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

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Inspiration was taken from architects such as Glenn Murcutt, who pioneered a type of climate-responsive design that is heavily influenced by the landscape that surrounds it. 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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They Restored an Abandoned Church and Turned It Into a 30-Unit Apartment Building

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Straddling the boundary between low-density residential urban fabric to the west and a large-scale commercial and institutional mixed-use zone to the east, the project preserved a key piece of Evanstons historic fabric while adding housing density with a diverse mix of unit types on an underutilized and transit-adjacent lot. "The

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How Coplon Associates Turned a Tired Campground a Glampground

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Around 2018, the company began assembling a multidisciplinary team of experts, tapping design, engineering, and branding consultants to help transform this conventional no-frills campground into an amenity-rich glamping retreat while honoring KOAs sustainability objectives. Serene views are provided by Maines landscape amenities.

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This Unassuming Edwardian-Era Home in Australia Conceals a Crisp, Airy Extension

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The adjacent kitchen flows to the dining zone, and to the back behind a brick wall, a garage offers rear laneway access. A large living room in the lower part of the house cascades down from the original dwelling. This space boasts a northern window opening to a small pocket garden and allowing the afternoon sun to pour in.

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Daniel Joseph Chenin uses passive building strategies for stone-clad Nevada house

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The five-bedroom house was conceived as a series of connected rock masses, oriented to maximise views of the surrounding landscape and arranged to create thermally protected communal zones on the interior. Drawing colours and textures from the landscape, Fort 137 uses native and regionally sourced materials that will patina over time.

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HOK unveils Major League Soccer's first fully electric stadium in Queens

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Visitor amenities will be layered through clubs, suites and premium zones – each distinct with furniture and fixtures that celebrate the surrounding borough and neighborhoods. Visitor amenities will feature throughout The canopy designed to protect spectators from the elements will offer moments of transparency to the sky.

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Snøhetta creates library to emulate feeling of "sitting under a tree"

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Its design is based on natural landscapes and prioritises helping visitors to connect to the outside, enticing them away from their screens. Located in Beijing's Tongzhou district, the library was designed by Snøhetta to "reinstate the library's relevance in the 21st century" and aims to offer a "new vision" for the typology.