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Design Out West: 10 Unique Buildings in Dialogue With Utah’s Rugged Landscape

Architizer

Utah is a land of striking contrasts and otherworldly landscapes, and its architectural identity is deeply rooted in the state’s history and culture. The 120-foot (35-meter) cantilevered roof to the west creates a covered exterior social space, shielding the west-facing glass façade from direct solar gain and glare.

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Weston Residence by Specht Novak

Archinect

“The architects immersed the concrete and glass house in the landscape so that a series of green rooftop terraces gently step down from the street to the river below.” Thus, it’s been transformed into a lush, green landscape. Views, portals, and material continuity join the interior and exterior spaces.

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Daniel Canda adds "suspended glass box" to 1980s residence in Argentina

Deezen

Local architecture studio Daniel Canda & Asociados has renovated a 1980s country club residence in Argentina , opening up the interior and wrapping the second floor in ribbon windows. The team kept much of the bottom half of the house intact, removing interior walls and flattening its original gabled roof.

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This Arizona Home Uses the Desert Landscape as "Living Art"

Dwell

The desert city of Scottsdale, Arizona, is set within the sprawling Sonoran Desert and overlooked by the majestic McDowell Mountains, so it’s no surprise that this spectacular landscape plays a pivotal role in shaping much of the area’s architecture. Modern Sunset House is located on 14 acres of hillside.

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Bundang Doosan by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)

Archinect

The tower's rational form contains office, auditorium, and tenant amenity space, including the Doosan History Museum and a café that opens up to the landscaped roof terrace. Glass facades allow plentiful daylight into the interior space while limiting solar gain through vertical and horizontal exterior shading devices.

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Timeless lines framing the landscape

Habitus Living

Their brief was simple: to provide a contemporary and timeless four-bedroom home which champions the landscape, one that is as equally well suited to entertaining as their day-to-day rituals,” says Ed Davis, principal at Davis Architects. Meanwhile, the interior features spotted gum timber flooring for softness and warmth.

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White-metal fins form abstract exterior of Büro Ziyu Zhuang's Chamber Church

Deezen

The design borrows familiar elements from classical church architecture, such as the bell tower with its spire and rose window, the basilica layout, and the repeating interiors arches. Internally, sheets of glass-reinforced gypsum are individually shaped to enclose an organic, cave-like hall. The church's interior has a cave-like feel.

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