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5468796 Architecture adds "floating" office floor within preserved pumphouse

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5468796 Architecture has added residential buildings to the site The station closed in 1986 and was slated for demolition. 5468796 Architecture preserved the structure by converting it into an office and restaurant, while additional residential buildings were added to the site.

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Master-planned community set to rise near Austin Tesla factory

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Canadian company Brookfield Residential Properties wants to build the homes on vacant land in a 3,200-acre planned community in Southeast Austin called Easton Park. Brookfield is partnering with Houston-based Hines investment group on the project, and civil engineering firm Consort submitted the plans for the new apartments.

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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. Post it here.

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Residential Barn Zürich, Switzerland

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The new home enters into a thematic dialogue with the surrounding agricultural buildings for a unique interpretation of the vernacular barn typology. This achievement was not intentional, but is above all the result of exceptional dedication and limitless passion to craft extraordinary architecture.

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beehive facade screens renovated hotel unit made of corrugated pipes in japan

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monotrum redesigns Kenji Kawai’s corrugated house Corrugated House project by monotrum transforms a structure constructed from a corrugated pipe, a civil engineering material, into an accommodation facility.

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Monaco's six-hectare land extension reaches completion

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A ship-like residential building by Renzo Piano forms part of Mareterra, a six-hectare land extension off the coast of Monaco , masterplanned by French studio Valode & Pistre Architects. Le Renzo is a residential building with a fragmented ship-like form, intended as a landmark for the development.

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

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Located across the street from Santa Monica College, the residential complex – also known as Brunson Terrace – was designed for a half-acre corner site. It uses fully electric power Designed to achieve LEED Platinum certification, the building uses electricity as its sole source of energy and is net-zero in terms of energy usage.

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