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Red River Gorge Cabin by West Workshop

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Anchoring the home to the sloped landscape, the foundation terraces down the hill, going with the land. Inspired by traditional Kentucky barn materials with a modern upgrade, the home’s two towers feature an exterior vertical black shou-sugi-ban-rainscreen cladding paired with a galvanized metal roof.

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Photography Studio & Workshop by Kennerly Architecture & Planning

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Designed for a photographer, the new studio and workshop building replaces an enchanting but irreparable old barn and is built approximately within its footprint. The 2,200-square-foot building is positioned to retain existing trees, using them to dramatically frame access and views and to shade its translucent roof areas.

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Workshop Architecture Inc creates "raw and unvarnished" prefabricated home in Ontario

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Toronto studio Workshop Architecture Inc has created a prefabricated home in Ontario with an exposed structure and blue-painted element on the interior. The house looks raw and unvarnished," said Workshop Architecture Inc. The underside of the roof deck, wood framing, exterior framing and white sheathing were also left exposed.

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Sameep Padora & Associates creates flowing concrete form for Indian arts space

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The sculptural form of the building references the nearby Tungabhadra river Hampi Art Labs was commissioned by the JSW Foundation – the social arm of Indian conglomerate JSW Group – for both the production and display of artwork. The photography is courtesy of JSW Foundation.

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Pyramid of Tirana officially reopens as "monument for the people"

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Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has added a stepped roof and bright-coloured boxes to a former museum dedicated to Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha in the centre of Tirana , Albania. Between the stairs, a glass-fronted entrance and roof lights have been added along with a retained section of roof that can still be used as a slide.

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Kurosawa Kawara-Ten turns disused Japanese house into wood-clad office

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But the beams of the roof turned into the beams of the second floor." While the studio aimed to keep as much of the existing building intact as possible, it partially replaced the house's foundations as well as the non-structural walls that previously divided the interior.

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All(zone) chosen to design MPavilion 2022 in Melbourne

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The pavilion will be installed in the Queen Victoria Gardens in Melbourne in November and will be used as the venue for events, talks, workshops and performances. Read: Glenn Murcutt unveils minimal MPavilion topped with linear "lantern" roof. All(zone) designed the MAIIAM contemporary art museum in Thailand.

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