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RED Arquitectos integrates corn millstone into facade of Mexican house

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The primary suite cantilevers slightly out from the perimeter of the foundation with a glazed corner. The interior features a C-shaped plan An exterior staircase – shaded by a black partition lattice made of local purple rosewood – leads up to a roof terrace with 360-degree views. Rogelio Rojas Castro Structural engineering: Ing.

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David Baker Architects accelerates housing for homeless in San Francisco with modular construction

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Bay Area studio David Baker Architects has completed 145 units of social housing using modular construction and a weathering steel facade in San Francisco , California. The use of modular construction reduced the project's timeline from the average five to seven years to three. The raked facade is clad in weathering steel.

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Copper-clad bamboo "petals" envelop meditation space in Bali by Ibuku

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A series of overlapping "petals" constructed from bamboo and clad in shiny copper shingles shelter Lumi Shala, a yoga and meditation space in Bali, Indonesia, by local studio Ibuku. Along the entrances, gently curving mud foundations invite comfortable lounging. They are at rest, while bamboo arches soar above," it continued.

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A Retreat in the Mountains of Central Mexico Sources 100% of Its Water From the Sky

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The main residence takes the form of a pavilion that allows for outdoor use year-round, with over two-thirds of the building footprint dedicated to covered exterior space. All three of the structures share a tectonic vocabulary of volcanic-rock clad foundations and vegetated roofs."

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A Cozy Home on the Rugged Welsh Coast Takes Cross-Laminated Timber to Its Limits

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The carbon-sequestering construction is on display throughout the interiors, where Maich Swift Architects added subtle finishes and fixtures for warm, welcoming spaces. The exterior form of the house is generated through internal spatial configurations that work to enhance a specific view or produce an unexpected interior space.

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Statement-Making Louvers Keep This Renovated Australian Home Cool and Secluded

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Emblematic of its style, the house, set on a sandstone foundation, retains its Federation character to the street: An asymmetrical, white-painted weatherboard exterior maintains the civic optimism of the period through fine timber details and fretwork.

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022: Residential Construction Costs

Life of an Architect

In the beginning, when you are starting to plan your budget for building a new house, residential construction costs are not that complicated unless you really want to make them that way. Let’s start by identifying that hard costs are the physical assets that you need to acquire to complete your construction project.