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Dramatically Daylit Kansas City Kauffman Center By Moshe Safdie Now Complete

Dramatically Daylit Kansas City Kauffman Center By Moshe Safdie Now Complete

The arts center includes three different structures - a proscenium theater, a concert hall and a banquet hall - all lined up to face the south. A large glazed foyer serves the two large halls, providing a

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Shell House: Awesome Seaside Home in Japan is Modeled After Mollusks

Shell House: Awesome Seaside Home in Japan is Modeled After Mollusks

The flooring in the home is made from rosewood, which is sustainable if sourced from either Bolivia or Brazil, and skylights in the tilted roofs usher in just the right amount of daylight. At night, the

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SANAA Unveils La Samaritaine Renovation Plans Complete with Transparent Glass Facade

SANAA Unveils La Samaritaine Renovation Plans Complete with Transparent Glass Facade

La Samaritaine was first built back in 1870 and over the years grew and spread out to encompass an entire block. Various architects and designers were involved in the construction and renovation of the

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Spherical iGuzzini Headquarters Shaded by a Massive Prismatic Fabric Screen

Spherical iGuzzini Headquarters Shaded by a Massive Prismatic Fabric Screen

Photo by Adrià Goula Construction on the 9,000 sq m office space began in 2008 and it is now getting close to completion. A large underground space provides for storage, parking, a showroom, an

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Prismatic High-Performing Jaqua Center Fosters Learning at the University of Oregon

Prismatic High-Performing Jaqua Center Fosters Learning at the University of Oregon

The John E. Jaqua Center For Student Athletes is a 40,000 square foot state-of-the-art academic learning center that provides the required NCAA academic services for student athlete tutoring. The

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Gorgeous Underground Museum Hides Below Buenos Aires’ Government House

Gorgeous Underground Museum Hides Below Buenos Aires’ Government House

The Museo del Bicentenario blends history and modern technology in an elegant and conscientious way, deep under Buenos Aires’ Pink Governmental House. Its 54,000 square foot galleries stretch in and out

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Sweden’s Sustainably Built Tureberg Church is a Celebration of Life

Sweden’s Sustainably Built Tureberg Church is a Celebration of Life

The newly built Tureberg church in Sweden honors life and nature through an impressive assortment of green building strategies. Paying respect to the lives of future generations, the architecture and

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Edinburgh’s Gorgeous John Hope Garden Gateway Wins 2011 Sustainability Award

Edinburgh’s Gorgeous John Hope Garden Gateway Wins 2011 Sustainability Award

Officially opened by Her Majesty The Queen in April 2010, the John Hope Gateway just won the 2011 RICS Annual Sustainability Award thanks to its use of low-energy, waste-reducing sustainable systems. The

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Rolling Green Roofed Country Homes to Be Made of Old Lancashire Water Tanks

Rolling Green Roofed Country Homes to Be Made of Old Lancashire Water Tanks

The rolling green roofs are comprised of native grasses that insulate the building and ensure that it fits unobtrusively within the rest of the site. Roof lights keep the building well-lit during the day,

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Latticed Mixed-Use V Tower Rises From a Rooftop Park and Garden

Latticed Mixed-Use V Tower Rises From a Rooftop Park and Garden

Designed by Meridian 105 Architecture, V Tower is a grand, green residential high rise emerging from a base of retail, restaurant, cafe, and parking space. The project seeks to create a new ground plane

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Solar Decathlon 2011: Butterfly-Roofed WaterShed House Mimics Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

Solar Decathlon 2011: Butterfly-Roofed WaterShed House Mimics Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

After winning the 2007 US Solar Decathlon, and placing second in the world, the University of Maryland team is well poised for this year's intercollegiate competition. Their solar-powered house, called

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Arkitema Architects Win Award to Build Sustainable Beach Front Homes in Denmark

Arkitema Architects Win Award to Build Sustainable Beach Front Homes in Denmark

To be located on a stretch of beach right up from Kronbog Castle, the residential beach development will enjoy views of the ocean, the famous castle and Sweden's landscapes. The development will create

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Solar Decathlon 2011: FLeX House Expands and Contracts to Beat Florida’s Heat

Solar Decathlon 2011: FLeX House Expands and Contracts to Beat Florida’s Heat

Combining conservation measures and state-of-the-art technology, the team has developed a home that will be comfortable any time of year. With sliding glass panels and passive design elements that

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The Wheeler School Student Center Is a Green-Roofed Glass Gem

The Wheeler School Student Center Is a Green-Roofed Glass Gem

The 10,000 sq ft addition to the campus provides direct connections to both the Alumni House and the Student Union. Every day, the 1,000 students, teachers, staff and parents enter the student center to

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300 Year Old Barn Renovated Into a Modern Yet Rustic Residence

300 Year Old Barn Renovated Into a Modern Yet Rustic Residence

The barn is located on a hill with a vantage over open farmland and woodlands. Wanting to preserve all that was good with the historic barn -- but still have a modern, efficient, functional home -- the

