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Birds and humans share wooden treehouse in western Canada by Studio North

November 27, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

In a mountainous valley in British Columbia, design-build firm Studio North has created an elevated A-frame dwelling that is meant to be used by campers and birds. The Birdhut is situated on a forested slope in Windermere, a small village in western Canada’s Columbia Valley. The pointy structure is lifted nine feet (2.7 metres) off

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Carney Logan Burke clads remote Montana home in stone and oxidised steel

November 22, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

American firm Carney Logan Burke Architects has completed a spacious residence at the base of a forested butte, which consists of linked rectilinear volumes topped with overhanging roofs. Located on a rural property in western Montana, the RCR Compound was designed for art collectors. The clients desired a home that embraced its natural setting and

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Studio B creates skinny backyard dwelling for landscape architect in Colorado

November 16, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Long, narrow shotgun homes influenced the design of this backyard structure in Boulder by Studio B, which features a concrete base and an upper level wrapped in grey metal and glass. Called Space Pod – a nickname conceived by the neighbours – the building is located in a walkable, transitional district near Downtown Boulder, a town in

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Studio B creates skinny backyard dwelling for landscape architect in Colorado

November 16, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Long, narrow shotgun homes influenced the design of this backyard structure in Boulder by Studio B, which features a concrete base and an upper level wrapped in grey metal and glass. Called Space Pod – a nickname conceived by the neighbours – the building is located in a walkable, transitional district near Downtown Boulder, a town in

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Sculptural Arizona research building takes cues from desert topography

November 14, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

CO Architects and Ayers Saint Gross have completed a copper-clad laboratory complex in downtown Phoenix that evokes jagged and striated rock formations found in the American Southwest. The Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building is part of a 28-acre (11-hectare) medical and bioscience campus in the city’s urban core. Other new buildings on the campus include a cancer

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Studio O+A teams traditional and contemporary elements for San Francisco finance office

November 13, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

American design firm Studio O+A has created an office in San Francisco that communicates “new ways of thinking and working” for a major financial services company. The office was designed for wealth management firm Cambridge Associates, which sought to relocate most of its Bay Area operations from suburban Menlo Park to downtown San Francisco. The

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Studio O+A teams traditional and contemporary elements for San Francisco finance office

November 13, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

American design firm Studio O+A has created an office in San Francisco that communicates “new ways of thinking and working” for a major financial services company. The office was designed for wealth management firm Cambridge Associates, which sought to relocate most of its Bay Area operations from suburban Menlo Park to downtown San Francisco. The

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Studio O+A teams traditional and contemporary elements for San Francisco finance office

November 13, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

American design firm Studio O+A has created an office in San Francisco that communicates “new ways of thinking and working” for a major financial services company. The office was designed for wealth management firm Cambridge Associates, which sought to relocate most of its Bay Area operations from suburban Menlo Park to downtown San Francisco. The

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Arizona horse barn transformed into desert guest house by The Construction Zone

November 8, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Concrete walls that once enclosed horse stalls are now used as room dividers in this modern guest house by The Construction Zone, a design-build firm in Phoenix. The Barn Guest House is located on a large property in Phoenix dotted with cacti, boulders and desert trees. The adaptive reuse project entailed transforming an existing concrete

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