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

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Its design is based on natural landscapes and prioritises helping visitors to connect to the outside, enticing them away from their screens. Meanwhile, the roof has integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) construction elements to generate renewable energy.

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This Unassuming Edwardian-Era Home in Australia Conceals a Crisp, Airy Extension

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The clients also developed a sensory direction that would make the house feel calming and soft to the touch. Perimeter walls are constructed with crisp brick to provide a sense of security and permanence, while the interior is bathed in warm hues and natural light.

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Page Southerland Page integrates "past and future" at Texas Capitol Complex

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Pedestrian pathways provide connections and embedded plazas to landmarks like the Texas History Museum and the University of Texas at Austin Blanton Art Museum , stitching together an easily navigable urban fabric for visitors and "fostering unity between Austin's past and present and enriching the city's cultural landscape." & Elec. (AOR

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

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It is located on a triangular site next to a railway TVK designed ÃŽlot Fertile to have a minimal carbon footprint in its construction and operation. "This brings diversity to a building complex of this scale." It topped the buildings with photovoltaic panels and green roofs to produce energy while also aiming to increase biodiversity.

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

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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. To reduce water usage, the landscaping is drought tolerant "xeriscape."

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Elliott Architects uses dramatic cantilever for House on a Bay

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The client was not beholden to the prevailing style of houses in the area, most of which are traditional, vernacular, New England wood-framed structures," the studio said. "He The genesis was a blank slate, influenced only by the program brief, the surrounding landscape, and our collective imaginations.".

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