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Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper

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Field Architecture has created a house in Sonoma Valley with copper-clad roofs Dry in the summers with heavy rainfall in the winter, the area's geography informed the design, as did the client's desire to co-inhabit the land with the region's plants and animals. "We

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This Coastal New Zealand A-Frame Looks Like a Floating Prism

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However, from the water or the beach, its silhouette is evocative of a harbor marker, upright on the dune, guiding its seafaring clients home. Its owners asked for it to be a modestly-scaled holiday bach with three bedrooms and a social family gathering space.

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"Shifting volumes" make up Cole Valley Residence in San Francisco by Jensen Architects

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The site's complex geology and the clients' desires inform a composition of shifting volumes that de?ne Working closely with the clients, the design team created a range of atmospheres, from cosy nooks to bright and expansive rooms. Structural engineering: Holmes Structures. Geotechnical engineering: Murray Engineers.

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The L Gale Lemerand Student Center, Daytona, Florida

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Gale Lemerand Student Center Location: Daytona Beach, FL Client: Daytona State College Architect: ikon.5 5 architects – New York, NY Structural Engineer: BBM Structural Engineers, Inc. Longwood, FL Civil Engineer: Parker Mychenberg & Associates, Inc. 5 architects ikon.5 5 architects ikon.5

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John Friedman and Alice Kimm include dining room crane in Los Angeles house

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We could do whatever we want, and we did in fact integrate some ideas and elements that other clients turned down for their particular houses." The functional and workaday are the foundation for achieving artfulness and architectural innovation," said the studio.

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New Vesterheim Commons by Snøhetta

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The timber frames with concrete footings harken back to the stone foundations of the Norwegian “stabbur,” traditional storehouses. The textured concrete was inspired by the work of Erling Viksja, the architect of the Norwegian national government building, known as the Y-block.

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Desai Chia creates “winged" roofs for Copake Lake House in New York

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The home's foundation was designed to avoid disturbing the trees' roots and causing them any harm. Crisscrossing engineered Douglas fir lumber supports a vaulted ceiling like a suspended lattice," the architecture studio said. Structural engineer: David Kufferman. Civil engineer: Crawford Associates.

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