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David Baker Architects accelerates housing for homeless in San Francisco with modular construction

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Bay Area studio David Baker Architects has completed 145 units of social housing using modular construction and a weathering steel facade in San Francisco , California. David Baker Architects added a rainbow mural-lined courtyard to the ground floor. The use of modular construction reduced the project's timeline.

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CCY architects wraps Colorado house in patinated copper

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US studio CCY Architects has clad a mountainside house in patinated copper panels and tilted the roof to adhere with the topography of its site in Colorado. Known as DNA Alpine, the 4,000-square foot (372-square metre) home was completed in 2022 and designed to "disappear into or somehow become" the 75-acre site in San Miguel County.

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LMN Architects connects learning centre with alumininium walkways

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Seattle-based studio LMN Architects has created a university building in Santa Barbara, California , with two separate volumes connected by a series of walkways clad in perforated aluminium. It is the first new building on the campus in 50 years LMN Architects was founded in Seattle in 1979. The photography is by Patrick Price.

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Studio Libeskind unveils social housing that feels "like home" in Brooklyn

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Libeskind, who is now one of the world's best-known architects, lived in the housing cooperative when he was a teenager in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Libeskind spoke to Dezeen earlier this year as part of our Social Housing Revival series to urge architects to create more creative affordable housing.

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Beijing’s Huijing Twin Towers by CLOU Architects

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Source by CLOU Architects. Ltd Signage: Hubei Beacon design Size: 150,000 sqm Year: 2022 Photographs: Zhu Runzi , Courtesy of CLOU Architects Photo © Zhu Runzi Photo © Zhu Runzi Photo © Zhu Runzi Photo © Zhu Runzi Photo © Zhu Runzi Photo © Zhu Runzi Renovation Section Plan

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How Can Clients Ruin Their Own Construction Projects?

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Construction is complicated work. Project managers, architects, civil engineers, contractors, laborers, and other professionals work together to achieve the goals. Are clients any good in terms of construction projects? It is thanks to them that construction companies get work to do and money to earn.

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Grooved Red Tile, Arches, and a Catwalk Tie Together a Backyard House in Belgium

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Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here. The house is a succession of rooms divided by two patios. The central double-height space contains the vertical circulation of the house.