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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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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. CMCU Engineering Co.,

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Ten wood-clad kitchens with warm and natural interiors

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The home also features moveable wooden panels that can be used to divide the interior into different zones as needed. Designed to fit "naturally and sustainably" into its surroundings, the home's interior is clad in cypress wood, which becomes a focal point of the design. Find out more about the holiday home ›.

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INFINIT – Wellness in Magical Garden by Studio Reaktor

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These corridors provide space for the utility rooms of the wellness, and as the guests walk through them, they also prepare for the experience that awaits on the other end. There is a small natural lake in the garden surrounded by different types of saunas, cooling zones, and an orangery with a relaxation room.

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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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Forest Pavilion, The Forestias by TK Studio | Landscape design

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it is also an entrance gateway to the broad forest zone of The Forestias, providing a prototype of living with nature.</p> From those findings, we decided to dedicate majority of area as green space that can be seen from every angle of the Forest Pavilion, and d…

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