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Reframing the Concept of Building Envelope Through Minimalist Windows

ArchDaily

While envelopes evolve within diverse contexts, materials, and systems, minimalist windows distinguish themselves through their aesthetic qualities by being transparent and fluid skins. These windows excel with their functionality and visual lightness, standing out in the architectural landscape. Read more ยป

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This mass timber sauna in Finland appears as a natural extension of its rocky surroundings

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Image courtesy of Sotamaa The firm’s design process was guided by a desire to foster a deep connection between the sauna and its surrounding environment, which is defined by the sea and the island’s stark rock landscapes. Its interior features vast CLT sheets, while its exterior is crafted from milled CLT panels.

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Yoghurt window coating proposed as emergency heatwave measure

Deezen

British engineer Tom Greenhill has proposed a low-cost, low-energy solution for keeping UK homes cool in a heatwave: painting the outside of windows with yoghurt. Greenhill admits that this may seem like a "totally eccentric idea". Greenhill admits that this may seem like a "totally eccentric idea".

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Red River Gorge Cabin by West Workshop

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Anchoring the home to the sloped landscape, the foundation terraces down the hill, going with the land. Inspired by traditional Kentucky barn materials with a modern upgrade, the home’s two towers feature an exterior vertical black shou-sugi-ban-rainscreen cladding paired with a galvanized metal roof. Large windows frame the e.

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Charles Goodman Home XXXII by Cook Architecture

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The detailed renovation includes all new windows (fitted into restored Goodman window frames), new flooring, custom millwork, molding, trim, new doors, and solid ash cabinetry in the fully renovated bathrooms. A custom mud/storage area was created in the reconfigured entrance. The main level.

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Modu clads Houston building with "self-cooling" exterior

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Brooklyn-based studio Modu has created a building envelope that lowers the ambient air temperature in order to help cool the interior and exterior of this Houston building. Each tenant will be provided with both an interior and exterior space. A bamboo grove will also provide additional shade.

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Frame House by Studio MBM / Maurizio Bianchi Mattioli

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The Frame House transforms the existing barn house typology into a contemporary dwelling, redefined by strategic compositions of window frames on each new elevation and new structure extending from the existing gambrel roof construction.

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