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Piuarch tops Fendi factory with green roof to blend into Tuscan landscape

Deezen

Italian architecture studio Piuarch has completed a production factory for fashion brand Fendi in Florence , which features a green roof to "look like a raised garden". The green roof was designed to blend into the landscape. The architecture thus establishes an open dialogue with its natural surroundings," he told Dezeen.

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SO-IL to convert Detroit warehouses into multi-purpose art space

Deezen

SO-IL will provide critical restorations of the structures and unify the campus through a courtyard area that will connect to the buildings as well as to the street and adjacent marina. We wanted to celebrate the site's industrial character, while clearly demonstrating its renewed purpose and identity," said SO-IL principal Florian Idenburg.

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Kiln It: 7 Times Architects Reused Former Firing Sites

Architizer

That is, moving away from the more human elements involved in their manufacture resulted in products that were standardized and more universally available, rendering their former manufacturing sites obsolete. The glory days of the factory date back to the early 20th century, when it was erected as a massive brick production site.

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Brixton Windmill Education & Community Centre by Squire and Partners

Archinect

Squire and Partners’ consented designs create a new Education and Community Centre adjacent to Brixton Windmill for Lambeth Council and Friends of Windmill Gardens (FoWG), the charity who manages the restored Grade II* listed windmill.

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Productora converts Mexico City textile factory into green-trimmed artist studios

Deezen

Mexican architecture studio Productora has restored a concrete industrial complex in Mexico City into a series of studios including its own office. Now, the most significant aspects of the renovation have been the cleared courtyards and added buildings, as well as expressive walkways and a new freight elevator that towers above the site.

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Clementine Blakemore Architects transforms stone barns into accessible holiday homes

Deezen

The Wraxall Yard complex, which also features a community space and a workshop, is part of a wider project by the owners of the site to provide universal access to the landscape and enhance the area's biodiversity. There is also a workshop and a community space. Structural engineer: Structure Workshop.

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AWARDS FOCUS: NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF UTAH

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Design Workshop. Image courtesy Design Workshop, Inc. The design team divided the sloping site with locally sourced red sandstone gabion walls, and seeds collected from plants disturbed by the building’s construction were planted when the dust settled. Natural History Museum of Utah: A Museum Without Walls.

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