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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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Mexico City renovation by Taller Héctor Barroso includes dark exterior

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Concrete flooring and staircases feature in the interior. The team decided to strip the three-storey building down to its structural elements and completely revamp the facades and interior layout. For the exterior walls, the team used concrete blocks, which were then covered with dark brown stucco that, when dry, appears black.

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Geological formations shape design of Wyoming house by Lever Architecture

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Weathering steel and accoya wood wrap the exterior of the Alta House, which was created by US studio Lever Architecture to embrace the "sublime mountain landscape". Aesthetically, the siding is meant to "echo the geological character Tetons – shaped by pressure that fractures material to create irregular pattern and form," the team said.

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Studio Circle Growth uses traditional forms and materials for Czech home

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The form of a traditional rural Czech dwelling is contrasted with modern pine-lined interiors at Casa de mi Luna, a home designed by architecture practice Studio Circle Growth. The interior, however, is anything but traditional, in its lightness, openness and organic organisation," he continued. The photography is by Fredrik Frendin.

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Hopson Rodstrom Design creates jagged-roof Los Angeles building with interior courtyard

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Local studio Hopson Rodstrom Design placed a sawtooth roof on top of this black-clad apartment building with an interior courtyard in southern California. The courtyard has two levels separated by stepped concrete These changing levels include a massive screen draped over the middle of the structure.

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Akira Koyama + KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS Redefine the Sakuragicho Residence Exterior

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Sakuragicho Residence – The development endeavored to re-define exterior wall tiling and balcony construction distinctive to, yet typical of, large apartment blocks. The woodgrain-like paintwork of the balcony interiors provides space with warmth. What drove the selection of materials used in the project? Year: 2021. ARCHITECTS.

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In Toronto, a Pin Art–Esque Brick Facade Makes an Impression on the Neighborhood

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The home’s animated exterior undulates in functional ways, too: expanding to shade the entry, and receding around the second-floor window to maximize light. By prioritizing the possibilities of the resonant form of bricks, Canvas House is organic and orderly, experimenting with materiality and the latest techniques in masonry.

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