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Lahznimmo Architects aims for "beautiful utility" with museum storage in Sydney

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Lahznimmo Architects have completed storage building for a museum in Sydney "We aimed for 'beautiful utility' – a building with a calmness and cool precision that would functionally serve the activities within and protect the collection," said Lahznimmo Architects director Andrew Nimmo said. The photography is by Rory Gardiner.

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Cast Corbel House by Grafted features handcrafted red-concrete details

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The existing plan was congested and inefficient, and the sequence of spaces provided in the finished project improves the utility of the whole ground floor significantly." A central structural column splits the extension into cooking and dining zones.

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D'Arcy Jones adds subterranean garage to century-old house in Vancouver

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In addition to a full renovation of their 1,600-square-foot (149-square-metre) house, the owners desired a garage and utility space. An open-plan kitchen features on the ground level "This new, underground utility space is masked behind window-like detailing added to a generic overhead door," the team said.

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The Kitchen in This Pacific Northwest Retreat Is Made From Douglas Fir Felled On-Site

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Located in Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula, the rambler-style home utilized the trees for the roof and a coffee table, too. The masonry walls and deeply raked mortar joints are highly textured, countering the smooth finished concrete surfaces and lime painted walls. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Thorpeness Beach House by IF_DO is a multi-generational holiday home

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IF_DO 's design gives them a six-bedroom property with two separate bedroom zones. The living and dining space is located in the centre of the building, sandwiched between bedroom and utility areas. When you're in the bedroom or utility areas, you are totally private and focused on the garden.

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Architects’ Guide: Short and Long Term Design Strategies for Flood Defense and Urban Resilience

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Fostering Resilience Through City Initiatives and Guiding Principles Boston Coastal Flood Resilience Design Guidelines and Zoning Overlay District by Utile, Inc. This initiative will be facilitated by a future zoning overlay, encompassing areas at a 1% risk of coastal flooding by 2070. Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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Britsom Philips reconfigures Belgian home with minimalist interiors and thatched roof

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The studio added a thatched roof to the extension Britsom Philips retained the core of the existing home – using it to house a staircase, bathrooms and utility spaces – and then extended it with double-height, gabled forms in every direction that create a cruciform plan.

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