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Elevated Exteriors: 12 Award-Winning Products Transforming Outdoor Spaces

Architizer

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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Eight calming home interiors with earthy-toned finishes

Deezen

Often used as a form of weather protection on home exteriors, wall coatings like lime render and clay paint may also offer decorative touches to interiors. A pared-back material palette was used throughout the interior, with earthy plaster walls set off by concrete and oak used to form a datum around the base of the space.

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Bigfork Library by Cushing Terrell

Archinect

Occupying a former 6,000-square-foot church recreation hall, the project transforms the existing building into a rich mix of spaces. Spaces leverage light—qualities such as shadows, light-dark, and dappled light—to visually sculpt ar. The design features architectural forms to metaphorically reference the bridge concept.

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Atelier Itch envelops Bomun House in Seoul with windowless steel skin

Deezen

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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Brown House by BLDUS

Archinect

The exterior cork cladding is echoed by a spray cork finish on interior ceilings, while the bamboo structural panels are exposed on the interior and stained with PolyWhey, a by-product of the cheese industry. Spaces made from he. Cellulose and hemp insulation fill the hollow wall cavities and flat roofs.

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Atelier Xi designs weathering steel pavilions that "elegantly meander" through Shenzhen park

Deezen

Atelier Xi has completed a visitor centre for Qiaochengbei Park in Shenzhen Atelier Xi aimed to have a minimal impact on this landscape, arranging the visitor centre's two structures around the park's trees and using material finishes that would blend in with the natural setting over time. "We

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Zaha Hadid Architects designs starfish-like cultural centre in Italy

Deezen

Informed by its marine setting, the centre is set to comprise a sinuous, round-edged volume that draws on the "radial symmetry of starfish", and will be finished with reflective aluminium panels and rounded roof openings. It will form part of the city's wider Reggium Waterfront redevelopment.

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