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Vertical Sliding Windows: Fusing Technology, Efficiency and Aesthetics

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Image © Jack Hobhouse When it comes to windows, we can see how much the industry's technology has evolved over time. While the first versions of windows were small and not very transparent, today we can find large sheets of glass that blur the boundaries between the inside and outside, and can create virtually translucent façades.

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Hapi Homes donates 10 “foldable” residential structures in Odesa

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Each design offers a total of 420 square feet of space for the workers’ families and includes a kitchenette, private bathroom, dining, and living room, with double-layered tempered glass windows, a.

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

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Image © Stephen Bridger via Shutterstock Our contemporary society has been witnessing a surge in skyscraper construction in urban centers worldwide for various reasons—including engineering advancements, increased urban density , space constraints, and, arguably, a competitive drive for building the tallest structures.

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Pierre Koenig’s last completed project, the Schwartz House, listed for over $4 million

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Built in 1994, the home is the last project Koening completed, uniquely built on four structural steel beams. Image credit: Cameron Carothers Image credit: Cameron Carothers Externally, the home takes the form of a steel cube held aloft by four 40-foot-tall structural steel columns. Image credit: Cameron Caro.

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Philip Johnson's Glass House guest annexe reopens after restoration

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US architect Philip Johnson's Glass House annexe, the Brick House, has been restored and reopened following a 15-year closure in Connecticut. Architect Mark Stoner has led the restoration of Philip Johnson's Brick House It follows the building's closure in 2008 after the structure suffered ongoing "water intrusion" due to its sloping site.

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Ye strips Tadao Ando beach house in Malibu back to its structure

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Musician Ye , formerly known as Kanye West, has removed the windows and gutted the interior of a concrete home in Malibu , California, designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. Ye has stripped a Tadao Ando-designed home back to its concrete structure. It would be wonderful to bring the house back to Tadao Ando's vision."

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Jan Tyrpekl raises glass micro home on stilts in rural Austria

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Wall-to-wall glass and a material palette informed by local vernacular define Zen House, a 33-square-metre micro home on stilts in Austria, completed by Czech studio Jan Tyrpekl. The result is a vaulted single-room structure enveloped in gl a ss and flanked by a terrace, raised four metres above the ground on concrete columns.

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