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MVRDV unveils residential high-rises for Tencent smart city in Shenzhen

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Dutch studio MVRDV has revealed a series of residential high-rises arranged around courtyards in Shenzhen 's Qianhai bay, which will form part of a smart city development by technology company Tencent. Pedestrian paths through the complex will provide added outdoor space populated with sports and leisure activities.

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Hewitt creates residential tower in Seattle informed by stack of magazines

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Local architecture studio Hewitt has unveiled the 33-storey-high Skyglass residential block in downtown Seattle , which was informed by an offset stack of magazines. The tower rises from a brick-clad base "I looked at the profile and stopped seeing a lot of floorplates twisting but just saw a basic shift," said Nagele. "I

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

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Local architecture studio Ædifica has created a residential apartment building outside Montreal with an interior courtyard and a metal-mesh second skin on the facade. Called Cité Angus II, the structure is part of Technopôle Angus, an urban revitalization project that its developers say is a "full-scale sustainable development".

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Studio Gang nestles Kresge College expansion in Pacific forest

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Three simple, bow-shaped structures were placed to its southeast to house students. The residential buildings were clad in timber The Kresge College Academic Center sits on an uneven site next to a steep ravine. The expansion's centrepiece is an academic centre with a series of protrusions that jut out asymmetrically from a core.

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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. Within the architectural studio, the team created a series of "residential nests". The photography is by Casey Dunn.

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HGX Design creates house that "flows like music" in the Hudson Valley

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It was created to host the owner's visiting family HGX Design is New York City-based studio founded in 2020 by Hal Goldstein with a focus on corporate, commercial and residential projects that "inspire human connection and fulfilment".

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PAT completes off-grid Kenyan holiday home with raised bedrooms

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Each bedroom has an en-suite bathroom and open shower Although steel is not common for residential buildings in this region, they discovered several local manufacturers with the required expertise, so were able to have the frame fabricated nearby.

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