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Atkins reveals design for Nairobi Central Station informed by defensive enclosures

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International studio Atkins is set to renovate the central station in Nairobi , Kenya, adding canopies that were informed by central African Boma enclosures. It would be topped by an undulating roof supported on a steel structure and connected by a bridge to a similar canopy on the other side of the tracks.

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Studio Gang nestles Kresge College expansion in Pacific forest

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Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang has expanded a California college through the addition of mass-timber structures that were informed by how fungi grow in the wild. Kresge College is a part of the University of California, Santa Cruz. It also added a square at the building's primary entry.

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Japanese architecture informs design of Minnesota house by Salmela Architect

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In contrast to Paul's upbringing, Yuko was raised in the dense Japanese city of Fukuoka, and initially, she felt uncertain about living in a wide-open landscape. The home has views out to the surrounding landscape. Energy consultant: Malini Srivastava. Structural engineer: Meyer Borgman Johnson.

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Farmland informs design of Thaden School building in Arkansas by Eskew Dumez Ripple

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The school's 26-acre (10-hectare) campus was master-planned by Eskew Dumez Ripple – a studio based in New Orleans, Louisiana – in collaboration with local firm Marlon Blackwell Architects , landscape architects Andropogon and engineering firm CMTA. The landscape is filled with native species like prairie grass and pecan trees.

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Niall McLaughlin Architects creates glasshouse-informed steel pavilion on the Isle of Wight

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The house was designed to "float" above the coastal landscape of the site, which is designated as a site of Special Scientific Interest due to its distinct mudflats, marsh, low-water pools and sand dunes. It overlooks the remnants of an old tidal mill pond with a sandy duver and the harbour beyond." The photography is by Nick Kane.

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Geodes inform design of Arizona research building by Grimshaw and Architekton

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The photography is by Bill Timmerman.

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SO-IL designs Massachusetts museum with undulating CLT roof

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Its undulating shape was informed by the surrounding hilly terrain. It consists of separate volumes surrounding a courtyard The 78,000-square-foot (7,246 square metre) building will consist of six separate volumes centred around a courtyard. The undulating cross-laminated timber roof will be laid atop these volumes, unifying them below.

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