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Modu clads Houston building with "self-cooling" exterior

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Brooklyn-based studio Modu has created a building envelope that lowers the ambient air temperature in order to help cool the interior and exterior of this Houston building. Each tenant will be provided with both an interior and exterior space. A bamboo grove will also provide additional shade.

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Terra-Cotta Shingles Cover a Multigenerational Home in Melbourne

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Their multigenerational home in Mount Waverley, Victoria, focuses on retaining three established trees on the property, whilst integrating the magnificent mahogany tree into a central courtyard with unique use of locally made terra-cotta shingles in the exterior that sits well within the backdrop of the trees. Post it here.

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Brooks + Scarpa envision California housing block as "carved-out cube"

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Its exterior walls are covered in grey and blue cladding Exterior walls are clad in basic materials coloured grey and light blue. Windows are strategically placed, resulting in a non-uniform appearance that adds a dynamic quality to the building.

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Geological formations shape design of Wyoming house by Lever Architecture

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Weathering steel and accoya wood wrap the exterior of the Alta House, which was created by US studio Lever Architecture to embrace the "sublime mountain landscape". Located in the small Wyoming town of Alta, the house serves as a holiday home for an outdoor-loving couple from Portland, Oregon. Situated on a half-acre (0.2-hectare)

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Philip Johnson's Glass House guest annexe reopens after restoration

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Lead by architect Mark Stoner and the National Trust for Historic Preservation , the project included the exterior and interior restoration of Johnson's Brick House , a small retreat building located just across from the historic Glass House. A single door is located on its facade. Replacement material: Donated by Fortuny, Inc.,

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Hopson Rodstrom Design creates jagged-roof Los Angeles building with interior courtyard

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Its facade is interspersed with many skinny windows The seven-storey structure has a ground-level podium clad in green-painted concrete interspersed with steel gates. These aspects are set back slightly from the primary envelope, a massing clad in black-painted plaster with many long windows spread across it.

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Recycled Roof Shingles Become a Textured Fence For a Curved Home in India

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Project Details: Location: Kollam, India Architect: NO Architects Footprint: 1,325 square feet Structural & Civil Engineer: Urban Hive MEP Engineering: EPUCE Engineering Cabinetry Design: Kitchen Planet From the Architect: " The project is a weekend home on the Ashtamudi Lake in the tropics. Have one to share?

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