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A Café Is a Country

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Terremoto designed Cafe Ohlone to be an Indigenous refuge in a colonial world. Throughout the space, plant tags in the Chochenyo language and recordings of native speakers reinforce the sense of Indigenous autonomy. By Timothy A. Courtesy Hannah Pae, Associate ASLA, Terremoto. Preserving The Ohlone Culture.

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Everything About Barndominiums & Why They Might Be the Style for You

The Architecture Designs

Lower price tag. Think outside the box of a colonial or ranch style and try something both traditional and innovative. Imagine, for example, you want an open floor plan but your house has several intervening walls and low ceilings. source: archute.com. The cost of building a barndominium can vary widely depending on several factors.

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Gebreyohanes to the rescue!

Architecture Here and There

Although she is reluctant to tag herself as “anti-woke,” the trust, which manages more than 300 historic sites and almost 800 miles of coastline, has allowed major sites to degrade while it pursues the hell out of all historical properties that have anything to do with colonialism and slavery.

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THEN, NOW AND INBETWEEN

Shades of Grey

The style here is a pragmatic simplification of the "Florida colonial" dreamed up by the American concept architects for the shopping centre itself. There is tagging and scheduling of window types also. I felt needed in Zimbabwe in a way that I never quite had in UK. One is a tangible object, a thing, even if digital.

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3 Things You Should Know Before Installing a Wood Fence

The Architect's Guide

From the very first wooden picket fences that were erected around colonial homes, to the suburbs of many cities today, wood continues to be one of the most common materials used in fencing. It’s not quite as affordable as certain types of pine and spruce, but the price tag is worth it due to the aesthetic appeal and longevity of the wood.

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20 Best Architecture Firms in Hong Kong

Architizer

The region has greatly evolved since it was relinquished by the British Crown, although some traces of its colonial and pre-colonial past remain visible today. Pre-colonial structures, such as stilt houses and walled villages, are extant (although a substantial amount of its Cantonese architecture was lost during the Second World War).

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All About Window Materials

Santa Cruz Architect

Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, the program tags the most energy-efficient windows. Traditional or colonial-style homes look best with small double-hung windows with divided lights-referred to as “six-over-six” or “eight-over-eight” to describe the number of panes in each sash.

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