{"id":387323,"date":"2025-08-31T15:11:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T15:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/387323\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T15:11:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T15:11:23","slug":"dezeens-top-five-houses-of-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/387323\/","title":{"rendered":"Dezeen’s top five houses of August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pair of houses in Australia along with homes in Sweden, Belgium and Italy feature in Dezeen’s houses of the month<\/a> for August.<\/p>\n

Read on to find out more about Dezeen readers’ favourite houses this month:<\/p>\n

\"Omloop<\/a><\/p>\n

Omloop Farmhouse, Belgium, by H\u00e9!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Architecture studio H\u00e9!<\/a> inserted a glazed timber and metal volume into the roof of a traditional Flemish home in Belgium<\/a> to create a living space on its upper floor.<\/p>\n

Surrounded by a hilly landscape, the renovation to the home was designed to improve its connection with nature and establish a more compact internal layout.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Omloop Farmhouse \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Mygunyah<\/a><\/p>\n

Mygunyah by the Circus, Australia, Matt Gibson Architecture + Design\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Australian studio\u00a0Matt Gibson Architecture + Design<\/a> added two contrasting brick extensions<\/a> to a 19th-century terraced house in Melbourne to create a home named Mygunyah by the Circus.<\/p>\n

Both of the extensions were informed by Arts and Crafts-style architecture and were added to the long, narrow home in North Fitzroy to enlarge the house\u00a0to better accommodate a family of seven.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Mygunyah by the Circus \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

\"1905<\/a><\/p>\n

Birdwood, Australia, Peter Besley<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In Brisbane<\/a>, Australia, architect Peter Besley wrapped a house in perforated screens of reclaimed terracotta<\/a>\u00a0brick and metal\u00a0mesh<\/a> for climbing plants.<\/p>\n

Named Birdwood, the home at the base of Mount Coot-tha was designed for a multi-generational family that wanted a dwelling where they could age in place.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Birdwood \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Hors\u00f6<\/a><\/p>\n

Hors\u00f6, Sweden, Bross and Nick Flygt<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Named Hors\u00f6, this minimalist summer house<\/a>\u00a0was finished in untreated wood<\/a> to complement its woodland surroundings in Kalmar, Sweden.<\/p>\n

The house was designed by Bross and Nick Flygt to have expansive views while having a “low-key presence” that disrupts the natural surroundings as little as possible.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Hors\u00f6 \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Patio<\/a><\/p>\n

Patio House, Italy, by Solum<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Italian architecture practice Solum created a narrow alleyway that winds between the monolithic, blocky volumes as the entrance to this house in Sicily.<\/p>\n

Located on a coastal site, the studio aimed to contrast the open views of the sea at one end of the home with “labyrinthine” spaces at the other.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Patio House \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of houses in Australia along with homes in Sweden, Belgium and Italy feature in Dezeen’s houses…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3939],"tags":[4021,4020,4022,77,7931,17022,13967,126129,126130,134254,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-387323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-design","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-houses","13":"tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors","14":"tag-roundups","15":"tag-sectionall","16":"tag-sectionarchitecture","17":"tag-sectionhouses-of-the-month","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115124023612594727","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}