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Snøhetta and Asak Miljøstein create hexagonal pavement system to aid water management

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Named Asak Flyt, the permeable concrete paver system consists of three hexagonal interlocking unit types that can be combined to “provide landscape architects with another powerful tool for nature-based water management.” Diagram credit: Snøhetta “Permeable surfaces are part of the increasingly nee.

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Muda Architects completes circular museum dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine

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Its circular form spans land and water and is designed by Muda Architects as a giant Taiji diagram, or yin-yang symbol, to represent the philosophy of holistic traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The basement level contains an underground parking facility. It traverses the building's three storeys and is illuminated by skylights.

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Tile, Texas Stone, and Concrete Rule in This Soaring Houston Home

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Project Details: Location: Central Northwest, Houston, Texas Architect: HR Design Dept Landscape Design: XO Design Dept From the Architect: "The Watonga residence was commissioned by a woman with a big heart for animal fostering. She wanted a house that felt private from the street but visually and physically connected to the backyard.

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100 Residences 100 Architects by AGi Architects

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The larger, extensive part on the periphery of the Oasis area serves a s a transition zone between the plot and the desert landscape. Image © AGi Architects The house spatial experience The access is done gradually so that the visitor is guided but the architectural infrastructure elements that frame different visual and spatial experiences.

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Shenzhen Chuanbu Street Experimental School by Aedas

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The playground serves as a buffer between high-rise residential and teaching areas, reducing visual pressure from the surrounding high-rise massing. This design significantly enhances the campus’s visual identity and recognition from a distance. The teaching buildings are located on the east side to maximise sunlight.

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Tile, Texas Stone, and Concrete Rule in This Soaring Houston Home

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Project Details: Location: Central Northwest, Houston, Texas Architect: HR Design Dept Landscape Design: XO Design Dept From the Architect: "The Watonga residence was commissioned by a woman with a big heart for animal fostering. She wanted a house that felt private from the street but visually and physically connected to the backyard.

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Summit School by CAZA

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Image © CAZA On each level of the campus, CAZA designed a series of vertically networked green spaces that visually expand the School’s important central garden throughout the vertical campus. Each floor’s unique landscapes provide different forms of interaction and play for students.

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