Deezen

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Bay Area studio David Baker Architects has completed 145 units of social housing using modular construction and a weathering steel facade in San Francisco , California. Modules make up the social housing in San Francisco. The six-storey project stacks 87 two-unit boxes. The raked facade is clad in weathering steel.

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Deezen

MAY 30, 2024

Located in the Willets Point neighbourhood, the stadium is part of a 23-acre development that includes a public school, hotel, retail and a 100 per cent affordable housing project. The New York City Council recently approved the Universal Land Use Review Process for the entire development. The renderings are courtesy of HOK.

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This totally electric “Net Zero” 100% affordable housing project is certified LEED Platinum and has an astounding pEUI of 6.6, Photo © Brooks + Scarpa More than any other multi-dwelling housing, courtyard apartments, “make you feel like you belong to a place.” 4850 sqm), 49 units (0.57 acres) 86du/acre.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2022

They carved away parts of the housing block – including a sizable cut in the main facade – to create a sense of openness and to connect the building to its surroundings. "11 The building has a white exterior that helps enhance natural light and reduce heat gain – the latter being an important consideration given the area's hot climate.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 12, 2024

With an articulated façade and vibrant material palette, this pedestrian-scaled, multifamily housing block was designed to complement Studio VARA’s townhomes on the other side of a pedestrian mews in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood. Exterior Building Maintenance: SIT-CO General Contractor: Cahill Contractors, Inc.

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Deezen

MAY 16, 2024

Called Zilker Studios, the structure includes 110 affordable apartments operated by local housing organisation Foundation Communities. The mid-rise housing complex consists of a long volume on a narrow site, flanked by outdoor public spaces with a breezeway and an open-air staircase on the far end. The photography is by Casey Dunn.

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Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2024

The visitor centre houses a display space and auditorium Inside, the wood-lined auditorium and visitor facilities sit at the centre of the space behind poured concrete walls that mirror the appearance of the exterior. Project credits: Architect: Kaan Architecten Landscape designer: Karres + Brands landschapsarchitecten B.V.,

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Deezen

JULY 31, 2022

For the exterior walls, the team used a mix of concrete and cypress boards that were charred using the ancient Japanese technique of Shou Sugi Ban , helping bolster the wood's resistance to insects and rot. Three additional bedrooms are located upstairs, including one housed in a volume that cantilevers 15 feet (4.6

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

At the ground floor are restaurants, retail, offices and an entrance to the courtyard "The window pattern is based on the maximum allowable percentage of opening along the exterior, broken up into a staggered, offset and repeated pattern around the middle levels of the building," said the studio.

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2023

The main house sits within this meadow, overlooking a shallow bay. Bohlin Cywinski Jackson clad the house in Douglas fir and cedar. Photo is by Benjamin Benschneider The building is located uphill from the primary house – close enough to feel connected but far enough away to offer privacy.

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aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In 2019 the Tennessee Housing Development Agency reported that over45% of Nashville, renters are housing cost-burdened: spending more than 30% of their income on housing-related expenses. With rents rising15% in the past year alone and a projected 50,000-unit deficit by 2030, the city’s housing crisis shows no signs of slowing.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Composed of three distinct buildings – a main house, guesthouse and writer's studio – the project was designed for a California-based couple who manage an independent record label. Stretching horizontally from east to west, the main house is rectangular in plan yet more sculptural in form.

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Deezen

APRIL 18, 2022

White siding and a curvy aluminium screen make up the exterior of a residential building in Los Angeles designed by American firm Brooks + Scarpa. Magnolia Apartments is a new model of mixed-use housing that includes both workforce and market-rate housing," the team said, noting that many of the tenants use public transit and don't own a car.

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Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2022

The low-lying building is located just south of Iowa City's downtown district, near a recreational area and a future housing development. Totalling 99,294 square feet (9,225 square metres), the facility houses the city's street and water departments, including all of their equipment and vehicles. Contractor: Merit Construction.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Completed in April 2022 for Pennsylvania State University Behrend, the Federal House Renovation & Addition project saw the conversion of the oldest brick building in the Harborcreek Township into a modern educational facility. GBBN preserved and expanded a 19th-century house into an educational facility.

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Deezen

JANUARY 19, 2023

The studio, which specializes in projects along Florida's vast coastline dedicated to "environmental modernism", completed the expansive, 8,500-square foot (2,590-square meter) house – known as the Angel Oaks Residence – in 2021. Civil engineer: Jorge G. Maldonado General contractor: Contemporary Builders, Inc.

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

More than any other multi-dwelling housing, courtyard apartments, “make you feel like you belong to a place.” This much needed affordable housing provides poor and disadvantaged populations housing in an affluent area of town where low-wage workers are critical but unable to afford to live. Photo © Jeff Durkin.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The main volume of the 3,632-square-foot house is oriented along an east-west axis, which allows the living spaces to take full advantage of southern light, while its asymmetrically gabled roof orients the interiors toward the primary views. The exterior is clad in oxidized corrugated and perforated steel and Siberian larch.

