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JUNE 19, 2022

Local firm Taller Héctor Barroso was tasked with updating and expanding a 1980s home by an unknown architect that had been refurbished several times over the years. The team decided to strip the three-storey building down to its structural elements and completely revamp the facades and interior layout. Engineering: Tomás Rodríguez.

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APRIL 26, 2024

London studio Mae Architects has created Harriet Hardy House in Southwark, a block of 119 social homes complete with a community centre and cafe. Commissioned by Southwark Council, the housing forms part of the Aylesbury estate redevelopment and is organised in a U-shape around a central courtyard. The photography is by Tim Crocker.

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APRIL 16, 2024

US architecture Ross Barney Architects has completed a NASA laboratory for deep-space technology testing in Cleveland , USA, which includes a tower made of pre-cast concrete panels for testing antennas. AIA Gold Medal-winning architect and founder of RBA Carol Ross Barney said that the building is an expression of its function.

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APRIL 4, 2024

New York firm RKTB Architects has completed One Sullivan Place, a mixed-income apartment building that rises 12 storeys and cantilevers in two directions over the rooftop of an adjacent structure. Appearing as two distinct buildings, the structure has a front facade along Sullivan Place and a front facade along Washington Avenue.

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MARCH 17, 2023

Continuing our Timber Revolution series, we look at the Tamedia Office Building by Shigeru Ban – Switzerland's first seven-storey mass-timber structure that was barely legal at the time of its completion in 2013. And engineers were incredulous that such a large wooden structure could function without steel connections."

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

Japanese studio Unemori Architects has used cypress wood to create Father & Son House, an extension constructed above and around a self-built annexe in Saitama. Instead, the studio "planned a new independent structure outside the existing structure," Unemori Architects team member Keita Komori told Dezeen.

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Envisioned as a home that embraces the outdoors, the residence is composed of four structures housing the home’s separate functions. Only six trees were removed to build all four structures.

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MARCH 15, 2024

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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AUGUST 23, 2022

Sakuragicho Residence – The development endeavored to re-define exterior wall tiling and balcony construction distinctive to, yet typical of, large apartment blocks. ARCHITECTS to learn more about this project. ARCHITECTS. ARCHITECTS. ARCHITECTS. ARCHITECTS. ARCHITECTS. ARCHITECTS. Year: 2021.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Bright white plaster clads the exterior of a 1960s concrete building that has been turned into the self-designed studio of Baldridge Architects, which acted as the designer and contractor. On the exterior, crisp-white plaster was added to the original concrete masonry.

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OCTOBER 2, 2023

It's hugely demanding in terms of what we are asking from services and structure." Loads are up to five times what you would have in office buildings, and that's what's driving the structural strategy behind the concrete frame, alongside the need to have a long-term flexible and adaptable building," he explained.

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APRIL 18, 2024

The building soffits and protected exterior walls are clad with cedar siding; a standing seam metal shell is extruded down the outermost walls, reinforcing the simple massing while protecting the recessed cedar from weathering at the west, south, and east building frontages where the building receives the most sun.

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MAY 9, 2024

In 2018, the city began a journey to revitalized its central business district (CBD), through innovative planning and architecture while preserving key historic structures, transforming it into a vibrant urban space. The outer skin of the building’s second and third floors utilizes ETFE membrane material with a metallic coating.

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APRIL 9, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. On a secluded wooded site, the new structure grounds itself to the earth with its approach to material and form. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2024

Danish studio CF Møller Architects has revealed plans for a multi-purpose arena in the centre of Bergen , Norway, which will host a range of events including sports games, concerts and exhibitions. The renders are courtesy of CF Møller Architects, HLM Arkitektur and Sora Images. Project credits: Architect: C.F.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Baldridge Architects has had many homes since its founding in 2005. Photo © Casey Dunn To fuel growth and to provide amenities lacking in prior space, new space was needed which led to the purchase of a set of structures on Burnet Road, a principal Austin commercial arterial. First, it was rented space on South Lamar.

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AUGUST 12, 2022

Polycarbonate walls and a row of tall window boxes bring diffused sunlight into the Iowa City Public Works building by US firm Neumann Monson Architects. Neumann Monson Architects completed a municipal building in Iowa. The exterior facade is made of concrete panels. Polycarbonate panels filter the exterior light.

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JANUARY 26, 2022

Japanese studios Unemori Architects and Teco Architects have turned a commercial building in Kitakami, Japan , into a health and childcare support centre, adding undulating floors and ceilings. The exterior of the building has been decorated with an undulating eave. The centre welcomes both children and elderly people.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates has completed Esprit House, a home in Tokyo with a blocky concrete form elevated on piloti above a garage space. Apollo Architects & Associates has completed a home in Tokyo. "In Read: Apollo Architects & Associates arranges Tokyo house around hidden courtyards.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

When Mark Derenthal couldn’t find an architect or builder to take on his ambitious concept, he worked directly with an engineer to create the treetop retreat. 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.

