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Three Pines by Resolution: 4 Architecture

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The vast majority of the home was fabricated off-site at a modular manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania. On site, the local general contractor prepared the site and foundation for the arrival of six prefab modules. Cedar and cement board exterior cladding and ipe decks were then completed on-site.

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HawkinsBrown completes transformation of historic Central Foundation Boys' School

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Founded in 1866, the Central Foundation Boys' School features a selection of historic buildings, such as a chapel that the studio converted into arts-focused teaching spaces. The sports hall is sunken seven metres below the ground in response to the compact size of the site. The photography is by Jack Hobhouse.

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Office ParkScheerbarth adds bright red-timber building to compact Berlin site

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Bright red curving forms and cubic volumes form Haus 2+, a mixed-use building that architecture studio Office ParkScheerbarth has added to a compact riverside site in Berlin. The post Office ParkScheerbarth adds bright red-timber building to compact Berlin site appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Jan Bitter.

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Ciguë uses steel foundations to elevate lightweight home in rural France

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French studio Ciguë has elevated this timber-clad home in Saint Julien le Petit, France , above its rural site using slender, removable steel foundations. A roof has a large overhang and is supported by thin steel supports. The junctions between the foundations and house are also left visible.

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Wetland Cabin on Jianyang Lake by ????UrbanFabric

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With water on three sides, the site is rich in natural beauty and ecological diversity. The wetland’s soft soil caused the site’s foundation to be rather weak. This project is located in the easternmost part of the Taizhou Jianyang Lake Wetland. The end result is an ecologically friendly and well-built wetland cabin.

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nARCHITECTS tops New York nature centre with a mass-timber roof

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Reusing the rubble as a sub-base for the 330-foot (100-metre) long building, nARCHITECTS designed "a poignant transformation of a site previously defined by the presence of thousands of vehicles," the studio said. The centre sits on the foundations of a 1960s bathhouse. "As It is topped by a sawtooth mass-timber roof.

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Byró Architekti adds red cabin with sweeping roof to Czech mountainside

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A curved roof tops Byró Architekti's Cabin Above the Town, a red timber-clad cabin informed by the surrounding Czech hills. Situated on the border between the city and the countryside, the cabin is nestled into the side of Svatobor Hill, a forested site in the foothills of the Czech Republic's Šumava mountains.

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