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Architectuur Maken designs sculptural staircase overlooking Dutch landscape

Deezen

Dutch studio Architectuur Maken has completed De Niewe Herdgang, a sculptural staircase rising 25 metres to create a watchtower over the landscape outside the city of Tilburg , the Netherlands. Landscape and people are inextricably linked. Client: Municipality of Tilburg. Structural engineer: Rutger Snoek, Transist-or.

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A monastic cabin to escape bustling city life

Habitus Living

Cabin House was designed as a tranquil retreat, something immediately sensed by the home’s orientation towards the landscape and its compact placement on the southern side of the site. The clients wanted a weekend home, within the humdrum of the city, that invoked feelings of relaxation and rejuvenation. “The

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Austin Maynard Architects develops "ethical housing" in inner-city Melbourne

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The homes are designed to offer qualities that typically wouldn't be affordable in inner-city apartments, such as high ceilings, large windows and access to outdoor space. The studio sourced funding by reaching out to ethical investors and past clients, and asking them to take a risk. Structural engineer: Adams Engineering Engineer.

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Brooklyn Basin Township Commons // Einwiller Kuehl Landscape

Architizer

Urban design critic John King of the San Francisco Chronicle described Township Commons as “a startling act of urban reinvention that, with time, should pull people from across the city to an area that until now has been off the map” The new park welcomes Oakland residents back to their waterfront with a bold and brave definition of a park.

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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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Henning Larsen wins competition for New Arts Center in Bergen, Norway

aasarchitecture

Creating a state-of-the-art concert hall in western Norway, Grieg Quarter will blend city, culture, and nature to become historic Bergen’s inviting new destination. The square is conceived as an undulating landscape creating a contrast to the existing Grieg Hall’s sharp, straight lines.

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Big Windows and White Interiors Punch Up a Gloomy ’60s California Beach House

Dwell

The idea was to take the existing house and give it new life—one that met the needs and aesthetics of our designer clients. The idea was to take the existing house and give it new life—one that met the needs and aesthetics of our designer clients. The client described it as living inside a tree.

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