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10 Best Architecture Firms in Costa Rica

Architizer

It is essentially a tropical land filled with rainforests, exotic beaches and volcanos, as well as many notable innovative and sustainable examples of architectural buildings. Jaime Rouillon “gives a complete personalized” treatment in close contact from beginning to conclusion of the project, always assisting the client.

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Design H&C Construct CasaTresAguas in Protected Biosphere Using Locally Sourced Materials and Responsible Design Practices

Architizer

Andreas Croitoru and his business partner Jean Sebastien Houyoux decided that instead of going through all these challenges, they better build a beach house as a weekend house for both their families to use alternately, but most of all to be able to build based on their idea of how beach houses should be built in this environment.

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Eight projects by design students at University of the Arts London

Deezen

Dezeen School Shows: a textile project that uses natural dyes made from wild plants is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at University of the Arts London. This project aims to reconnect people with the forgotten knowledge of edible wild plants that holds significant value for both us and wildlife.

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Rising stars – The Prodigy shortlist

Habitus Living

As a business, Milliken is both ethical and sustainable, having supplied flooring products to the architecture and design community for decades. There is also a deliberate focus on design paying homage to history, culture and the aspirations of the local communities where the built environment is being created.

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Ten architecture projects by students at the University of Waterloo

Deezen

Students develop an understanding of the workings of society and culture, the principles of physics, the materials and techniques of construction, human interaction with the natural and built environment, historical processes, critical thought and diverse forms of creative expression. at]uwaterloo.ca

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Silver Linings [4]

A Better Built Environment

As much as we try to plan for the future, there was nothing that could have predicted or prepared us for such a transformational year. The pandemic and shutdowns had positive effects on the environment. And when most of our city land is zoned single family, as it is in Portland, we are mandating sterile urban environments.

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Design for community: a conversation with Carleton Hart's Michelle Black and Brian Carleton

Portland Architecture

But we will offer way more flexibility and really acknowledging that each of us is different and we have different project needs at times. Clients are drawn to us and as importantly, staff are drawn to us. It allows us that capacity to do that work, and it just kind of feeds it.

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