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SPPARC transforms London townhouse into office with "honeycomb" roof

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London studio SPPARC has overhauled a Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse in Fitzrovia to create a homely four-story office featuring a honeycomb-shaped roof. Designed for a family-run business, the project reverses a "tired and outdated" renovation of the home near Charlotte Street Conservation Area from the 1990s.

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Shovk completes Japanese-infused renovation of Dzen House near Kyiv

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Elements of Ukrainian and Japanese architecture combine at this pared-back residence on the outskirts of Kyiv , which local architecture studio Shovk created for a client with a passion for Japanese culture. The post Shovk completes Japanese-infused renovation of Dzen House near Kyiv appeared first on Dezeen.

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The Gorgeous Walls in This London Kitchen Renovation? That’s Hempcrete

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Commissioned by an environmentally conscious client, the compact Victorian house renovation has been a testbed for LC3, a product which has the capacity to reduce total global CO2 emissions by one to two percent if adopted universally by the construction industry. An Architect Brought It Back, and Then Some

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A202 Arhitekti adds pitched-roof wooden extension to renovated brick house in Slovenia

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Rather than opting for a new-build house like so many of the other properties nearby, the owners asked A202 Arhitekti to develop a proposal that would retain the character of the existing pitched-roof dwelling while adapting it for modern living. House MM was designed by A202 Arhitekti. The home has a minimal interior scheme.

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Gabion Walls Made of Volcanic Rock Flank a Flat-Roofed Farmhouse in Australia

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We asked ourselves how our clients could live on this land in a modern but thoughtful way, what a modern farm and farmhouse should and could look like, and how we could integrate the building into a site that has been cleared of its bushland. "We The clients erected and filled the gabion walls themselves.

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This Landscape Architect Disguised His Backyard Addition in Sydney With a Green Roof

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The roof to the living space is densely planted and its concrete structure provides enough depth for the plants to thrive. The garden between the studio and house is also planted out and the focus on landscape benefits not only the client but also the neighbors immensely."

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Noe Valley by Faulkner Architects

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On the boards in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood is a new house for a three-peat client of Faulkner Architects. It is to replace an existing 1904 house that had lost its historic integrity due to renovations over the last 120 years. A photovoltaic array on the roof deck earns a planned net-zero annual energy usage.

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