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5468796 Architecture adds "floating" office floor within preserved pumphouse

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Local studio 5468796 Architecture has renovated an early 20th-century utilities building in Winnipeg , Canada, showcasing the industrial equipment while updating the structure for contemporary usage. The commercial spaces are grounded in the straightforward industrial quality of the place," said the studio.

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Dig Studio and Lake Flato revamp Scottsdale Civic Plaza for "increasingly warming world"

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American firms Dig Studio and Lake Flato have restored and expanded Scottsdale Civic Plaza in Arizona , adding a series of pavilions and responding directly to existing buildings flanking the outdoor space. According to the team, the undulating roofs of the two performance structures reference the fluid movement of dance.

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Project Mingde uses "cascading" roofs on Chinese nursery to recycle rainfall

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Curling around a central courtyard, a staggered trio of redbrick buildings house a new nursery, teaching dormitories and a collection of indoor and open-air community spaces for the village's 3,000 residents to gather in. The complex's levels are staggered to enhance airflow.

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

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Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Taylor, who’s been visiting this area since the ’70s, wanted the new building draw upon the rich local history of making rudimentary structures out of the materials that people had at hand.

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They Restored an Abandoned Church and Turned It Into a 30-Unit Apartment Building

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A developer and their design team expanded the 1910 structure with a metal-clad box, creating a mix of flats that add housing density to Evanston, Illinois. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

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A Pristine Bay Area Home By a Lloyd Wright Protégé (Somehow) Had Room for Improvement

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Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Our challenge was to protect the design integrity of the home while adding a substantial amount of space to make it viable for a young family with three children. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Rural structures in Québec inform Virgin Vineyard House by LAMAS

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LAMAS looked to the area's vernacular structures The team looked to the area's vernacular structures, including fieldstone walls, to conceive a long, low-lying house that is tucked into the gently sloping terrain. In plan, the home is a long bar with a sawtooth formation along one side.

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