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Geological formations shape design of Wyoming house by Lever Architecture

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Read: TW Ryan Architecture clads pyramidal Montana house in weathering steel To boost the home's energy efficiency and thermal comfort, the team created a super-tight envelope using wood-fibre insulation and triple-pane doors and windows. The house also has an energy-recovery ventilation system.

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Flathead County ImagineIF Bigfork Library by Cushing Terrell

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The project is funded by the ImagineIF Library Foundation, which is also based in Bigfork. Image © Cushing Terrell The foundation is dedicated to ensuring that libraries have what they need to fulfill their mission. Image © Cushing Terrell The design will feature architectural forms to metaphorically reference the bridge conception.

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

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Called Zilker Studios, the structure includes 110 affordable apartments operated by local housing organisation Foundation Communities. The internal common areas on the ground floor have surfaces painted with bright colours and internal windows to help spread light. The photography is by Casey Dunn.

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Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper

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Two stone bases serve as the foundation for the pavilions that house the living areas. Upstairs, stone flooring transitions to wood and a windowed wall in the staircase looks out to the surrounding forest. Two pavilions create the main form of the house A 500-year-old cedar wedge provides a bench for reflection in the entry garden.

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John Friedman and Alice Kimm include dining room crane in Los Angeles house

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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. The functional and workaday are the foundation for achieving artfulness and architectural innovation," said the studio.

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Desai Chia creates “winged" roofs for Copake Lake House in New York

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The home's foundation was designed to avoid disturbing the trees' roots and causing them any harm. Based on a series of facade studies, overhangs and windows were strategically placed to reduce solar heat gain and promote cross-ventilation. Windows provide framed views. Structural engineer: David Kufferman.

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Kevin Daly designs canopied building to be "welcoming as the shadow beneath a tree"

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LA studio Kevin Daly Architecture has created a headquarters for a Houston foundation that has a latticed canopy suspended over a white building that was created using steel and cross-laminated timber. Floor-to-ceiling windows and clerestories allow for passive lighting. It has cross-laminated timber structural elements.