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JULY 4, 2023

These early portable structures were primarily supported by wooden frames and were used by various ancient civilizations, including the Bedouins in the Arabian Peninsula and the Native American tribes in North America. Read more »

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JANUARY 23, 2024

© Aitor Estevez Olaizola architects: ELE Arkitektura Location: Durango, Vizcaya, Spain Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Aitor Estevez Olaizola Area: 2000.0 m2 Read more »

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The structure includes two bedrooms, one with a walk-in closet and bathroom, a closed kitchen, a terrace with an outdoor kitchen, and an exterior half-bath. Inspired by the tree that lends its name to the project, the design captures its surroundings' shade, freshness, and tranquility, creating a place meant for rest and contemplation.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 25, 2023

Image Courtesy of ShadeFX Shade refers to a region or state where sunlight is partially obstructed by objects or structures. Retractable Shade, Dallas. This concept plays a crucial role in architectural design, as it significantly impacts comfort and functionality.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Image credit: Ooki Jingu Image credit: Ooki Jingu As a result, the home is designed with large airy volumes that form connections and interactions between interior and exterior spaces. “This led to the idea of the house of frame which is strong but flexible, where it allows a liberty way of living,” Igarashi says.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The church’s dome features 40 windows and 40 ‘ribs’ to echo the 40 ribs of Saint Nicholas, visible from both the interior and exterior. Image © Alan Karchmer for Santiago Calatrava Calatrava’s church is steeped in symbolism, largely influenced by Byzantine architecture.

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

The sinuous exterior features geometric perforations The station's exterior, which is clad in concrete panels, features a sinuous design defined by a lattice structure composed of rhythmic "sinewaves". Additionally, indoor and outdoor plazas were included within the development.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Image credit: Casey Dunn Image credit: Casey Dunn The museum’s design features a rectilinear glass base topped with a cloud-like structure formed by a series of barrel vaults.

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MARCH 20, 2025

We focused on creating a warm environment scaled to the client’s lifestyle that honors the original structure’s mid-century modern heritage while updating it in ways that make it appear that the home has never been “remodeled.”

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Called Kivi Sauna, the structure was designed by Helsinki -based design and architecture studio Sotamaa. Its interior features vast CLT sheets, while its exterior is crafted from milled CLT panels. On an island within the Finnish archipelago, a sleek, pebble-shaped sauna seems to delicately balance atop a small rock formation.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

A single-family house in a newly named alley in Capitol Hill is an opportunity to elaborate upon a healthy material palette featuring black locust wood, cork cladding, hemp insulation, and bamboo structural walls. Durable black locust slats protect cork cladding, screen balconies, structure a fence, and provide fall protection on the rooftop.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Result of a winning competition proposal, the project consists of the construction of a new building to replace the existing centre, located in an industrial structure that was run out and did not any longer serve its purpose. The project also includes the reconfiguration of the exterior sport grounds.

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MARCH 7, 2023

Photo: Chris Cooper, courtesy Deborah Berke Partners Existing limestone edifices were removed to add an influx of natural light into the structure, which retained 80% of its original concrete foundation, steel-frame structure, and most of its modernist envelope. Terraces were added to the fifth floor and rooftop.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This elevated position provides an exceptional opportunity to craft a structure that harmoniously engages with the varying levels of the terrain, establishes a seamless connection to the surrounding landscape, and frames expansive, distant views. The building site, situated on a sloping hillside in Salzburg, is accessed via a narrow road.

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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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Deezen

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The structure will use passive design strategies The Navoi State Museum of Literature, which sits at the heart of the development, will host 13 permanent exhibition halls organised around a central courtyard. Renders of the exterior reveal a large glass facade and entrance, sheltered by the building's sweeping brick forms.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library ( TRPL ) comprises a long narrow structure built into the rolling Badlands of North Dakota, with a central passageway that runs through the centre of the structure. It will have exhibition areas as well as a large theatre.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Chinese studio Atelier Xi has completed a visitor centre for Qiaochengbei Park in Shenzhen , using weathering steel and grass roofs to blend two pavilion-like structures into the landscape. The two structures were organised around the park's trees The two buildings sit at either end of the park. The photography is by Zhang Chao.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The founders of Takk have created a mobile bedroom for their daughter Elevated on a wheeled base, the structure can be moved around the apartment to accommodate its constantly changing layout, which is the result of Luzárraga and Muiño designing and building a rotation of large-scale architectural works.

