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GO’C creates Washington house that "grounds itself to the earth"

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An overhanging roof provides shade "The new structure grounds itself to the earth with its approach to material and form," said GO'C , a Seattle-based firm. A metal staircase leads to a herb garden on the roof Exterior walls are made of Norman-sized black bricks with deeply raked mortar joints.

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Kirkland Fraser Moor tops chalk-walled house with CLT arch

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With a grass-topped, arched roof it was designed to be both contemporary and integrated into the landscape. The building itself is a very simple rectangular form but set within a curved courtyard landscape to provide, together with the arched roof, an organic natural flowing form," explained Kirkland. Electrical engineer: Aura.

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Kuehm Malvezzi designs Montreal Insectarium to subvert "museological norms and expectations"

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Architecture studios Kuehn Malvezzi , Pelletier de Fontenay and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte Architectes have created an insect zoo and museum in a glazed sawtooth-roof building with interior spaces that emulate the experience of being a bug. The main component is a two-storey glass building with a rectangular plan and sawtooth roof.

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Tech Square 3 by Eskew+Dumez+Ripple

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Image © EskewDumezRipple The district’s exterior promenade and its connection to the surrounding areas is unified by a vertically stacked green roof terrace held atop a monumental architectural stair legible on the facade.

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San Francisco Art Institute at Fort Mason by Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects announces merger plans

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The reuse preserved the industrial integrity of the landmark structure, supported the school’s pedagogical goals, and integrated advanced sustainable building systems. A new two-story structure was lightly inserted within the historic, light-filled volume, clearly articulating new from old.

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SAW transforms a hillside home in Mill Valley

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Spiegel Aihara Workshop (SAW) has completed the transformative architectural and landscape design of a 1962 home in Mill Valley for a couple and their two young children. Roof Floor Plan. Approaching from the street, the facade is low-slung and grounded in the landscape. Photo © Mikiko Kikuyama. Source by SAW. Photo © Mikiko Kikuyama.

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Radio Hotel and Tower by MVRDV

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The stacked shape has the added benefit of providing multiple outdoor terraces, with every block having its own outdoor space on the roof of the block below. The hotel’s interior design by Workshop APD takes the exterior as its inspiration, matching the brightly-coloured bathrooms to the colours of the blocks.