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John McAslan + Partners remodels community facility at Britain's largest mosque

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Decorative elements draw on traditional Islamic architecture Finishing touches to the building include a rainwater collection tank located below the ground-level colonnade, along with photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roof and an on-site borehole.

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Unemori Architects envelops existing building with Father & Son House

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The old building, a two-storey annexe, workshop and warehouse built by the carpenter father of the current owner, was also renovated as part of the project. Instead, the studio "planned a new independent structure outside the existing structure," Unemori Architects team member Keita Komori told Dezeen.

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Lima cultural facility features pink walls and traditional construction techniques

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Peruvian architects Roman Bauer Arquitectos and ESArquitectura teamed up to design a cultural institution in Lima that includes a renovation and a new building with vernacular methods and pink accents. The interior has been remodelled to hold four workspaces, a bookstore, a kitchenette and a cafeteria.

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FOG Architecture transforms Beijing courtyard house into fragrance store

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Chinese studio FOG Architecture has turned a courtyard house in Beijing into a flagship store for fragrance brand ToSummer with exposed wooden roof trusses and columns. The studio exposed the wooden roof trusses and columns of the original building "We 'skimmed' the building to expose its 'skeleton'," said the studio.

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This See-Through California Home Magically Hangs Above a Creek Bed

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The remodel retains 50 percent of the existing wood structure, inserting a steel frame beneath the original floors and anchoring the home to the rocky hillsides—thus allowing us to remove supporting columns from within the creek bed. "The

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Marylebone Mews House, London, England

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Inherited Service Space Marylebone Mews House shares the same history but with one large exception which complicated this house’s renovation – the plant room serving the larger house (now separated into flats) was still located in the mews house’s basement. Due to freeholder-leaseholder agreements this positioning had to be retained.

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Palazzo Senza Tempo by Mario Cucinella Architects

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A public building, Palazzo Senza Tempo comprises a range of renovated and re-purposed town houses dating from as early as the 14th Century set along Peccioli’s via Carraira. A new glass roof placed over the passage of a historic courtyard completes the visual permeability of the spaces. Augusto Bottai MEP Engineering: Ing.