Chen House New home in Durham, United States

Designed by Gomes + Staub, Chen House New home is located in Durham, United States. Designed for a sloped lot with a limited construction budget, the house adopts the efficient vernacular building forms of the North Carolina landscape as well as the cost-effective exterior materials of conventional North American home construction, including fiber-cement lap siding, [...]

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East Sixth Street House in Boston, United Kingdom

The East Sixth Street House designed by Touloukian Touloukian Inc is located in Boston, United Kingdom. A speculative residential unit is designed at the rear of an urban lot where the building code prevents windows on two of the four facades and restricted views limit visibility to the street and to desirable adjacent properties. In [...]

Tags: Boston, building materials, Clapboard, fiber-cement clapboard, Siding, Touloukian Touloukian Inc, United Kingdom