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Sasaki completes waterfront transformation and public park in the Port of Los Angeles

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Sasaki has completed a waterfront transformation and public park in the Port of Los Angeles Sasaki , which is headquartered in Boston, served as the lead landscape designer, architect and engineer working with the Port of Los Angeles to enhance waterfront access for the harbour community, as well as residents and visitors.

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Omar Gandhi Architects balances cedar house on rocky Nova Scotia coastline

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Also in Nova Scotia, Omar Gandhi Architects recently lifted a Corten steel cabin on a forested hillside and mixed two types of cedar to cantilever boxes off of an expansive home overlooking the sea. The photography is by Ema Peter.

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Gehry Partners references icebergs and Hollywood for Warner Bros building

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Gehry Partners has created a building for Warner Bros in Burbank Second Century Burbank is divided into two large blocks connected by a two-storey volume that is topped by a landscaped courtyard. There are landscaped areas outside Beyond these references, the different facade types also indicate the interior programmes.

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Morphosis completes terracotta-clad Orange County Museum of Art

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MEP engineer & sustainability: Buro Happold. Civil engineer: KPFF. Fire life safety engineers: Simpons Gumpertz & Heger. Landscape architecture: OJB Landscape Architecture. Plaster: Infinity Drywall Contracting. Landscape & irrigation: American Landscape.

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The Clive, Oak Bay Village, Victoria Apartments

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On-site stormwater management in a native landscape bioswale animates the pedestrian experience along Clive Drive, along with an innovative “green-cleaning” education program for residents, while exterior shading devices on the southern facade mitigate solar gains and augment energy efficiency. Construction Manager: Knight Contracting Ltd.

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Bridge Way mixed use development by KOArchitecture

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This contract between the two principal facades is further enhanced through the use of materials. Glazing here is for the most part limited to three rows of clerestory windows for each unit for added privacy. Image © KOArchitecture The windows are arranged in a staggered raking pattern as a visual reference to the passage of speeding cars.

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Behavioral Health Teaching Facility by SRG

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The new building will also feature dedicated on-unit outdoor patient landscaped terraces to emphasize connections to fresh air and nature as well as a larger shared outdoor therapy/recreation space to support physical activity and exercise.