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12 Timber Houses in Chile: Material Honesty and Integration With Landscapes

February 28, 2020 Clara Ott 0

The use of wood in the construction of Chilean houses demonstrates the possibilities offered by renewable resources available in the country. The benefits are multiple: wood can be an extremely sustainable material when produced and processed under certain conditions since it can have a very low carbon footprint. Meanwhile, as a construction system, it is characterized by its warmth, resistance, and durability.

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Wood Ribbon apartment in Paris features an undulating timber wall

February 28, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Wood Ribbon apartment by Toledano + Architects

A sinuous plywood wall winds through the interior of this Parisian apartment, which has been redesigned by local studio Toledano + Architects. Wood Ribbon apartment is set within a residential building that was constructed during Paris’ Haussmann era, which saw the redesign of large parts of the city’s urban landscape between 1853-1870. The apartment has

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native narrative designs mobile sauna finished with scandinavian wood in denmark

February 28, 2020 macnadusa 0

danish architecture firm native narrative designed a fully mobile sauna, on behalf of a collective of winter bathing enthusiasts in the most southern tip of denmark. the brief given to native narrative requested a high quality sauna that provided an optimal experience that had ‘comfort, mobility and stylish functionality, including comfortable seating in different levels […]

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In Antarctica, Architecture is Heating Up

February 28, 2020 Niall Patrick Walsh 0

In 1773, James Cook circumnavigated Antarctica, representing humankind’s first known encounter with the continent. Ever since, Antarctica has been a vast, formidable, yet curious 14 million kilometer landscape, which explorers, scientists and governments have sought to understand and exploit. Given the harsh realities of building on the continent, aesthetics and architectural creativity have remained an afterthought in Antarctic settlements up until recent years. Today, however, the architectural scene is heating up.

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Amanali House / Rojkind Arquitectos

February 28, 2020 Clara Ott 0

Amanali House is located 40 minutes north of Mexico City in a residential development near the town of Tepeji del Rio (from the nahuatl language “boulders” on the river). The town is located on the path of the historic Camino Real a Querétaro and functioned as a rest stop for travelers between the country’s capital and northern cities during colonial times. Since, the town of Tepeji del Rio has developed as a quiet town and weekend retreat for the people of Mexico City and Querétaro that enjoy the areas year-round mild weather and access to water sports at the Requena reservoir.