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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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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."

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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. Notably, the structural design of the home was elevated to the same category as a school or hospital so that it could function as a refuge for this family.

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GBBN creates set of housing blocks that reinterpret historic fabric of Cincinnati

Deezen

The team selected red brick for all of the facades to draw on Cincinnati's masonry vernacular and to highlight both the commonalities and differences between the structures. Depending on the unit, tenants enjoy views of the city skyline, civic events, the mural, or the rolling hills beyond the downtown basin."

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Leong Leong transforms 1970s Los Angeles ranch house into "suburban sanctuary"

Deezen

Historic preservation guidelines limited the interventions that could be made "We were inspired by the client's desire to rethink cliches of contemporary domesticity and create a home to live with art but not be saturated by it," co-founder Dominic Leong told Dezeen.

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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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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.