CONTEMPORIST | Page 4 of 1137 | Contemporist features great ideas from the world of design, architecture, interior design, furniture, lighting, and art

How A Light-Filled Addition Transformed This Historic Home

September 30, 2025

The new pavilion’s structural steel baffle regulates sunlight while casting dramatic shadows.

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A Dark Brick Exterior Hides A Light-Filled Courtyard Inside This Home

September 30, 2025

At first glance, the elongated brown brick defines the home’s character. This material, chosen for its ties to the working-class history of the area, wraps the exterior and continues inside, creating rhythm and texture in unexpected places like the entryway.

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This Terraced House Reuses Excavated Stone for the Landscape

September 29, 2025

Terraced outdoor spaces framed by natural stone walls blend this modern home seamlessly into its rocky setting.

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A Modest Apartment Building That Embraces Car-Free Living

September 29, 2025

A modern apartment building in Melbourne with two welcoming entrances, one private, one shared, designed to balance individuality and community.

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The Home Extension These Architects Designed For Their Own Family

September 28, 2025

The house began as a turn-of-the-century weatherboard, with a traditional Victorian look at the front. At the rear, however, a bold new extension redefines the home. Known as Wooden Box, the addition is a simple timber structure that continues the original roofline, allowing old and new to sit side by side in harmony.

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A House Built From Reclaimed Fence Wood: How Weathered Boards Create Instant Character

September 28, 2025

A Vermont guest house takes its shape from the classic woodshed, with gabled roofs that reimagine a familiar rural form. The house is clad in reclaimed snow fencing, weathered boards that give the structure instant character and texture.

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