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Sleek and Modern “Casa Paz” Dangles Over a Jaw-Dropping Cliff in Madrid

Sleek and Modern “Casa Paz” Dangles Over a Jaw-Dropping Cliff in Madrid

The team was limited by finances and materials, so they decided to use a metal-frame (which looks like a shipping container) that was stacked on top of large concrete pillars. To keep costs low, only

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The F9 Flood-Proof House Stands Tall Above Rising Tides

The F9 Flood-Proof House Stands Tall Above Rising Tides

F9 Productions recently unveiled plans for a sturdy, sustainably built home that is designed to withstand flooding and provide a safe haven when natural disaster strikes. Raised high above the ground and

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The Little Dutch “Herenhuis” Features Fabric Shingles That Flap in the Wind

The Little Dutch “Herenhuis” Features Fabric Shingles That Flap in the Wind

What would otherwise be wasted material, the PTFE (Teflon) coated fiberglass fabric is both durable and non-combustible. The team worked together with approximately 1200 square meters of this flexible

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Ice Cube-Shaped Tokyo H&M Store’s Frosty Fritted Glass Exterior Keeps It Nice & Cool

Ice Cube-Shaped Tokyo H&M Store’s Frosty Fritted Glass Exterior Keeps It Nice & Cool

The building's compact site required special attention to maximize space, so the store became a mid-rise tower composed of interlocking cubic volumes. Programmatic and structural requirements helped shape

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The Orchidarium Professor Ruth Cardoso: A Dazzling Daylit Dome In Brazil

The Orchidarium Professor Ruth Cardoso: A Dazzling Daylit Dome In Brazil

Recently completed in 2010, the Orchidarium is located in the Villa-Lobos Park in Brazil and can be accessed via a gently sloping ramp. Buried 1.5 meters below the surface, the bottom part of the dome is

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Crystalline Domed Mansueto Library Features Robotic Book Retrieval System

Crystalline Domed Mansueto Library Features Robotic Book Retrieval System

A large egg-shaped glass dome blankets the airy 8,000 sq ft reading room, which provides study space for 180 students. Also inside the dome are three glass research cubicles for students to use in

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Cylindrical Henley House is a Light-Drenched Planetarium Style Abode

Cylindrical Henley House is a Light-Drenched Planetarium Style Abode

The cedar skin not only creates a certain fluidity that connects the home with the surrounding landscape, but it also allows the building to breathe without allowing in too much heat. And a circular

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Minimalist Japanese Hair Salon Looks Like A Slice of Vanilla Bean Pie

Minimalist Japanese Hair Salon Looks Like A Slice of Vanilla Bean Pie

Here at Inhabitat, we know that cool things often come in small packages; the Nagoya salon is a case in point. In order to fill in the gaps left by the building's curvature, the designers planted a garden

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Elding Oscarson’s Trompe L’Oeil Illusions Add Depth to a Striking Studio Renovation

Elding Oscarson’s Trompe L’Oeil Illusions Add Depth to a Striking Studio Renovation

While the interior may seem understated, turning crumbling but cherished buildings into a contemporary workshop was no easy feat. The designers stripped down the former stable to reveal its gaping

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Rafael Viñoly’s New Stanford Hospital Design Features Modular, Daylight Filled Cubes

Rafael Viñoly’s New Stanford Hospital Design Features Modular, Daylight Filled Cubes

Rafael Viñoly Architects was tapped to design the new state-of-the-art facility, which will eventually replace the current 1959 facility that does not meet code for seismic activity or have enough space.

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It’s Always Play Time at Henning Larsen’s Beautiful Green-Roofed Day Care Center in Denmark

It’s Always Play Time at Henning Larsen’s Beautiful Green-Roofed Day Care Center in Denmark

Decidedly minimalist, Henning Larsen chose glass and wood for the Bernts Have day care center commissioned by the municipality of Holbæk. The tall glass windows invite light deep into the building and

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EMPAC Is a Cutting-Edge Glowing Glass Green Performing Arts Center

EMPAC Is a Cutting-Edge Glowing Glass Green Performing Arts Center

EMPAC's mission is to provide high quality space for innovative digital art to change perceptions about the nature of sound and vision. From the protruding, airship-like theatre floating inside the

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South Vancouver’s Soaring Sunset Community Center Connects With Nature

South Vancouver’s Soaring Sunset Community Center Connects With Nature

Sunset Community Center is set in an ethnically diverse neighborhood and next to the fields, greenhouses and planting beds of the adjacent Vancouver Park Board site. Inside the center houses a

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Abandoned Beret Factory Transformed Into a Stunning Multimedia Center

Abandoned Beret Factory Transformed Into a Stunning Multimedia Center

A major deindustrialization movement occurred in Oloron Sainte Marie during the late 19th century. Dominated by textile factories, the town had lost its sense of connectedness with the river confluence.

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