Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2024

Kaan Architecten has created a visitor centre at the Netherlands American Cemetery In 2017, Kaan Architecten was commissioned by the American Battle Monuments Commission to add a visitor centre to the landscaped site, providing a small display space and an auditorium. The photography is by Simon Menges.

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Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2023

A large central staircase with open teak treads, a glass railing and a powder-coated aluminium bookcase wall connects all three levels. Large windows open the various rooms to the forest-like landscape The ADU sits atop an embedded garage and is topped by an urban roof garden with a sinuous aluminium sunshade structure.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Along this, gates lead into the complex and into glass-fronted retail and restaurant components. This enabled every unit to get the maximum allowable amount of light while serving to unify the exterior envelop in an overarching pattern; this pattern in turn contrasts against the changing levels of opacity and materiality in the facade."

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2023

The material palette for the guesthouse mimics that of the main residence – Douglas fir , cedar , steel and glass. Large sliding glass doors pocket into the walls on two sides, opening the space and immersing visitors in the sights, smells and sounds of the island," the team said.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

US architecture studio GBBN preserved and expanded a 19th-century home in Erie, Pennsylvania into an educational facility with a glass bridge connection and metal-clad, barn-like structure. A glass bridge is included in the design. The building wraps around an exterior courtyard. A thin swooping roofline tops the bridge.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The centre's flared form was clad in a metal curtain wall, rendered in a light colour to reflect the mid-century buildings, while the faces of each protrusion feature floor-to-ceiling glass trimmed with timber. It also added a square at the building's primary entry.

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Deezen

MAY 22, 2023

The five-bedroom house was conceived as a series of connected rock masses, oriented to maximise views of the surrounding landscape and arranged to create thermally protected communal zones on the interior. Drawing colours and textures from the landscape, Fort 137 uses native and regionally sourced materials that will patina over time.

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Housing Building Civil Engineering Structural Engineering 110

aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Photo © Zhu Runzi The glass curtain wall of the atrium creates complex layers between inside and outside, the hidden wall washer lighting enhances the comfortable and natural ambience of the space blurs the boundary of indoor-outdoor.

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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. Source by Brooks + Scarpa.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The project consists of a main house, guest house and writer's studio The main house was "conceived as a geologic remnant in the landscape, located on the edge between field and forest". Each building responds to its immediate setting. The other two buildings are tucked within the woods and feel more intimate.

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Deezen

JUNE 9, 2023

The exterior is hard and protective, while in the interior courtyard, an abundance of light highlights its transparency and glazed openings." Part of the building is elevated on thick pilotis Facades consist of greenish glass and a tan-hued, pleated screen made of glass-fibre-reinforced concrete (GFRC).

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Deezen

JULY 26, 2023

Bird-friendly glass was used in the renovation The recent renovation and expansion was prompted by a desire to update and expand the museum's offerings, which included moving the insectarium to the aquarium building. The new exterior facade possesses translucent and iridescent qualities," said EDR.

Civil Engineering 98

Civil Engineering Renovation Glass Engineering 98

Deezen

APRIL 3, 2024

Built between 1959 and 1963 according to plans by Basil Spence, Blocks A and B housed the Magnox reactors and were intended to reference the look and feel of medieval castles. "Remarkably, they do seem to sit as comfortably in the landscape as a nuclear reactor can.

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Deezen

JANUARY 11, 2023

We were taken by the low concrete and metal warehouses surrounded by wild landscapes and ancient oak trees, and the way those buildings were aging after fifty years and the landscape had grown up around them. As mandated by the client for economy, the entire building is concrete rather than glass like other local office buildings.

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Deezen

JULY 21, 2022

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. The PEMBs consist of the structure and an exterior, which consists of insulated rib metal panels. Large glass windows open up to the exterior athletic fields.

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Deezen

JUNE 8, 2022

Exterior walls are clad in vertical cedar siding, which is paired with local grey stone that mimics the area's rock formations. In some areas, stretches of glass are covered with wooden screens. The western wall is a vast expanse of glass that provides views of the ski resort and surrounding mountains.

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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. The end result is a seamless integration of architecture, landscape architecture, and nature. Civil Engineer: Coterra Engineering.

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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. Distinct perforated-aluminium screens undulate on the exterior. Balconies, open-air walkways and stretches of glass are found on the exterior. Civil engineer: Barbara Hall.

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Civil Engineering Exterior Engineering Engineering 110

Deezen

JUNE 21, 2023

Designed to be a quiet backdrop to the existing landscape, the low, simple building has a broad, thin roof that curves gently and creates a shaded vantage point across the park. The soffit is a very dark blue stucco that amplifies the figural quality of the hoop and allows the colors of the landscape and sky to take the lead."

