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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 photography is by Casey Dunn.

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Elkus Manfredi cuts openings into 1950s "concrete bunker" in Washington DC

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A Cold War-era building designed to withstand nuclear blasts is among the structures that have been renovated by Elkus Manfredi Architects at the newly established Children's National Research & Innovation Campus. The 12-acre (4.8-hectare)

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GBBN expands historic Pennsylvania residence with metal-clad education facility

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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. Ultimately, we wanted the Barn to complement the original structure – not replicate it," the studio said. MEP engineering: Tower Engineering.

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ZGF transforms Pittsburgh Ford Assembly plant into research facility

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American studio ZGF Architects has adapted a historic Ford Motor Company factory in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania into a biomedical research laboratory by renovating existing structures and creating a cantilevered terracotta-clad addition. The Assembly is a renovated factory in Pittsburgh. Structural engineer: Thornton Tomasetti.

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Brooklyn's first supertall skyscraper reaches completion

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At 93 storeys and 1,066 feet (325 metres) tall, the supertall skyscraper topped out in March 2023 , but the intricate cladding of its exterior was only recently completed. The tower features multiple entrances, one directly from the street and another through the renovated bank, which has become a retail and pedestrian space.

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Deborah Berke Partners revamps modernist law centre at Harvard University

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An "exuberant" interior colour palette offsets the building's exterior geometry "An exuberant interior colour palette and eclectic furnishings set off the building's elegant geometry and underscore the sociability of its spaces," the team said.

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Blu Dot Showroom, Portland, Oregon

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While the building had a clear organization of a pre-war warehouse structure, a series of renovations divided the interior space and disrupted its logic. Rather than compete with the old, our intervention instead works in concert with the building structure, strategically creating elements that bring the original framework to light.