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Dig Studio and Lake Flato revamp Scottsdale Civic Plaza for "increasingly warming world"

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American firms Dig Studio and Lake Flato have restored and expanded Scottsdale Civic Plaza in Arizona , adding a series of pavilions and responding directly to existing buildings flanking the outdoor space. million gallons (22,000 cubic metres) of water annually for the plaza. The photography is by Alan Karchmer.

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They Restored an Abandoned Church and Turned It Into a 30-Unit Apartment Building

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Originally constructed at the corner of Church Street and Oak Avenue in 1910 for a largely Swedish immigrant community, the existing building on the site was used by the Soujorner Covenant Church for over a hundred years. Post it here.

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Project Mingde uses "cascading" roofs on Chinese nursery to recycle rainfall

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Curling around a central courtyard, a staggered trio of redbrick buildings house a new nursery, teaching dormitories and a collection of indoor and open-air community spaces for the village's 3,000 residents to gather in. The solution was three buildings of varying heights with roofs that channel rainfall into a lotus pond.

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5468796 Architecture adds "floating" office floor within preserved pumphouse

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Local studio 5468796 Architecture has renovated an early 20th-century utilities building in Winnipeg , Canada, showcasing the industrial equipment while updating the structure for contemporary usage. 5468796 Architecture has added residential buildings to the site The station closed in 1986 and was slated for demolition.

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Who Needs Glass? Not This Board-Formed Concrete Retreat in Greece

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Taylor, who’s been visiting this area since the ’70s, wanted the new building draw upon the rich local history of making rudimentary structures out of the materials that people had at hand. There is no gate, no fence, and no taming of the landscape around it." Have one to share? Post it here.

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This Japanese housing project utilizes regenerative architecture to support its natural surrounding environment

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It combines traditional Japanese civil engineering with contemporary technology. Image: Rui Nishi Image: Rui Nishi Sumu Yakushima consists of several separate buildings that are organized in a layout that respects the pre-existing nat.

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Cascading glass wraps mass timber office building in Kirkland by LMN Architects

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Architect LMN Architects Location Kirkland, Washington Occupied 2021 Structural and Civil Engineer Coughlin Porter Lundeen, Inc. Landscape Architect Hewitt Architects Lighting Design Fisher Marantz Stone MEP Engineer Rushing General Contractor [.].

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