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Roofing Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 83

aasarchitecture

MARCH 26, 2024

The exterior of the hotel is expressed through board formed concrete, metal panels, large expanses of glass, and glimpses of the wood ceilings inside. A third-floor outdoor terrace features an oversized hot tub affording views of the surrounding mountain landscape and Lake Pend Oreille below. Source by Skylab.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Guided by the landscape setting and the monumental atmosphere of the site, the building complements the serenity of this vast memorial. This intervention does not detract from the monumental features, but architecturally complements the cemetery landscape with style and dignity.

Civil Engineering 59

Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering 59

Deezen

MAY 9, 2023

Its exterior is a mixture of glass and steel support structures that out extend from I beams in the internal plates, across the facade and down to isolators below ground level. It has a glass facade wrapped in plaster-clad steel "It's probably the safest building around and its lifecycle, in our terms, is eternal," Moss told Dezeen. "If

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The upper floors, which step forward and back, are detailed in plaster and glass and "appear to float", the team said. Floor-to-ceiling glass provides views of the city. Floor-to-ceiling glass provides immersive views of the city to the north and a rear garden to the south. Structural engineering: Holmes Structures.

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Architect Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 110

Deezen

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Concrete, glass and steel are also visible in the design. The OCMA design represents a new model for museums based on public, urban, communal spaces with strong connections between interior and exterior," said Mayne and Morphosis partner-in-charge Brandon Welling. MEP engineer & sustainability: Buro Happold.

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Deezen

JANUARY 13, 2023

A glass vestibule cantilevers over the main public entry. The addition has an angled corner that cantilevers over the main public entry forming a plaza with a glass vestibule and angled structural columns that frame views toward the historic crane shed. MEP engineers + lighting: Affiliated Engineers, Inc.

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Civil Engineering Renovation Engineering Engineering 110

Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2023

The building's design team was inspired by one of Houston's most characteristic features: the landscape of trees that Swedish architect and Rice University architecture professor and former dean Lars Lerupnamed the zoohemic canopy.". At points, long panes of glass also stretch from the floor of the ground floor up to the second storey.

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2023

Large stretches of glass bring in daylight and create a welcoming appearance. Within the facility the architects carved out openings "Metal and glass additions complement the original limestone building, and create a tuned coherence between old and new," the studio added.

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Consulting Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 125

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. Within the home, the team created a layout that prioritises a connection to the landscape and indoor-outdoor living.

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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. Street-facing walls are wrapped in three types of glass-fibre-reinforced-polymer (GFRP) panels: sloped, perforated and ribbed.

Civil Engineering 98

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Utilities 98

Deezen

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Exterior walls consist of glass and pale-toned metal. The museum is constructed of glass and pale-toned metal The main entrance is located in the building on the west and is framed by tall, stone walls. "The New York firm Hargreaves Jones served as the landscape architect.

Civil Engineering 105

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Site 105

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

AUGUST 21, 2023

One of the buildings is a brutalist 1950s volume "As part of this important historic site, the buildings are protected and any change to the exterior is carefully reviewed." The largest structure, called Building 54, houses the Children's National Research Institute and totals 332,000 square feet (30,844 square metres).

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Renovation Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 98

Deezen

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The second building, Geffen Hall, has gradient shades of glass across the facade. Both buildings have facades primarily of glass and were constructed with what the studio called a "layer-cake design". A colour gradient in the glass stretches across each layer. Structural Engineer, Exterior Envelope and Façade Consultant: Arup.

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Deezen

AUGUST 1, 2022

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. Civil engineer: VCA Engineers. MEP: South Coast Engineering. Landscape design: SQLA. The photography is by Nic Lehoux.

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Spiegel Aihara Workshop (SAW) has completed the transformative architectural and landscape design of a 1962 home in Mill Valley for a couple and their two young children. The project, known as The Middle Half, dramatically reconfigures the home’s core to create an open, light-flooded interior and direct connection to the landscape.

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Home Civil Engineering Landscape Engineering 72

Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The design concept is rooted in the idea of an authentic fusion of architecture and nature The project was designed by the architecture team of Kuehn Malvezzi , Pelletier de Fontenay and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte Architectes , along with landscape firm Atelier Le Balto , after it won an international competition to design the museum in 2014.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 16, 2022

The exterior is clad in oxidized corrugated and perforated steel and Siberian larch. The interior maintains this simple palette with steel, glass, and concrete. Location: Jackson, Wyoming, USA Architect: CLB Architects CLB Architects Team: Kevin Burke, Bryan James, Libby Erker Landscape: Agrostis Inc. Photo © Matthew Millman.

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