Amagansett a New Family House in New York, United States

The Amagansett House designed by Francois de Menil Architect PC is located in New York, United States.  With its roots in Eastern Long Island’s modernist design explorations during the 1950s and 1960s, the Amagansett House exemplifies functional simplicity and energy conservation in its resolution of client program and site conditions. The poetry of the house is in its restrained, simple form and... 

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Wood Farm Residential Annexe in Ipswich, United Kingdom

The Wood Farm Residential Annexe designed by rodney black design studios is located in Ipswich, United Kingdom.  The specific building type is the green oak barn, examples of which are still standing and sound after 800 years. This design evolves the type by tectonic treatment of the interconnecting spaces, the use of purlin arch brace arcades to give the roof structure a fugal rhythm and by the outshot... 

Tags: Barn, Building insulation, Emissivity, Energy conservation, Engineering, Heat transfer, Insulated glazing, Insulators, Ipswich, Mechanical engineering, natural clay products, Thermal protection, United Kingdom, Windows, Wood

ADIA Designed to represent modern commerce and culture in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

ADIA  Designed to represent modern commerce and culture that located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. The building is responsive to natural forces. Its “active” façade comprises three layers: a low-e-coated, double-glazed outer skin; a single-glazed internal skin; and a solar-controlled blind in the cavity. This composite provides a high... 

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Loblolly house in Maryland, United States

Designed by Kieran Timberlake Architects, Loblolly house is located in Maryland, United States. This project proposes a new, more efficient method of building through the use of building information modeling (BIM) and integrated component assemblies. The thousands of parts that make up a house were collapsed into a small number of offsite fabricated cartridges and blocks and simply attached to an industrial... 

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Long Beach City College Library Learning Resource Center in Long Beach, United States

Designed by Tate Snyder Kimsey Caldwell Architects, Long Beach City College Library Learning Resource Center is located in Long Beach, United States. The interior is designed with open vistas and plenty of interior windows so the program can be run efficiently with minimum staff, accommodating budget restrictions while providing a fully operational and accessible learning environment. Squeezed between... 

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