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How 'Anthropocene mining' offers architects growing alternatives to the way we build cities

Archinect

This thought has spurred a growing band of architects and building firms to look at how to re-use the huge range of materials already hiding within our built environment, from concrete and wood to the metallic bounty within electronic waste Architecturally-rich cities are both a fount of reusable materials and a way of circumventing the awful cycle (..)

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student proposal carves baths in greek island’s volcanic landscape to repurpose mining sites

designboom

the project explores the relationship between production infrastructure and leisure programs to reclaim the mining sites and utilize Giali’s geothermal energy. The post student proposal carves baths in greek island’s volcanic landscape to repurpose mining sites appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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The Ranch Mine creates White Dates house for desert site in Phoenix

Deezen

Breeze-block walls and a roof cutout for a palm tree are among the special features at an Arizona house designed by The Ranch Mine , which took cues from a mid-century modern dwelling across the street. Vacant for decades, the historic house has a simple, boxy shape and white exterior screens with elliptical openings.

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Eureka! This $3.3M Home Stands on the Site of a 19th-Century Gold Mine

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Anchored in the heart of California's Mother Lode, the property is the site of a 19th Century gold mine, Sailor Flat, which features wagon roads and trails, and is crisscrossed by year-round creeks and seasonal streams. The Mountain House was conceived with utmost sensitivity to its surroundings, over a 9-year process.

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Sunshine Canyon Residence by Hacker Architects

Archinect

Located at 7,300 feet, high above the city of Boulder, Colorado, the Sunshine Canyon Residence accentuates its dramatic site by juxtaposing a simple form with the steep contours of a landscape scarred by wildfire. The same fire scorched this site, which they selected to start again with a new approach to living in the mountains.

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Atelier Bow-Wow’s first U.S. home features a large ‘umbrella’ roof in the Sierra Nevadas

Archinect

Image credit: Nick Swartzendruber for Sotheby’s International Realty Image credit: Nick Swartzendruber for Sotheby’s International Realty The home sits on the site of a 19th-century gold mine which features wagon roads, trails, and seasonal streams.

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The Ranch Mine adds steel-clad lookout tower to Arizona house

Deezen

US studio The Ranch Mine has completed a house in Arizona clad in wood and weathering steel that includes a tall volume that can "serve as a sentinel for potential forest fires". Leveraging the rugged terrain to their advantage, the architects utilised stones collected from the site to form the foundation skirt of the house," the team said.

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