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APRIL 1, 2022

Welcome to Westeck’s Client Spotlight! Our Client Spotlight explores the latest projects from Custom Home Builders, Architects, Designers and Renovation Specialists. Today, we’re excited to feature Averra Developments in our Client Spotlight with their Mount Pleasant Modern | Single Family Home. youtube.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Rectangular in plan, the dwelling includes a flat roof The design was influenced by a mid-century modern home owned by the client, said San Francisco's Klopf Architecture. A swimming pool and patio provide views of the surrounding landscape Facades are clad in warm-toned stained cedar. The photography is by Mariko Reed.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 29, 2021

"We designed a strategy of aggregation by creating a network of triangular pergolas that can grow or contract, depending on the necessity of the client throughout the project," the firm said. The fifth pavilion is a large rectangle that encompasses an open-concept kitchen, dining area and living room. Client: The Stroh Family.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Buhl Community Park – After winning a national competition to redesign the plaza in front of the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum ACLA began to work on integrating our design concepts with the physical realities and cultural context of the site. Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design?

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Architizer

AUGUST 7, 2022

Telegraph Hill Residence – The project draws inspiration from the landscape as a source of both prospect and refuge. The design elicits visceral responses to the landscape and encourages introspection and connection to the larger environment. Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design? Project Status: Built.

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Deezen

JANUARY 28, 2024

The building is set in a fir forest in Arcadia, a mountainous region of Greece "The client's ambition was to reinterpret the concept of a sanctuary in the mountains with contemporary terms," reads K-Studio's design statement. The photography is by Ana Santl.

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Deezen

APRIL 4, 2022

This was the driving concept for the second home near Quebec's Orford ski resort. The client's functional needs are strategically distributed inside two independent volumes connected by a walkway forming a breach through the house," said the Montreal -based architects. Structural engineer: Geniex.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The goal was to reconnect this structure with the environment while best utilizing the exceptional site for the clients. "In Therefore, there were strict guidelines on how to use the existing structure as the basis for design. A man-made object in nature may exist in harmony or disparity.

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Deezen

MARCH 13, 2022

Klopf Architecture has reconfigured a San Francisco home to create an open-concept living space that faces onto the backyard. The clients were able to see beyond the dated materials and finishes," said the studio, and from there they decided to update the entire house. Landscape architect: Terremoto. Structural engineer: ZFA.

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Architizer

MAY 4, 2022

The site is not huge, and we were required parking space by the client. What inspired the initial concept for your design? One of the first concepts for this project was the “rhythm” of the sequence created by the flow lines. Size: 3000 sqft – 5000 sqft. to learn more about this project. Credits / Team Members.

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aasarchitecture

AUGUST 31, 2023

The concept of disruption and community that shape the architecture a reem bedded in the historic Rutledge Hill neighborhood and the street grid that shapes it. Photo © Nick McGinn One of the oldest neighborhoods in Nashville, it has been divided, combined, and interrupted by connectors and alleys as it adapted to changes in the community.

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Architizer

AUGUST 2, 2022

Fort 137 – The clients sought an environmentally conscious home with a direct relationship to its site to function as a base camp for their active lifestyle. In response, the residence is an open structure, organized into three layers, which radiate from a communal nucleus to a periphery of private zones. Project Status: Built.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 17, 2024

LTD MEP Engineer: WSP Structural Engineer: ARUP Façade Consultant: ALT Landscape Consultant: Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl Client: CR Land Site Area: 81,256sqm GFA: 243,768sqm Status: Under Construction 2023 Images: Courtesy of 10 Design Section Perspective section Diagram

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Architizer

AUGUST 2, 2022

Meant as a second home for quiet retreats as well as larger gatherings, eventually the clients moved in permanently to take advantage of the scenery, outdoor activities, and remoteness of the rural site. What inspired the initial concept for your design? © Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects.

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Image © Zaha Hadid Architects Informed by the natural landscape of Singapore’s Jurong Lake Gardens, the new Science Centre looks to the future and maximises opportunities for visitors to interact with the surrounding gardens and lake. Photovoltaics and insulating roof gardens will contribute towards renewable energy goals.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 26, 2024

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.

