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The Benefits Of Exterior Cladding

DesignRulz

Exterior cladding is more than a cosmetic upgrade for your home. Here are the benefits of external cladding : Enhanced Protection Exterior cladding is much more than an aesthetic enhancement for your home. Certain materials used in cladding have strength and durability. Specific cladding materials can dampen external noise.

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Architectural Details: Why Metal Is the Perfect Material for Dynamic Educational Projects

Architizer

As designers imagine the future of educational buildings, the values and materials of today will inform school environments for decades to come. The team wanted to design a new public-facing identity while creating a safe, enduring environment for kindergarten through eighth-grade students. Presidio Knolls School.

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Undulating green roof helps Creek Cabin "live in harmony with the surrounding environment"

Deezen

Creek Cabin is a house in Suffolk by MAP Architecture and Jon Broome Architects "For me, this project was about finding a way to live in harmony with the surrounding environment," MAP Architecture partner Robert Mawson told Dezeen. To be flood resilient, the bricks had to be selected with a low moisture absorption.

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Tactile materials "accentuate the value of shadows" in Bolívar House

Deezen

Spanish architect Juan Gurrea Rumeu used a palette of warm, textural materials and carefully positioned voids to create atmospheric living spaces inside this house he designed for himself and his wife in Barcelona. The house's exterior is rendered using a textured stucco that evokes rustic Catalan properties called masias.

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A proposed residential project by Laney LA makes use of dark Shou Sugi Ban cladding nestled in Lake Tahoe's landscape

Archinect

The Hermosa Beach-based architecture and design firm share model images and drawings of a residential project proposal aimed to resemble a mountain cave that "acts as a fortress within a demanding environment." Model image courtesy of Laney LA.

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Future Materials: Kengo Kuma’s Shingle, Scale and Stone Façades

Architizer

Architecture is defined by materials. One of the most significant designers in contemporary architecture, Kengo Kuma ’s work builds upon a legacy of Japanese craftsmanship while rethinking how we use materials. The museum was designed to integrate with the environment as a “living room” for the city.

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Environmental Innovation: 8 Materials at the Forefront of the Sustainable Design Revolution

Architizer

From the technological building systems we choose for our projects to considering the carbon impact of where a product comes from to have a better awareness of the materials our products are made out of. While many sectors are charging forward, the field of materials is rapidly progressing and reshaping how we approach design specifications.