a muted stone-topped coffee table.

Find out more about Archipelago House ›

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Rural House, Portugal, by HBG Architects

A staircase with steps that double as a bench, table and fireplace takes centre stage in a converted granite community oven turned into a holiday home in Portugal, which is located in the village of Aldeia de João Pires.

Inside, HBG Architects left the dwelling's granite walls exposed to maintain the house's history and contrast with the space's more contemporary interiors. The home is defined by a material palette of concrete and timber and was described by the studio as "loft-like".

Find out more about Rural House ›

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Icaria House, South Africa, by Antonio Zaninovic Architecture Studio and Tara Bean

Icaria House is a four-storey holiday home on a clifftop in Cape Town, which was renovated by local office Antonio Zaninovic Architecture Studio and interior designer Tara Bean.

Originally built in the 1960s, the house's interiors fuse eclectic elements such as a red Berber rug from Morocco with soothing white walls and large windows that provide views of the surrounding sea.

Find out more about Icaria House ›

This is the latest in our series of lookbooks providing curated visual inspiration from Dezeen's image archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks showcasingcoastal hotel rooms, kitchen extensions and homes centred around interior courtyards.

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Competition: win a £500 voucher to spend at a Plum Guide home

For our latest competition, we've teamed up with vacation rental platform Plum Guide to offer readers the chance to win a £500 voucher towards a stay at any Plum Guide home.

Plum Guide finds and awards luxurious homes across the world with its stringent quality mark, the Plum Guide Award. Current homes on the site include a stylish apartment in London's Hackney Wick and a five-bedroom stone villa in Tuscany.

"In this era of almost infinite choice, we need a new system to help customers choose the best for them," said Plum Guide's co-founder and CEO, Doron Meyassed.

One lucky Dezeen reader will win a £500 voucher to use towards any Plum Guide home in any location.

The Knowledge is a townhouse based in Lower Clapton, London

Plum Guide has vetted and approved thousands of holiday homes since its launch, including cottages in the British countryside, London townhouses, family homes in Stratford-upon-Avon and Parisian pieds-à-terre.

Each of the platform's vacation rentals is put through a test, which includes identifying candidate homes through proprietary AI, interviewing hosts, and sending home critics to visit and test nominated houses in-person.

The Norfolk Beacon has been featured on Channel 4's Homes by the Sea

A set of 150 design and operational criteria make up the Plum Test, including shower pressure to kitchen design, with only the top three per cent of homes in each price bracket going on to win the Plum Guide Award.

Plum Guide uses a price checking algorithm to ensure customers won't find the homes listed on its site cheaper on another platform.

Gwen's Portrait is a family home based in Statford-upon-Avon

Plum Guide was founded in London in 2016 by Doron Meyassed and Imran Arshed. The brand has since expanded to thousands of destinations across the globe and strives to "take the headache and anxiety out of booking a home".

To find out more about Plum Guide and the homes it offers, visit its website.

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Competition closes on 31 March 2022.

Terms and conditions apply. One reader will win a £500 voucher towards any Plum Guide home in any location. A winner will be selected at random and notified by email. The voucher is redeemable until 31 March 2023, and can only be used on a single booking.

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Plan:b Arquitectos creates brick vacation home in Colombian tropical forest

Brothers Felipe and Federico Mesa of Plan:b Arquitectos have designed a brick and perforated concrete holiday home for their families in the rural town of La Siria, Colombia.

House in La Siria, which sits on a narrow patch of land abutting the tropical forest and mountains around 120 kilometres south west of Medellin, was designed to be as compact as possible while using local material and building techniques.

Brothers Felipe and Federico Mesa designed House in La Siria for their families

"We wanted to have an affordable house, flexible, built with local materials, but also with permeable spaces to take advantage of the tropical weather," said Felipe Mesa of Plan:b Arquitectos.

Permeability was achieved by opening up the back of the home with a double-volume area, a courtyard in the middle of the home, and using perforated concrete blocks to let in air.

It is set in the tropical jungle on a narrow lot

"We can have air currents crossing the building all the time," said Mesa.

