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How Breathable Should Facades Be? Exploring Permeability and Impermeability in Building Envelopes

ArchDaily

Image © French + Tye The main role of architecture is to create structures that protect us from the environment and create spaces that are safe and comfortable for all types of needs and activities. By providing shelter, architecture also shapes the way people interact with their surroundings. Bradbury Works - [Y/N] Studio.

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Concrete panels by Rieder wrap pixelated Van B housing in Munich

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Named Van B, the housing was designed by van Berkel – the founder of architecture firm UNStudio – to serve as a model for adaptable urban housing suited to various demographics and family structures. The concrete panel range has been developed by Rieder to help architects achieve "architecturally sophisticated facades".

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German townhouse preserved with precast Rieder concrete facade

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Promotion: Austrian facade specialist Rieder worked with architecture studio Faerber to preserve the original structure of a townhouse through the installation of a three-dimensional concrete facade. It is made of glassfibre-reinforced concrete Copper panelling and large picture windows form the remaining facade.

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Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign creates "boring alter-egos" of UK landmarks

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"Using artificial intelligence, fed with 75 years of soulless development data, UnLandmarks reimagines Britain's most beloved buildings through the eyes of its most boring architectural trends." Finally, the studio transformed the housing on Gold Hill in Dorset, which is best known as the location for Hovis bread adverts.

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Matthew Lloyd Architects' Bourne Estate was designed for "extreme longevity"

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Defined by brick and ceramic-tiled facades, protruding and inset balconies, and rhythmic facade openings, Matthew Lloyd Architects' intervention comprises a total of 75 mixed-tenure homes spread across two blocks. So we were really worried about the arches just killing the architecture. It's quite contextual."

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Küchel Architects crowns hillside in Switzerland with "architectural marvel"

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Promotion: Swiss architecture studio Küchel Architects has designed a cantilevered house on an elevated site overlooking Lake Maggiore in Ascona, Switzerland. Described by the studio as an "architectural marvel", the home aims to showcase its natural surroundings, while ensuring the privacy of its residents.

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Washington Park National Bank Redevelopment Approved by City Council

Chicago Architecture

The new hybrid design proposed by bKL Architecture will preserve two original facades and introduce new office, retail, co-working, outdoor and food hall spaces for the Woodlawn community. Read the full article here.

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