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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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Omer Arbel uses fabric formwork for concrete pillars in Canadian house

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Along with curling exterior walls that span the length of the houses's perimeter, they were created using a technique in which concrete is poured slowly into fabric formwork supported by a plywood rib structure. They are fluted at the base before extending upwards into an expansive "lilypad" shape.

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Peter Markos models timber Monocoque Cabin on world war two fighter plane

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The timber cabin is wrapped by an external skin clad with cedar shingles "The idea behind the Monocoque Cabin was inspired by the construction techniques used in the aerospace and automotive industries, which are renowned for their efficient material utilization," Markos told Dezeen. metres-wide, 3.5-metres-tall

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Ateno lines subway station in "continuous waves" of red concrete panels in China

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The design inspiration comes from the impression of Minnan red-brick architecture , using contemporary and dramatic techniques to transform local elements into characteristics of the bay," the studio said. Project credits: Architectural, interior & landscape design: Ateno Client: Xiamen Donghua Haitian Investment Co Ltd.

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Kennedy Nolan covers L-shaped coastal home in charred timber

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Set in a small town named Somers on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula, the home was designed to offer a place of retreat for the client's family and features earthy colours chosen by the studio to evoke a sense of peace. The spatial arrangement supports privacy and separation but makes coming together effortless and celebrated."

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Paintbrush Residence by CLB Architects

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Photo © Matthew Millman A continuous band of glazed clerestories demarcate the high ceilings from exterior walls and filter sunlight into the interior. Updated elements were fabricated and constructed through modular and machined techniques similar to those used in the original iteration.

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2.8. THE DESIGN OF THE EXTERIOR

The Architecture Professor

So what would Root have used as his theme or concept for the design of the exterior of the Masonic Temple? It had a very special client that needed to be architecturally symbolized, much like the Woman’s Temple. Exterior from Floor 16 to the top of the skylight. Looking east along Randolph. Burnham and Root, Masonic Temple.