Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2024

Kaan Architecten has created a visitor centre at the Netherlands American Cemetery In 2017, Kaan Architecten was commissioned by the American Battle Monuments Commission to add a visitor centre to the landscaped site, providing a small display space and an auditorium. The photography is by Simon Menges.

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Deezen

APRIL 14, 2024

New York architecture studio HGX Design has created a linear, glass-fronted home in the Hudson Valley informed by the "individual notes of a music composition". Floor-to-ceiling windows line the majority of the exterior, with the remainder clad in a vertical cedar siding.

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Deezen

MARCH 19, 2024

US architecture studio Cannon Design has referenced the local landscape and "prioritized inclusion", drawing on the Native American heritage of the site for its design of a university student centre in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Building Students Civil Engineering Design 89

Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Along this, gates lead into the complex and into glass-fronted retail and restaurant components. This enabled every unit to get the maximum allowable amount of light while serving to unify the exterior envelop in an overarching pattern; this pattern in turn contrasts against the changing levels of opacity and materiality in the facade."

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Deezen

APRIL 6, 2022

Patinated brass panels and extra-clear glass form the facades of a weekend dwelling designed by Woods + Dangaran for a boulder-strewn site in southern California. Metal trellises extend outward from the glass enclosure, offering shade and producing an interesting play of light and shadow. Landscape architect: Chris Sosa.

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Site Housing Civil Engineering Glass 104

Deezen

MAY 5, 2023

The material palette for the guesthouse mimics that of the main residence – Douglas fir , cedar , steel and glass. Large sliding glass doors pocket into the walls on two sides, opening the space and immersing visitors in the sights, smells and sounds of the island," the team said.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The centre's flared form was clad in a metal curtain wall, rendered in a light colour to reflect the mid-century buildings, while the faces of each protrusion feature floor-to-ceiling glass trimmed with timber. It also added a square at the building's primary entry.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

US architecture studio GBBN preserved and expanded a 19th-century home in Erie, Pennsylvania into an educational facility with a glass bridge connection and metal-clad, barn-like structure. A glass bridge is included in the design. The building wraps around an exterior courtyard. A thin swooping roofline tops the bridge.

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Education Civil Engineering Glass Engineering 86

Deezen

AUGUST 23, 2022

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. Exterior walls consist of concrete and 16-gauge weathering steel – materials that are known for being non-combustible and could help the building survive a wildfire.

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aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Photo © Zhu Runzi The glass curtain wall of the atrium creates complex layers between inside and outside, the hidden wall washer lighting enhances the comfortable and natural ambience of the space blurs the boundary of indoor-outdoor.

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aasarchitecture

JULY 7, 2023

Strategically placed windows, purposeful exterior circulation and units that wrap the outer-most edges, orient the 67 low-income apartments to social spaces that are spatially apart, yet visually connected to each other thru the social spaces at the center of the complex of buildings. Source by Brooks + Scarpa.

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Civil Engineering Landscape Exterior Engineering 59

Deezen

JULY 11, 2023

The single-storey building was designed to integrate with the landscape Irregular in plan, the single-storey building was designed to integrate with the landscape and to withstand heavy winds and other natural forces. One of the stone varieties, Prairie Shell, contains fossilised shells that hint at the story of the prehistoric era.

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Deezen

MAY 22, 2023

The five-bedroom house was conceived as a series of connected rock masses, oriented to maximise views of the surrounding landscape and arranged to create thermally protected communal zones on the interior. Drawing colours and textures from the landscape, Fort 137 uses native and regionally sourced materials that will patina over time.

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Housing Building Civil Engineering Structural Engineering 98

Deezen

JUNE 9, 2023

The exterior is hard and protective, while in the interior courtyard, an abundance of light highlights its transparency and glazed openings." Part of the building is elevated on thick pilotis Facades consist of greenish glass and a tan-hued, pleated screen made of glass-fibre-reinforced concrete (GFRC).

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aasarchitecture

MAY 2, 2024

Photo © Matthew Millman The 6,000 square-foot main house is conceived as a geologic remnant in the landscape, located on the edge between field and forest. 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.

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Architect Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 59

Deezen

JULY 26, 2023

Bird-friendly glass was used in the renovation The recent renovation and expansion was prompted by a desire to update and expand the museum's offerings, which included moving the insectarium to the aquarium building. The new exterior facade possesses translucent and iridescent qualities," said EDR.

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Civil Engineering Renovation Glass Engineering 94

e-architect

DECEMBER 24, 2022

A family home unites the demands of an extensive program with hierarchy, plasticity, natural light, views, blurring of interior/exterior space and a unique connection to the natural landscape. The end result is a seamless integration of architecture, landscape architecture, and nature. Civil Engineer: Coterra Engineering.

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Home Civil Engineering Utilities Engineering 94

Deezen

APRIL 18, 2022

White siding and a curvy aluminium screen make up the exterior of a residential building in Los Angeles designed by American firm Brooks + Scarpa. Distinct perforated-aluminium screens undulate on the exterior. Balconies, open-air walkways and stretches of glass are found on the exterior. Civil engineer: Barbara Hall.

