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Farm buildings inform Sonoma ADU by Schwartz and Architecture

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"Their original, steeply sloped roofs are now drooping into low-slung structures, peeling apart, allowing in unexpected puddles of natural light, and revealing fragments of their interior framing to the outside elements," the team said. Exterior walls are wrapped in Alaskan yellow cedar with a weathered finish.

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Oliver Leech Architects extends Pink House with materials that "age gracefully"

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Local studio Oliver Leech Architects and interior designer Juliet O'Caroll used a palette of pale pink colours and materials for this extension and refurbishment of a Victorian terrace in London. A pale pink material palette was developed with Juliet O'Caroll. "[We] Green finishes have been used in the bathrooms.

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Japanese architecture informs design of Minnesota house by Salmela Architect

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The interior boasts a simple and minimal material palette. Each of the five structures is positioned according to function, solar orientation and relationship to specific features of the landscape," the firm said. Interior finishes include slate tiles, quartz countertops and ceilings sheathed in pale-toned basswood.

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HGA creates two mass-timber buildings for Bowdoin College in Maine

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Both buildings also have mass timber frames, wooden interior finishes and brick facades. The buildings sit next to a grove of pine trees The materiality was influenced by the region's forests and the existing brick buildings at Bowdoin College, which was established in 1794, "at the dawn of the American republic".

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BattersbyHowat balances metal-clad cabin on a mountainside

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The interior incorporates a simple material palette It creates a passive response to the landscape and provides a covered outdoor space for the rear terrace, creating an intimate space sheltered by a finished wall rather than a soffit. The photography is by Ema Peter.

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Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper

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Field Architecture has created a house in Sonoma Valley with copper-clad roofs Dry in the summers with heavy rainfall in the winter, the area's geography informed the design, as did the client's desire to co-inhabit the land with the region's plants and animals. "We

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Robert Gurney clads gabled Delaware house with cedar shingles

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Its design was informed by local vernacular architecture The building is divided into several gabled -roof volumes, with a glazed connector at the centre. Its space are connected by a central space "These materials are intended to be durable and sustainable," the team said of the exterior cladding.

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