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La Base Studio wraps glass Buenos Aires house with shading screen

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Local architecture firm La Base Studio has renovated a glass and concrete home, wrapping it in a delicate privacy and shading screen on a lush site in Buenos Aires , Argentina. The home was first constructed in the mid-1970s by a civil engineer, and La Base Studio demolished part of it for its current iteration.

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Gehry Partners references icebergs and Hollywood for Warner Bros building

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For the glass facades, we adopted the image of icebergs for the dynamic angled geometry of their vertical faces," Gehry Partners told Dezeen. The glass facades are based on icebergs "As a counterpoint, we imagined metal volumes embedded within the crystalline glass forms," the studio continued. "We

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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. foot ceilings throughout," said the studio.

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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson designs nature-infused Henry Island Guesthouse in Washington

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The material palette for the guesthouse mimics that of the main residence – Douglas fir , cedar , steel and glass. A cast-in-place concrete ledge marks the entrance of the guesthouse "We used these materials to visually link new and existing buildings," the team said. A wall made of weathering steel serves as a privacy screen.

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Cannon Design draws on "essence of Michigan forests" for university building

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"With exterior design elements that evoke the essence of the Michigan forests and interior elements that facilitate the interactions and atmosphere students requested, the new student centre provides a central heart that physically and visually connects the campus."

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Page Southerland Page integrates "past and future" at Texas Capitol Complex

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It includes two new high-rise office buildings that measure over one million square feet (92,903 square metres), a central utility plant for efficient cooling and a five-storey, below-grade structure with over 3,000 square feet (280 square metres) of parking space. & Elec.

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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. A glass bridge is included in the design. The structure features two conceptual elements: the barn and the bridge.