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MARCH 21, 2024

Wendell Burnette Architects used Corten steel to clad a cabin in Arizona designed to capture views while disappearing into the landscape like a "dark shadow". The home was designed "to recede into the landscape" "This home is designed to recede into the landscape as a dark shadow," said Phoenix-based studio Wendell Burnette Architects.

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JUNE 30, 2022

Wheeler Kearns Architects has completed a multipurpose greenhouse for an organic farm in Michigan to host meals and events, grow produce and host classes. According to the architects, it is the first certified organic vegetable farm in southwestern Michigan. Wheeler Kearns Architects used wood-clad volumes to house functional spaces.

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Deezen

APRIL 6, 2023

Stirling Prize-winning studio Niall McLaughlin Architects has completed a seven-storey museum in Limerick, Ireland , with vaulted ceilings and walls designed to "reflect the forces found in rugby". The 2,110-square-metre building has arched ceilings and red brickwork on the exterior facades and interior floors and walls.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Seattle-based studio LMN Architects has completed the mass-timber Founders Hall building for the University of Washington's Foster School of Business in Seattle. LMN Architects designed Founders Hall for the University of Washington. The structure was made using mass timber.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2023

Ryall Sheridan Carroll Architects has created a cedar-clad , pavilion-like house on the North Fork of Long Island that includes a detached garage and pool. Based in New York City, Ryall Sheridan Carroll Architects designed the 2,500-square-foot (230-square-metre) home, called the Tree Farmer's House, for a one-acre lot.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

US studio Inaba Williams Architects has created two mirrored houses with courtyards in Santa Monica , California that are clad in white stucco and have net-zero energy use, according to the studio. The white of the exterior continues inside A bedroom suite, garage, and a secluded zen garden hold the southern edge of the site.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

An elevated box formed of exposed concrete forms the Meditation Chapel in Incheon, South Korea , designed by local studio Atelier Koma and architect Lee Eunsok. Equipment engineer: Jusung Eng. Mechanical engineer: Jusung Eng. Electrical engineer: Hangil Eng.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

Called The Lindemann Performing Arts Center (The Lindemann) the 101,000 square-foot (9,383-square-metre) structure consists of a shoebox theatre with a long bridge-like walkway. To accomplish this, REX included a "clear storey", a glazed walkway that runs the length of the building, passing between the shoebox form and the exterior wall.

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APRIL 5, 2024

Called Cité Angus II, the structure is part of Technopôle Angus, an urban revitalization project that its developers say is a "full-scale sustainable development". On the courtyard-facing facade, light metals and paints contrast with the greys of the exterior. The photography is by David Boyer.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Studio Egret West will preserve the concrete exterior of the former Heinz headquarters They were designed by US architect Gordon Bunshaft while working at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and were his only project in the UK. They were awarded Grade II-listed status in 1995 but have been left vacant for several years.

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MAY 8, 2024

California studio TW Ryan Architecture has completed a wildfire-resistant house in the American West that features a Corten steel exterior and pyramidal roofs that allude to the mountainous terrain. Four Roof House features a Corten steel exterior Their chosen site was a bluff overlooking a lake near the town of Helmville.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

Along with curling exterior walls that span the length of the houses's perimeter, they were created using a technique in which concrete is poured slowly into fabric formwork supported by a plywood rib structure. The team covered the structure with berms, which rise out of the flat landscape of the surrounding agricultural fields.

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MARCH 19, 2024

With exterior design elements that evoke the essence of the Michigan forests and interior elements that facilitate the interactions and atmosphere students requested, the new student centre provides a central heart that physically and visually connects the campus."

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JULY 18, 2022

An inverted pyramid tilted over a pond defines the Chapel of Eternal Light, which Portuguese studio Bernardo Rodrigues Architects has created in a small village in the Azores. Bernardo Rodrigues Architects has created a chapel in a cemetery in Azores. The exterior is clad in green marble. A skylight illuminates the interior.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

The structure's "monumental" form draws on American memorial architecture "The United States has a strong tradition when it comes to memorials," Kaan Architecten co-founder Vincent Panhuysen told Dezeen. "All Project credits: Architect: Kaan Architecten Landscape designer: Karres + Brands landschapsarchitecten B.V.,

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Pasadena-based studio Hopson Rodstrom Design ( H/RD ), designed the structure to "embrace" the higher-scale zoning that exists along thoroughfares in areas of the city generally filled with low-lying structures. Since The Jagger began design and construction, another 10 or so projects have sprung up on that same stretch of boulevard."

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MAY 14, 2022

Whitten Architects clad this Maine retreat with Eastern cedar and placed it on stilts on a steep site so that the single-storey structure would seem like a treehouse. Whitten Architects, a firm based in nearby Portland, completed the project for a family with ties to the area that wanted to settle down in Maine.

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