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Elevated Exteriors: 12 Award-Winning Products Transforming Outdoor Spaces

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A well-designed exterior can be so much more than a pretty face; it is a key component in realizing how a building interacts with its environment. But a well-designed exterior can do so much more than just boost property value; it can improve energy efficiency, transform underused spaces and even enhance occupant well-being.

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LACMA shares custom-built glass facade details in new spring construction update

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New updates have been shared recently by the Los Angeles Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), charting progress on the $750 million new David Geffen Galleries from Peter Zumthor that is expected to finish construction by the end of this year. Image courtesy LACMA Also of interest are the 243 individual custom-made glass facade components.

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Bundang Doosan by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)

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Glass facades allow plentiful daylight into the interior space while limiting solar gain through vertical and horizontal exterior shading devices. Crafted in granite and with a chiseled finish at their edges, the fins serve as an aesthetic transition between the rocky l.

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Atelier Itch envelops Bomun House in Seoul with windowless steel skin

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It was updated by Atelier Itch with a mostly windowless facade of corrugated lightweight steel to "refine the building's exterior", which the studio said was previously "cluttered" due to an external road-facing staircase. Throughout the interior, pared-back finishes have been applied, echoing the utilitarian look of the exterior.

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Gehry-designed Warner Bros. Second Century expansion is now complete

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This news comes a year after the exterior finishes of the office complex were said to be nearly done. Breaking ground in early 2020 , the 800,000-square-foot structure, resembling staggered icebergs through its glass façade, now rises in full view above the 134 freeway in Burbank, California.

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PAO transforms Chinese porcelain factory using "plug-in architecture"

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Chinese studio People's Architecture Office has converted an old porcelain factory in Jingdezhen into workshops and a gallery using colourful steel and glass extensions. It is finished with clay tiles on the exterior and faceted, slatted wood ceilings above the internal spaces.

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Studio Okami screens low-lying Belgian house with patterned brick walls

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"We chose aluminium windows on the outside, due to the harsh Belgian weather conditions, but in the interior, we placed walnut wood finishings over the aluminium frames to create warmth," explained Van Cauter. The photography is by Nick Claeskens.

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