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This Japanese housing project utilizes regenerative architecture to support its natural surrounding environment

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It combines traditional Japanese civil engineering with contemporary technology. Image: Rui Nishi Image: Rui Nishi Sumu Yakushima consists of several separate buildings that are organized in a layout that respects the pre-existing nat.

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Contemporary House India

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Contemporary House India by Robert Gregory, with photographs by Edmund Sumner Thames & Hudson , November 2021 Hardcover | 9-1/4 x 11-3/4 inches | 272 pages | 355 illustrations | English | ISBN: 9780500021330 | $75.00 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : India has a long, diverse history of remarkable architecture.

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Ten brutalist Welsh buildings with "sculptural qualities"

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A crematorium clad in ribbed concrete and a geometric university bell tower feature in this roundup of 10 brutalist buildings photographed by Simon Phipps for his Brutal Wales book. I'm interested in the sculptural qualities of each building and the ways in which light and shade articulate them," he continued.

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Worrell Yeung renovates New York farm with collection of "cousin" wood-clad buildings

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Brooklyn-based studio Worrell Yeung has updated a historic property in New York with a series of gabled buildings clad in various timber finishes and details. We didn't want a monotonous experience of moving from one dark-clad building to the next," Yeung said. "As acres in Westchester County, New York.

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Leddy Maytum Stacy revamps century-old university building in California

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The Walker Hall project involved transforming a "vacant, seismically unsafe building" on the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) campus in northern California , just west of Sacramento. The history of the original building and the hot, dry climate of California's Central Valley inform the new architecture," the studio said. "The

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Ecole des Ponts' Digital Building Design course prepares professionals for "high-level positions"

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Promotion: French engineering school École des Ponts ParisTech offers a master's degree that gives students and practitioners a comprehensive knowledge of parametric architecture, robotics and digital manufacturing. Launched in 2016, the Digital Building Design master's degree is 16 months long and is taught in English.

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Ballard Food Bank, Seattle Building

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Ballard Food Bank in Seattle Building, Washington Community Facility, Wilcox Construction Inc. Ballard Food Bank, Seattle Building Design. To provide a permanent and secure base for their operations and to address the increased needs within the community, the Food Bank set out to build a new home. Civil Engineer: KPFF.