AOC Long Beach Courts Building in Long Beach, United States

Designed by Perkins+Will, AOC Long Beach Courts Building is located in Long Beach, United States. Dictated by context and solar orientation, it opens itself to the City and simultaneously embraces those arriving. The Court Building rises from an office podium of fluted concrete panels, while eight courtrooms per floor are organised in a ‘V’ configuration [...]

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Bluff Farm House, strength of the Australian rural landscape demands a strong ge in Avalon Beach, Australia

Located in Avalon Beach, Australia, Bluff Farm House, strength of the Australian rural landscape demands a strong ge was designed by Richard Cole Architecture. The essential concept of the house reflects the way in which the owner has always used this place: setting up a table on the grass under the shade of the tree. [...]

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Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts that located in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, was designed by Safdie Architects. Three performance spaces – a proscenium theater, a concert hall, and a banquet hall – are placed along the ridgeline of the site, facing south. A glazed foyer serves the two major halls, with a smaller [...]

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Stable Acre in Norwich, United Kingdom

Designed by David Kohn Architects, Stable Acre is located in Norwich, United Kingdom. A holiday home for Stuart Shave, a London-based gallerist, who grew up in Norfolk. The site is a former paddock on the edge of a working farm near the village of Haveringland, 8 miles north-west of Norwich. The house is entered through [...]

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DIRCO: Department of International Relations and Cooperation in Pretoria, South Africa

Located in Pretoria, South Africa, DIRCO: Department of International Relations and Cooperation was designed by TC Design Architects. The architectural output specifications of this Public Private Partnership (PPP) competition were focussed around the creation of a building which emphasised unity, openness and friendliness to the visitor. It was to be a uniquely South African building [...]

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