Deezen

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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Deezen

JANUARY 2, 2024

American studio Schwartz and Architecture has completed a cedar -clad accessory dwelling unit on a California property that is meant to serve as "a jumping off point for a modern wine country design". Exterior walls are wrapped in Alaskan yellow cedar with a weathered finish.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Instead of putting everything under one roof, architecture firm Lake|Flato created a network of smaller volumes to minimize impact on the forested plot. Envisioned as a home that embraces the outdoors, the residence is composed of four structures housing the home’s separate functions. Have one to share? P ost it here.

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OCTOBER 1, 2023

Olive Plaza (my photo) This is the next in my Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet series of blog posts, the focus of each being a landmark building here in Eugene. My selection criteria for each will be threefold: The building must be of architectural interest, local importance, or historically significant.

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

Toronto studio Workshop Architecture Inc has created a prefabricated home in Ontario with an exposed structure and blue-painted element on the interior. The house looks raw and unvarnished," said Workshop Architecture Inc. The underside of the roof deck, wood framing, exterior framing and white sheathing were also left exposed.

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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2024

The exterior is "minimal in its massing" "The exterior is extremely minimal in its massing," said OGA principal Omar Gandhi. "It The house presents as two interlocked, stacking boxes – that are meant to weather over time to match the pale grey of the sky – perched on a hillside. The photography is by Ema Peter.

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Deezen

MAY 2, 2024

Architecture studio Elding Oscarson has extended the National Swedish Museum of Technology with Wisdome Stockholm, a timber building topped by a curving roof that bulges over a dome inside. It sits atop an LVL column structure spanning 48 by 24 metres. It's a beautiful piece of timber engineering which was exactly what we opted for."

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Deezen

AUGUST 5, 2022

An exposed steel structure and perforated copper cladding bring an industrial feel to The Dyson Building at Gresham's School in Norfolk, designed by architecture studio WilkinsonEyre. The new centre for science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) at the independent day and boarding school was made possible by an £18.75

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BD+C

JUNE 22, 2023

How to Specify Engineered Wood Products 1 kcichowicz Thu, 06/22/2023 - 10:58 APA – The Engineered Wood Association offers guidance on the properties and applications of engineered wood products and how to correctly specify them in accordance with the IBC. The panels must pass wet and dry structural performance tests.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

US studio Opsis Architecture has completed the Idaho Central Credit Union Arena, which features a mass-timber structural system and a swooping metal roof influenced by the region's rolling landscape. Onyx-stained cedar and a composite aluminium rainscreen are also found on the exterior.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As the capital of the Centennial State, Denver boasts both expansive landscapes and vibrant architecture that reflects its rich history, pioneering spirit and dynamic culture. Taking a closer look at Denver’s diverse buildings, the following projects represent new architecture that is leaving a mark on the cityscape.

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Deezen

MARCH 28, 2024

US studio Michael Hennessey Architecture has revitalised an ageing suburban house near San Francisco , adding black cladding and bright finishes to form a family home that bridges the past, present and future. The building's beige exterior was replaced with black, vertical cedar siding that adds a sense of gravitas, the studio said.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2023

Waechter Architecture has completed an "all-wood" commercial building in Portland , which it says is the first commercial building in Oregon to "use mass timber construction for all components of the building". The three-storey structure comprises six volumes arrayed around a central courtyard.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Local architecture studio Bench Architecture has topped a Brooklyn brewery with a pizzeria and bar outfitted in a "colourfully tactile palette" including a wall of aqua-blue tile. Bench Architecture is a Brooklyn-based architecture studio founded by David Bench in 2020 that specializes in residential, retail and event spaces.

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Deezen

APRIL 5, 2024

Local architecture studio Ædifica has created a residential apartment building outside Montreal with an interior courtyard and a metal-mesh second skin on the facade. 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".

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Deezen

MAY 6, 2024

However, in a small hotel with a small room area such as this, if we unconsciously design the architectural framework as usual, the layout of the interior and the way guests spend their time will be restricted," she added. "As The photography is by Keishin Horikoshi/SS Tokyo.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 16, 2023

US studio Anacapa Architecture has transformed an early 1900s, stucco -clad building that was formerly closed off to the public into a welcoming hotel filled with compact rooms and handcrafted decor. The exterior facades, featuring white stucco and arched windows, were kept largely intact. The photography is by Erin Feinblatt.

