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Roxbury Branch of The Boston Public Library Renovation // Utile, Inc.

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Utile worked with the Boston Public Facilities Department and the Boston Public Library to complete the comprehensive renovation of the Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library in Nubian Square, following a previous entry design and programming study for the building. © Utile, Inc. © Utile, Inc. © Utile, Inc.

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AECOM and Luis Vidal place sleek red roof on Boston airport terminal

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Infrastructure consultants AECOM and Spanish architecture studio Luis Vidal + Architects have created a terminal for Boston 's Logan Airport capped by a long, bright-red roof. The standing-seam metal roof was painted in Boston Red, a shade of prismatic paint custom-developed for the project at Monopol Color Lab in Switzerland.

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This California Prefab Builder’s Website Lets You Visualize an ADU on Your Property

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Villa’s prefabs are constructed from kiln-dried lumber frames, asphalt roof shingles, and fiber cement lap siding. That price includes permitting, site and foundation prep, off-site construction costs, appliances, utility hookups, and installation of a complete unit. or change out the siding altogether for $18k.

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Undulating green roof helps Creek Cabin "live in harmony with the surrounding environment"

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An undulating green roof and timber cladding help this Suffolk house by MAP Architecture and Jon Broome Architects, which was designed to Passivhaus standards, blend into the surrounding wetland. The internal ceiling battens are made using an Ash facing piece with a softwood core to allow the battens to follow the roof curve," said Mawson.

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MVRDV launches digital tool that lays out design possibilities for Rotterdam's rooftops

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At the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, MVRDV ’s computational design arm MVRDV NEXT, multidisciplinary planning organization Superworld, and the Municipality of Rotterdam announced RoofScape, a software that visualizes potential uses for rooftops in Rotterdam. The possibilities are determined through a wide range of.

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Alexander Hills Architects converts Norfolk farmhouse into accessible family home

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Read: Claywood by Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt is a wheelchair-friendly house in disguise "We arranged the plan so his rooms were aligned with the main access to the house, as well as overlooked the swimming pool so he could visually participate with the family spaces outside," the studio explained. They are designed to be architecturally distinct.

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Objektor reveals monolithic concrete cemetery outside of Prague

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Czech architecture studio Objektor has created a cemetery outside of Prague defined by a grid of low-rise concrete extrusions and a monolithic utility building.

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