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Burke Architects, expresses the wood structure of the gable roof, recalling traditional architecture as far away as Japan. The large windows at the corner and selective metal cladding are modern pieces within the traditional form.
Burke Architects, expresses the wood structure of the gable roof, recalling traditional architecture as far away as Japan. The large windows at the corner and selective metal cladding are modern pieces within the traditional form.
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light. Architects and designers relish the opportunity to explore ways to bring natural light inside. Whether it comes through a side window, skylight or indirectly, natural light enlivens a space.
One of the wondrous aspects of this design element is how the light changes with the time of day and the
light. Architects and designers relish the opportunity to explore ways to bring natural light inside. Whether it comes through a side window, skylight or indirectly, natural light enlivens a space.One of the wondrous aspects of this design element is how the light changes with the time of day and the
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Crawford. The architect appropriately calls it the "Wave House," because the new piece folds up and over the old portion, like a wave painted in corrugated metal. The movement of the roof form is strengthened by the direction of the corrugated metal's ribs. Let's take a closer look ...
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and the architects decided that this studio should be done in a very different tone from the main house, taking the project in another direction entirely.
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Lawrence Architects "We allowed concrete blocks to be flawed, sort of rough and tumble, which makes it feel forgiving and relaxed. Thick concrete surrounding studio is actually an inside & an outside layer, with rigid insulation sandwiched in between."
Studio by architect Mell Lawrence. The cast-concrete building is like a monolithic mass that is broken down in scale through the texture; the shadows accentuate it here. The holes left behind by the formwork also give the walls a distinctive appearance.More:Building Materials Ready for Their Close-UpsExterior
to the architects, the house sits upon a "hilltop occupied by a decommissioned military bunker." They added a garage adjacent to the bunker but otherwise just lifted the building on the steel columns, turning the artifact into "the world’s coolest play fort."
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Australian architect Ian Moore also utilizes a bridge, this time a narrow bridge with guardrails. Here the bridge seems to cleave the house into two volumes, the one on the right stepping down to the garage. A situation like this might look idiosyncratic, but its parti (diagram) is shared by most suburban
Australian architect Ian Moore also utilizes a bridge, this time a narrow bridge with guardrails. Here the bridge seems to cleave the house into two volumes, the one on the right stepping down to the garage. A situation like this might look idiosyncratic, but its parti (diagram) is shared by most suburban
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Updates: The architect of this house kept the form of the Tudor house while using nontraditional colors and smooth stucco siding instead of textured stucco.
Updates: The architect of this house kept the form of the Tudor house while using nontraditional colors and smooth stucco siding instead of textured stucco.