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Modu clads Houston building with "self-cooling" exterior

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Brooklyn-based studio Modu has created a building envelope that lowers the ambient air temperature in order to help cool the interior and exterior of this Houston building. Each tenant will be provided with both an interior and exterior space. A bamboo grove will also provide additional shade.

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Mae Architects completes "21st-century almshouse" in Southwark

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It is designed around a courtyard The exterior of Harriet Hardy House is enlivened with areas of textured brickwork at the ground and roof levels, while the balconies are topped by arched concrete lintels. "[The A tower-like volume on the site's southeastern corner is topped with a rooftop terrace. The photography is by Tim Crocker.

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Wittman Estes creates "rapid assembly" fire station in southern California

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Exterior walls are clad in corrugated steel siding. Wittman Estes included five dorm-style bedrooms in the project "Rhythmic glazing reinforces a rational exterior and reveals the functionality of the interior," the team added. The entrance is marked by an aluminium trellis and a sign with large, illuminated red letters.

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CLB Architects creates trio of "tectonic structures" for Wyoming residence

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The project consists of a main house, guest house and writer's studio The main house was "conceived as a geologic remnant in the landscape, located on the edge between field and forest". The client's bohemian lifestyle and love of music, literature and the great outdoors were the inspiration behind the interior design," the team said.

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Jun Mitsui & Associates convert grocery store into sake brewery in Upstate New York

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Partly because the client was a Japanese brewer who mainly makes sake, we also incorporated 'Japanese-ness' into the design." and the landscape as an intermediate area, but also gently welcomes visiting guests." We have created a Japanese-style porch design that not only continues the interior space for tasting drinks, etc.

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Rau Haus by Feldman Architecture sits on a Silicon Valley hillside

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Wood and cement wrap the exterior of a hillside, family home designed by California studio Feldman Architecture to feel like a "space of serenity". The home has a series of strategically placed windows Openings were carefully placed to minimise views of surrounding properties and immerse occupants in the landscape.

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This Walden Pond–Inspired Writer’s Studio Holds a Trove of More Than 1,700 Poetry Books

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Eric had worked with this client before and was intrigued by the request to step outside of his preferred design sensibilities and to venture in a seemingly opposite aesthetic direction. Once inside, the initial space compresses, the ceiling low, exterior fieldstone becomes interior.