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Modu clads Houston building with "self-cooling" exterior

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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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Residential business conditions weaken while remodeling remains popular, says AIA Home Design Trends Survey

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The AIA Home Design Trends Survey for Q4 2023 focused on the theme ‘neighborhood and community design,’ and revealed a desire among clients for simpler detailing on home exteriors and more windows. Home exterior trends from the latest AIA survey. Neighborhood/community trends from the latest AIA survey.

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Birdproof glass technology is getting better – but it's popularity still hasn't taken off

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Architects have known how to prevent their buildings from becoming bird killers for more than a decade: Patterned glass, exterior screens and turning the lights off at night can all significantly reduce bird deaths. But those standards clash with the big glass and big views that clients associate with big money.

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

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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

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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 building is entered via an enclosed terrace that mediates lighting conditions between the interior and exterior. The staircase is also made from glass.

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Three Pines by Resolution: 4 Architecture

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Designed for a soon-to-be retiring couple, the home is sensitive to the clients wanting to age in place. Cedar and cement board exterior cladding and ipe decks were then completed on-site. The vast majority of the home was fabricated off-site at a modular manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania.

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Method Architecture outfits its Houston office with vibrant mural

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Method Architecture has completed its self-designed studio Located in the mixed-use East River development , designed by architecture studio Page , the office was designed to serve as an inspiration source for the studio's clients. Light blue bicycles are mounted on one wall as another unique installation.

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