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Geological formations shape design of Wyoming house by Lever Architecture

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Weathering steel and accoya wood wrap the exterior of the Alta House, which was created by US studio Lever Architecture to embrace the "sublime mountain landscape". Located in the small Wyoming town of Alta, the house serves as a holiday home for an outdoor-loving couple from Portland, Oregon. Situated on a half-acre (0.2-hectare)

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La Base Studio wraps glass Buenos Aires house with shading screen

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Local architecture firm La Base Studio has renovated a glass and concrete home, wrapping it in a delicate privacy and shading screen on a lush site in Buenos Aires , Argentina. The home was first constructed in the mid-1970s by a civil engineer, and La Base Studio demolished part of it for its current iteration.

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REX creates "holy grail" combination of performance spaces in Providence

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New York architecture studio REX has completed the "most automated" performance building in the world at Brown University's campus in Providence, Rhode Island. 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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Inaba Williams creates mirrored stucco-clad residences in California

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Residents enter from a small courtyard on the outside street-edge corner of the lot into a rounded entryway that passes directly into the main exterior courtyard. 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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Navigating architectural challenges—from 'unbuildable' to unbelievable

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Navigating architectural challenges—from 'unbuildable' to unbelievable 0 qpurcell Mon, 10/30/2023 - 10:12 Senior Living Design Mick Schaefer, AIA, NCARB, LEED GA, recounts the challenges Vessel Architecture & Design had to overcome while designing a state-of-the-art senior living facility. The "unbuildable" hill.

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MAD unveils sunken Train Station in the Forest in Jiaxing

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Chinese architecture studio MAD has rebuilt a historic station and created an underground terminal at the central train station in Jiaxing, China. A metal roof and glass facade contrast the brick station. Skylights and glass curtain walls light up the interior. Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group Co.

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Hopson Rodstrom Design creates jagged-roof Los Angeles building with interior courtyard

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Along this, gates lead into the complex and into glass-fronted retail and restaurant components. This enabled every unit to get the maximum allowable amount of light while serving to unify the exterior envelop in an overarching pattern; this pattern in turn contrasts against the changing levels of opacity and materiality in the facade."

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