Dwell

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

At least once a week, I look at one particular wall in my living room and wonder why the person who built this place didn’t put a window there. It doesn’t butt up against another building; there’s no unsightly view. Designer Homes , the actual process of adding a window is pretty straightforward. The biggest unknown? "We

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Located on a 35-acre (14-hectare) property near the town of Wilson, the home was envisioned as a series of "tectonic structures" set within a diverse ecosystem.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Work has been completed on the 80 M office building in Washington DC. The project, which saw a three-story timber extension added atop an existing seven-story concrete building, is described by the design team as “the first commercial office building in Washington DC to feature a vertical extension constructed using mass timber.”

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Architizer

JUNE 17, 2022

These buildings feel light and in motion. Cutouts and inward folds help carve out windows, balconies and terraces. Below are just a few examples of origami-inspired structures that can offer some out-of-the-box inspiration. This gives way to the changing volumes of the home, defined by sloping roofs and large windows.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Local architecture studio Practice for Architecture and Urbanism has installed a glass office building with a vaulted roof inside the shell of the 19th-century Domino Sugar Refinery on the waterfront in Brooklyn. There was no building to adapt.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Danish architecture studio BIG has completed the EPIQ tower in Ecuador , which consists of L-shaped stacked blocks that curve as they meet at the structure's centre. Each section has curved edges that wrap inwards where the two volumes meet, creating an opening that serves as the entrance to the building.

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Deezen

MARCH 14, 2024

Dutch studio Powerhouse Company has created the Marga Klompé Building at Tilburg University, the Netherlands , is "the first college building in Europe to be entirely constructed from solid wood". Situated on a forested university campus in Tilburg , the cuboid building has a mass timber structure and facades clad in Portuguese stone.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 4, 2022

While it had typical post-hurricane storm debris, downed trees and several flooded streets, a number of homes and buildings appeared largely intact and many showed only minimal damage to their exteriors. Previously on Archinect: The building industry is preventing resiliency efforts in areas increasingly affected by deadly st.

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BD+C

JUNE 5, 2023

How to properly assess structural wind damage 0 dbarista Mon, 06/05/2023 - 16:17 Engineers Properly assessing wind damage can identify vulnerabilities in a building's design or construction, which could lead to future damage or loss, writes Matt Wagner, SE, Principal and Managing Director with Walter P Moore.

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Deezen

JULY 13, 2023

UK studio Corstorphine & Wright has converted a world war two bunker in Dorset, UK, into a holiday home with a blast-shaped window cut in its front. Corstorphine & Wright worked with structural engineer Symmetrys to maintain a sense of history by retaining almost all of the existing structure.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Gridded fibre-cement cladding and a swimming pool with underwater windows feature at the East Van Residence in Vancouver by Canadian firm SMStudio. The project's swimming pool features underwater windows The studio conceived a 251-square-metre, three-storey house that was designed to be a "bold yet friendly addition to the neighbourhood".

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Santa Cruz Architect

JUNE 10, 2023

Window flashing is an essential component of any home’s building envelope. Understanding the key aspects of window flashing is crucial for homeowners to ensure the longevity and integrity of their windows and overall structural integrity. It features a slope that encourages water to drain down and out.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Local studio Hopson Rodstrom Design placed a sawtooth roof on top of this black-clad apartment building with an interior courtyard in southern California. Its facade is interspersed with many skinny windows The seven-storey structure has a ground-level podium clad in green-painted concrete interspersed with steel gates.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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Westeck News

JULY 28, 2023

Content courtesy of Government of Canada Window and Door Retrofit Grants – Government of Canada There are a number of options for upgrading the energy efficiency of your windows and doors. Learn more about replacing your windows and doors. A rough opening* is defined as a structurally stable opening in an outside wall.

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Deezen

APRIL 3, 2024

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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Deezen

OCTOBER 24, 2023

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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Deezen

APRIL 8, 2024

An angular English home extension and a timber-clad Guatemalan retreat feature in our roundup of buildings with butterfly roofs. Otherwise known as inverted-pitched roofs, the V-shaped structures take their name from the angled form of a butterfly's wings. Here are eight buildings with butterfly roofs from the Dezeen archive.

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Deezen

MARCH 10, 2023

The vertical, white-wood cladding and standing-seam metal roof reference regional agrarian buildings, but with contemporary refinement. The vertical, white-wood cladding and standing-seam metal roof reference regional agrarian buildings, but with contemporary refinement. The original house was later demolished.

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Deezen

APRIL 29, 2024

EPIQ, Ecuador, by BIG The EPIQ tower, a collaboration between Danish architecture studio BIG and Quito-based developers Uribe Schwarzkopf, features L-shaped stacked blocks that curve as they converge at the structure's centre. The form of the building was designed to mirror the staggered arrangement of its internal spaces.

