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Geodes inform design of Arizona research building by Grimshaw and Architekton

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The exterior is hard and protective, while in the interior courtyard, an abundance of light highlights its transparency and glazed openings." The building is "of the desert, not a building in the desert", said Grimshaw.

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

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New York architecture studio HGX Design has created a linear, glass-fronted home in the Hudson Valley informed by the "individual notes of a music composition". The structure's horizontal form was informed by the vernacular architecture of the surrounding farmland.

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Casa IL, Rosario, Santa Fe property

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Both spaces are integrated through large sliding openings, eliminating the limits of each one, linking the exterior with the interior, doubling the space and the surface.

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Jun Mitsui & Associates convert grocery store into sake brewery in Upstate New York

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According to the team, it was informed by the Engawa, an element of Japanese architecture that resembles a veranda or porch that runs along the perimeter of a structure. We have created a Japanese-style porch design that not only continues the interior space for tasting drinks, etc.

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Wildfires influence design of Campout House in northern California

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Non-combustible materials form the exterior of a cabin near Lake Tahoe that was designed by US studio Faulkner Architects to serve as a "base camp" for an active family. The house's design was informed by its occupants' active lifestyle. Engineered wood and steel were used for the structural frame. MEP: Sugarpine Engineering.

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HGA creates two mass-timber buildings for Bowdoin College in Maine

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In contrast to its red-brick neighbour, the Gibbons Center – which is dedicated to arctic research and education – is clad in a rustic, black-brick exterior. Gibbons Hall holds a collection of Arctic objects The surrounding landscape was informed by Arctic topography. The photography is by Michael Moran.

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Blue-timber gardeners' workshop topped with illuminating lantern

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Blue-stained timber in a folded pattern covers the exterior When the lantern is turned on, it lights up the workshop interior and becomes a signal to the residents that the grounds' gardeners are working. "By The building contains workshops and communal space for locals Gardeners House has a pleated exterior made from blue-stained pine.