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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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SOM covers computing college at MIT in large glass shingles

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The Schwarzman College of Computing contains a mix of spaces The building contains a mix of spaces, including classrooms, labs, collaboration zones, conference rooms, faculty offices and a 250-seat lecture hall. "At Between the stairs is a seating alcove at ground level and terraced seating up above.

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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. Fort 137 is characterised by its stone facade The house is heralded by a 28-foot tall (8.5

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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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Selldorf Architects completes porcelain-clad Brooklyn skyscrapers

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Sustainable efforts in the building include a reduction in the use of concrete , as well as raising the building's lower levels to be above the flood zone of the nearby East River. The podium in contrast, which is a six-story triangular podium, we clad that a light grey granite."

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Inaba Williams creates mirrored stucco-clad residences in California

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Just as the New York 1916 Zoning Resolution shaped the highrise tower type, California’s Energy Code can help shape the house type by being a framework for experimenting with its form and layout." "Its

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Skylab reveals design for their new Portland headquarters

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Image © Skylab Surrounding the warehouses will be a complex of garden spaces, including outdoor meeting and loun-ge areas, a 300-person performance and event area, a cultivation garden, an outdoor cooking zone, fi-re pits, as well as sport courts for pickleball, table tennis, and basketball.