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aasarchitecture

JULY 7, 2023

Strategically placed windows, purposeful exterior circulation and units that wrap the outer-most edges, orient the 67 low-income apartments to social spaces that are spatially apart, yet visually connected to each other thru the social spaces at the center of the complex of buildings. acres) 67 units = 37 units/acre Total Cost: $28.4

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 22, 2024

Responding to site topography and climatic influences of sun and prevailing breezes, the steel-framed building houses open-air fermentation spaces that foster cross-ventilation, utilize night cooling, and provide well-lit working environments with ample natural daylight.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Three simple, bow-shaped structures were placed to its southeast to house students. These buildings are five storeys tall and have a central core set back from the wood-clad exterior, with large window boxes on each end that create sheltered patios on the second storey.

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e-architect

JUNE 28, 2023

On the building exterior, a new canopy brings storefront, loading areas, and elevator access bays into a singular form and organization. Taken together, the interior and exterior interventions redefine the space and the building’s identity as a complete whole.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2022

British architecture firm Adjaye Associates has designed a collection of pigmented-concrete pavilions in Winter Park, Florida , to house a library and an events centre. The pavilions were designed as square and rectangular buildings with exterior walls that are angled inwards at their base. General contractor: Brasfield & Gorrie.

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e-architect

DECEMBER 24, 2022

A family home unites the demands of an extensive program with hierarchy, plasticity, natural light, views, blurring of interior/exterior space and a unique connection to the natural landscape. Contractor: TOTH Construction. Civil Engineer: Coterra Engineering. Structural Engineer: RSE Associates. VAVA House.

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Deezen

JUNE 8, 2022

Stretching across a flat site, the house consists of intersecting, gabled volumes and a flat-roofed, pavilion-like volume in the rear. Exterior walls are clad in vertical cedar siding, which is paired with local grey stone that mimics the area's rock formations. Contractor: OnSite Management (Mark Pollard).

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Deezen

JULY 26, 2023

For decades, the building – formerly called the Aquarium of the Americas – housed just the aquarium, as the insectarium was located in a separate building nearby. The new exterior facade possesses translucent and iridescent qualities," said EDR. The triangular entrance volume glows from within at night.

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Deezen

JULY 21, 2022

Local architecture studio SPF Architects expanded the existing 29-acre park with new structures that houses basketball and swimming facilities. The studio landed on pre-engineered metal buildings (PEMB) from Nucor in order to create structures spacious enough for athletic activity that could be fabricated off-site. Project credits.

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Deezen

JANUARY 13, 2023

ZGF – working with development group Wexford Science & Technology – reimagined the 224,866-square foot (20,890-square metre) factory to house state-of-the-art research labs, collaborative spaces,and community amenities. The exterior photography is by Halkin Mason Photography and the interior photography is by Connie Zhou.

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e-architect

OCTOBER 18, 2023

photo © Patrick Price The building’s exterior presents two distinct characters of expression, inspired by the unique geological and geographical conditions of its Southern California seaside context. Civil Engineer: Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. Site Area: 159,000 SFT (14,771.5 Floor Area: 90,000 SFT (8,361.2

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Deezen

JUNE 21, 2023

The materials are durable and designed to weather over time Above the smooth concrete base, both interior and exterior walls are clad in a cold-rolled steel panel rain screen and the edge details reveal the thinness of the panels. Project credits: Client: North Carolina Museum of Art Contractor: Frank L.

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Deezen

AUGUST 1, 2022

The synagogue was turned into a 300-seat theatre, while an L-shaped, two-storey addition was added to the front of the building and houses a series of flexible spaces. On the exterior, the team added polycarbonate panels made of 35 per cent recycled plastic to the north and west facades. Structural engineer: Nous Engineering.

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e-architect

JULY 7, 2023

The continuous roof provides overhead protection from rain and snow in-between the two buildings and at the exterior fuel island. To better handle these functions at the nation’s only airport situated within a National Park, a new Quick Turn-Around (QTA) Facility was developed.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 16, 2022

The main volume of the 3,632-square-foot house is oriented along an east-west axis, which allows the living spaces to take full advantage of southern light, while its asymmetrically gabled roof orients the interiors toward the primary views. The exterior is clad in oxidized corrugated and perforated steel and Siberian larch.

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Architizer

APRIL 2, 2022

The house nestles against the river, which forms the north and west perimeter of an 18-acre wooded property that features dramatic mountain views to the north through a veil of cottonwood trees. The elemental forms of the main and guest houses surround a south-facing deck and a grove of aspen trees. Size: 5000 sqft – 10,000 sqft.

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Snøhetta and Vesterheim have completed a new building and landscape for the storied Vesterheim campus in Decorah, Iowa, housing the largest collection of Norwegian-American cultural artifacts in the world, in A new 8,000 square-foot building, known as The Commons.

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Deezen

APRIL 10, 2022

A lush green wall and back-lit fibreglass panels are found on the exterior of an electrical substation extension that was designed by TEF Design to achieve net-zero energy consumption. Inside the building – which houses electrical switchgear – there are ceiling heights of 25 feet (7.6 General contractor: Plant Construction Company.

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Strategically placed windows, purposeful exterior circulation and units that wrap the outer-most edges, orient the 60 apartments to social spaces that are spatially apart, yet visually connected to each other and the street below. More than any other multi-dwelling housing, courtyard apartments, “make you feel like you belong to a place.”.

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