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Renovation in Montreal |  L'Abri

Canadian build-design studio L'Abri has outfitted a home in Montreal with thin slats of wood that create floorboards on the upper level and form a partition in the foyer.

The Rivard project involved turning apartments in an early 1900s property into a contemporary single-family home. The layout is reconfigured with a centralised living space that covers the entire ground floor, with a back terrace and car port.

House on a Lake |  Apio Arquitectos

Chilean studio Apio Arquitectos has used wooden barns as a reference for this nature retreat, with pitched roofs and facades wrapped in grey metal and pine.

The House in Lake Calafquen is located in southern Chile’s Los Ríos Region. Dotted with lakes, the rural area features low ridges, where “elements appear like isolated modules in a continuous ground”. The dwelling serves as a year-round family retreat.

While conceiving the home, the design team looked to the region’s vernacular architecture.