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Studio Egret West to transform former Heinz HQ into London housing

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Studio Egret West aims to retain as much of the existing structures as possible to minimise carbon consumption while creating homes ranging from studios to three-bedroom apartments. The landscape strategy aims to increase biodiversity Studio Egret West is a London-based architecture firm founded in 2004 by Christophe Egret and David West.

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Google opens New York headquarters built on renovated 1930s train terminal

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Google has opened a building serving its North American operations in New York City that is housed in a 1930s rail terminal restored and adapted by architecture studios CookFox Architects and Gensler. The studio added nine floors on top of the restored original three floors. Seeing possibilities where others are not able." said Hochul.

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Snøhetta creates library to emulate feeling of "sitting under a tree"

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Its design is based on natural landscapes and prioritises helping visitors to connect to the outside, enticing them away from their screens. Beijing City Library also incorporates spaces for performances and book restoration. The photography is by Yumeng Zhu.

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Studio Gang nestles Kresge College expansion in Pacific forest

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Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang has expanded a California college through the addition of mass-timber structures that were informed by how fungi grow in the wild. Four buildings were designed to complement the existing structures – California modern-style buildings with stucco walls and splashes of colour – and the woodland environment.

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Ten brutalist Welsh buildings with "sculptural qualities"

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Read: Eight brutalist homes in Latin America "There are a handful of Welsh modernist structures that have been listed and recognised for what they are, but so many have been dismissed, neglected, forgotten and even demolished," he continued. The structure employs 13,850 feet of galvanised locked coil three inch wire rope.

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GO'C places arts centre on former Seattle gas station site to "heal an urban problem"

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GO'C has created the City Park Mini Mart art centre in Seattle Initially attempting to renovate an existing structure, GO'C realised it did not provide enough space. The structure was built on the site of a former gas station Using references from the era, the structure features classic signage, an overhanging roof and divided metal windows.

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Humbird at Schweitzer Mountain Resort by Skylab

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To help restore the village concept, the 31-unit, 66,580 sf, hotel is strategically placed among a disparate group of older buildings with the purpose of transforming the predictable resort experience into a newly invigorated, European-inspired mountain village. Humbird hotel is Phase 1 of this plan. Source by Skylab.