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Álvaro Siza steps orange-hued concrete home into sloped site in Barcelona

Deezen

Colien House steps down a sloped site in Barcelona "The central purpose was to answer the programme proposal made by the client by including a careful embodiment of the landscape, complying with the specific local rules and the relation of each of the four floors' elevation with the natural topography," Siza told Dezeen.

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Cometa House is nestled within trees on coastal site in Oaxaca

Deezen

It sits at the edge of a nature preserve on Punta Cometa, or Comet Point, a peninsula that juts into the Pacific Ocean and was once the site of an Aztec fort. Two stone towers juxtapose the site's horizontal elements The architects also needed to consider how the landscape evolves throughout the year.

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Loader Monteith adds charred-timber-clad office to brownfield site in Inverness

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Scottish architecture studio Loader Monteith has designed an office with a gabled roof , along with two private residences, for mountain bike tour operator H&I Adventures on a sloping brownfield site in Scotland. The structures share a timber-and-metal material palette designed to create a "common language", the studio said.

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Alterstudio creates Falcon Ledge Residence on a challenging Austin site

Deezen

Architecture firm Alterstudio has completed a tower-like house in Texas that rises up from a steep, wooded site that was long overlooked "as a possible home site". The site had long been overlooked as feasible for home construction. The opportunity came with challenges.

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The Kitchen in This Pacific Northwest Retreat Is Made From Douglas Fir Felled On-Site

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Project Details: Location: Washington, United States Architect: GO'C / @ go_c_studio Footprint: 1,700 square feet Builder: Sparrow Woodworks Structural Engineer: SSF Engineers Civil Engineer: J Welch Engineering Envelope Consultant: RDH Building Science Inc. Have one to share? Post it here.

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An Interim Landscape at NC State University Is a Masterclass in Reuse

Landscape Architecture Magazine

By Kyle Wurtz The interim landscape recalled both Harrelson Hall and the Piedmont’s ecology. The most emblematic site on campus is University Plaza, which was initially paved with more than half a million red bricks donated by the North Carolina Bricklayers Association and white bricks purchased from South Carolina manufacturers.

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Architectuur Maken designs sculptural staircase overlooking Dutch landscape

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Dutch studio Architectuur Maken has completed De Niewe Herdgang, a sculptural staircase rising 25 metres to create a watchtower over the landscape outside the city of Tilburg , the Netherlands. Landscape and people are inextricably linked. Architectuur Maken has created a sculptural staircase called De Niewe Herdgang.

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