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Omar Gandhi Architects balances cedar house on rocky Nova Scotia coastline

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Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has completed a cedar-wrapped house "inspired by the scattered boulders" that trail down the seaside property in Hubbards, Nova Scotia. The exterior is "minimal in its massing" "The exterior is extremely minimal in its massing," said OGA principal Omar Gandhi. "It

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A Mirrored Addition Melds With Its Rocky Site in British Columbia

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The original architecture explored a garden-court concept: three detached structures around a generous enclosed garden inspired by Latin American courtyards. The stair hall glazing slotted into bedrock and stainless-clad gallery roof contrast the original house’s simple thresholds and exterior woodwork. Have one to share?

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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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Kaan Architecten adds "monumental" visitor centre to second world war cemetery

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hectare site near Maastricht to commemorate soldiers who died in the second world war. This inspiring concept has set the tone for the design of this building for us," he continued. The only American cemetery on Dutch soil, the Netherlands American Cemetery (NEAC) was dedicated in 1960 across a 26.5-hectare

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CCY architects wraps Colorado house in patinated copper

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US studio CCY Architects has clad a mountainside house in patinated copper panels and tilted the roof to adhere with the topography of its site in Colorado. Known as DNA Alpine, the 4,000-square foot (372-square metre) home was completed in 2022 and designed to "disappear into or somehow become" the 75-acre site in San Miguel County.

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Studio Libeskind encloses Maggie's Royal Free with slanted walls

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Studio Libeskind 's three-storey building has a steel structure clad in prefabricated timber panels that grows and widens towards the top, aiming to maximise floor space on a restricted site. Timber panels clad the exterior Reaching 11.4 But over the years, issues with two other site locations meant the projects fell through.

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Revitalizing a Contaminated Site: The Ford Calumet Environmental Center

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The exterior is clad in a rain screen of weathered steel that recalls the site’s steel mill history, with an exposed mass timber interior. © Tom Harris Photography © Tom Harris Photography Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design? miles from the site.

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