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Architizer

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. The brickwork-grooved exterior wall and woodgrain-like paint finish of balcony interiors are all concrete treatments that interpreted the desired adornment. Year: 2021.

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Deezen

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. For a long time I've felt that the best architecture is integrated and functional," she continued.

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Dwell

APRIL 9, 2024

Project Details: Location: Washington, United States Architect: GO'C / @ go_c_studio Footprint: 1,700 square feet Builder: Sparrow Woodworks Structural Engineer: SSF Engineers Civil Engineer: J Welch Engineering Envelope Consultant: RDH Building Science Inc.

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Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2024

Dutch studio Kaan Architecten has added a visitor centre to the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, with a concrete form that references American memorial architecture. The only American cemetery on Dutch soil, the Netherlands American Cemetery (NEAC) was dedicated in 1960 across a 26.5-hectare

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Deezen

APRIL 2, 2024

Global architecture studio Populous has designed a renewed horse -racing track and sporting venue for Belmont Park in Nassau County, New York. After the site is cleared, structural concrete, the exterior facade, roof and canopy will be raised throughout 2025. Kansas City-based Populous has been tasked with replacing the 1.25-million

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2023

Montreal studio ACDF Architecture has designed a low-slung, modernist -style home with massing shaped to surround an apple tree and provide lines of sight through the living areas. ACDF Architecture arranged the structure around an apple tree. Project credits: Architect, interior design and landscape: ACDF Architecture.

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Deezen

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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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2024

Angular cut-outs and courtyards break up the red-concrete structure of this monolithic exhibition centre in Nanjing , designed by Chinese studio Mix Architecture. From the exterior to the interior, people may experience almost another world inside the red stone," the studio added.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 24, 2023

New York architecture studio REX has completed the "most automated" performance building in the world at Brown University's campus in Providence, Rhode Island. 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.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

UK architecture firm Studio Egret West has shared its plans to create housing within two concrete 1960s buildings in London , which were formerly the headquarters of food company Heinz. The landscape strategy aims to increase biodiversity Studio Egret West is a London-based architecture firm founded in 2004 by Christophe Egret and David West.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Bright colours, neon lighting and expressive furniture create a playful mood inside this Brooklyn restaurant, designed by local studio Format Architecture Office. The design, however loud, becomes a backdrop for a quality experience, and that is something we are excited about." The photography is by Nick Glimenakis.

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Deezen

APRIL 23, 2024

Nestled beside the surrounding woodland, the cabin is wrapped by an external skin or 'monocoque' – similar to an eggshell – that draws on structural systems used within the aerospace and automotive industries. The structure draws aerospace and automative construction techniques Measuring 3.3-metres-wide, metres-wide, 3.5-metres-tall

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Deezen

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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Deezen

MARCH 19, 2024

US architecture studio Cannon Design has referenced the local landscape and "prioritized inclusion", drawing on the Native American heritage of the site for its design of a university student centre in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The photography is by Christopher Barrett and Laura Peters.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 2, 2024

Conventionally, the program would generate a low volume with a protruding dome, but to utilize the unique dome to create a strong interior space as well as a telling exterior form, the dome is given a focal position under a free form timber structure. The gridshell structure is constructed from flat standard LVL panels.

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BD+C

OCTOBER 30, 2023

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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Architizer

APRIL 3, 2023

While awaiting the Winners, prepare for the upcoming Architizer Vision Awards , honoring the best architectural photography, film, visualizations, drawings, models and the talented creators behind them. Arches establish the form of the pavilions, where compound, convex exterior walls are made with a series of scalloping, frond-like patterns.

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Deezen

JANUARY 25, 2024

Local architecture studio Bockus Payne has renovated a 1970s commercial skyscraper in Oklahoma City , reformatting its interiors and landscape and completely replacing its exterior glazing. Local bank BancFirst bought the structure and employed Bockus Payne to carry out the renovation. The photography is by Justin Miers.

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Deezen

APRIL 14, 2024

New York architecture studio HGX Design has created a linear, glass-fronted home in the Hudson Valley informed by the "individual notes of a music composition". The structure's horizontal form was informed by the vernacular architecture of the surrounding farmland. The photography is by Scott Frances unless otherwise noted.

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Deezen

APRIL 26, 2024

It is designed around a courtyard The exterior of Harriet Hardy House is enlivened with areas of textured brickwork at the ground and roof levels, while the balconies are topped by arched concrete lintels. "[The A tower-like volume on the site's southeastern corner is topped with a rooftop terrace.

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