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A Blue Felt Stair Pops in This Rustic Rotterdam Home

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To give the open spaces a sense of structure, industrial steel frames were reused and supplemented with custom-made wooden portals, creating transparent dividers that define the space without disrupting the openness. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Loader Monteith and Studio SJM create woodland school in Scotland

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To the north, the classrooms, meditation spaces and two art workshops are housed in the main timber-framed, larch-clad structure that will silver over time to "camouflage" with the trees. The Harmeny Learning Hub comprises two buildings set atop a paved patio. The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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PDP refurbishes art deco office block with jewel-like extensions in glass and steel

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London practice PDP has renovated Eighty Strand, an art deco office building on the Strand, restoring its original finishes and complementing them with glazed pavilions that reference the style's geometric forms. Original stone walls and columns were restored throughout. Eighty Strand was renovated by PDP.

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Cimet Arquitectos remodels earthquake-damaged office tower in Mexico City

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Mexican architecture studio Cimet Arquitectos has remodelled and reinforced an 18-storey-tall structure in Mexico City after it was damaged by a series of earthquakes. Cimet Arquitectos restored an earthquake-damaged office tower in Mexico City. The structure had been unoccupied for years.

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Studio Schicketanz renovates Henry Hill's mid-century house on the California coast

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The studio renovated the finishes and restored some of the original layouts. The team used vintage photography to restore the spaces. Mechanical engineer : Monterey Energy Group. Structural engineer: Duckbrew Inc. Project Credits: Architect: Studio Schicketanz. Landscape: Bob Davis and SV Landscape.

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Charles F. Bloszies inserts glass addition into San Francisco cathedral complex

Deezen

The studio added a metal and glass extension to the school The extension included the "careful inssertaion" of a modern, glass-lined structure between the cathedral and the school. For the restoration, the team revamped large portions of the school building's, extending the programme of the addition's interior throughout.

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GH3 outfits Alberta bus garage with stainless steel and sculptural details

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Canadian architecture studio GH3 has created an expansive bus maintenance and storage facility in Edmonton, Alberta that has sculptural finishes while preserving an existing smokestack on the site. The employee spaces have monochromatic finishes. Along the top of the structure are five protrusions. The photography is by GH3. .