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Brick Houses in Spain: Modern Masonry Design for Home Interiors and Exteriors

ArchDaily

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Throughout history, they have added both beauty and function to the spaces that use them, offering protection from the elements while also permitting the entry of natural light and air flow.

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Exterior Permits Modern Interior

Brazilian Houses With “Balcony-Rooms”: When Living Extends From the Interior to the Exterior

ArchDaily

AUGUST 1, 2023

Image: © Keniche Santos A residential architectural project almost always seeks to integrate interior and exterior to get closer to nature and improve comfort or aesthetics. Considering living spaces, this dialogue between open and closed environments becomes even more relevant. Summer House / Lucas Gonçalves Arquitetura.

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Dubbeldam's Shift House stands out through a unique push and pull of interior volumes

Archinect

JUNE 27, 2024

Western red cedar fills the voids left by the retracted volumes, providing a striking contrast to the predominantly charcoal gray exterior. Photo: Shai Gil The house is spread across two stories, and its layout consists of an interior grid of six staggered volumes that shift in and out to shape the exterior envelope.

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Space Twist by ArchObraz

Archinect

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The extensive glazing attracts attention: part of the house’s front walls are like glass walls that let in maximum light, providing ideal insolation and filling the space with volume. The entire interior – from the decoration to the furniture fronts – is made in laconic minimalism with the dominant white color.

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Enlace by Canopy / Architecture + Design

Archinect

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Canopy worked with Enlace to develop a design that accommodates the basic office needs but goes beyond to create an exciting new community space that remains contextual to the neighborhood.

Architecture

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Designing for Plants: The Architecture of Greenhouses and Their Relationship with the Environment

ArchDaily

MARCH 11, 2024

Image © Roland Halbe When delving into the envelope of construction and examining how the interior relates to the exterior, the concept of greenhouses emerges as an opportunity to cultivate life indoors, whether dependent on external factors or not.

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Apple's first flagship store in India, designed by Foster + Partners, opens to the public

Archinect

APRIL 18, 2023

Image: Foster + Partners The connection between the interior and exterior spaces is further emphasized by a hand-crafted timber ceiling that extends beyond the glass façade to the underside of the exterior canopy. Greenery is invited into the store, with a row of ficus trees slotted along the inside of the glazing.

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Exterior Glass Residential Design

Houses in Peru: 5 Projects That Use Cement Blocks in Their Construction

ArchDaily

MAY 27, 2024

Whether in interior or exterior spaces, their use can align with concepts of circular economy , resource efficiency, sustainability , and more, with the goal of creating habitable spaces while also understanding their constructive advantages and disadvantages, their expressive and aesthetic qualities, and so on.

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Take a look inside the Las Vegas Sphere's interior and lighting designs

Archinect

DECEMBER 22, 2023

New York-based design studio ICRAVE has shared a special look inside its interior, wayfinding, and lighting design work on the headline-grabbing new Sphere entertainment venue in Las Vegas. Cross section rendering of Sphere.

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Interior Exterior Design Structure

First photos of Morphosis' soon-to-open Orange County Museum of Art

Archinect

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

“The OCMA design represents a new model for museums based on public, urban, communal spaces with strong connections between interior and exterior,” Morphosis principals Thom Mayne and Brandon Welling shared.

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Kenyatta International Convention Center: A Modernist Icon of Post-Colonial African Architecture

ArchDaily

APRIL 30, 2024

This architectural production, coinciding with economic growth, employed complex construction methods in designs that seamlessly blended interior and exterior spaces (thanks to the tropical climate ), focusing on form and expression of materiality.

Architecture

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Columbia GSAPP's floating 'Cloud' installation seeks to unite a fractious campus

Archinect

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Photo: Nicholas Knight/Columbia GSAPP The temporary pavilion structure, which is made out of metallic foam fabricated by a Spanish manufacturer called Àrea Cúbica, "envisions a participatory experience that emphasizes the interconnectedness of peoples’ actions in shared spaces."

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Prefab cabins that 'disappear among the trees' designed by Canadian architects

Archinect

APRIL 14, 2022

Photography by Adrien Williams + Maxime Brouillet Several design moves were made to create continuity between the interior and exterior. The entrance to each cabin has been pushed inwards, with a light pine used to clad the ceiling of both the external patio and internal spaces. The dark wood cladding from the ext.