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Architizer

AUGUST 29, 2022

In his 1927 manifesto, Five Points of Architecture, Le Corbusier made horizontal windows a core concept of his architectural philosophy. These long narrow windows which could wrap around the façade’s length like a ribbon, he argued, were the best way to offer evenly light spaces throughout a building without compromising privacy.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Netherlands-based Studio Job has created a curved bronze-and-glass sculpture named The Embrace for Dutch art institute KunstKerk as a humourous update on traditional stained-glass windows. The final design features two undulating "windows" that seem to stretch towards each other above a smaller, central window.

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Architecture Ideas

JANUARY 19, 2023

Although traditional glass windows provide excellent insulation, a range of alternative materials is becoming increasingly popular for window construction. Types of Window Glass Float Glass Source: gharpedia.com Float glass is a large flat glass panel that is floated on the molten tin to create a smooth thin glass panel.

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Deezen

AUGUST 10, 2022

If completed, it will mark the city's "tallest timber-made building to be constructed since before the Great Chicago Fire of 1871," the developers said. Local studio Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture (HPA) designed the 119-foot-tall (36-metre-tall) building, which will hold 130 residential units as well as amenities.

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BD+C

JULY 12, 2023

Building movement: When is it a problem? 0 dbarista Wed, 07/12/2023 - 13:14 Building Owners As buildings age, their structural conditions can deteriorate, causing damage and safety concerns. In order to mitigate this, it’s important to engage in the regular inspection and condition assessment of buildings for diagnosis.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

With its flat roof, wooden beams exposed, and a structure made of glass, a printed concrete material, and more wood, it’s reminiscent of a ranch home you might find in Texas, but with a modernist bent. ??"The Clerestory windows bring in just the right amount of natural light, he says, reducing the need for electric lighting.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2024

Design studio HGA has completed a pair of educational facilities , Mills Hall and Gibbons Center, that are among the first "commercially scaled mass-timber buildings" in the state of Maine. Both buildings also have mass timber frames, wooden interior finishes and brick facades.

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Deezen

MARCH 3, 2023

New Affiiliates has repurposed an architectural mockup for a garden shed structure Architectural models are used in many large construction projects for design review. They are often made to the same standard as the buildings they are modelling and are usually disposed of after the building is complete.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

A brick, steel and timber structure is left exposed in this office interior in Sydney , which local firm Cox Architecture has revamped to house its own studio. This sits at the top of the building, lit by skylights in the apex of the pitched roof. A black-steel stair leads up to a mezzanine level above containing further desk spaces.

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Deezen

JANUARY 8, 2024

The 18,040 square foot (1,676 square metre) administrative building is part of a larger 199,000 square foot (18,460 square metre) industrial complex for Biofarma , which produces feed for animals including poultry, swine and cattle. Large windows extend along its side. Large windows extend along its side.

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Deezen

JUNE 2, 2023

International auction house Sotheby's has announced its acquisition of the Whitney Museum of American Art's Marcel Breuer -designed building on Madison Avenue in Manhattan. The company said that it would employ an architect to "review and maintain" the structure after it takes possession in September 2024.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Gehry Partners has created a building for Warner Bros in Burbank Second Century Burbank is divided into two large blocks connected by a two-storey volume that is topped by a landscaped courtyard. These are used across the building's highway-facing elevations and have an "icy white appearance" intended to evoke the form of icebergs.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The old building, a two-storey annexe, workshop and warehouse built by the carpenter father of the current owner, was also renovated as part of the project. Instead, the studio "planned a new independent structure outside the existing structure," Unemori Architects team member Keita Komori told Dezeen.

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Deezen

MARCH 24, 2023

Designed by Kith 's founder Ronnie Fieg and the brand's in-house team of architects, the Williamsburg location is located in the Gensler -designed 25 Kent Plaza office building, where Kith also has its corporate offices. The piece was custom-made at a nearby, undisclosed wood workshop.

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Deezen

JULY 21, 2022

Architecture studio SPF Architects has completed a sports facility in Los Angeles consisting of two separate buildings that were built using pre-engineered metal structures in order to not disrupt activity at the site. SPF Architects designed atheletic buildings for the Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex.

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Deezen

JULY 13, 2022

Designed for a young family with two children, the dwelling sits on a narrow plot bordered by residential buildings and roads in the city's Aichi Prefecture. Tokyo-based Nori Architects responded with a compact two-storey home characterised by its exposed timber structure and simple interior and exterior finishes.

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Deezen

JULY 8, 2022

Sustainably-sourced timber has been used for the structure, cladding and interior of this mews home in Highgate, London , designed by local architect Russell Jones. The site previously held the garage and rear garden of an adjoining house, which informed the design of the new building. "[The] The main bedroom has a large window.

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