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Four Retractable Shade Solutions for Residential Exteriors

ArchDaily

This concept plays a crucial role in architectural design, as it significantly impacts comfort and functionality. For these reasons, architects strategically incorporate shading elements to enhance the quality and utility of spaces, especially in outdoor residential areas.

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Important Portals: 6 Residential Designs Where Traditional Arches Meet Contemporary Concepts

Architizer

To reflect on these questions, this collection examines a diverse array of residential buildings from around the globe that integrate arches as integral elements of both their exteriors and interiors. Central to their approach was the utilization of the arch as a fundamental component of the design process. Arc House By M.E

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CF Møller uses matching bricks and tiles for exterior of Villa E in Aarhus

Deezen

Scandinavian firm CF Møller Architects has completed a house where all the exterior surfaces match, thanks to a combination of dark red bricks and tiles. The exterior combines matching tiles and bricks. With varying shades of red, they match up with two brick entrance staircases and a series of exterior terraces.

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It’s Your Average Off-Grid Shipping Container Home—Just Set on a Tall Metal Tower

Dwell

When Mark Derenthal couldn’t find an architect or builder to take on his ambitious concept, he worked directly with an engineer to create the treetop retreat. This structure was to be very strong, be as fire resistant as possible and require as little long term exterior maintenance as possible. Have one to share? Post it here.

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30×40 Modern Triplex House Design With Exterior LED Lights

Design Thoughts Architects

30×40 Modern Triplex House Design With Exterior LED Lights. The exterior and interior were designed with the help of 3d visualization. In this open floor concept, the dining area gives the symbolic border between the food preparation zone and the rest of the daily living space.

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Cannon Design draws on "essence of Michigan forests" for university building

Deezen

CannonDesign has created a student centre for a Michigan university "The primary concept of the building was to celebrate place, with a focus on elements and symbols that are universal to all people – and especially important to the Western community," Brett Lawrence, Cannon Design project manager, told Dezeen.

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Wisdome Stockholm by Elding Oscarson

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Conventionally, the program would generate a low volume with a protruding dome, but to utilize the unique dome to create a strong interior space as well as a telling exterior form, the dome is given a focal position under a free form timber structure. The gridshell structure is constructed from flat standard LVL panels.