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Gort Scott reconnects University of Oxford college with riverfront site

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Gort Scott's scheme focused on unifying these buildings and their relationship to the landscape, removing a small residential building at the centre of the site that diverted the riverside route and blocked views from the rest of the college. The project reconnects the college to its riverside site. Client: St Hilda's College, Oxford.

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

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A tower-like volume on the site's southeastern corner is topped with a rooftop terrace. 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. "In The photography is by Tim Crocker.

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

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Fire Station 67 is made from prefabricated steel modules Totalling 4,667 square feet (434 square metres), the single-level station sits on a flat site, with hills in the background. The building is made of steel modules that were prefabricated in a factory, trucked to the site, and put into place using a telescopic forklift.

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Wildfires influence design of Campout House in northern California

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Non-combustible materials form the exterior of a cabin near Lake Tahoe that was designed by US studio Faulkner Architects to serve as a "base camp" for an active family. The CAMPout House is located on a gently sloping site in Truckee, a mountain town just north of the lake known for its skiing , hiking and water sports.

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Revitalizing a Contaminated Site: The Ford Calumet Environmental Center

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The exterior is clad in a rain screen of weathered steel that recalls the site’s steel mill history, with an exposed mass timber interior. miles from the site. The cost of bringing a sanitary sewer to the site was $2.0M – threatening the viability of the entire development.

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

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The writer's studio and guesthouse are tucked into the woods "Working in concert with the landscape, this dynamic quality further through the building's charred Shou Sugi Ban exterior, tugged and carved to create overhangs and openings." A fourth structure is planned for the site and will have a spiritual function.

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

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Jun Mitsui & Associates and Pelli Clarke & Partners have converted a grocery store into a sake brewery The site contains three buildings – the brewery, housed in the shell of a former Stop & Shop grocery store, a small rice polishing building and a wastewater treatment facility.