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

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The mid-rise housing complex consists of a long volume on a narrow site, flanked by outdoor public spaces with a breezeway and an open-air staircase on the far end. When entering the building, residents walk into an atrium space with an oculus framed by blue-painted metal at its centre of circulation.

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REX creates "holy grail" combination of performance spaces in Providence

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REX designed a performance centre in Rhode Island According to REX founder Joshua Ramus, the brief for the project was to combine small performance spaces with student facilities and a home for the Brown University Orchestra. "We And then you go into the main hall and it's this massive space and there's no structure.

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OMA unveils Manchester's flexible cultural event space Aviva Studios

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Dutch studio OMA has completed its first major public building in the UK , Aviva Studios, designed to provide flexible event space for Manchester-based arts and music company Factory International. The post OMA unveils Manchester's flexible cultural event space Aviva Studios appeared first on Dezeen.

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NASA explores potential for green roofs to lower temperatures in cities

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Related on Archinect: 10 green rooftop spaces we liked this week “As cities grow and develop, they need to make good decisions about their infrastructure, because these decisions often last for 30 or 50 years or longer,” said Christian Braneon, a climate scientist and civil engineer at Columbia University and co-author of the study.

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This Heavenly Add-On Gives One Sydney Family All the Breathing Room They Need

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The open-plan kitchen, living, and dining area features a vaulted ceiling, timber cladding, and a long skylight that brightens the gauzy space. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper

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The surrounding environment informed the design "By simultaneously folding the house inward on itself and reaching outward to the land, we established a homestead in a transitional space that sustains human activity as well as wildlife." Utility and storage elements are integrated into the room's vertical surfaces.

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Grooved Red Tile, Arches, and a Catwalk Tie Together a Backyard House in Belgium

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Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. A series of walls, repetitively punctured, define the various spaces. The central double-height space contains the vertical circulation of the house. Have one to share? Post it here.