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Nori Architects uses simple finishes and exposed structure for minimalist home in Japan

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Tokyo-based Nori Architects responded with a compact two-storey home characterised by its exposed timber structure and simple interior and exterior finishes. Within a limited budget, we devised ways to ensure high performance with a combination of thoroughly reduced materials and low-priced equipment," explained the practice.

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Steiner Architecture finishes sculptural Clinic in Anif with wood-textured red concrete

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Vienna-based studio Steiner Architecture has completed a private clinic in Salzburg , Austria, made from wood-textured red concrete and topped with a serrated roof. The home interiors offer a similarly subtle material palette with off-white walls and black steel detailing, though complemented instead with pale wooden flooring.

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BIG designs all-wood cubic structure as "living curriculum" at University of Kansas

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The structure will serve as an educational building for the University of Kansas ( KU ) School of Architecture & Design in Lawrence, Kansas. The Makers' KUbe is conceived as a showcase in timber tectonics, traditional joinery, robotic manufacturing and sustainable materials." The imagery is courtesy of BIG.

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Sam Crawford Architects creates red-roofed community pavilion in Sydney

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An angular roof wrapped in translucent red-mesh panels crowns this Y-shaped pavilion in Sydney , designed by local studio Sam Crawford Architects. The building is raised on a low-lying concrete step The red-mesh roof pitches towards the building edges and is designed to provide solar protection to clerestory windows along the facade.

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Wave-shaped roofs top cultural space in Shanghai by Wutopia Lab

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Chinese studio Wutopia Lab has used wave-shaped roofs of blue aluminium and translucent fabric to transform an industrial yard in Shanghai into a mixed-use cultural space. Read: Wutopia Lab wraps Shanghai Book City in perforated aluminium Inside, Wutopia Lab left the steel structure of the building exposed and painted it white.

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A Ravishing Live/Work Space in Brussels Is Finished With Soils Collected From Building Sites

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The roof extension is built in a timber frame structure with exposed beams. Straw bales from a nearby farm were chosen as the insulation material. Clay plaster and rammed earth from the waste soil of Brussels building sites are used for finishing. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Mamout reclaims materials from demolished warehouse for Belgian courtyard house

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Materials from a dismantled warehouse were used to build this courtyard house named Dailly, which local studio Mamout has nestled between two buildings in Belgium. Dailly is arranged around two courtyards and features colourful spaces filled with reclaimed materials. The concept is therefore to have a low, long house lit by patios."

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