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In Amsterdam, a new residential development draws on canyons, forests, and beaches

Archinect

MAY 9, 2023

A multifunctional grandstand is created by sculptural terraces and wooden decks, while on summer days, the building’s interior and exterior merge by way of a large operable glass frontage.

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solid exterior minimizes visual noise in bankog’s monochromatic phuffle restaurant

designboom

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

too.architects fills the space with a greyscale palette through washed sand on lower walls and floors. The post solid exterior minimizes visual noise in bankog’s monochromatic phuffle restaurant appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Lasting Joy Brewery by Auver

Archinect

JULY 18, 2024

An existing barn was repurposed as the brewery portion of the program, and a new, purpose-built tasting room space was constructed. The space is defined by its structural system, along with a fully glazed enclosure and exterior weathering-steel cladding. The inversely raised roof floods the space with natural light.

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Fala Atelier adds geometric "metal masks" to exterior of Porto apartment

Deezen

JUNE 13, 2024

Located in a 1970s housing block, the narrow commercial space has been transformed into a light-filled home named 097 Waves of Glass and Clouds of Metal. Throughout the interior, accents of red, marble and wood sit against a backdrop of white tiling and glass blocks. It was based on many ideas," said the studio.

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Bundang Doosan by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)

Archinect

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The tower's rational form contains office, auditorium, and tenant amenity space, including the Doosan History Museum and a café that opens up to the landscaped roof terrace. Glass facades allow plentiful daylight into the interior space while limiting solar gain through vertical and horizontal exterior shading devices.

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Sou Fujimoto's House of Music finally opens in Budapest

Archinect

JANUARY 24, 2022

The building’s paneled glass facade presents a seamless transition between exterior park and interior mu.

Housing

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MF House by Spaceworkers by spaceworkers

Archinect

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Then the distribution of spaces, with clarity and rationality, without the morphological obviousness hidden in the tenuous movement of the elements that accompanies the two streets that flank the volumetry. For the interior of the lot, the volume is torn in order to enjoy the light and the garden, ensuring privacy facing the street.

Housing

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Bridging the Gap: 15 Atypical Living Solutions in Urban Remnants

ArchDaily

OCTOBER 23, 2023

© Hoang Le Behind facades lie vibrant lives, where the exterior melds with the interior, transforming neglected urban spaces into captivating residences. In cities around the world, architects, engineers and designers face the challenge of integrating new buildings into existing urban landscapes with limited space.

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4 Homes in Brazil that Encourage Indoor-Outdoor Living

ArchDaily

JANUARY 23, 2024

What's more: residential projects of the era, in particular, blurred the lines between indoor and outdoor, flawlessly merging interior and exterior spaces to reflect a lifestyle that harmonizes with nature.

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Home Residential Contemporary Exterior

Snøhetta unveils green design for new Westchester Square Library in the Bronx

Archinect

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Its two-story interior is organized around a need for natural light in educational spaces and the desire to frame a street-level exterior Viewing Garden that serves as a “counterpoint to the surrounding urban landscape” while adding “visual interest to the indoor experience.

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MVRDV and Diamond Schmitt Collaborate on University of Toronto's Scarborough Campus Addition

ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The new addition, featuring laboratory spaces, classrooms, and offices, aims to function as a communal and gathering space for the community. Solar panels integrated into the façade help power the building, while the warm finishes of the interior contribute to creating a welcoming atmosphere. Read more »

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Erieta Attali | Kengo Kuma – Mirror in the Mirror

ArchDaily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Their joint work is characterized by a shared aesthetic understanding of architecture, space, and visual perception. In both Kuma’s buildings and Attali’s photographs, interior and exterior spaces merge and dissolve into one another.

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Mission Rock Building B / WORKac

ArchDaily

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Building -& Mission Rock Building B reimages the future of the workplace by fostering a seamless connection between interior and exterior spaces.

Building

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Preston Hollow Residence by Specht Novak

Archinect

JANUARY 26, 2024

A floating pavilion roof hovers over the interior and exterior spaces while sliding glass panels and corrugated concrete walls define its courtyards. ” – Scott Specht, principal architect Water helps link the exterior and interior spaces.

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Check out the 'Best of Best' photos from this year's Architecture MasterPrize Photography category

Archinect

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Photographers Albrecht Voss (Exterior Architecture) and Franco Casaccia (Interior Architecture) led the field with superlative shots in either category.

