Dezeen's October 2025 Featured Houses: Windowless Facades and Woodland Hideaways
By
Nat Barker
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Summary
Dezeen's October 2025 houses of the month feature three residences with windowless facades, including an Austin accessory dwelling unit with no external fenestration. The selection also includes two woodland hideaways with different architectural approaches - one steel structure elevated on stilts and another clad in wooden shingles. The article showcases innovative residential architecture that challenges conventional design norms.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledThree out of five of our houses of the month for October meet the world with windowless facades
including an Austin accessory dwelling unit with no external fenestration at all
two different takes on a woodland hideaway – one built from steel and elevated on stilts, the other clad in wooden shingles
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