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Deezen

JUNE 8, 2022

Exterior walls are clad in vertical cedar siding, which is paired with local grey stone that mimics the area's rock formations. In some areas, stretches of glass are covered with wooden screens. The western wall is a vast expanse of glass that provides views of the ski resort and surrounding mountains.

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Home Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 99

Deezen

APRIL 3, 2024

Built between 1959 and 1963 according to plans by Basil Spence, Blocks A and B housed the Magnox reactors and were intended to reference the look and feel of medieval castles. "Remarkably, they do seem to sit as comfortably in the landscape as a nuclear reactor can.

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Deezen

JANUARY 8, 2022

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 Anniversary Building sits opposite a new glass-lined events space.

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Site Civil Engineering Consulting Events 124

aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Guided by the landscape setting and the monumental atmosphere of the site, the building complements the serenity of this vast memorial. This intervention does not detract from the monumental features, but architecturally complements the cemetery landscape with style and dignity.

Civil Engineering 59

Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering 59

aasarchitecture

MARCH 26, 2024

The exterior of the hotel is expressed through board formed concrete, metal panels, large expanses of glass, and glimpses of the wood ceilings inside. A third-floor outdoor terrace features an oversized hot tub affording views of the surrounding mountain landscape and Lake Pend Oreille below. Source by Skylab.

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Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Consulting 59

Deezen

JANUARY 11, 2023

We were taken by the low concrete and metal warehouses surrounded by wild landscapes and ancient oak trees, and the way those buildings were aging after fifty years and the landscape had grown up around them. As mandated by the client for economy, the entire building is concrete rather than glass like other local office buildings.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2023

Its exterior is a mixture of glass and steel support structures that out extend from I beams in the internal plates, across the facade and down to isolators below ground level. It has a glass facade wrapped in plaster-clad steel "It's probably the safest building around and its lifecycle, in our terms, is eternal," Moss told Dezeen. "If

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

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". Each building responds to its immediate setting. The other two buildings are tucked within the woods and feel more intimate.

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Deezen

JULY 21, 2022

The studio landed on pre-engineered metal buildings (PEMB) from Nucor in order to create structures spacious enough for athletic activity that could be fabricated off-site. The PEMBs consist of the structure and an exterior, which consists of insulated rib metal panels. Large glass windows open up to the exterior athletic fields.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The upper floors, which step forward and back, are detailed in plaster and glass and "appear to float", the team said. Floor-to-ceiling glass provides views of the city. Floor-to-ceiling glass provides immersive views of the city to the north and a rear garden to the south. Structural engineering: Holmes Structures.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 24, 2024

A gradual exterior ramp connects from Old Main’s axis to a second-floor entrance of our new building, just above a ground floor entrance facing the newly formed ’Arts Quad’. Photo © Paul Warchol The building activates the southern end of the campus as a new campus destination.

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SW Oregon Architect

DECEMBER 5, 2021

I’m probably wearing my rose-colored glasses as I look back, but I’m pretty sure life was simpler and the world a little less complex and hurried when I started in architecture than it is today. Back in the day, we didn’t detail our exterior wall assemblies as rainscreens, and our weather barriers were often simply “building paper.”

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Deezen

JUNE 21, 2023

Designed to be a quiet backdrop to the existing landscape, the low, simple building has a broad, thin roof that curves gently and creates a shaded vantage point across the park. The soffit is a very dark blue stucco that amplifies the figural quality of the hoop and allows the colors of the landscape and sky to take the lead."

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Deezen

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Concrete, glass and steel are also visible in the design. The OCMA design represents a new model for museums based on public, urban, communal spaces with strong connections between interior and exterior," said Mayne and Morphosis partner-in-charge Brandon Welling. MEP engineer & sustainability: Buro Happold.

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Deezen

JANUARY 13, 2023

A glass vestibule cantilevers over the main public entry. The addition has an angled corner that cantilevers over the main public entry forming a plaza with a glass vestibule and angled structural columns that frame views toward the historic crane shed. MEP engineers + lighting: Affiliated Engineers, Inc.

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Deezen

JUNE 23, 2022

The exterior facade is made of corrugated metal and plaster. Plenty of windows have been included in the design including large blocks of glass in the tallest facades of the primary corrugated structure. Structural engineer: Workpoint Engineering, Ben Varela, Ben John, Katie Chuh.

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Deezen

APRIL 10, 2022

A lush green wall and back-lit fibreglass panels are found on the exterior of an electrical substation extension that was designed by TEF Design to achieve net-zero energy consumption. Street-facing walls are wrapped in three types of glass-fibre-reinforced-polymer (GFRP) panels: sloped, perforated and ribbed.

Civil Engineering 98

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Utilities 98

Deezen

JULY 31, 2022

For the exterior walls, the team used a mix of concrete and cypress boards that were charred using the ancient Japanese technique of Shou Sugi Ban , helping bolster the wood's resistance to insects and rot. Within the home, the team created a layout that prioritises a connection to the landscape and indoor-outdoor living.

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Deezen

MARCH 28, 2022

GO'C aimed to create a building that was sensitive to the environment and embraced the landscape. Exterior walls were clad in a cedar rainscreen. The northern side is relatively opaque, while the southern facade is lined with large stretches of glass. Structural engineer: J Welch Engineering.

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Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Design 98