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Revisiting Skyscraper Design: The Benefits of Responsive Facades and Passive Designs

ArchDaily

The allure of all-glass facades and the pursuit of curtain walls with larger panes of continuous glass have often come at the cost of functionality. This raises the question: is passive ventilation strategy becoming obsolete in high-rise design, or can operable systems be integrated effectively into our high-tech towers?

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Maximizing Natural Light in New Construction and Additions

Santa Cruz Architect

Natural light is an essential design element that profoundly impacts a home’s aesthetics, energy efficiency, and livability. The Importance of Natural Light in Residential Design Understanding the value of natural light in a home extends beyond simply creating bright spaces.

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Rob Diaz uses all natural materials to build house in Los Angeles

Deezen

The brief for the four-bedroom, five-bathroom property in Studio City "was to design a home using all natural materials", according to Diaz, who has developed several single-family homes across the city. The post Rob Diaz uses all natural materials to build house in Los Angeles appeared first on Dezeen.

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Glass walls immerse inhabitants of Chilean home in surrounding forest

Deezen

Architects Eugenio Simonetti and Bastian San Martin have completed KW House in Chile , a "study in duality" that contrasts glass-walled living spaces with intimate wood-lined bedrooms. The post Glass walls immerse inhabitants of Chilean home in surrounding forest appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Pablo Casals Aguirre.

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Eight homes with practical and well-designed corner windows

Deezen

Full-height windows, curved glazing and windows that continuously wrap the facades of an extension feature in this lookbook of homes with expansive corner windows. As the centrepiece of the timber-framed extension, the sweeping window curves around a 90-degree angle to create a tranquil corner overlooking the garden.

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When Natural Disasters Threaten Modernist Icons

Dwell

When first responders attempted to remove the cabana debris, like broken glass and cracked and displaced slabs, someone tipped Strang off. We were going to anyway, but Mother Nature came in first and said: Time for a real renovation." All net proceeds from the MOD Weekend events will be used to support the initiative.) "The

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This Hungarian mass timber house blends seamlessly into its natural environment

Archinect

Hungarian design-build studio Hello Wood has shared its latest home with us, seamlessly blending into its rural surroundings and bridging the gap between the natural environment and engineered objects. The living space connects with built-in glass doors and windows to a terrace that extends over the adjacent fishpond.