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LACMA shares custom-built glass facade details in new spring construction update

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New updates have been shared recently by the Los Angeles Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), charting progress on the $750 million new David Geffen Galleries from Peter Zumthor that is expected to finish construction by the end of this year. A recent look inside the project with its contractor Clark Construction can be found here.)

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Three Pines by Resolution: 4 Architecture

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The vast majority of the home was fabricated off-site at a modular manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania. On site, the local general contractor prepared the site and foundation for the arrival of six prefab modules. Cedar and cement board exterior cladding and ipe decks were then completed on-site.

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The Kitchen in This Pacific Northwest Retreat Is Made From Douglas Fir Felled On-Site

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Located in Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula, the rambler-style home utilized the trees for the roof and a coffee table, too. On a secluded wooded site, the new structure grounds itself to the earth with its approach to material and form. The roof is an additional level that provides more outdoor space, and has an elevated herb garden.

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Office ParkScheerbarth adds bright red-timber building to compact Berlin site

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Bright red curving forms and cubic volumes form Haus 2+, a mixed-use building that architecture studio Office ParkScheerbarth has added to a compact riverside site in Berlin. White-painted walls feature throughout the interior, contrasting the bright colour of the exterior. The slab elements are also from spruce."

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Studio Gang begins construction on Parisian university built with 50 per cent natural materials

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Construction is progressing on a mass-timber academic building with a stone facade designed by architecture firm Studio Gang for the University of Chicago campus in Paris. Construction has commenced on the University of Chicago centre in Paris. The centre will have a mass timber structure.

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Elding Oscarson creates CLT dome theatre inside Swedish museum extension

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Architecture studio Elding Oscarson has extended the National Swedish Museum of Technology with Wisdome Stockholm, a timber building topped by a curving roof that bulges over a dome inside. Topping the rectangular building is an asymmetrical roof that bulges and curves over the visualisation dome inside.

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Undulating green roof helps Creek Cabin "live in harmony with the surrounding environment"

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An undulating green roof and timber cladding help this Suffolk house by MAP Architecture and Jon Broome Architects, which was designed to Passivhaus standards, blend into the surrounding wetland. The internal ceiling battens are made using an Ash facing piece with a softwood core to allow the battens to follow the roof curve," said Mawson.

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