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PAU places vaulted glass structure in shell of Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Refinery

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Local architecture studio Practice for Architecture and Urbanism has installed a glass office building with a vaulted roof inside the shell of the 19th-century Domino Sugar Refinery on the waterfront in Brooklyn. Architectural details such as a large smokestack from the original structure were preserved on the facade.

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Designing for Plants: The Architecture of Greenhouses and Their Relationship with the Environment

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Glass House / Max Núñez. Image © Roland Halbe When delving into the envelope of construction and examining how the interior relates to the exterior, the concept of greenhouses emerges as an opportunity to cultivate life indoors, whether dependent on external factors or not. However, what does designing for plants involve?

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Snøhetta adds glass and glulam extension to world's oldest ski museum

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Architecture studio Snøhetta has extended the Holmenkollen ski museum in Oslo with a glass entrance covered in 1,207 "meticulously placed" wooden battens. A timber fence-like structure wraps around it, covered in Norwegian pine wood battens ranging from 2.5 to five metres in length, cut to minimise waste.

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Take an inside look at the form-making process for LACMA's new David Geffen Galleries

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LACMA ’s Unframed blog recently profiled the work of contractor Clark Construction to build the concrete structure for the Peter Zumthor -designed $750 million new David Geffen Galleries extension. That's three football fields long with supporting cantilevers that hold people, glass, artwork — cantilevers that are 60 feet long.

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CLB Architects creates trio of "tectonic structures" for Wyoming residence

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US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Located on a 35-acre (14-hectare) property near the town of Wilson, the home was envisioned as a series of "tectonic structures" set within a diverse ecosystem.

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Looking Glass Lodge features glass facades that reflect the surrounding woodland

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Looking Glass Lodge is situated within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and was developed for a client whose parents established a nature reserve there in the 1960s. Looking Glass Lodge is clad in timber. The building has electrochromic glass for added privacy. The lodge sits on a nature reserve.

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Metal screens and interior courtyards feature in Córdoba office building

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The building is part of an industrial complex that produces animal feed The office and meeting spaces were distributed along the internal perimeter, with one side abutting floor-to-ceiling windows that span the exterior and the other, a central passageway. Glass partitions enclose several office spaces, while others were left open.

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