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Kadre Architects creates colourful transitional housing in California desert

September 25, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio Kadre Architects has converted two rundown motels in Los Angeles County into The Sierra, a supportive living complex that serves as a “new housing prototype” for people experiencing homelessness. The project is located in Lancaster, a city in the Mojave Desert situated about 70 miles (113 kilometres) north of Los Angeles. The Sierra

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Kadre Architects creates colourful transitional housing in California desert

September 25, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio Kadre Architects has converted two rundown motels in Los Angeles County into The Sierra, a supportive living complex that serves as a “new housing prototype” for people experiencing homelessness. The project is located in Lancaster, a city in the Mojave Desert situated about 70 miles (113 kilometres) north of Los Angeles. The Sierra

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Measured Architecture designs Shor House to be a “test bed of recycling”

September 17, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Salvaged lumber and Corten steel were used to create a waterfront house on a British Columbian island that belongs to the founder of Measured Architecture and was designed to explore a “zero-take approach” to design and construction. The project, called Shor House, is located on Mayne Island, which is part of the Southern Gulf Islands

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CLB Architects takes “residential” approach for Jackson Hole Airport

September 16, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Fireplaces, warm lighting and large windows offering views of the Teton Range are among the features at the renovated and expanded Jackson Hole Airport in Wyoming, which is the only commercial airport within an American national park. Located in the mountainous Grand Teton National Park in the western part of the state, the airport dates

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Red curtains line facade of FADEU Building at Santiago architecture school

September 2, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Sunshades and screens line the exterior of a concrete-framed university building in Santiago, Chile, by architects Alberto Moletto and Sebastián Paredes that was envisioned as an “articulator of the campus”. The building houses the FADEU – which stands for Facultad Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos, or the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urban Studies. It

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Red curtains line facade of FADEU Building at Santiago architecture school

September 2, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Sunshades and screens line the exterior of a concrete-framed university building in Santiago, Chile, by architects Alberto Moletto and Sebastián Paredes that was envisioned as an “articulator of the campus”. The building houses the FADEU – which stands for Facultad Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos, or the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urban Studies. It

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Insulation made of discarded sheep wool used for Argentina guest house

August 27, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Argentine studio DUB Arquitectura has created a metal-clad house called Casa La Escocesa, which features “insulating blankets” made of sheep wool that otherwise would have been incinerated. The 150-square-metre project is located on a farm in Argentina’s subtropical Pampas region, which consists of agricultural fields that stretch over flat plains. The building site is surrounded

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Insulation made of discarded sheep wool used for Argentina guest house

August 27, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Argentine studio DUB Arquitectura has created a metal-clad house called Casa La Escocesa, which features “insulating blankets” made of sheep wool that otherwise would have been incinerated. The 150-square-metre project is located on a farm in Argentina’s subtropical Pampas region, which consists of agricultural fields that stretch over flat plains. The building site is surrounded

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Architect couple create Atwater House in Los Angeles over two decades

August 19, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

A co-founder of the firm Design, Bitches and her architect husband have completed the latest iteration of their family home in California, which features ample daylight and the “feeling of being in the trees”. The house belongs to architects Rebecca Rudolph, a principal at local studio Design, Bitches, and Colin Thompson, who works at Gensler.

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Mountains and valleys inform design of Montana house by The Ranch Mine

August 12, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Architecture studio The Ranch Mine has completed Shadow Box, a holiday home in northwest Montana with angled forms clad in black metal, offering a “striking contrast” against the landscape. The home is located in Whitefish, which lies near the western edge of Glacier National Park. Tucked within the Rocky Mountains, the area is known for

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