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An Architect Couple Turn Their Apartment Into a Venn Diagram of Iconic Design

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The renovation’s spheres of influence include Denmark, Japan, and the Bauhaus movement, an overlap that makes for a well-mannered yet bold and funky space. It includes an experimental space used to present their aesthetic to clients. urek and Bartosz Girek, founders of Furora Studio.

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Future Materials: Rethinking Façades and Ceilings with Arktura

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Their global team now strives to be carbon-neutral, incorporating smart material sourcing and more efficient processing. As the company notes, their materials have a high proportion of recycled content and can be processed for recycling. The new double-height space posed significant lighting and acoustic challenges.

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UNStudio wins competition for new mixed-use development in Düsseldorf

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Deep balconies and terraces, a public park, a generous neighbourhood square and the inclusion of a community centre create a lively public space offering space for temporary events and opening the site to residents and visitors alike. In addition, a mobility hub extends over three storeys of the office tower. Source by UNStudio.

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Biosphere by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group

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Strong climatic contrasts through the seasons have required highly resilient architectural types, incorporating the local materials of wood and stone. The interior is simple and pragmatic, yet due to its checker solid-open conceptual make-up, allows for a range of experiences within a relatively small space. Diagram.

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This New Zealand Holiday Home Is as Cozy as a Cocoon

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Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The lower floor contains a double-height living and kitchen space separated from the kids’ bathroom and bedroom by the staircase. The floor plan is tight but carefully considered.

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No.150 Chengfu Road by Urbanus | Office buildings

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The final solution is a holistic response to all the thinking: the red brick curtain wall system is to respond to the Tsinghua building material. The facade expresses the 3D public space after renovation. The four-level height lobby space is stepping up the atrium to connect the stepping-down roof terrace.

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NEXT archtects delivers Pavilion in Korea

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Photo © Yongbeak Lee The closer the visitor gets to the central space, the more they are forced to experience the lonely trees that are separated from the forest; they find themselves as part of a new forest that emerges in the mirroring wall and become part of the secret forest. Moving outside again they overview the forest and its splendor.

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