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Alterstudio creates Falcon Ledge Residence on a challenging Austin site

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Architecture firm Alterstudio has completed a tower-like house in Texas that rises up from a steep, wooded site that was long overlooked "as a possible home site". The site had long been overlooked as feasible for home construction. The team cut away portions of the boxy exterior to create balconies, which vary in size.

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In Situ Studio creates HUUS house for sloped site in Raleigh

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Glazed brick and charred cypress wrap the exterior of a partly sunken North Carolina home designed by architecture firm In Situ Studio. The site formerly held a run-down, 1940s dwelling that was owned by the clients. It also has its own exterior entrance, allowing visitors to easily come and go. Contractor: Arrowhead.

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TW Ryan Architecture clads pyramidal Montana house in weathering steel

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California studio TW Ryan Architecture has completed a wildfire-resistant house in the American West that features a Corten steel exterior and pyramidal roofs that allude to the mountainous terrain. Four Roof House features a Corten steel exterior Their chosen site was a bluff overlooking a lake near the town of Helmville.

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

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hectare site near Maastricht to commemorate soldiers who died in the second world war. The visitor centre houses a display space and auditorium Inside, the wood-lined auditorium and visitor facilities sit at the centre of the space behind poured concrete walls that mirror the appearance of the exterior.

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Telescope House by Wendell Burnette offers framed views of Sedona

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Roughly rectangular in plan, the house sits on a gently sloping site and was built atop the footprint of a former building. Bedrooms feature surrounding views Exterior walls are wrapped in weathering steel , which helps protect the home against wildfire. Sustainability was a guiding concern for the team.

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

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This structure was to be very strong, be as fire resistant as possible and require as little long term exterior maintenance as possible. My engineer designed the foundation, stair system, container platform, balcony and lower deck. A site plan and septic permit were required before a building permit was issued.

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Ædifica presents "vision of densification" for Cité Angus II housing block in Montreal

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Ædifica has created a six-storey housing block in Montreal Sitting on a narrow site, the six-storey housing block has two roughly L-shaped structures that frame a significant courtyard. On the courtyard-facing facade, light metals and paints contrast with the greys of the exterior.

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