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Modu clads Houston building with "self-cooling" exterior

Deezen

Brooklyn-based studio Modu has created a building envelope that lowers the ambient air temperature in order to help cool the interior and exterior of this Houston building. Each tenant will be provided with both an interior and exterior space. A bamboo grove will also provide additional shade.

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Odile Decq builds all-glass Maison de Verre for client with vision loss

Deezen

Architect Odile Decq has completed a house in France with walls of translucent glass, to create the optimal lighting conditions for a client with vision impairment. By contrast, this building is constructed from innovative double-glazed panels that provide greater sculptural opportunities and conceal the steel structural framework.

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SO – IL shares facade details of forthcoming Nine Chapel residences in Brooklyn

Archinect

SO – IL ’s next NYC residential project is wrapping up for client Tankhouse. Image credit: Jonathan Hokklo “The drama of the building’s exterior is apparent even from far away.

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Design Out West: 10 Unique Buildings in Dialogue With Utah’s Rugged Landscape

Architizer

Utah’s native tribes, including the Navajo, Ute and Paiute, have long inhabited the region, leaving behind a legacy of buildings that reflects their close relationship with the land. This LEED Gold building celebrates natural light with a sky-lit atrium and a sculptural glass art installation by James Carpenter.

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ISA creates skinny metal-clad apartment building in Philadelphia

Deezen

The multi-level apartment building is located in Philadelphia' s Fishtown neighbourhood, a transitioning area that has been attracting creative types and urban professionals. The building's design is meant to "simultaneously draw attention from passersby and provide privacy to residents", the team said. The site is 32 feet deep (9.8

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Architecture is Awesome: #32 Every Building is a Prototype

SW Oregon Architect

Each new building stands alone as a culmination of ideas, adaptation, and continuous improvement at the time of its design. Effectively, every building is its own prototype, a unique example of its type. Buildings vary widely in scope, design, and context. Next Architecture is Awesome: #33 Happy Clients

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501 Creative Office by It-makes

Archinect

A renovation to an existing 2-story retail and office building on La Cienega Blvd. Although the building is located in a highly desirable neighborhood, the building sits largely vacant, with small dark, office spaces on the second floor.

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