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The Stories at City Modern by McIntosh Poris Associates

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The Stories at City Modern is part of a four-block development by Bedrock that consists of four renovated Victorian homes and 19 new structures—a mix of townhomes and midrise apartment buildings comprising 400 individual dwellings. These are accompanied by Atas standing-seam metal panels, used for the roof and cladding.

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Productora converts Mexico City textile factory into green-trimmed artist studios

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Mexican architecture studio Productora has restored a concrete industrial complex in Mexico City into a series of studios including its own office. Now, the most significant aspects of the renovation have been the cleared courtyards and added buildings, as well as expressive walkways and a new freight elevator that towers above the site.

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Salt Lake City Fire Station 14 by Blalock & Partners

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Fire Station 14, sited in the growing northwest quadrant of Salt Lake City, is a 17,200 square foot dual-company facility. Firefighter amenities include an exercise room, a second-floor exterior roof deck, a theater / day room and a full-service, commercial-quality kitchen.

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PPAA submerges bedrooms underneath A-Frame house near Mexico City

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Local studio Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados has completed a wooden A-Frame house with underground bedrooms in a forested area outside Mexico City. The A-Frame structure consists of pre-fabricated elements brought to the site. Rainwater is collected from the pitched roof, which is then ushered into an open water deposit for reuse.

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Before & After: He Gave His Hollywood Hills Midcentury an All-Electric Upgrade

Dwell

The site itself was very interesting, because it felt expansive from one end, but actually quite intimate and enclosed by nature at the other." Before: Exterior After: Exterior The design firm Sherwood Kypreos preserved and repaired the home’s original brise-soleil. a Woodburning Stove? a Woodburning Stove?

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Lopez Gonzalez hides roof terrace atop black House in Xalapa

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Mexico City -based Lopez Gonzalez Studio has carved a terrace into a gabled rooftop on a black house in Xalapa, Veracruz. The 528-square-metre residence sits on a slight slope that is mirrored in the angles of its roof. The 528-square-metre residence sits on a slight slope that is mirrored in the angles of its roof.

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Beyond the city hotel: unique design stays in Iceland’s hinterland

The Spaces

Others may embark on a full circle of the country’s ‘ring-road’ via the eastern fjords and the cultural northern city of Akureyri or even brace themselves with snowshoes and specialist wheels for a tour of the fabled, uninhabited highlands of the interior. www.ionadventure.ioniceland.is

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