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This Japanese housing project utilizes regenerative architecture to support its natural surrounding environment

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It combines traditional Japanese civil engineering with contemporary technology. Image: Rui Nishi Located on the southern Japanese island of Yakushima, Sumu Yakushima applies regenerative architecture to reconceptualize the relationship between human habitation and the natural environment.

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Contemporary House India

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Contemporary House India by Robert Gregory, with photographs by Edmund Sumner Thames & Hudson , November 2021 Hardcover | 9-1/4 x 11-3/4 inches | 272 pages | 355 illustrations | English | ISBN: 9780500021330 | $75.00 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : India has a long, diverse history of remarkable architecture.

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Beijing’s Huijing Twin Towers by CLOU Architects

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Photo © Zhu Runzi Interspersing contemporary workspace with recreational offers, the central atrium is conceived as an urban courtyard oasis, an all-day social gathering spot where sunlight, landscape, and art create a comfortable environment at the intersection of work and commerce.

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LMN Architects connects learning centre with alumininium walkways

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It consists of two volumes with an open-air space between them "The building represents both an advancement of this master plan vision as well as a contemporary reimagination of vernacular courtyards, terraces, and paseos," said Van Dyck. The result is a building that we believe captures the essence of the campus and its surroundings."

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REX creates "holy grail" combination of performance spaces in Providence

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For the exterior, REX aimed to create a contemporary structure that "played nicely" with the surrounding historical styles. Read: Rex clads "mystery box" World Trade Center performance arts center in translucent marble It wrapped the building in iridescent aluminium cladding with fins of various depths that form a "fractal" pattern.

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A&M ARCHITECTS Create Contemporary Workplace Destination in the Historical Center of Athens

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The main feature of the building is its second skin which unfolds on all 3 elevations of the building setting a contemporary dialog with the rhythmic monumentality of the ancient temple. The post A&M ARCHITECTS Create Contemporary Workplace Destination in the Historical Center of Athens appeared first on Journal.

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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.

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