Deezen

AUGUST 22, 2024

British engineer Tom Greenhill has proposed a low-cost, low-energy solution for keeping UK homes cool in a heatwave: painting the outside of windows with yoghurt. Greenhill admits that this may seem like a "totally eccentric idea".

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Deezen

JULY 13, 2024

A collection of distinctive new builds and carefully crafted residential extensions have been rounded up for our latest lookbook , which gathers home interiors enhanced and brightened by clerestory openings. On the home's west facade, a strip of clerestory glazing sit above small windows to encourage privacy and sun shading.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

WORKac’s Building B reimages the future of the workplace by fostering a seamless connection between interior and exterior spaces. Mission Rock Building B’s LEED Gold Certified design prioritizes occupant well-being.

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Archinect

APRIL 14, 2022

General Services Administration now raise a hind leg to this legacy by wrecking the Century and Consumers buildings, two early 20th Century skyscrapers at 202 and 220 S. The buildings’ demolition would create an economic and pedestrian dead zone on State Street, something neither the street nor the city can afford. State Street?

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Deezen

AUGUST 28, 2024

Opting for black on a facade can increase heat absorption and certain types of materials, such as charred wood as opposed to painted, can reduce maintenance and the need to refinish exteriors. To clad a building in a single material, the form needed to be strong enough so that the end product didn't read as one-note," said Tall Architects. "We

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Deezen

JULY 3, 2024

Architecture studio Fala Atelier has created the illusion of extra height at this house in Lisbon by adding a large number of windows to its facade. Named House of Countless Windows, the home is intended to appear taller than its three storeys thanks to the windows on its facade that are arranged in a grid of five rows.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 22, 2024

The building is located in the northern Czech city of Ostrava and boasts six rotating concrete walls. Featuring a series of colourful additions, including playful rooftop extensions and a new exterior staircase, the now-combined blocks accommodate shops on the ground floor and apartments upstairs.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

A family home that blurs the distinction between interior and exterior space through its unique connection to the natural landscape. This connection to nature is heightened by a series of water features, which flow under the building into a large architectonic feature made to resemble a native pond adjacent to the lake.

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Archinect

AUGUST 5, 2022

Photo credit: William Jess Laird The 14-story building’s exterior is clad in red brick — a “statement of resistance against recent thin and glassy developments in the area,” according to the team The main entrance is marked by a sweeping undercroft detailed in brick, concrete, copper, and wood, while oversized glass windows (..)

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Deezen

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Wood dominates the kitchen of this Los Angeles home, which was designed with earthy interiors In the hacienda-style dwelling, the designer's aim was to bring the outdoors in through the use of earth-toned surfaces and decor, and light from large windows. The photography is by Sam Frost.

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BD+C

JUNE 18, 2024

Could ‘smart’ building facades heat and cool buildings? 0 dbarista Tue, 06/18/2024 - 15:58 Building Technology A promising research project looks at the possibilities for thermoelectric systems to thermally condition buildings, writes Mahsa Farid Mohajer, Sustainable Building Analyst with Stantec.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Each section has curved edges that wrap inwards where the two volumes meet, creating an opening that serves as the entrance to the building. The facades are made up of long bars of pigmented concrete – meant to reference the "domed roofs of the city's cathedrals and old colonial buildings covered with local tiles", the developer said.

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Deezen

MARCH 28, 2024

Designs show a rectangular building elevated above a plaza. Curved-edge windows are pushed into its facade with the edges of the glazed openings appearing to pull the exterior of the building inwards. I think of the new building as a companion to the existing Broad," said Diller Scofidio + Renfro partner Elizabeth Diller.

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Deezen

MAY 15, 2024

The multi-level apartment building is located in Philadelphia' s Fishtown neighbourhood, a transitioning area that has been attracting creative types and urban professionals. The building's design is meant to "simultaneously draw attention from passersby and provide privacy to residents", the team said. The site is 32 feet deep (9.8

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Deezen

MARCH 14, 2024

Dutch studio Powerhouse Company has created the Marga Klompé Building at Tilburg University, the Netherlands , is "the first college building in Europe to be entirely constructed from solid wood". Situated on a forested university campus in Tilburg , the cuboid building has a mass timber structure and facades clad in Portuguese stone.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

series, we've collected 10 recently completed and upcoming buildings that show the potential of structural stone as a modern construction material. has explored the viability of stone as a modern, low-carbon building material that could help the construction industry minimise its vast carbon footprint. To conclude our Stone Age 2.0

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Danish architecture practice 3XN has been selected to create a stepped retail building located along Baltimore's Inner Harbor informed by sailboats. The generous exterior landscape of 201 E Pratt St. The plan includes the addition of several retail and commercial buildings, a residential tower, greenspace and an amphitheatre.

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Archinect

JUNE 10, 2022

The lot existing building retained just enough FAR for the addition of unit balconies and a new covered entry at the rear. The lot existing building retained just enough FAR for the addition of unit balconies and a new covered entry at the rear.

