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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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Personal Sustainability

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Many are familiar with sustainability in the context of being as environmentally conscious as possible: getting our LEED points and being responsible stewards of the environment. While this concept is extremely important, there is another facet of sustainability that is also important: personal sustainability. It was too much.

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

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French architecture practice TVK has completed a neighbourhood in Paris made up of limestone buildings surrounding a garden and designed as a sustainable development that aims to increase biodiversity. Located on a triangular site in Paris's 19th arrondissement, the project is "the capital's first zero-carbon district", according to TVK.

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

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Its first library was the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt, and it has since also designed the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and Far Rockaway Library in the USA. The photography is by Yumeng Zhu.

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Burden Welcome Center by EskewDumezRipple

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A showcase for environmental education and a layered destination for events, art, recreation and renewal, the sustainably rich center will feature 3,000 square feet of multi-purpose space. A large, 7,200-square-foot central, open-air courtyard is wrapped by sheltered outdoor space.

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Snøhetta includes wooden oculus for Norwegian-American museum extension in Iowa

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Other public projects by Snøhetta include plans for a library in Charlotte with a "translucent prow" and a spiralling planetarium in France The photography is by Michael Grimm.

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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.