Architecture

Architecture Exterior Interior Art

Leveraging Building Services as a Framework for the Evolution of Building Envelopes

ArchDaily

MARCH 11, 2024

Image © Stanislav71/ Shutterstock Rising demands for energy efficiency, technical functionality, and interior comfort in buildings necessitate the development of more efficient building envelope constructions. The building envelope serves as a mediator between a building's exterior and interior. Read more »

Building

Building Safety Exterior Development

A Look Back at the 9 Japanese Architects Honored with the Pritzker Prize

ArchDaily

MARCH 12, 2024

While geography is not a criterion in the selection of the laureates , Japanese architecture consistently impresses with its interplay of light and shadow, the careful composition of spaces, soft transitions between interior and exterior, and attention to detail and materiality.

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Henning Larsen’s ‘forest canopy-like’ World of Volvo opens in Sweden

Archinect

APRIL 16, 2024

” The center’s round structure is intended to encourage visitors to create their own journeys through the building’s interior and exterior. Anchoring the structure is a 485,000-square-foot exhibition space.

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Chicago O’Hare $300 million airport terminal renovation breaks ground

Archinect

APRIL 25, 2024

Named ElevateT3, the project will include the reconfiguration of two TSA checkpoints into a single screening area, an expanded passenger corridor between concourses K and L, and the development of approximately 10,000 square feet of new concessions and amenity spaces.

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BIG’s Twisting One High Line Skyscrapers Near Completion in New York City

ArchDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The two condominium towers designed by BIG are organized to define a central public courtyard, activating the public space with retail and commercial facilities. The towers’ exterior and the majority of the interior are completed, with the courtyard expected to be finished by early 2024. Read more »

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Cities Commercial Exterior Finishes

Chicago's Thompson Center begins demolition ahead of $280 million Google takeover

Archinect

MAY 3, 2024

NBC Chicago is reporting on the start of planned demolition work for the Thompson Center in advance of a $280 million makeover that will turn the famed Helmut Jahn -designed building into a new office space for Google for 2026. Work will cover the exterior glass curtain facade and interior atrium.

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Exterior Glass Site Art

Reviving Collaboration: Seeking a Place for Artistry in Mass-Produced Building Elements

ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

These questions prompt us to consider the potential for expression, communication, and reflection in the craft of building elements in both interior and exterior spaces. And how can new technology facilitate artistic mass customization of building components? Read more »

Building

Building Industrial Exterior Technology

Taliesin's $1.1 million restored Hillside Theater debuts in Wisconsin

Archinect

JUNE 13, 2024

Originally designed in 1903 to serve the Hillside Home School that was included in the 800-acre estate in the heavily forested Driftless Area, the space is now once again capable of hosting theatrical productions and will precede its public reopening with a series of film screenings and musical performances throughout the summer.

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Take an inside look at the form-making process for LACMA's new David Geffen Galleries

Archinect

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Work will now commence on the installation of the 347,500-square-foot gallery’s interior walls, plus its exterior facade glazing, MEP systems, and roof-level horizontal decks. Instead, there are seven 30-foot-tall park-level pavilions that support the entire exhibition space. The building has no columns!,"

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Integrating the Past: Contemporary Projects that Preserve Preexisting Façades

ArchDaily

AUGUST 27, 2024

The increase in city density has directly impacted the availability of space for developing new and independent constructions, sparking debates about what stance to take toward built heritage that has become obsolete—either due to deterioration or because it no longer meets the functional needs of the contemporary population.

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Contemporary Project Exterior Structure

Thin Brick in Building Design: A Guide to Their Use and Application

ArchDaily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Delving into lighter alternatives, thin brick –with minimum thicknesses of approximately 1/2 inch (13mm)– combines the technical and aesthetic qualities of traditional brick with the advantages of being lightweight and space-efficient.

Building

Building Industrial Exterior Design

Koning Eizenberg returns to its roots with the new Student Pavilion for the University of Melbourne

Archinect

JULY 3, 2024

A new higher ed project in Australia from Koning Eizenberg for the University of Melbourne has opened, bringing together student input on diversity, inclusion, and gender equity with the need for communal space. The design reference points pay credence to the institution’s progressive culture both past and future.

