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Frankey installs "world's tallest canal bridge" between two Amsterdam buildings

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Dutch street artist Frankey has linked the upper floors of two Amsterdam buildings with a structure designed to look like one of the city's historic canal bridges. Frankey , whose real name is Frank de Ruwe, installed his cartoonish Canal Skybridge between a pair of buildings on Rokin, a major street in central Amsterdam.

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Haus.me’s Tiny $90K Prefab Can Be Installed in an Hour—and Even Comes With Cutlery

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Like Haus.me’s large mOne and mTwo models, the structure of the microHaus is made from recycled polymers. One of the first microHaus models that we shipped was to a client in Portland, Oregon. Many clients use the microHaus as a guesthouse or ADU and we are currently exploring the possibility of using it for hospitality and hotels.

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Artefact uses bricks made from "unloved" stone to craft temporary shelter in Clerkenwell

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Architecture studio Artefact has created an installation at Clerkenwell Design Week using bricks made of stone , which the manufacturer claims emit 75 per cent fewer greenhouse gases than fired bricks in production. It's a modified bespoke machine originally designed to make paving stones," Paine told Dezeen. "We

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Memola Estudio leaves concrete structure exposed for Gale Apartment in São Paulo

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Memola Estudio stripped back walls in the apartment to reveal the concrete structure. To contrast the wooden floors Memola Estudio removed walls and parts of the ceiling, and stripped back finishes to expose the building's concrete structure, piping and ductwork. The photography is by Fran Parente.

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Desai Chia uses charred-wood cladding for multi-structure Connecticut home

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Desai Chai Architects chose an uphill spot for the home's siting "The clients wanted flexibility to use their home as an extension of their gallery and leave portions of the site open for rotating and site-specific outdoor installations," the studio said. The courtyards are ready to receive outdoor art installations," the team said.

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Playable Art Installations, Sarasota, Florida

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Each installation utilizes the views, movement, and play to spark social connection along the bay walk. Each of the installations was inspired by the large number of coral reefs that reside off the Sarasota coast, and were designed to appear as if they were two unique pieces washed up on the shore.

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El Tanque Leisure Area by Urdiales Estudio de Arquitectura | Installations

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</b> The clients sought to reuse this pre-existing structure, to convert it into space for leisure and informal use that has a direct relationship with the natural context where it can be enjoyed in the company of family and friends, being this intervention an annex of a large cabin for events and a bonfire area.