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ACFD Architecture wraps glass home around apple tree in Quebec

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The all-black home, surrounded by a boreal forest, is made up of a square surrounding a small courtyard that contains an apple tree that reminded the client of their childhood. The Apple Tree House is a modernist-style glass residence. ACDF Architecture arranged the structure around an apple tree.

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TYPE combines elemental materials in Herne Hill House extension

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TYPE 's design centres around simple, quality materials that can be left exposed, so they don't need external finishes. Details include an exposed concrete structure, lime plaster walls, a floor of quarry tiles and furniture elements made from ash and Douglas fir. Structural engineer: Blue Engineering.

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RED Arquitectos integrates corn millstone into facade of Mexican house

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Casa que Da is conceived as a pre-Hispanic codex, which expresses through its spatiality and iconography, the knowledge of the earth and its materiality," RED Arquitectos principal Susana López González told Dezeen. The client named the house Casa que Da (House that Gives) to reference the act of "giving" in a culinary context.

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Wutopia Lab Designs Scenic All-Glass Project Tianya Books

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As this is an all-glass box with no dead space, the biggest challenge was to hide the pipework and structure. The client urgently hoped to create an architectural landmark for Xiaoshan Innovation Polis and inject vitality into the wider new urban area, with high expectations for the theme, image and iconicity of the building.

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Ascent skyscraper in Milwaukee becomes world's tallest timber building

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Wherever possible, materials in the building are exposed natural materials – timber – or products that have a natural look or component," KA principal Jason Korb told Dezeen. Our client is very interested in biophilic design, and we incorporated those principles wherever we could.". Glulam and CLT was used for the structure.

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CLB Architects creates trio of "tectonic structures" for Wyoming residence

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The writer's studio rises two stories while the guest house is rectilinear in form The ground floor includes public spaces, the primary bedroom suite, a garage and a gym, along with "an expansive mudroom for the client's Irish wolfhounds". Rooms feature a blend of earthy and industrial materials.

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In Situ Studio creates HUUS house for sloped site in Raleigh

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The site formerly held a run-down, 1940s dwelling that was owned by the clients. The existing house was in bad shape and rife with common hazardous materials from the time, such as lead paint and asbestos," the firm said. Sliding glass doors connect the home to its grassy yard. They opted to raze the old building and start anew.

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