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TM House by Inception Architects Studio

Archinect

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The house seeks a deliberate connection between all its spaces, with respect to the functional relationship of interior and exterior areas and experiences. The main concept for the interior of the TM House aims at the best framing and greater (controlled) exposure to sunlight.

Housing

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Eight home interiors brightened by clerestory windows

Deezen

JULY 13, 2024

A collection of distinctive new builds and carefully crafted residential extensions have been rounded up for our latest lookbook , which gathers home interiors enhanced and brightened by clerestory openings. To increase privacy on the ground floor, as well as draw light into the interior, a row of windows were placed at clerestory height.

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$2 Billion Powerball winner splashes $25.5 million on Hollywood Hills mansion

Archinect

MARCH 9, 2023

It stands three stories tall, with more than 13,000 square feet of living space, including five bedrooms and six bathrooms. Its interior is defined by open-concept, indoor-outdoor spaces that allow for a seamless connection between the living spaces and the exteriors. Video courtesy of The AgencyRE.

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SOM completes restoration of Lever House, a midcentury Manhattan office icon

Archinect

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The scope of their work entailed the creation of a new lobby, ground-level public plaza, installation of an entirely new modernized building system, and 15,000-square-foot Lever Club hospitality suite in addition to redesigned interior spaces from Marmol Radziner.

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Brick Houses in Spain: Modern Masonry Design for Home Interiors and Exteriors

Brazilian Houses With “Balcony-Rooms”: When Living Extends From the Interior to the Exterior

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Dubbeldam's Shift House stands out through a unique push and pull of interior volumes

Space Twist by ArchObraz

Enlace by Canopy / Architecture + Design

Designing for Plants: The Architecture of Greenhouses and Their Relationship with the Environment

Apple's first flagship store in India, designed by Foster + Partners, opens to the public

Houses in Peru: 5 Projects That Use Cement Blocks in Their Construction

Take a look inside the Las Vegas Sphere's interior and lighting designs

First photos of Morphosis' soon-to-open Orange County Museum of Art

Kenyatta International Convention Center: A Modernist Icon of Post-Colonial African Architecture

Columbia GSAPP's floating 'Cloud' installation seeks to unite a fractious campus

Prefab cabins that 'disappear among the trees' designed by Canadian architects

In Amsterdam, a new residential development draws on canyons, forests, and beaches

solid exterior minimizes visual noise in bankog’s monochromatic phuffle restaurant

Lasting Joy Brewery by Auver

Fala Atelier adds geometric "metal masks" to exterior of Porto apartment

Bundang Doosan by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)

Sou Fujimoto's House of Music finally opens in Budapest

MF House by Spaceworkers by spaceworkers

Bridging the Gap: 15 Atypical Living Solutions in Urban Remnants

4 Homes in Brazil that Encourage Indoor-Outdoor Living

Snøhetta unveils green design for new Westchester Square Library in the Bronx

MVRDV and Diamond Schmitt Collaborate on University of Toronto's Scarborough Campus Addition

Erieta Attali | Kengo Kuma – Mirror in the Mirror

Mission Rock Building B / WORKac

Preston Hollow Residence by Specht Novak

Check out the 'Best of Best' photos from this year's Architecture MasterPrize Photography category

Leveraging Building Services as a Framework for the Evolution of Building Envelopes

A Look Back at the 9 Japanese Architects Honored with the Pritzker Prize

Henning Larsen’s ‘forest canopy-like’ World of Volvo opens in Sweden

Chicago O’Hare $300 million airport terminal renovation breaks ground

BIG’s Twisting One High Line Skyscrapers Near Completion in New York City

Chicago's Thompson Center begins demolition ahead of $280 million Google takeover

Reviving Collaboration: Seeking a Place for Artistry in Mass-Produced Building Elements

Taliesin's $1.1 million restored Hillside Theater debuts in Wisconsin

Take an inside look at the form-making process for LACMA's new David Geffen Galleries

Integrating the Past: Contemporary Projects that Preserve Preexisting Façades

Thin Brick in Building Design: A Guide to Their Use and Application

Koning Eizenberg returns to its roots with the new Student Pavilion for the University of Melbourne

TM House by Inception Architects Studio

Eight home interiors brightened by clerestory windows

$2 Billion Powerball winner splashes $25.5 million on Hollywood Hills mansion

SOM completes restoration of Lever House, a midcentury Manhattan office icon

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