A slight gap between the existing house and the new addition allows for a skylight and a masonry chimney with a wood-burning fireplace.

In São Paulo, Reinaldo and Piti Cóser kept green in mind when designing their deck. Here, Sophia Cóser talks to sister Helena and mother Piti through a wide, low-slung window typical of architect Marcio Kogan. Photo by: Crisobal Palma

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Sited on a 12-acre lot, the structure peaks at 25 feet at its tallest points, providing spatial balance to its compact, 530-square-foot footprint. Large windows, a skylight, and a discrete chimney were all factors that contributed to its faceted form, which project architect Jack Ryan describes as a “carved gemstone.”

For their MOMA PS1 Young Architect's Prize-winning design, titled Afterparty, MOS designed these thatch-covered thermal chimneys. The tower-like structures draw warm air upwards, cooling the spaces below to keep visitors comfortable. To further cool the pavilion, mist was sprayed on the thatch: the water droplets would absorb the surrounding heat and evaporate, taking the heat with them.

Exterior Front

Exterior Front

A fireplace with a floating chimney is the central element of this part of the lobby.

The house has the feel of a refined barn: The kitchen flows into the dining area, then into a den. The two PISE “chimneys” serve to demarcate the transitions and visually unite the space.

Ridge House from below the ridge to the north

view from the northwest

Though there is a small chimney over the hearth, this skylight allows the only undappled light to penetrate the porous structure.

A Robinia tree moved from another part of the site grows in this pocket courtyard and thermal chimney in the heart of the house.

Chimney corner and floor-to-ceiling bookcase

The open-plan home’s core is the towering chimney—clad in the same double-long, thin bricks that sheathe the Kolumba museum in Cologne, Germany. It holds three fireplaces, a conventional oven, and a pizza oven; all vent into three distinct flues, emerging from the chimney as their own kind of architectural statement. Inside, life revolves around the brick chimney, which the architect surrounded with a concrete counter that wraps from the kitchen to the living area. The stools are vintage.

A cedar fence, porch, and chimney and a Minerit panel driveway syncs with the materials inside the courtyard.

The concrete cabin has a steel chimney and steel window frames.

Black-framed windows and doors tie in with the black metal roof and dark chimney.

Essentially, the entrance was kept in the same spot, with the chimney to the far right side.

The master bedroom’s simple design highlights the ancestral chimney.

The dine-in kitchen and living area is divided by a double-sided fireplace and chimney.

A metal chimney allows heat escape from the sauna's wood stove.

To integrate the former postman’s cottage with the new design, architect David Sheppard added a concrete column adjacent to an existing stone chimney and a new slate chimney “at the heart of the composition.” From this, the roof structure fans out; the small structure now serves as an anteroom.

Another look at the fireplace with its brass chimney cover and floating marble hearth.

The Copenhagen landmark is easily identifiable by its 115-foot-tall chimney.

The shower seat cleverly repurposes an original (but already blocked out) chimney breast recess.

The red chimney and strategic diagonals throw accents against the simple silhouette.

This exposed log-burning fireplace appears as if it has been carved out of the chimney breast.

The brick vents, openings, and chimney flue are protected from falling embers.

The island and cabinets, fashioned from remilled Douglas-fir beams salvaged from upstate New York, sport inexpensive drawers from Ikea. The Carrara marble for the sink surround also came from the firm’s warehouse, from a section of slab orphaned from an earlier commission. A Viking chimney wall hood tops a free-standing range by Bluestar.

Lime-washed brickwork matches the cool gray tones that define the Vipp Chimney House.

The Cor-Ten steel of the front facade wraps around the roof, the chimney, and a dormer, lending a sculptural aesthetic.

A break in the concrete facade reveals the front entrance, which is marked by a thin steel canopy and two chimneys.

The chimney is clad in stone, with a fireplace on each floor, and can be seen through the large skylight in this living space.

The tapered limestone chimney draws inspiration from an existing shed built of dry-stacked local stone.

The preserved brick chimney was exposed and cleaned up in the remodel. A classic Smeg range and exhaust hood create a pleasing contrast with the contemporary Kerf cabinetry.