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This Coastal New Zealand A-Frame Looks Like a Floating Prism

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Unlike a fale, we have placed bedrooms in the ‘attic,’ connecting each respective sleeping zone with either the ocean’s horizon or the bush. However, from the water or the beach, its silhouette is evocative of a harbor marker, upright on the dune, guiding its seafaring clients home. "Our

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Houston Endowment Headquarters by Kevin Daly Architects

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The building provides the Foundation with a new way of working with its partners across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Photo © Iwan Baan Interior spaces are conceived within public and private zones and are highly flexible, linked to the park through a series of exterior terraces, shaded by the canopy.

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Ten buildings that became embroiled in legal battles

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Following protests from community groups, the court had decided that a permit for the building to climb to 52 floors should not have been issued as it exceeded the zoning limit. million settlement paid to homeowners, who had reported water leaks, black mould and problems with foundations soon after moving in.

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Marlon Blackwell's Thaden School buildings are rooted in Arkansas vernacular architecture

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The school is named after pioneering female aviator Louise Thaden and is backed by the Walton Family Foundation, which is led by Walmart's founders. The structure has a lime green exterior and a roof that "pitches and rolls to provide daylight and ventilation", according to the studio. Structural engineer: Engineering Consultants Inc.

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Lever Architecture uses mass timber in Portland's Meyer Memorial Trust building

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Located in Portland 's Albina neighbourhood, the building serves as the headquarters for Meyer Memorial Trust , a charitable foundation focused on racial, social and economic justice. Local studio Lever Architecture designed the facility to embody the foundation's commitment to equity and sustainability. A jagged roof tops the project.

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Home Additions: Building Out vs. Building Up

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This can result in lower overall costs compared against second-story additions often involving structural retrofitting down to the foundation plus disturbance of interior walls. These include: • cost of excavation and new foundation. potential zoning limitations. Costs Associated with Excavation and Foundation Work.

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Tech Square 3 by Eskew+Dumez+Ripple

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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. The individual towers are unified by a central zone between them, functioning as a communal circulatory pathway where the two towers meet. Image © EskewDumezRipple The 18-story George Tower, named to recognize Penny and Bill George, IE 1964, HON Ph.D.