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Cascading glass wraps mass timber office building in Kirkland by LMN Architects

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Architect LMN Architects Location Kirkland, Washington Occupied 2021 Structural and Civil Engineer Coughlin Porter Lundeen, Inc. Landscape Architect Hewitt Architects Lighting Design Fisher Marantz Stone MEP Engineer Rushing General Contractor [.].

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Gehry Partners references icebergs and Hollywood for Warner Bros building

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Gehry Partners has created a building for Warner Bros in Burbank Second Century Burbank is divided into two large blocks connected by a two-storey volume that is topped by a landscaped courtyard. These are used across the building's highway-facing elevations and have an "icy white appearance" intended to evoke the form of icebergs.

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Brooks + Scarpa wraps Florida sports complex building in concrete shell

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Brooks + Scarpa has created a concessions building for a sports complex in Florida The Field House consists of a glass building wrapped with a board-formed concrete shell, which forms a wrap-around porch with a yellow-painted metal lattice on the north elevation. The design is made of highly durable and cost-efficient materials."

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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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Jenny Peysin Architecture creates concrete Southampton home with a glass pavilion

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The common area volume – or what we came to call 'the cube' as the design progressed – is a lofty open space that is enclosed on three sides with operable full-height glass," Peysin said. Structural, MEP & civil engineering: JR Holzmacher Consulting Engineers. Environmental: NY Building Technology Group.

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Geological formations shape design of Wyoming house by Lever Architecture

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Large stretches of glass wrap the exterior In addition to large stretches of glass, the exterior is wrapped in a mix of two sturdy materials – weathering steel and pale-toned accoya wood. The 3,980 square-foot (370-square-metre) house is organised to make the most of views while providing privacy where needed.

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Cannon Design draws on "essence of Michigan forests" for university building

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CannonDesign has created a student centre for a Michigan university "The primary concept of the building was to celebrate place, with a focus on elements and symbols that are universal to all people – and especially important to the Western community," Brett Lawrence, Cannon Design project manager, told Dezeen.