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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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This Eco-Friendly Lawn in Arizona Mimics a Natural Stream Overflow

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Landscape designers and eco-hydrology specialists at EcoSense utilized a passive rainwater harvesting design and underground clay vessels to allow water to percolate slowly. EcoSense devised a passive rainwater harvesting design using bio-gravel, "a proprietary mix that mimics a natural stream overflow," explains D’Arezzo.

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Ten wood-clad kitchens with warm and natural interiors

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These homes are all clad in various types of wood, from pale plywood and birch plywood to warmer-coloured materials such as cypress, oak and pine. The home also features moveable wooden panels that can be used to divide the interior into different zones as needed. Find out more about the holiday home ›.

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The Planning Exhibition Center of Liangjiang Collaborative Innovation Zone by Tanghua Architects

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The Planning Exhibition Center of Liangjiang Collaborative Innovation Zone is located in the south of the Innovation Zone and to the west of Huanhu Road. The plot is a hillock, which is at a high point of the Innovation Zone’s 6.8-square It is designed to cover an area of around 16,670 square meters.

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Collcoll hides stairs and seats in pixellated wooden structure at Pricefx office

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Thousands of wooden cubes inspired by the computer game Minecraft conceal utilities and create casual seating areas at this office in Prague designed by architecture studio Collcoll. By their very nature, they are an open space for variable use, not subject to the stereotypes of work cubicles or traditional open space."

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Ways to Landscape Your Backyard

Aric Gitomer Architect

The visual celebration is a merger of varied materials for pathways, flower beds, and other elements. The process consists of a variety of materials for the paving and decking, adding texture, and employing hardscape for the flower beds just to lead the eye throughout the landscape. Zoning and Linking.

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The Need for Visionary Thinking

SW Oregon Architect

Have any of the special nature or special experiences within this corridor been included? What and where is the ‘street furniture’ (lighting, benches, graphics, signals, signage, and utilities) being incorporated into this design? The presented scheme is typical public works engineering and is not DESIGN; it is engineering.