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ACFD Architecture wraps glass home around apple tree in Quebec

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The Apple Tree House is a modernist-style glass residence. ACDF Architecture arranged the structure around an apple tree. Glass walls throughout the public areas of the home give sightlines of the tree and the other living areas from a variety of different positions. General contractor: Marion Gauthier.

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Glass and steel form rooftop Cascada House apartment in Mexico City

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This opens to a generous patio via sliding glass doors. Through large glass panels that open widely, the house integrates with the ambient vegetation, dissolving the boundary between interior and exterior," they explained. An open-plan dining area connects to a patio via sliding glass. The photography is by Luis Young.

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Atelier Koma creates concrete chapel to offer "separation from the secular world"

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On the opposite wall, an organ is built into the exposed concrete, while narrow stained-glass windows are set within deep, faceted reveals on the southeast side. Read: Nicholas Burns nestles concrete chapel within grounds of Portuguese estate "The 12 funnel-shaped, stained-glass windows serve as metaphors of nature," said Eunsok.

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Baldridge Architects converts Austin commercial units into its own studio

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Bright white plaster clads the exterior of a 1960s concrete building that has been turned into the self-designed studio of Baldridge Architects, which acted as the designer and contractor. On the exterior, crisp-white plaster was added to the original concrete masonry. The photography is by Casey Dunn.

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Kaan Architecten adds "monumental" visitor centre to second world war cemetery

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To respect the cemetery's existing "monumental ensemble" and reference American memorial architecture, the studio created a concrete and glass form that would "claim its own space while blending into the greater whole". Project credits: Architect: Kaan Architecten Landscape designer: Karres + Brands landschapsarchitecten B.V.,

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Inaba Williams creates mirrored stucco-clad residences in California

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The two structures are mirrors of each other and are divided by a courtyard with a privacy wall in the middle Set on 40-foot (12-metre) wide lots, the linear homes measure only 20 feet (6 metres) at their widest, leaving plenty of space for outdoor areas on either side of the house for residents to enjoy.

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Omer Arbel uses fabric formwork for concrete pillars in Canadian house

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Along with curling exterior walls that span the length of the houses's perimeter, they were created using a technique in which concrete is poured slowly into fabric formwork supported by a plywood rib structure. "The They are fluted at the base before extending upwards into an expansive "lilypad" shape.

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