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Modu clads Houston building with "self-cooling" exterior

Deezen

Brooklyn-based studio Modu has created a building envelope that lowers the ambient air temperature in order to help cool the interior and exterior of this Houston building. Each tenant will be provided with both an interior and exterior space. A bamboo grove will also provide additional shade.

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Enlace by Canopy / Architecture + Design

Archinect

The building features operable door panels that open the interior community space to the street to strengthen the relationship between Enlace and the community while blurring the relationship of interior and exterior.

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"The exterior walls will make an excellent canvas for Banksy" says commenter

Deezen

JZ found the spaces "pretty intense" and "monkish" and wondered whether the clients would be able to "maintain the purity of the interior as they break it in". Alfred Hitchcock believed that "the interior cell walls just need some padding" and that "the exterior walls make an excellent canvas for Banksy et al".

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Odile Decq builds all-glass Maison de Verre for client with vision loss

Deezen

Architect Odile Decq has completed a house in France with walls of translucent glass, to create the optimal lighting conditions for a client with vision impairment. The Studio Odile Decq founder's solution was to create the entire structure out of translucent glass panels, creating a uniform level of brightness throughout the interior.

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Big Windows and White Interiors Punch Up a Gloomy ’60s California Beach House

Dwell

The idea was to take the existing house and give it new life—one that met the needs and aesthetics of our designer clients. We chose to utilize a dark cedar exterior to ground the home within the surrounding dunes and a contrasting natural cedar to accentuate the point of entry. The client described it as living inside a tree.

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Eight bright and airy interiors illuminated by perforated brick walls

Deezen

Dezeen's latest lookbook explores eight interiors – from bright, airy residential spaces to cool, open-plan offices – illuminated by perforated brick walls. This lookbook highlights their effect on the lighting and shading of interior spaces and how they can be used to create a playful, light atmosphere.

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Studio NAAW uncovers soviet-era details in Almaty restaurant interior

Deezen

Studio NAAW uncovered soviet-era details in a Kazakhstan restaurant interior "We wanted to ensure that the interior did not romanticise the legacy of the colonial era, but at the same time did not deny it," NAAW co-founder Elvira Bakubayeva told Dezeen. The key feature of the place is its openness," Bakubayeva explained. "We

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