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This Tehran office building features a sloped green roof and exterior structure

Avontuura

The volume of the building is drawn out of the ground, creates a visually beautiful skyline and harmony with the environment. The post This Tehran office building features a sloped green roof and exterior structure appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Reframing the Concept of Building Envelope Through Minimalist Windows

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Image Courtesy of Vitrocsa When we talk about the building envelope , we often make the analogy of a skin that protects and wraps the structure, creating a transition in the physical environment. These windows excel with their functionality and visual lightness, standing out in the architectural landscape. Read more »

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Drone video showcases exterior of 1,000 Trees by Heatherwick Studio

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This drone video captures the exterior of 1,000 Trees , a shopping centre in China that Thomas Heatherwick 's studio designed to resemble a greenery-covered mountain. Recently opened in Shanghai, the building is covered with 1,000 structural columns that Heatherwick Studio has turned into planters for over 1,000 trees and 250,000 plants.

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BIG unveils interlocking EPIQ skyscraper in Quito designed as "buildings within a building"

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Each section has curved edges that wrap inwards where the two volumes meet, creating an opening that serves as the entrance to the building. The facades are made up of long bars of pigmented concrete – meant to reference the "domed roofs of the city's cathedrals and old colonial buildings covered with local tiles", the developer said.

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Arthaus branding, artwork, and interiors // Visual Dialogue

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Building on the contemporary loft-style architecture by PCA, Visual Dialogue was tasked with capturing the artistic side of Boston’s Allston neighborhood for a new apartment building. © Visual Dialogue. © Visual Dialogue. © Visual Dialogue. © Visual Dialogue. Project Status: Built. Year: 2021.

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Horses a "constant visual presence" at Black Fox Ranch by CLB Architects

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To one side of the home's atrium is the communal zone For the main home, the team conceived a two-storey, L-shaped building that gradually rises from the site. The house is located near the barn and pastures in order to ensure that "horses are a constant visual presence," the team said.

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The Broad taps Diller Scofidio + Renfro again for major expansion

Archinect

The reveal of the new proposal, which will reportedly increase the available gallery space by 70%, comes nearly ten years after the existing building opened to much fanfare on Downtown LA's Grand Avenue arts and culture corridor in 2015 to allow free public access to the vast art collection of philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad.

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