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Fifteen landmark projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner David Chipperfield

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It is clad in untreated green English oak and features pitched roofs that were informed by Oxford's river boathouses and traditional wooden barns. Find out more about Museum of Modern Literature › Ciutat de la Justícia, 2009, Spain Ciutat de la Justícia is a vast nine-building complex housing law courts in Spain.

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Architecture For London adds light-filled extension to Victorian Hackney home

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Limestone and oak are among the materials used in this extension that local studio Architecture For London designed to add a contemporary twist to a Victorian house in Hackney. The material palette is also informed by this contextual approach, with ivory brick and lime mortar that closely resembles the original building."

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La Boyita Residence, Punta Del Este, Uruguay

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La Boyita Residence in Uruguay, South America – Building Information Architecture: Martin Gomez – [link] Project size: 1000 sqm Completion date: 2009 Building levels: 1 Photography: Ezequiel Escalante and Juan Hitters La Boyita, Uruguay Residence, Uruguay images / information received 140223 from Martin Gomez Location: Punta Del Este, Uruguay (..)

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No Architects references owner's artworks in Prague maisonette

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No Architects repeated rounded beveled corners, royal blue and numeric details throughout an apartment in Prague , which was informed by two contemporary paintings. An] interior where contemporary art is not just replaceable decoration". by Josef Bolf. Vladimír Houdek's painting is mounted on the wall beside the kitchen.

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Squire and Partners Architects Office, London

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Michael was a highly valued member of the profession, sharing his fifty years plus of expertise in informal discussion – he was an engaging conversationalist and skilled listener – and more formally on many awards juries and appraisal panels. ” – Tim Gledstone, Partner at this architecture practice.

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Emil Eve uses natural materials to bring "sense of calm" to renovated London home

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The owners of the end-terrace house on Waghorn Street in Peckham tasked Emil Eve with adapting the interior to provide bright, contemporary spaces for living and entertaining. East London-based studio Emil Eve was established in 2009 by Ross and Emma Perkin. Emil Eve has added a timber-framed extension to a Victorian house.

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10 Best Architecture Firms in Iceland

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Following Iceland’s independence from Denmark, modernism began to inform the nation’s architecture. Fusing past traditions with modern innovations, contemporary Icelandic architecture remains beautiful, functional and deeply connected to its unrestrained climatic conditions.