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Vestiges of industry inform hotel complex on former factory site in Bordeaux

Deezen

A 36-metre-tall concrete silo has been converted into a dramatic hotel lobby at Bacalan Block – the transformation of a former factory site in Bordeaux into a mixed-use development by Colboc Sachet Architects. And to the east, the Whoo student accommodation and hostel is housed in a minimal concrete block with a sawtooth roof.

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Site Tour: The Ponds on Alexander

SW Oregon Architect

Inside the Clubhouse entrance at The Ponds (all photos by me) AIA Eugene and the Willamette Valley Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute jointly hosted a construction site tour of The Ponds on Alexander this past Thursday. acre site that borders the picturesque Delta Ponds wetlands area. Interior of the 3-bedroom unit.

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Liminal House by Mcleod Bovell Modern Houses

Archinect

The evolving needs of a family became the impetus for how we imagined a house that could embody the state of transition at a conceptual and experiential level. The clients came to us at a pivotal stage in their lives as soon-to-be empty nesters.

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Habitable Form creates vertical house for woodsy site on South Carolina island

Deezen

Local architecture studio Habitable Form has created the timber-clad Victory Bay House to minimise disturbance to oak trees and to endure the storms and flooding that can strike its location along the Atlantic Seaboard. The house features an L-shaped plan so as not to disturb the surrounding oak trees.

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Malvina Zayat perches House in the Clouds on hilly site in Argentina

Deezen

Argentinian architect Malvina Zayat has completed a white home for herself and her family that is lifted above a sloped site and enters into "an intimate dialogue with the sky and clouds". The house is linear in plan and accessed via a hanging staircase Facades consist of white-painted metal and stretches of glass.

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Traditional cabins inform mountain retreat in the Ukrainian Carpathians

Deezen

Lviv studios Sanina Arch Club and Gubar Architects used a "combination of modern and local traditions" for Krasnyk House, a holiday cabin in the Carpathian mountains in Ukraine. Materials and finishes were selected to create a modern interior experience "When you enter the house, you immediately feel comfort and peace.

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Traditional Czech dwellings inform mountain home by Mar.s Architects

Deezen

Architects drew on traditional mountain architecture when designing this house in the village of Malá Úpa, creating steep gables to help deal with heavy snowfall. Named Family House Dolní Malá Úpa, the home is located within the mountainous Krkonoše National Park, which required Mar.s Czech studio Mar.s