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- Prefab Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre boasts energy- and water-saving design Sat, 27 Mar 21, 5:30amCurrently under construction, the Zaha Hadid Architects-designed Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre will soon provide the southern Chinese city with a stunning new hub for contemporary creativity...
- Beautiful Washington bridge with lace-like metal walls shimmers at night Tue, 27 Oct 20, 1:30amWhen Seattle-based LMN Architects and KPFF Consulting Engineers were tapped to design the Grand Avenue Park Bridge in Everett, Washington, the team worked to not only meet functional demands but to also achieve aesthetic...
- CLB Architects thoughtfully inserts a modernist jewel in Jackson Hole Sat, 9 Nov 19, 6:30amAfter over twenty years of working with a family on their 180-acre Jackson Hole property, Montana architectural firm CLB Architects has capped their fruitful relationship with the Queens Lane Pavilion, a modernist two-bedroom...
- Carney Logan Burke thoughtfully inserts a modernist jewel in Jackson Hole Sat, 9 Nov 19, 6:30amAfter over twenty years of working with a family on their 180-acre Jackson Hole property, Montana architectural firm Carney Logan Burke has capped their fruitful relationship with the Queens Lane Pavilion, a modernist two-bedroom...
- New California science center regulates solar gain with an arc of perforated screens Sat, 16 Jul 16, 12:26amThe energy-efficient building includes various sustainable features, including a stormwater retention system, a light-colored "cool roof", and custom perforated stainless steel screens that reduce solar heat gain while allowing...
- The reflective exterior of La Hague Cultural Center in France hides a playful red interior Fri, 18 Mar 16, 4:00pmAn internal street cuts through the volume of the building and segments it to recreate an urban scale. This sheltered path leads from the entrance and extends all the way to the west corner of the ground floor. Versatile...
- The restrained reflective exterior of La Hague Cultural Center in France hides a playful red interior Fri, 18 Mar 16, 4:00pmAn internal street cuts through the volume of the building and segments it to recreate an urban scale. This sheltered path leads from the entrance and extends all the way to the west corner of the ground floor. Versatile...
- OFIS clads contemporary Ljubljana villa with double-perforated metal Fri, 6 Mar 15, 4:40amCentrally located in the Mirje Suburbs of Ljubljana, the villa’s stacked boxy volume is evocative of a pyramid; the shape is in reference to the Plecknik-designed pyramidal pedestrian archway sited nearby...
- Double perforated metal clads a sleek and contemporary villa in Ljubljana Fri, 6 Mar 15, 1:00amCentrally located in the Mirje Suburbs of Ljubljana, the villa’s stacked boxy volume is evocative of a pyramid; the shape is in reference to the Plecknik-designed pyramidal pedestrian archway sited nearby...
- Rusted Steel Fins Define the Interior and Exterior of the Corten House in Belgium Wed, 5 Nov 14, 4:30amDMOA Architecten's Corten House is a great case study in how it's possible to use the same material both inside and outside of a building without creating a monotonous effect...
- Rusted Corten Steel Fins Define the Interior and Exterior of the Corten House in Belgium Tue, 4 Nov 14, 9:00pmDMOA Architecten's Corten House is a great case study in how it's possible to use the same material both inside and outside of a building without creating a monotonous effect...
- Martha Schwartz Partners’ Colorful Perforated Pavilions Mirror the Mountains of Chongqing Fri, 14 Mar 14, 4:00pmFengming Mountain Park is located on a site with steep slopes, so Martha Schwartz Partners turned the topographic challenge into an opportunity to create a sequential, linear narrative that leads visitors directly "down the...
- A Translucent Roof Bathes this Melbourne Home in Natural Light Sat, 7 Sep 13, 6:30amThe vertical addition, which houses a kitchen, dining, and living room, is sealed by a completely translucent roof. This material choice gives the interior a verticality that would otherwise have been difficult to achieve....
- San Francisco’s New Transbay Transit Center Sheds Glass Skin to Save $10 Million Tue, 2 Apr 13, 4:00amRead the rest of San Francisco’s New Transbay Transit Center Sheds Glass Skin to Save $10 Million Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", city park, construction update,...