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Office ParkScheerbarth adds bright red-timber building to compact Berlin site

Deezen

Bright red curving forms and cubic volumes form Haus 2+, a mixed-use building that architecture studio Office ParkScheerbarth has added to a compact riverside site in Berlin. To both harmonise and contrast, we created a timber building with a monochrome aesthetic and a clear sculptural quality," she told Dezeen.

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Marrowstone Island Residence: A Masterclass in Site Responsive Architecture

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So how does one build in a place like this? Shipley and Bates accomplished this feat through site-responsive design that blurs the line between interior and exterior. Marrowstone Island Residence is not just located in the Pacific Northwest wilderness — it is one with it, thanks in large part to custom windows by Marvin.

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Climat de France: Colonial Social Housing in Algeria by Fernand Pouillon

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The project has several buildings with different scales. Its most prominent structure is a large rectangular building that houses 3000 dwellings, along with a spacious interior square similar to a Roman forum and exterior windows inspired by the mosaics found in Islamic architecture. Read more »

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Schaum/Shieh "gently" conforms house to contours of steep Virginia site

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US architecture studio Schaum/Shieh has embedded a Virginia house with irregularly shaped volumes into the contours of a steep site. Rectangular windows on either end of the horizontal plan create an interrupted view through the centre of the house and large sliding glass doors and picture windows were installed on the facade.

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Alterstudio creates Falcon Ledge Residence on a challenging Austin site

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Architecture firm Alterstudio has completed a tower-like house in Texas that rises up from a steep, wooded site that was long overlooked "as a possible home site". The site had long been overlooked as feasible for home construction. The team cut away portions of the boxy exterior to create balconies, which vary in size.

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Neri&Hu designs Blue Bottle Zhang Yuan Cafe within revitalized 19th-century residence in Shanghai

Archinect

Named Zhang Yuan, the site has recently reopened after a complete rehabilitation of its historic buildings. Image: Zhu Runzi In accordance with historic preservation guidelines, the existing brick walls, doors, and windows of the original architectural façades and atriums were preserved.

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RKTB Architects cantilevers Brooklyn housing block over neighbouring building

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New York firm RKTB Architects has completed One Sullivan Place, a mixed-income apartment building that rises 12 storeys and cantilevers in two directions over the rooftop of an adjacent structure. The building is located in the Crown Heights neighbourhood, near Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.