"The blocks have this circular perforation. In some cases we cover the holes with circular glasses. But the majority are open."

The double-height living room is permanently opened

The main living space, which opens onto a terrace containing a pool, has an angled roof that rises to create a double-height space topped with perforated blocks to let in air and light.

This area contains the dining room and living room with the kitchen set into its rear wall.

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A central courtyard separates this living space from the three enclosed bedrooms that are also topped with a sloped roof.

While the living area was designed to be permanently open, the kitchen can be closed off with a sliding wooden door and access to the courtyard and bedrooms sealed.

The main entrance leads into the courtyard

Alongside the garden courtyard are two further bathrooms and another bedroom.

"This sequence allows the house to function extroverted and open to the landscape, or introverted and focused on the courtyard," said Plan:b, who also noted that one aim of the layout was that the house never cast shadows on the swimming pool.

The bedrooms are accessed from the courtyard

The home combines natural and more industrial materials. Its roof was made from local wood that is exposed throughout the interiors.

Steel beams support the mouth of the living area, and a "rusted steel" pergola protrudes towards the pool.

Concrete window frames jut out from long rectangular windows on both walls.

In the living area, the kitchen is accessible through a sliding wooden wall

"The house has an appearance halfway between traditional housing construction and a small industrial building," added the Colombian architecture studio.

Alongside the holiday home, the pool area sits on a platform to deal with the incline, and from one edge of this patio handrails were placed to create a viewing station.

Steel beams and the pergola mark the transition to the outdoor space

Felipe Mesa is an assistant professor at the Design School at Arizona State University where he recently oversaw students designing a covered outdoor classroom.

Other projects that include brick and perforations are a home in Vietnam with a triple-heigh atrium and this Bangladeshi mosque by Marina Tabassum.

The photography is byAlejandro Arango.

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Project credits:

Architects: Felipe Mesa, Federico Mesa

Project Manager: Cristian Camacho, Verónica Mesa

Work team: Laura Kate Correa, Sebastián González, Leyre

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Structural Design: Plexus – Ingeniería Integral

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"I'll be forced to keep up with the Kardashians, even if I don't want to," says commenter

In this week's comments update readers are debating Kim Kardashian's holiday home projects and other top stories.

Kardashian has hired leading Japanese architects Tadao Ando and Kengo Kuma to build a pair of vacation homes in the US.

The reality TV star shared details of the projects during a recent interview with Vogue, in which she discussed her ongoing "love affair with architecture, specifically Japanese".

"Right, the world needs even more holiday mansions"

Readers are not convinced by Kardashian's plans to build a "zen" mansion in Palm Springs (on the site pictured above) and a lakeside lodge for celebrating the Fourth of July.

"Japanese architecture is about simplicity and restraint, said Archi. "The exact opposite of the client and McMansions. This sounds like it would be a nightmare for both of them."

Zea Newland is not impressed: "Right, the world needs even more holiday mansions," he said. "The idea of pushing the Earth over the edge a little bit further just because no rental vacation mansion in the States can possibly accommodate your personal vibes on Fourth of July, is obscene," he continued.

"I'll be forced to keep up with the Kardashians, even if I don't want to," added Chuck Anziulewicz.

What do you think about Kardashian's holiday home projects? Join the discussion ›

BIG's multi-storey film studio for Robert De Niro is set to be built in New York

"At least it will be easy to Photoshop when it's built"

BIG's multi-storey film studio for Robert De Niro, which is set to be built in New York, has caused heated discussions among readers.

Jb is not impressed: "This project deserves much better than what BIG is able to provide: architecture."

"As usual, Bjarke Ingels mistakenly assumes "visual gimmick" equates to "fine architecture"," said Walter Astor. "His brand of supercilious form-making contributes nothing to the city and even less to its specific site."

"At least it will be easy to Photoshop out when it's built," agreed LoveYourHairHopeYouWin.

