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Forge Craft uses "hammock" approach to create outdoor space for transitional apartments

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The upper levels are for the residential units and were clad in an exterior insulation finishing system (EIFS) to protect from sun and street sounds on two sides, while the lower levels hold communal areas. The internal common areas on the ground floor have surfaces painted with bright colours and internal windows to help spread light.

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Studio Gang nestles Kresge College expansion in Pacific forest

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The residential buildings were clad in timber The Kresge College Academic Center sits on an uneven site next to a steep ravine. The academic centre has a three-storey atrium The smaller residential buildings are all bow-shaped, a move the studio said was implemented to preserve as much of the redwood tree groves on the site as possible.

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HGX Design creates house that "flows like music" in the Hudson Valley

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Floor-to-ceiling windows line the majority of the exterior, with the remainder clad in a vertical cedar siding. Project credits: Design/Architecture firm: HGXDESIGN Managing partner: Hal Goldstein Creative director: Hal Goldstein Lead designers/architects: Hal Goldstein/Stefan Kusurelis Contractors: CofH Builders Inc.

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Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper

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Upstairs, stone flooring transitions to wood and a windowed wall in the staircase looks out to the surrounding forest. Field Architecture often uses local, reclaimed wood to outfit its designs like in a nearby synagogue and ranch house further south in Portola Valley.

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CCY architects wraps Colorado house in patinated copper

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DNA Alpine was designed with multiple flexible spaces The public areas sit in the center of the floor plan with the dining and living spaces wrapped in floor-to-ceiling windows that look out to a wrapping porch and the mountains beyond. The photography is by Jeremy Bittermann.

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Studio Gang designs Brooklyn fire station to train elite firefighters

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The concrete building is fronted with terracotta tiles that recall the red colour typically used for fire engines. These colourful accents line the surroundings of the windows, drawing attention to the building's function from the exterior. Project credits: Structural engineer: Thornton Tomasetti. General contractor: ZHL Group.

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Hopson Rodstrom Design creates jagged-roof Los Angeles building with interior courtyard

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Its facade is interspersed with many skinny windows The seven-storey structure has a ground-level podium clad in green-painted concrete interspersed with steel gates. These aspects are set back slightly from the primary envelope, a massing clad in black-painted plaster with many long windows spread across it.

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