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SW Oregon Architect

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Designed by a team led by Rowell Brokaw Architects (RBA) and built by Todd Construction , the project replaces one of the Bethel School District’s oldest buildings. The direct construction cost for the new building and site improvements totaled approximately $44 million. Exterior view of the classroom wing that faces Wilhi Street.

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Deezen

APRIL 3, 2024

A crematorium clad in ribbed concrete and a geometric university bell tower feature in this roundup of 10 brutalist buildings photographed by Simon Phipps for his Brutal Wales book. I'm interested in the sculptural qualities of each building and the ways in which light and shade articulate them," he continued.

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Deezen

AUGUST 30, 2024

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) claimed the 43,500-square-metre school was "the largest wooden building in Asia" in terms of the volume of timber used when it opened in 2023. The university announced this week that mould was reported to have been growing on the exterior and interior structure.

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Architizer

MAY 17, 2024

Can Santacilia By OHLAB / oliver hernaiz architecture lab , Palma, Spain This 35,520 square foot (3,300 square meter) residential project in the heart of Palma de Mallorca old town is the result of a careful renovation of two buildings dating back from the 12th or 13th century.

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Deezen

JULY 5, 2024

Local studios Jørgen Tandberg Architecture and Vatn Architecture looked towards the simplicity of utilitarian roadside buildings when designing Brunstranda Service Building in Norway. We like the ordinary utilitarian and unassuming buildings one finds along the roads in Norway," added architect Jørgen Tandberg.

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Deezen

AUGUST 20, 2024

Texas-based studio Moontower Design Build has constructed a "plant-based" cabin in Austin that features cross-laminated timber structural elements and a facade clad in cork. Flooring was finished in thermally treated larch The box has a single-sloped roof that stretches out to shade protruding windows, nooks and a large porch.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

There are countless reasons a building is described as “unusual,” and sometimes, if you’re lucky, it’s a compliment. These “anomalies” can become a building’s signature feature, providing a distinct visual identity and creating impact. Stay up to date by subscribing to our A+Awards Newsletter.

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Architizer

MAY 20, 2024

Utah’s native tribes, including the Navajo, Ute and Paiute, have long inhabited the region, leaving behind a legacy of buildings that reflects their close relationship with the land. This LEED Gold building celebrates natural light with a sky-lit atrium and a sculptural glass art installation by James Carpenter.

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SW Oregon Architect

JUNE 23, 2024

Lane Community College Health Professions Building nearing completion. It is my privilege to be a member of the selection jury tasked with identifying the artist or team of artists who will create large-scale murals for the new Lane Community College Health Professions Building (HPB).

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Deezen

MAY 30, 2024

Local architecture studio SO-IL has completed the exteriors of a residential building in Brooklyn with a wavy, perforated metal facade. The material absorbs light while also providing privacy between the building's outdoor terraces, which wrap almost entirely around the exterior and are included for each unit.

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SW Oregon Architect

JULY 3, 2022

Additionally, there are 25 Wright-designed buildings in the surrounding neighborhood, of which I visited the Unity Temple (completed in 1908) and conducted a self-guided audio tour of ten houses displaying the full evolution of his design principles toward what became known as the Prairie Style of architecture. Detail view, exterior.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Because of a clean mod silhouette, the 160 square meter building seems to be simple, but it contains a plethora of sophisticated elements. The steel exterior seems private and fully immersed in the wild nature, whilst the inner part of the building is opposite – open and fragile due to the floor-to-ceiling windows.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

American architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox has released images of an in-progress supertall skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan wrapped in arched windows. Kohn Pedersen Fox 's (KPF) design was informed by the architectural language of surrounding buildings, as well as the speculative architectural drawings of architect Hugh Ferriss.

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Deezen

JULY 25, 2024

Architecture studio Sam Jacob Studio has refurbished a 1960s building at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England , using playful architectural references and bright colours to add layers of "wit and delight" to the existing interiors.

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Deezen

JANUARY 25, 2024

Large translucent windows bring a lantern-like quality to Check Patterned House, a concrete home in Saitama, Japan , completed by local studio IGArchitects. These wall pillars enclose private functions which don't require big windows, such as entrance, bathroom, toilet, storage, and pipe space," he added.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Local practice Slow has created a family home in Nagoya , Japan, which has a raw exterior of blackened wood and corten steel topped with an overhanging pitched roof. At the southern end of the living area, a large, horizontal window overlooks the road, sheltered from sunlight and overlooking by a row of small trees in the garden.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Designed for the university's Faculty of Education, the 300-square-metre building adds new workshop and studio facilities directly alongside the faculty's neoclassical main building. We were also limited by the neighbouring apartment building which we could not overshadow.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Occupying a former 6,000-square-foot church recreation hall, the project transforms the existing building into a rich mix of spaces. The design features architectural forms to metaphorically reference the bridge concept.

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Deezen

AUGUST 29, 2024

9000 Wilshire is a single-tenant office building in Los Angeles' Beverly Hill neighbourhood. Positioned on a low-rise commercial strip surrounded by residential, the building utilises a distinctive cladding language with an off-kilter colour to create an effect.

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