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Erlev School by Arkitema designated Best School Building of the Year 2021

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In August 2021, the school won the national award “Best School Building of the Year 2021” Erlev School is, in many ways, unique in its appearance. The load-bearing structure of the school is made of cross-laminated timber (CLT), a material that creates a visually attractive building and emphasizes environmental values.

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3 reasons to consider green products for your next building project

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These elements work together to provide contractors, home builders, and building owners with a more sustainable future. The 2021 World Green Building Trends report confirmed that commitments to green building efforts remain strong — 34% of the surveyed companies in the U.S. But change is on the horizon.

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Villa MKZ by Takeshi Hirobe Architects

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Photo © Koichi Torimura By necessity, the detached building housing a two-car garage and guest room is situated on the east side, where the elevation gap is smallest, but the client requested that the main house weave around the difficult site conditions.

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Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper

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Field Architecture has created a house in Sonoma Valley with copper-clad roofs Dry in the summers with heavy rainfall in the winter, the area's geography informed the design, as did the client's desire to co-inhabit the land with the region's plants and animals. "We the studio said.

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Elliott Architects uses dramatic cantilever for House on a Bay

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Completed in the spring of 2021, the 6,060-square-foot (563-square-metre) House on a Bay is composed of two distinct bars that sit atop a steep site overlooking a bay in Southport, Maine. Elliott Architects demolished the main house and relocated the other two structures to start the design with a clean slate.

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John Friedman and Alice Kimm include dining room crane in Los Angeles house

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John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects (JFAK) completed the house – and 540-square foot (50-square metre) accessory dwelling unit (ADU) – in November 2021. We could do whatever we want, and we did in fact integrate some ideas and elements that other clients turned down for their particular houses." The photography is by Benny Chan.

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Ryan Leidner adds bridge to geometric San Francisco house

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Ryan Leidner Architecture completed the 2,500-square-foot (230-square metre) Hosono House in 2021, cladding the house in charcoal-stained cedar siding with a copper, standing seam roof. The bridge would span the lush front garden and connect to the house between the top and middle stories. The photography is by Joe Fletcher.

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