What are your thoughts on the film studio? Join the discussion ›

MIT engineers have invented a plastic that is stronger than steel

"If it's not 100 percent recyclable, y'all just re-invented a tougher buggy-whip," says commenter

Readers are skeptical of the newly invented plastic that is twice as strong as steel and could one day be used as a building material.

"Does it break down in landfills quicker than today's normal plastics or biodegrade in a year," asked Steve Hassler. "That would be a real development."

"Unfortunately, plastics that "break down" or "biodegrade" only do so into smaller bits of plastics," Youreastar responded. "Plastic never goes away, the real development would be if it could be fully recycled or fully compost."

"If it's not 100 percent recyclable, y'all just re-invented a tougher buggy-whip," added Mel O'Guy.

What's your opinion on this super-strong plastic? Join the discussion ›

"We don't have a requirement to build anymore" said the Olympic Games director in an exclusive interview

"FIFA should stop new stadiums for the World Cups, too"

Readers responded to an exclusive interview with Olympic Games executive director Christophe Dubi, who said that few permanent buildings will be built for the Olympics in future. Events will be hosted in existing structures and temporary venues instead.

"Finally the penny has dropped," said Tony Briggs. "The Olympic Games are a waste of money, bringing enormous debt to countries who participate."

"It is known that Olympic facilities waste tax," added 竜皐. "Many facilities worldwide will never be used after the two-week games, so it's good to neutralize it."

"FIFA should stop new stadiums for the World Cups, too," said Apsco Radiales. "FIA should also stop building new race tracks for the F1; bring racing back onto public roads like it used to be many years ago or use existing tracks."

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Tadao Ando and Kengo Kuma designing holiday homes for Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian has hired leading Japanese architects Tadao Ando and Kengo Kuma to build a pair of vacation homes in the US – a "zen" mansion in Palm Springs and a lakeside lodge for celebrating the Fourth of July.

The reality TV star shared details of the projects during a recent interview with Vogue, in which she discussed her ongoing "love affair with architecture, specifically Japanese".

Tadao Ando (above) has designed a holiday home for a plot in Greater Palm Springs (top image)

Kuma, who designed the timber-clad National Stadium for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is working on a "glass-and-wood lake house" in an undisclosed location, where Kardashian says she plans to spend Independence Days with her family.

Meanwhile, in a private gated community to the south of Palm Springs, Pritzker Architecture Prize winning-architect Ando is designing a two-storey mansion with a curved triangular footprint that has been compared to a spaceship.

The final result will be "concrete, gray-toned, and really zen", Kardashian revealed.

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In the Vogue interview, Kardashian explained that her love for architecture began during the seven-year renovation of her Calabasas home, which she shared with rapper Kanye West before filing for divorce last February.

The couple bought the house together in 2014, gutting and reimagining it in collaboration with Belgian designer Axel Vervoordt and architect Vincent Van Duysen to create a building so monochrome and sparsely furnished that Kardashian jokingly describes it as a "minimal monastery".

One of the only exceptions is the guest house, which comes in the form of a traditional shoin-zukuri dwelling that was shipped all the way across the Pacific Ocean.

Kengo Kuma is designing a lake house for Kim Kardashian. Photo is by JC Carbonne

"I'm really inspired by Japanese culture," Kardashian explained in an interview with i-D. "Our guest house is actually a samurai's old home that my art dealer, Axel Vervoordt, used to own."

"We got the bones of this old house from Japan and built it into our house, because it had such a different energy, this house has the energy of a warrior."

Kardashian recently acquired full ownership of the Calabasas house as part of the couple's ongoing divorce proceedings, while West purchased a bachelor pad in Malibu that was designed by Ando in 2013.

Although the planning application for Kardashian's own Ando-designed property was filed in November, the construction plans have since been delayed as the local council has requested more information to determine whether the building meets fire safety and pool codes.

The top image is courtesy of Google Earth. Tadao Ando's portrait is byChristopher Schriner via Wikimedia Commons.

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Lucas Maino Fernandez completes Casa Un Patio in dense Chilean forest

Native ferns and trees grow within the centre of this home in Molco, Chile, which architect Lucas Maino Fernandez designed to establish continuity between the living spaces and the surrounding forest.

