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Reframing the Concept of Building Envelope Through Minimalist Windows

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Turnable corner - Maison CL - Benoît Lloze architecte & Alexandre Hordé Architectes - Florent Jalon Photographie. While envelopes evolve within diverse contexts, materials, and systems, minimalist windows distinguish themselves through their aesthetic qualities by being transparent and fluid skins. Read more »

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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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Peach-coloured walls enliven Goan holiday homes by Jugal Mistri Architects

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Peach-toned walls and arched openings define Baia Villas, a set of six holiday homes in Goa that Mumbai studio Jugal Mistri Architects has designed to evoke local vernacular. It] has a rich mix of local tradition and international appeal, boosting the senses with colourful textures, landscapes and water bodies," he told Dezeen.

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Mexico City renovation by Taller Héctor Barroso includes dark exterior

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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. For the exterior walls, the team used concrete blocks, which were then covered with dark brown stucco that, when dry, appears black. The photography is by César Béjar.

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Omar Gandhi Architects balances cedar house on rocky Nova Scotia coastline

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Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has completed a cedar-wrapped house "inspired by the scattered boulders" that trail down the seaside property in Hubbards, Nova Scotia. The exterior is "minimal in its massing" "The exterior is extremely minimal in its massing," said OGA principal Omar Gandhi.

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Wrap Recess House by Aaron Neubert Architects

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A façade of smooth plaster and cedar siding bundle the interior rooms with strategically placed exterior spaces, producing long sightlines throughout the interior. Telescoping doors and windows extend the living, dining, and kitchen seamlessly out to the entry garden and the interior pool terrace.

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Valbæk Brørup Architects completes "simple and calm" brick villa outside Copenhagen

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Local studio Valbæk Brørup Architects drew on the principles of Danish functionalism for Kildeskovsvej, a red-brick house outside Copenhagen with a blocky form broken up by large corner windows. Above, the bedrooms overlook the garden with a row of large windows.

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