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Snøhetta creates library to emulate feeling of "sitting under a tree"

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International studio Snøhetta has completed Beijing City Library in China , a glass-lined building filled with towering tree-like columns and rooms disguised as hills. Beijing City Library also incorporates spaces for performances and book restoration. It has been completed by Snøhetta in collaboration with local studio ECADI.

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TVK designs limestone buildings for "first zero-carbon district" in Paris

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The biggest challenge of the project was to bring together more than a dozen programmes and turn them into a fully-fledged part of the city," said Trévelo and Kohler. The shape of each building is linked to the very specific geometry of the site shaped by the railway infrastructure," they continued. The photography is by Julien Hourcade.

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Emigration Creek Salt Lake City residence, Utah

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Additionally, the client had a keen interest in designing the home to withstand any seismic activities. The first is Emigration Creek, located directly to the East of the property, which provides the sound of running water year round. The design intent was to capture the sound and view of the creek through an “L” scheme configuration.

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The Hope Center & Berkeley Way Apartments by LMSA

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Photo © Bruce Damonte This project demonstrates the city’s and non-profit partner’s commitment to creating a community based on social, financial, and environmental resilience, equity, sustainability, and integration.

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Page Southerland Page integrates "past and future" at Texas Capitol Complex

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The Texas Capitol Complex – designed for the Texas Facilities Commission – spans approximately 150 acres across 40 city blocks around the Texas State Capitol. We hope this project will enhance urban spaces in the city, contributing to the State of Texas' and Austin's unique, vibrant identity." & Elec. (AOR & Elec.

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Burden Welcome Center by EskewDumezRipple

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Intended to provide visitors with an overview of the many destinations dispersed throughout the 440-acre property in the heart of Louisiana’s capital city, the 28,625-square-foot facility will also detail the rich history of the Burden family and the Burden property, one of the largest donations ever made to LSU and the surrounding community.

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GH3 creates sculptural Stormwater Facility for new Toronto neighbourhood

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An angular concrete building and an underground reservoir form a stormwater treatment plant in Toronto by Canadian firm GH3 that is meant to "signal a new and distinctive city precinct". . Client: Waterfront Toronto and Toronto Water. Structural, mechanical, electrical, civil engineering: RV Anderson.