Dezeen's high 5 homes of Might 2023

A timber dwelling wedged right into a London avenue and a Japanese coastal retreat held up by a single concrete column function amongst Might’s high 5 homes of the month.

The most recent month-to-month roundup of the 5 hottest residences featured on Dezeen additionally features a sanctuary within the Californian mountains, an unusually organised Catalan villa and a home in Tokyo constructed utilizing conventional craft strategies.

Learn on to search out out extra about Dezeen readers’ favorite homes this month:

Photograph by Rory Gardiner

Spruce Home, UK, by Ao-ft

The preferred home on Dezeen this month was a cross-laminated-timber dwelling slotted right into a terrace in north-east London by native follow Ao-ft.

In reference to the world’s historical past as a village excessive avenue, the home has a glazed “shop-front” facade shielded by a display of wood battens.

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Exterior of One-Legged House in Japan by IGArchitects — Photograph courtesy of IGArchitects

One-Legged Home, Japan, by IGArchitects

The aptly named One-Legged Home is organised round a single concrete column at its centre.

Its envelope is wrapped with wood-framed sliding glass doorways that may be opened as much as reveal the encompassing panorama on the Okinawa coast.

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Cement and Wood house exterior — Photograph by Adam Rouse

Rau Haus, USA, by Feldman Structure

California studio Feldman Structure designed this household dwelling on a hillside within the Santa Cruz Mountains to really feel like a contemporary nature retreat.

Wooden and cement wrap its exterior, whereas an infinity pool on the again acts as a “threshold” between the manicured web site and the wild panorama.

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House 016 by Arquitecturia — Photograph courtesy of Arquitecturia

Home 016, Spain, by Arquitecturia

Situated within the Catalan city of Caldes de Malavella, Home 016 is comprised of six small buildings organised round a central courtyard.

Arquitecturia topped every of the six blocks with an angular butterfly roof completed in inexperienced ceramic tiles that channel rainwater down into the central backyard.

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C4L House by Cubo Design Architects — Photograph by Koji Fujii / TOREAL, Takashi Yasui

C4L Home, Japan, by Cubo Design Architects

Conventional Japanese building strategies and the ideas of writer Junichiro Tanizaki’s 1933 essay In Reward of Shadows had been embraced at C4L Home in Tokyo.

“We imagine homes which are rooted in an understanding of Japan’s cultural context and a respect for the talents and improvements of our ancestors are the form of homes we ought to be constructing in Japan as we speak,” stated Cubo Design Architects founder Hitoshi Saruta.

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