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Archinect

AUGUST 5, 2024

"We’re hoping the remaining $45 million of this demolition earmark could be invested in the terra cotta and the exterior cladding and roof structures, along with the windows," Preservation Chicago’s executive director Ward Miller told the outlet. "I

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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. Glass House / Max Núñez. However, what does designing for plants involve? Read more »

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Deezen

MARCH 20, 2025

Both New Warham House and the Main Quad have decorative facades made from 70-millimetre-thick load-bearing stone walls, which were tied to a concrete structure. According to Kohn, geometric lines on their exteriors were designed to enhance the sinuous shapes of the buildings, similar to the works of British painter Bridget Riley.

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JUNE 20, 2024

LOHA’s LEED Platinum San Joaquin Student Housing for seven student housing structures at the northern limit of the University of California, Santa Barbara, represents an application of the firm’s interest in urban environments within a university context. LOHA’s design reverts this.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 5, 2025

Image Courtesy of Terraco The faade of any building is more than just its exterior; it serves as a canvas that not only enhances the structure's appearance but also reflects its inner essence and character. The Rixos Marina project demonstrates the perfect harmony between luxury and style using Terracos Terracoat Suede. Read more

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Deezen

JANUARY 14, 2025

Rising 40- and 46-storeys-high, the towers are made up of interconnected glass structures that widen at their tops and are joined by a podium at their base. Set off from this largely glass exterior, ornate screens typical of Islamic architecture surround the podium building. The photography is by Dirk Lindner.

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Archinect

APRIL 16, 2024

” Image credit: Rasmus Hjortshoj Image credit: Rasmus Hjortshoj The main timber structure is formed of glulam and cross-laminated timber, designed as three tree-trunk-like columns that fan out to carry the entire load of the roof while “enveloping visitors in a welcoming forest-like canopy.”

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ArchDaily

MARCH 13, 2025

Exterior of the Hollyhock house. By using modular concrete blocks in an ornamental and structural way, Wright developed a unique aesthetic deeply rooted in both the past and the future. Residences such as the Hollyhock House redefine the interplay of light , materiality, constructive innovation, and spatial perception. Read more

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ArchDaily

APRIL 9, 2025

Exterior render of the Play Pavilion. Image Peter Cook (Peter Cook Studio Crablab), Courtesy of Serpentine Serpentine has announced the Play Pavilion , a new structure designed by British architect Peter Cook in collaboration with the LEGO Group.

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JULY 18, 2024

The tasting room is composed of a glulam structural frame and cross-laminated timber roof. The space is defined by its structural system, along with a fully glazed enclosure and exterior weathering-steel cladding.

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Archinect

JANUARY 15, 2025

We collaborated with the engineering team to implement an air quality management system, delivering fresh air to all rooms year-round, and coordinated structural upgrades to support the solar canopy. This project explores what it means to create a contemporary home in the city while maximizing usable space in a dense urban area.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 5, 2025

Designed by Kallmann, McKinnell, and Knowles and completed in 1968, the fortress-like concrete exterior and geometric austerity have long divided public opinion. Critics, including a former mayor, called for its demolition for decades arguing that its imposing design was inhospitable, inefficient, and most importantly, not beautiful.

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APRIL 4, 2025

The structure is supported by helical piers, strategically positioned to preserve all existing trees. The exterior features painted cedar shingles, high-performance windows and doors, and a custom standing seam metal roof. Inside, the ADU is finished with 8-inch-wide white oak flooring and white oak millwork.

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Deezen

MARCH 25, 2025

"Rather than the conventional way of placing solar panels on top of a roof as a retrospective add-on, the detailing the building's exterior cladding, its 'solar skin', is a key driver of the design," it added. These ends were clad in pale timber planks that contrast the black cladding and solar panels of the home's exterior.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Deond unveiled the Enfold pavilion at Dubai Design Week Modelled on the spiky exterior of a palm tree trunk, the modules were designed using parametric software and configured to let sunlight punctuate the interior via triangular openings. Hand-folded cardboard modules envelop the structure "It responds to the context," Lovegrove added.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The mold problem reported at Toyo Ito ’s groundbreaking Gaia mass timber structure for Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore appears to have been caused by exposure to rain and condensation, a late update from Global Construction Review said Friday. Ito’s team did not provide a statement regarding the issue.

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ArchDaily

AUGUST 27, 2024

Operating in urban environments often requires us to make decisions regarding pre-existing structures. The controversy arises, certainly, from the lack of relationship or connection between the transformed interior and the preserved exterior. Read more »

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Museum of the Future, a video tour of the exterior and interior. “The void in the heart of the structure represents the unknown that we seek to discover, as it is the future that we will reach.” “The museum is the eye that sees tomorrow,” the team says.

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