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Bridge Building: 7 Inhabitable Structures Spanning Spaces and Ideas

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Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters. They can be material structures that connect two (or more!) Beyond spanning from point A to B, architects are designing bridges as inhabitable structures to build connections between people and places.

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Architectural Featherweights: 10 Awe-Inspiring Canopies Drawn in Section

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Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters. Architecture inspires us to look up. A canopy is an overhead roof structure usually made with a fabric or metal covering to provide shade and shelter. The design of The Kendeda Building is inspired by the vernacular southern porch.

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Colorful Metal Inspiration

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Colorful Metal Inspiration 1 kcichowicz Mon, 05/01/2023 - 00:00 Voice of the Brand PAC-CLAD | Petersen Voice of the Brand Designing with architectural metal provides the opportunity to use a wide range of durable, low-maintenance colors and finishes that don’t dull or degrade over time. Want a personalized consultation?

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DKA connects three gabled structures for Quebec residence

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The design was generally inspired by the vernacular language of the agricultural landscape based on the origins of the site and its surroundings," the studio said. The vertical, white-wood cladding and standing-seam metal roof reference regional agrarian buildings, but with contemporary refinement.

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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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This Walden Pond–Inspired Writer’s Studio Holds a Trove of More Than 1,700 Poetry Books

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The stone-clad Connecticut retreat is surprisingly advanced with a steel frame, glass sliders, geothermal heating and cooling, and a motorized roof hatch to the deck. Inspired by a childhood dream of Thoreau’s Walden Pond, he wanted to create a small and simple, yet modern studio in which to write, reflect, and enjoy nature. "To

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Folded Forms: 7 Buildings Structured Like Origami Sculptures

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Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletter. . Much like these paper figures, origami-inspired architecture is a series of volumes that appear to be formed using folded sheets of paper. Below are just a few examples of origami-inspired structures that can offer some out-of-the-box inspiration.

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