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Interiors within Interiors: 13 Projects that Showcase the Characteristics of Double Skin Facades

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Image © Maarten Willemstein The facade of a building often serves as a reflection of both the urban fabric it is set in, as well as what lies behind it. Beyond aesthetics, facades hold important functional, cultural, and sustainable significance, especially in relation to the interior design. Wet Beast Office / Studioninedots.

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World Building of the Year and Interior of the Year revealed at 2023 World Architecture Festival

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Photo Courtesy of WAF23 The ultimate accolades of World Building of the Year, World Interior of the Year, Future Project of the Year and Landscape of the Year were announced today as hundreds of delegates from across the world convened at a grand finale Gala Dinner at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

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10 Interior Design Trends of 2023

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Image © Serena Eller Vainicher As we head towards the end of 2023, an eventful year that could be defined as the year of " shifts ", we take a look at how global events and trends impacted the design of interior spaces. A new voice was given to nations often forgotten as architects searched for alternative ways of designing and building.

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Leveraging Building Services as a Framework for the Evolution of Building Envelopes

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Facade of a modern building with ventilation pipes. The building background. Image © Stanislav71/ Shutterstock Rising demands for energy efficiency, technical functionality, and interior comfort in buildings necessitate the development of more efficient building envelope constructions. Read more »

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How Breathable Should Facades Be? Exploring Permeability and Impermeability in Building Envelopes

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Building technologies of the past rarely managed, however, to create a complete separation between us and the outside world. While impermeability was a desired outcome, the porous building materials available always allowed some water, wind, or outside particles to leak into the interior spaces.

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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. In addition, they are noteworthy thanks to their versatility across different systems that connect life within the interior and exterior.

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Hopson Rodstrom Design creates jagged-roof Los Angeles building with interior courtyard

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Local studio Hopson Rodstrom Design placed a sawtooth roof on top of this black-clad apartment building with an interior courtyard in southern California. It serves as a protective guard for the courtyard staircase, helps maintain the facade, and creates privacy for the interior courtyard.

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