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Inaba Williams creates mirrored stucco-clad residences in California

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With less need for air conditioning and generous access to landscaped areas, they offer a more natural, less tempered experience with the environment." Residents enter from a small courtyard on the outside street-edge corner of the lot into a rounded entryway that passes directly into the main exterior courtyard.

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

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The exterior of the outward-facing angles is clad in metal and features multiple balconies, some of which extrude past the face – while others are sunken into a metal-mesh "second skin" placed on the building. On the courtyard-facing facade, light metals and paints contrast with the greys of the exterior.

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TW Ryan Architecture clads pyramidal Montana house in weathering steel

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California studio TW Ryan Architecture has completed a wildfire-resistant house in the American West that features a Corten steel exterior and pyramidal roofs that allude to the mountainous terrain. Four Roof House features a Corten steel exterior Their chosen site was a bluff overlooking a lake near the town of Helmville.

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Greenpoint’s New Library Connects Community, Education, and the Environment

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BPL required the new building to double the size of the previous building, provide additional exterior space, and integrate interest in environmental education. A healthy interior environment was achieved through careful selection of low-emitting adhesives and sealants, paints and coatings, carpets, and composite wood products.

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La Fe Hospital Proton Therapy Centre by Ramón Esteve

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The building opens up in a measured way to its surroundings, prioritising the visual relationship between the interior spaces and the exterior green areas. While featuring large planes open to the exterior, these are protected by various filters and compositional strategies that minimise the direct incidence of solar radiation.

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Bend Science Station by Hennebery Eddy Architects

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The building soffits and protected exterior walls are clad with cedar siding; a standing seam metal shell is extruded down the outermost walls, reinforcing the simple massing while protecting the recessed cedar from weathering at the west, south, and east building frontages where the building receives the most sun.

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This Steel-Wrapped Canadian Cabin Is Nimbly Perched for Treetop Views

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The purpose of this unique escape is to disconnect, unwind, and rejuvenate, providing friends, colleagues, and families with an environment that fosters improved mental well-being. The landscape design harmoniously blends with the woodland environment, leaving a light footprint.