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Feldman Architecture Designs Site Sensitive Modern Atherton Pavilions

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The distinctly modern forms contrast with the organic surrounds they occupy but the materiality and scale of the structures make them ‘of the landscape’… like they fit right in. Alaskan Yellow Cedar slats, Tnemic Paint Coating for the exposed structural steel, Kemper System for the roofing and integrated gutters.

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Unconventionally Framed: When to Enlist the Expertise of a Structural Engineer

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It’s a fact; many times residential structures are simple and straight-forward enough that a structural engineer is not required. Pre-engineered wood roof trusses and engineered wood floor joists or trusses are common. Many times, a structural engineer is not involved with these homes.

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Rau Haus by Feldman Architecture sits on a Silicon Valley hillside

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The clients enlisted San Francisco-based Feldman Architecture to create a secluded, modern-style home that made the most of the surroundings and included a dedicated area for hosting family and friends. The team prioritised a connection to the outdoors and an "understated, modern and clean materiality".

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Jones Studio and Chris Winters Associates restore Phoenix abbey to be "garden in a ruin"

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The team said it sought to "not only to restore but to reinvent" the structure based on American architect Herb Greene's concept of "armature" described in his book Buildings to Last—Architecture as an Ongoing Art. The design emphasizes coexistence of historical integrity and modern utility as a cultural garden in a ruin," said the team. "It

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Studio VARA designs Sonoma County house to stand up to wildfires

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Fire Country Lookout is equipped to operate off grid Other projects in Sonoma County include a house by Field Architecture that consists of three pavilions clad in copper, and a horizontally oriented residence by Klopf Architecture that takes cues from mid-century modern architecture. The photography is by Matthew Millman.

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Studio Gang nestles Kresge College expansion in Pacific forest

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Four buildings were designed to complement the existing structures – California modern-style buildings with stucco walls and splashes of colour – and the woodland environment. All of the buildings feature concrete podiums, which support load-bearing timber walls.

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Strang Design tops Miami mansion with slatted volume and planter

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The studio, which specializes in projects along Florida's vast coastline dedicated to "environmental modernism", completed the expansive, 8,500-square foot (2,590-square meter) house – known as the Angel Oaks Residence – in 2021. Civil engineer: Jorge G. Angel Oaks Residence is located in Miami The five-bedroom, 7.5-bathroom