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Big Windows and White Interiors Punch Up a Gloomy ’60s California Beach House

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The interior of the home remains clean, simple, and minimal to accentuate a light-filled space that allows the natural outdoor landscaping to be the focus. The house was very inwardly focused with low-lying windows that you couldn’t see out of unless you ducked or sat down. The client described it as living inside a tree.

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SPF Architects creates Obama Sports Complex from pre-engineered metal structures

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Architecture studio SPF Architects has completed a sports facility in Los Angeles consisting of two separate buildings that were built using pre-engineered metal structures in order to not disrupt activity at the site. The complex consists of two pre-engineered metal buildings. Landscape architect: Hood Design Studio.

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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Geological formations shape design of Wyoming house by Lever Architecture

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Weathering steel and accoya wood wrap the exterior of the Alta House, which was created by US studio Lever Architecture to embrace the "sublime mountain landscape". The design is centered around the sublime mountain landscape," the team said. Situated on a half-acre (0.2-hectare) Many rooms offer expansive vistas.

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Mix-and-Match Windows Are Only the Start of the Fun at This Warehouse-Turned-Residence in Sydney

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As a butchers, a grocer, a window workshop, a hatter and finally a restaurant, each with the attached rooms above, the original building had had a checkered past. The front gate is a cast bronze sculpture by Mika Utzon-Popov, and an all-enveloping landscape by Nicholas Harding in the living room is able to be viewed from the street."

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Look Up! 6 Spectacular Skybridges Uplifting the Urban Landscape 

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These complex feats of engineering offer passage between buildings, supported in their entirety by the structures they connect. Thermally insulated glazing is braced by an intricate steel structure — inside, the intersections of the geometric struts frame viewing windows, capturing snapshots of Prague’s breathtaking topography.

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Rice University by SOM new engineering and science building opens

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O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science is now open. ” The design activates the adjacent Engineering Quad and extends the vitality of campus into the building, where a five-story central atrium creates a hub of activity, connecting to seminar rooms, break areas, and informal gathering spaces. Source by SOM.