Casa Un Patio, which roughly translates to Courtyard House, is located near Lake Villarica in central Chile. It sits between the lake and a volcano of the same name, on a remote and rugged site.

Native ferns and trees grow within the centre of Casa Un Pation

"The terrain is characterized by its dense and young vegetation and difficult access," said Lucas Maino Fernandez, who is based in the capital Santiago.

The architect wanted to create a strong relationship to the home's natural surroundings and chose to organise the living spaces around a lush central courtyard.

Lucas Maino Fernandez built the house in a dense Chilean forest

"The central operation of the proposal is to create an interior void, with the purpose of enhancing a portion of the forest, framing the context of the sector, and integrating the existing vegetation into the house," Maino Fernandez said.

"This elemental intention introduces this natural element to the project from the center, and not only from the perimeter, as it would have with a closed volume," he added.

The home is arranged around a lush central courtyard

The architect incorporated a parking space beneath the first storey of the 223-square-metre residence. A corridor with windows onto the courtyard leads to the open-plan kitchen, living and dining room.

In addition to overlooking the courtyard, the communal areas lead out onto a covered terrace that meets the site's grade at the back of the home.

A gentle staircase links the two sides of the house

"Here, the perimeter transparency of these spaces generates continuity with the outer forest," explained Maino Fernandez.

A gradual staircase leads to the upper level, where the bedrooms are located. They share a corridor that is fully glazed but faces the interior garden.

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According to the architect, this allows for passive heating within the home, as the surrounding trees block out much of the area's natural light.

"Another aspect that the interior patio solves has to do with providing light and heat to the project since the lushness of the forest produces a dark and cool environment," he said.

Altogether, the home encompasses three bedrooms, including a guest room on the ground floor.

Wooden flooring, window frames and walls feature in Casa Un Patio

The material palette inside matches the natural surroundings: wood flooring, window frames, and walls bring warmth to the interiors.

Meanwhile, facade materials were selected for their durability, low maintenance, and ease of assembly. They include black corrugated metal sheets, polycarbonate panels, and ornamental wood shutters.

Facade materials like black corrugated metal sheets were chosen for durability

Other remote homes in Chile include a ski cabin that was built atop the foundations of a previous failed construction project, and a lakeside home that sits on stilts to create a covered exterior space.

The photography is byMarcos Zegers.

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Project credits:

Architects: Lucas Maino Fernandez

Lead architect: Lucas Maino

Design team: Catalina Briones, Macarena Gonzalez

Engineering: Matias Zuñiga

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Unknown Architects embeds home in sand dunes on Dutch island

Dutch studio Unknown Architects has completed a cabin-like holiday home in the Netherlands with panoramic windows for looking out at the surrounding landscape of dunes and hills.

Aptly named House in the Dunes, the home has a steeply pitched roof and simple cross-laminated timber (CLT) and steel structure informed by the surrounding buildings in Terschelling in the Wadden Islands.

House in the Dunes is a holiday home on Terschelling island

While from a distance the dwelling looks like a simple single-storey cabin, Amsterdam-based Unknown Architects sunk the concrete base of the building into the dunes, creating an additional floor and a sheltered terrace space.

"The house aims to be modest and expressive," said the studio. "By making use of the terrain of the dunes we could make a larger lower ground floor where two bedrooms, a bathroom, storage and technical space are situated," it continued.

The dwelling is embedded into the sand dunes

The resulting building is a stack of three distinct levels – a concrete base, a central form of CLT and steel surrounded by panoramic wood-framed windows, and a steep, asymmetric pitched roof clad with Accoya wood planks.

These materials were chosen for ease of construction and the way that they will age and weather over time, meaning the window frames and roof planks will blend into the landscape as they slowly turn grey.

It is surrounded by panoramic windows

"The majority of the house is prefabricated to reduce construction time on site and limit the impact on the surrounding area," explained the studio.

"The elements of the pigmented concrete base have been cast in the factory, while the ground floor and roof construction are built out of CLT, making this the first CLT construction in Terschelling," it continued.