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The winning design for the ‘Ice Ribbon’ was created in an intense time frame and was forged through several concepts and many iterations to develop a spinning concept into its final form. “It The client, Beijing National Speed Skating Oval Operation Co. Ltd Client: Beijing State Asset Management Co.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

This creates the impression that the house is largely floating above the landscape. The concept was determined by the client's desires for privacy, as well as the desire to live surrounded by gardens," explained Agustin Pereyra. Structural engineer: Juan Felipe Heredia. MEP: Germán Muñoz.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The simple concrete structure sits on top of the rugged landscape and hovers over the edge offering a spectacular view over the fjord and to the Atlantic Ocean. The sharp silver colour palette is in nice contrast with the brown tones of the rocky landscape it sits on.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

With a grass-topped, arched roof it was designed to be both contemporary and integrated into the landscape. The primary concept was driven by a desire to integrate building and landscape seamlessly in order to ensure that the new dwelling 'emerges' from the land and context," said David Kirkland, co-founder of Kirkland Fraser Moor. "The

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The abundance of natural landscapes and public spaces created within the Floating Headquarters provides such opportunity. The second courtyard, the “Tree Courtyard”, is the project’s largest open landscaped space and located in the center of the building cluster. Construction Contractor: China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Co.,

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Architizer

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A carefully crafted ‘box of tricks’, the design has been driven by the constrained site geometry, inspiring setting and ambitious client brief. Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design? Victoria Turner: The design has been driven by the constrained but inspiring site and ambitious client brief.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 20, 2022

Based on BIG’s concept of the ‘Raumfachwerk’ – a robust yet flexible structural framework – the design proposal celebrates the passenger experience and movement through the airport.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Visitors enter directly into the home's open-concept kitchen, living, and dining room – a large space overlooking the ravine below. We were able to very surgically insert the home into the ravine, leaving the landscape in its natural state as much as possible.". "We Civil engineer: Blyel Engineering.

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e-architect

JANUARY 7, 2022

Studio Saxe designed a strategy of aggregation by creating a network of triangled pergolas that can grow or contract depending on the necessity of the client throughout the Caribbean Courtyard Villa project. Client: The Stroh Family. Structural Engineer: APÉSTEGUI+BLAIR. Electromechanical Engineer: CIEM.

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Architizer

AUGUST 3, 2022

Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design? Anselmo Testa: The concept was built around the idea that the ‘Show starts on the Sidewalk’ and the importance of exterior space and approach – tying the venue into the city fabric. The concept worked around a two-sided (east & west) entry sequence. © Jacobs.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The building is nestled into the rocks, with stone steps leading down to the fresh water swimming pool and pool terrace, which sit within a natural cleft in the landscape. Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design? Inorganic material that hits the landscape. © Bent Rene? © Bent Rene? © Bent Rene? © Bent Rene?

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Deezen

AUGUST 28, 2022

North River Architecture included a home office on the ground floor, while the rest of this level is mainly comprised of an open-concept kitchen, living and dining room. Structural engineer: Kaaterskill Associates. Landscape: Appleseed Permaculture. The ground floor has an open-plan living area.

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e-architect

MAY 17, 2023

The team paid careful attention to the clients’ desires and way of life, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere that reflects their cultural heritage. The use of vintage, one-of-a-kind furniture that reflected the clients’ cultural background added a unique touch to the design.

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Architizer

JULY 28, 2022

We took cues from southwestern landscapes, including principal JG Neukomm’s own photography, to inform the design and finishes. A new feature stair complements the initial concept, bringing an organic quality lacking on the original building. Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design? They are thrilled.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 9, 2022

The block development creates four landscaped inner courtyards that are used as quiet rest zones as well as providing outside seating space for the Olympus staff restaurant. In the overall concept and detailing of the project special emphasis was placed on sustainability. KG Year: 2021 Photographs: Marcus Bredt , Courtesy of gmp.

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Deezen

AUGUST 1, 2022

The concept was inspired by a dance piece called Lamentation, by late American dancer and choreographer Martha Graham , in which a dancer struggles within a garment. Client: Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services. Structural engineer: Nous Engineering. Civil engineer: VCA Engineers.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Asian Games Masterplan, Hangzhou, China property, Modern Chinese landscape architecture photos Asian Games Masterplan in Hangzhou, China 16 September 2023 Architects: Archi-Tectonics Location: Hangzhou, China Photos by Shao Feng Photography Shanghai Asian Games Masterplan, Hangzhou, China Archi-Tectonics NYC and !Melk

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

A weathered steel arcuated portico establishes a welcoming, heroic, and distinctive expression that comfortably integrates into the rustic landscape of the 18th-century rough-hewn log cabins of George Washington’s cantonment. Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design? Architizer chatted with Joseph G.

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Architizer

MAY 26, 2022

Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design? We work with engineers and landscape architects on this system that keeps the atmosphere inside clean. How have your clients responded to the finished project? Ltd. // Landscape: Design Kernel Design Co., to learn more about this project.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 30, 2022

TEF Design recently completed concept designs for the shell and core base building rehabilitation of the landmark structure, including envelope improvements, complete roof replacement, and structural retrofit to transform the former theater for contemporary commercial use.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design? Four two-story color-coded buildings are arranged to define extensive multiple landscape narrative spaces. How have your clients responded to the finished project? MEP Engineer: M-E Engineers Photos: Richard Barnes; John Sutton. © Form4 Architecture.

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