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Trace Architecture Office creates bookstore "with spatial experiences" within historic academy

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The academy's original timber and carved stone structure was restored Designed to be a "catalyst" to draw both locals and tourists to the old town, the revoted building incorporates much of the original timber and carved stone structure.

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Why aren't more architects using stone as a building material?

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Photo courtesy of Elisabeth Polzella Yet, despite the potential carbon savings, the material is not being commonly used as a modern construction material. She explained that the proximity of a quarry to the construction site is important if the material is to be used sustainably.

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Banyan Tree Nanjing Garden Expo by CCD

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It has become imperative to beautify and restore the site to enable the symbiosis of human and nature. Break through the “cocoon” for rebirth, rebuild a mysterious wonderland in the quarry valley With a long-abandoned quarry as the hotel’s site, the first priority of the project was ecological restoration.

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Rodolphe Parente respectfully rethinks a classic Haussmannian apartment in Paris

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The main idea was to preserve and at some points restore the classic Haussmannian codes of a Parisian apartment," Parente told Dezeen. "It The kitchen is a deconstructed block sitting in the Haussmanian environment," Parente said. "It It is connected to the historical elements through its composition."

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Manchester School of Architecture spotlights nine architecture and humanities student projects

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The tests took into account quantitative variables: speed of drying and weight as well as qualitative variables in the safety of prototype construction, deconstruction and re-use, climate performance and building and life safety of the design.

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Ten architecture projects from London South Bank University

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Musical harmonious elements are proportionately arranged throughout the proposal based on the site grid, combined with chord progression of several chosen musical genres and their distinguishing beats per minute (bpm), each zone connecting and stimulating the senses.". Student: Ellis J Smith. "In

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Reader’s Choice: Top 10 Architecture Projects On Architizer in January 2022

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They excavate the center of the site, inviting pedestrians to enter from beneath the existing roadway. The design consciously leverages the site so that the building frames remarkable views of the city of San Francisco to the east and Sutro Tower to the west. KT Residence. Tomi Atelier | Vientiane, Laos. aoe | Jinan, China.

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