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Winter Visual Arts Center, Franklin & Marshall by Steven Hall Architects

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On the historic campus of Franklin & Marshall College, the new Winter Visual Arts Center takes shape as a raised pavilion formed by the site’s 200-year old trees, the oldest elements of the campus. Inspiring Space for Making and Teaching Art The 33,000 sf Winter Visual Arts Center is the center of creative life on campus.

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Omar Gandhi Architects balances cedar house on rocky Nova Scotia coastline

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Omar Gandhi clad the home in naturally weathering cedar boards Naturally weathering cedar boards were interspersed with detail elements of Corten steel to form picture frame hoops around the windows. Approaching the building from the public side, a sense of privacy and shelter welcomes visitors," the team said.

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Forge Craft uses "hammock" approach to create outdoor space for transitional apartments

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Called Zilker Studios, the structure includes 110 affordable apartments operated by local housing organisation Foundation Communities. The area facing the courtyard was clad in Hardie board and a batten system, with the studio using the similar diagonal lines in the patterning of both cladding systems to unite them visually.

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Two Friends Bought Utah Land as College Grads. Now They’ve Built an Off-Grid Retreat for Retirement

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To that end, the structure gently rests near the base of a bluff, at the seam where rock and vegetation meet. This helps minimize the visual impact from afar while maintaining spectacular views on the interior.

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

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AECOM and Luis Vidal + Architects have created a terminal for Boston Logan International Airport A massive red roof slopes over the south facade of the terminal, where it was interspersed with windows to create views of the city. On the opposite side, where the gates are, the face of the structure is mostly glass.

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Splyce Design centres Vancouver house around "weightless" staircase

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Splyce Design added a cantilevered staircase to Yield House The front of the house – functioning like stacked viewing platforms with wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling windows – looks to the city, mountains and ocean, while the restrained rear side frames views of Douglas firs and western red cedars in the coastal rainforest.

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Workshop Architecture Inc creates "raw and unvarnished" prefabricated home in Ontario

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Toronto studio Workshop Architecture Inc has created a prefabricated home in Ontario with an exposed structure and blue-painted element on the interior. The douglas fir plywood and pine wood framing is left exposed on the interior for visual interest and for small storage shelves, inspired by William Turnbull Jr's Hine House at Sea Ranch."

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