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Architecture Gets Graphic: 13 Ornamental Building Designs
[ By Steph in Architecture & Public & Institutional. ] Modern architecture is not exactly known for being ornamental, but some architecture firms are beginning to pick away at the close...
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Stripped to Skeleton, Old Building Becomes Bright Art Lab
[ By Steph in Architecture & Public & Institutional. ] An unused building at the Monterrey Institute of Technology’s León Campus in Mexico was stripped to its frame and re-imagined as a...
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Shell-Shaped Shoffice: Backyard Shed/Office Combo
[ By Steph in Offices & Commercial. ] Part backyard office, part storage space, part sculpture: the ‘Shoffice’ by Platform 5 Architects is a multi-functional pavilion that curls over itself like a...
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Brick Farmhouse Facade Illusion via Photo-Printed Glass
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Public & Institutional. ] For decades, no one could quite agree on what should go in this critical location between the town hall and central church in...
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Crafty Modernist Birdhouses Sing Mid-Century Melodies
[ By Delana in Design & Fixtures & Interiors. ] Modern architecture is the height of contemporary living – so why are we still putting out dowdy old birdhouses for our feathered neighbors?...
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Modern Design Meets Tradition in 12 Japanese Homes
[ By Steph in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ] Modern architects preserve the traditions of Japanese residential architecture while meeting 21st century needs in these 12 strikingly...
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5 Room-in-a-Box Designs Form 100% Modular Home Interior
[ By WebUrbanist in Design & Fixtures & Interiors. ] For the space-saving fanatic who hates to leave even one square inch unused, or the minimalist who wants everything to work smoothly and...
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Traditional to Contemporary: 6 Cool Custom Bedroom Lofts
[ By WebUrbanist in Design & Fixtures & Interiors. ] Sometimes you have nowhere to build … but up. And really, there is something nice and relaxing about removing oneself from the main floor...
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21st Century Cookout: 16 Modern Grills & Outdoor Kitchens
[ By Steph in Design & Fixtures & Interiors. ] If you’re tired of the ugly gas grill taking up space in your backyard, dreaming of a luxurious outdoor kitchen, or just wishing you had a cool...
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Redefining Rustic Materials: 6 Modern Log Furniture Makers
[ By WebUrbanist in Design & Furniture & Decor. ] Logs typically conjure images of remote cabins and plaid-clad workers felling trees. As these seven creative designers and craftspeople show,...
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Mountaintop Museum: Underground Rooms Tunnel into Peak
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Public & Institutional. ] In a bold yet beautifully contextual move, this embedded mountaintop museum structure is part of a series of buildings set high in...
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Baroque Parking Garage Challenges Blind Civic Historicism
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Cities & Urbanism. ] Challenged with designing something to fit a historic city-center context in “baroque, classic, neo-classical, romantic and neo-romantic...
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House in Reverse: Rooftop Driveway Leads to Hillside Home
[ By Steph in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ] Most people with single-family homes are used to pulling up into their driveways and then ascending flights of stairs to get to the living...
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Windowless House of Glass: Solid Walls Hide Invisible Floors
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ] In a surreal reversal of modern architectural convention, this Vertical Glass House trades a tradition of solid horizontals and clear...
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Monument & Void: Massive Stone Museum of Mayan History
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Public & Institutional. ] Commissioned for Guatemala City, this weighty megalithic structure is set to be the largest museum commemorating Mayan culture and...
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Emoji-Nation: Famous Paintings Revised for the Internet Age
[ By WebUrbanist in Art & Drawing & Digital. ] In a world of mobile devices, share icons and popup alerts, fine art is interrupted by signs and symbols of our times, adding a jarring layer of...
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A Different Angle: 15 Great Geometric Home Accessories
[ By Steph in Design & Furniture & Decor. ] Bring the clean, graphic lines of cubes, pyramids, prisms and other polyhedrons to your home with these (often literally) sharp accessories....
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Tiny Frank Lloyd Wright-Inspired House Atop Miner’s Ruins
[ By Steph in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ] Gleaming glass, oxidized steel and matte black wood contrast with the rough concrete ruins of an old miner’s shelter found in the desert...
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Hydraulic Lift to Save House on Stilts from Future Flooding
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ] A Modernist classic, the famous Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe was originally built with a raised platform but that has not...
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Head Light: Popup Wall Lamp Has Horns that Glow in Shadows
[ By WebUrbanist in Design & Fixtures & Interiors. ] A classy alternative to hanging animal parts, this deer head wall lamp started as a design concept, went viral as a prototype and has just...
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