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Bofill Foundation Headquarters, Barcelona, Spain

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An example of this strategy are the brick walls and wooden beams, which have been reinforced structurally with steel additions painted dark grey. Materials with neutral chromatic tones have been utilized in the meeting rooms, preserving the prominence of the original features.

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It’s Your Average Off-Grid Shipping Container Home—Just Set on a Tall Metal Tower

Dwell

This structure was to be very strong, be as fire resistant as possible and require as little long term exterior maintenance as possible. This was accomplished by utilizes repurposed shipping containers, a galvanized tower crane mast and tower components, metal interior framing, aluminum framed windows/trim and stainless steel ceilings.

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Forge Craft uses "hammock" approach to create outdoor space for transitional apartments

Deezen

Called Zilker Studios, the structure includes 110 affordable apartments operated by local housing organisation Foundation Communities. Strategic window sizes were used to help make the building energy-efficient Beyond helping to finance the project, Foundation Communities has pledged to pay the energy bills for the building.

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Slab-on-Grade vs. Crawl Space: Which Foundation System is Best?

Santa Cruz Architect

Until recently crawl space foundations have been the favored and most popular type of foundation system. But recent years have seen an increasing interested and popularity of slab-on-grade foundations. What Is a Slab-On-Grade Foundation? What is a Crawlspace Foundation?

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A Cozy Home on the Rugged Welsh Coast Takes Cross-Laminated Timber to Its Limits

Dwell

This allows the carbon emissions associated with heating to reduce over the life of the building as the electrical grid decarbonizes, and, in combination with the carbon sequestering materials utilized in the construction, would allow the building to become carbon neutral."

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Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper

Deezen

Two stone bases serve as the foundation for the pavilions that house the living areas. Utility and storage elements are integrated into the room's vertical surfaces. Two pavilions create the main form of the house A 500-year-old cedar wedge provides a bench for reflection in the entry garden.

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

Deezen

Upstairs, the mezzanine contains a home office and den that can be used as extra sleeping space, while utilities such as the interior heat pump were tucked along the back wall. The underside of the roof deck, wood framing, exterior framing and white sheathing were also left exposed.

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