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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. "A Post it here.

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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. Outside, real ginkgo trees have been planted at the entry points, framed by the glass walls that aim to "further enhance the connection with nature". The photography is by Yumeng Zhu.

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Skylab arranges series of A-frame Colorado cabins in snowflake-like pattern

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Immersing guests in the natural landscape of the wooded site along the Fraser River, the project touches lightly on the land with elevated cabins and a network of boardwalks that maximise interaction with the mountain site while preserving the trees and natural watershed.

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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. Unlike a fale, we have placed bedrooms in the ‘attic,’ connecting each respective sleeping zone with either the ocean’s horizon or the bush.

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GH3 creates sculptural Stormwater Facility for new Toronto neighbourhood

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The Stormwater Facility treats runoff from Quayside and West Don Lands – former industrial zones that have undergone redevelopment in recent years. The clients, Waterfront Toronto and Toronto Water, wanted a landmark building that would help to signal a new and distinctive city precinct," the firm said. Prime consultant: RV Anderson.

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Haikou Jiangdong Huandao Experimental School named best building at Dezeen Awards China 2023

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The client needed to build a part of new resettlement houses to complete the annual land disaster avoidance project and improve the housing security level of farmers," Zaozuo Architecture Studio told Dezeen. The eclectic building was originally designed by civil engineering firm Atkinson & Dallas. "It

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Four Pines is a Wyoming home clad in cedar and local stone

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The home was designed to achieve three main goals – to make the most of the natural setting, provide ample space for visitors, and accommodate the client's impressive art collection, which features work by artists such as Richard Serra, Deborah Butterfield and Roy Lichtenstein. Civil engineer: Nelson Engineering (Dave Dufault).

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