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Parametric Parking Garage Breaks The Mold In Taiwan
Q-LAB capitalized on the surprising opportunities that parking garages present, such as using vacant parking spaces during off-peak hours to give a stagnant function new life. The result? An icon of...
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Islington House
This house was in a rundown state and required considerable repair. Remodeled, it accommodates a family of five. Interconnectivity of spaces was important to the family, as was solidity and richness...
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These Architects Are Designing the Future of Shade
Sunbrella is a name that is typically synonymous with furniture; their fabrics have been known to add a high-quality, attractive resilience that stands the test of weather, time and every day wear and...
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Cozy Up To Rich Brilliant Willing's Cocoon Lamps
Brooklyn-based studio Rich Brilliant Willing have a particular skill in turning the once-cold glow of LEDs into warm, inviting household appliances. This year at the International Contemporary...
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House Off/Ramberg
The city of Holmestrand is divided by a characteristic 400-foot vertical cliff, separating urban functions at the lower seaside from the housing estate on the upper level. Holmestrand is under...
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White: The Über Modern Argument for Bookstores
Imagine yourself in one of two scenarios: Scenario 1 — A dusty, antique scent is emanating from forlorn books on crowded shelves, while a cushy red velvet Louis XIV chair is beckoning you to a 48-hour...
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Rem Koolhaas Teaches You the Elements of Architecture in 15 Easy Steps
“Architecture is schizophrenic,” declared Rem Koolhaas, director of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice. To break away from today’s digital obfuscations and celebrity culture in...
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BBC Chair
Stunning and sexy, this chair adds intrigue to any space it settles in. The articulate silhouette reflects Reza’s design language of clarity and strength. The BBC chair offers a seductive yet...
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The 7 Hottest Ruin Porn Stars of the 2014 Venice Biennale
Within the theme of Fundamentals at the 2014 Venice Biennale of Architecture, Rem Koolhaas urged the 66 exhibiting nations to explore the notion of "absorbing modernity" over the past 100 years. "I...
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Gulskogen Bicycle Hotel
This bicycle hotel is configured in the freight house at the station, which opened in 1868. It was important in the design to build with a high conservation value and preservation through new uses,...
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Will Bjarke Ingels Save Lower Manhattan? And Five Other Projects Keeping Us...
Secretary Donovan of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New York Governor Cuomo, NYC Mayor de Blasio, Senator Schumer, and Vice President Khan of the Rockefeller Foundation...
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Garden House
After years of living in an Edwardian house in Toronto’s west end, Alexandra Palmer, a museum curator, decided it was time for change. She wanted to remain in her neighborhood, but she was interested...
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Take a Crowd-Sourced Critical Tour of the Venice Biennale in 13 Sassy Tweets
The world's greatest architecture critics, curators, and hangers-on convene this week in Venice for the 14th Architecture Biennale. Between the shoulder rubbing, chain smoking, and espresso sipping,...
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Villa Gråkammen
This private house is built on the existing remains of an old house. The house consists of two volumes over two planes, and features wall-to-ceiling glass panels facing the garden.
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Tabula Terrazza: Take a Work Nap on Leong Leong's Foam Faux Stone Cushions
OfficeUS, the US Pavilion at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, has all the trappings of a fully functioning office: desks, a receptionist, soon-to-arrive Makerbot 3-D printers, and a little...
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Horizontal Line Residence
This house was erected on the coastal side of the Sea of Japan for a family of three. The client wanted to live in a house with large windows looking out to sea; however, in winter very strong winds...
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100% Home
A house from the 1920s was redeveloped and modernized. The interior layout was changed and elevations were unified. The result of these actions is a construction which is undoubtedly modern yet...
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Reach for the Sky: Vertical Gardens Around the World
What once seemed like a fad in landscape architecture has become a new facade standard: the vertical garden. Whether to add greenery to an area otherwise bound by lack of space or to create a stunning...
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Casa GG
Is it possible to build a home that completely adapts to its surrounding landscape of mountains and greenery, in just four months? Is it possible to heat a detached house located in the Montseny...
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Happy 147th Birthday to Frank Lloyd Wright
Yesterday marked what would have been the 147th birthday of one of the greatest American architects we’ve ever seen, Frank Lloyd Wright. In his lifetime, Wright built hundreds of structures, wrote...
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