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SHoP’s Uber headquarters 'breathes' with smart accordion-style windows

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Photo © Jason O'Rear Photo © Jason O'Rear The scheme’s star attraction is its active “breathing” façade composed of full-height windows. Photo © Jason O'Rear Photo © Jason O'Rear Inside, the building’s perimeter is lined by a series of circulation and gathering spaces known as the Commons.

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How to Improve Natural Light and Ventilation in the Bathroom With a Shower Window

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Image © Tom Ferguson As one of the smallest spaces in the home , shower rooms often find it difficult to get enough light. Due to issues with privacy and water damage, meanwhile, when a shower room does have the opportunity to add a window, it’s rarely positioned in the shower itself.

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

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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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Neri&Hu designs Blue Bottle Zhang Yuan Cafe within revitalized 19th-century residence in Shanghai

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As part of the revamp , coffee roaster and retailer Blue Bottle Coffee Company commissioned Neri&Hu to create a retail space in one of the old residences. Along the exterior wall of the old building, an elongated, alley-like space connects the main street to the atriums. The café rises in the midst of these elements.

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Preston Hollow Residence by Specht Novak

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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. The Preston Hollow House blurs the lines between indoors and out.

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Yoghurt window coating proposed as emergency heatwave measure

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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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Eight home interiors brightened by clerestory windows

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Clerestory windows typically refer to a strip of glazing situated at the very top of a wall, or above eye-level, positioned just beneath the roof to draw in daylight. While traditionally coined in reference to the highest storey of clear glazing in a church or cathedral, clerestory windows are increasingly used in residential projects.

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