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La Brea Affordable Housing in West Hollywood is a contemporary take on art deco

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Located in West Hollywood , the La Brea Affordable Housing complex, designed by architects Patrick Tighe and John Mutlow , is a five-storey, 50,000 square foot (4,650 square metre) mixed-use building completed in 2014 for the non-profit West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation. But not what would be known as a 'ribbon environment'.

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Eight interiors that strike a balance between rustic and contemporary

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For our latest lookbook , Dezeen has selected eight examples of rustic yet contemporary interiors , including but not limited to an apartment in Sao Paulo and a Tuscan boutique hotel. This is the latest in our lookbook series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive.

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Visual architecture guides by Ã…VONTUURA

Brandon Donnelly

They have too much information that isn’t curated. They are simple and beautiful pamphlets that give you a map of each city; a breakdown of contemporary, modern, and historic architecture; a recommended route through the city; and a full list of the important buildings, including their architects. They were small.

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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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Young Architect Guide: Daylighting, a Fundamental Pillar of Contemporary Design

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In the modern era, as our buildings have grown taller and more complex, and as the balance between inside and outside has shifted, the importance of effective daylighting has grown extensively. Therefore, daylighting, as this practice is known, is not just about positioning a building towards the sun and adding a few windows.

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SANAA's courtyard-filled campus for Bocconi University is informed by Milanese palazzi

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Informed by historical Milanese palazzi, each of these buildings has its own courtyard, and integrates landscaped routes, porticos and balconies. Perforated metal sheets blanket the exterior of the university buildings. Read: AL_A wraps University of Oxford buildings in etched glass and anodised aluminium.

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One Drawing Winner Visualizes Three Different Outcomes For Hiroshima Sites

Architizer

In this way, she approaches her subject matter, the site of Hiroshima, through a kaleidoscopic lens that incorporates Japanese aesthetic theory, contemporary music, and photographing imperfections in daily life. VW: I usually gravitate towards two types of illustrations: imaginative and informative. Have fun, and enjoy the process!