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In House in the Dunes' plywood-lined living space, the high-pitched skylit ceiling and 360-degree views create the feeling of being in the landscape. A built-in bench sits beneath the windows wraps around the interior and doubles as storage.

A central wooden block demarcates the kitchen and bathrooms and separates them from the living area, while also creating a mezzanine level directly beneath the roof's skylight.

Its interiors are lined with plywood

House in the Dunes' large overhanging roof and demountable wooden shutters help to prevent overheating, aided by ventilation grills integrated into the timber window frames.

Below, the bedrooms, bathroom and entrance hall have been finished in white with smaller square windows framing views out onto the dunes.

Timber-framed windows capture views out onto the dunes

Unknown Architects was founded in 2012 by Daan Vulkers and Keimpke Zigterman. Previous projects by the studio include the renovation of an apartment block in Amsterdam, where red-painted steel columns have been used to open up a series of previously compact living spaces.

Another home that is embedded into the sand dunes of Terschelling is a beach cabin by Amsterdam-based studio Marc Koehler Architects, which has a crystalline form clad in a combination of glass and red cedar.

The photography is byMWA Hart Nibbrig.

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Project credits:

Architect: Unknown Architects **

Contractor:** Bouwbedrijf Kolthof **

Engineer:** H4D **

Climate consultant:** Adviesbureau VanderWeele **

Cost consultant:** Ingenieursbureau Multical **

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Atelier Data converts Portuguese mill into bright white holiday home

White forms with geometric cut-outs have been inserted into the walls of a former granary mill to create this coastal holiday home in Portugal's Algarve region, designed by architecture studio Atelier Data.

Named Casa Cabrita Moleiro, the home occupies the former site of the Cabrita Mill. Once operated by the owner's grandfather, the mill had since fallen into disuse during the region's transformation into a popular holiday destination.

Casa Cabrita Moleiro is a holiday home in Portugal that was designed by Atelier Data

Instead of replacing the existing buildings, Lisbon-based Atelier Data integrated the walls into the new five-bedroom holiday home, creating a cluster of forms alongside an old windmill.

Both the shell of the old structures and the newly-built forms are unified by an external finish of bright white render, giving them a "contemporary, minimal rural character" which was informed by the region's vernacular architecture.

The home occupies a former granary mill

"Driven by the desire to repurpose the existing structures, [we] integrated them into the new design, creating a series of interior and exterior spaces that celebrate the surrounding landscape while providing a series of private areas," said the studio.

"The design has been inspired by the local vernacular," it continued. "'Açoteia Algarvia', a flat rooftop feature for observing the sea and drying produce in the sun, has been reinterpreted and introduced on the new structures."

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The home's living spaces occupy two main volumes, separated by a central pebble courtyard that is surrounded by windowless white walls.

To the east, an open plan living, kitchen and dining block opens onto a pool and terrace through sliding glass doors, forming the "core social area of the house".

"[The patio] acts as a 'home divider', enabling it to act as a five-bedroom holiday house or a two-bedroom one with a separate three-bedroom annex," said the studio.

Living spaces occupy two white-painted volumes

A taller volume containing two bedrooms abuts the living room at a slight angle, with a strip of windows looking out towards the sea and a rooftop terrace with a jacuzzi.

To the west, a taller block extends out of the existing walls of the former miller's house, containing an additional three en-suite bedrooms, which open onto covered terraces with geometric cut-outs.

"A series of geometric volumes and carved-out voids provide private patios to the bedrooms, while windows, balconies and terraces strategically frame views to the surrounding arid landscape and the Atlantic Ocean," explained the studio.

A walled pebble courtyard at the centre of the home divides living areas

The minimal exterior finishes continue to the interiors, which feature polished concrete walls and in-situ cast concrete ceilings that have been painted white.

The Algarve is a popular location for many retreats and resorts. Other recently completed schemes in the region include a red concrete clubhouse by RCR Architectes, and an off-grid retreat by Álvaro Siza.

Photography is by Richard John Seymour.

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