Zen House in Weston, Massachusetts, United States

The Zen House designed by Bob Augustine, Architect is located in Weston, Massachusetts, United States On a wooded hillside in Weston, Massachusetts, 3 New England “salt boxes” come together around a common living space. Light, air, & nature flow through the space between these red cedar clad “boxes.” Rock ledges rise behind the house. A path leads past a spring & Zen... 

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Local Rock House, Waiheke Island in New Zealand

Designed by Patterson Associates Ltd, Local Rock House, Waiheke Island is located in New Zealand. This design creates the New Zealand residence for an expatriate family. Its site on a steep East facing coastal escarpment just above a pohutukawa fringed white sand beach and is accessed by a beachfront lane below. A rock mass forms a bridge to exploit both the sea frontage and limited Westerly light.... 

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Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, United States

Bowdoin College Museum of Art that located in Brunswick, United States, was designed by Machado and Silvetti Associates. Completed in 2007, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art renovation and expansion addresses necessary code and accessibility upgrades, new program needs and incorporates state of the art security and climate control systems to meet current museum standards. A dramatic glass, bronze and... 

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Cold Spring Green in Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Designed by ARCADD Inc, Cold Spring Green located in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. The townhouses at Cold Spring Green in Newton, Massachusetts aim to modernise the typical New England house and display soaring ceilings and skylights, stainless steel accents, and glass prominence. After difficulties such as the city building department delaying building permits by six months and several rejections... 

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The Donald Everett Axinn ’51 Center for Literary and Cultural Studies at Starr Library in Middlebury, Vermont, United States

The Donald Everett Axinn ’51 Center for Literary and Cultural Studies at Starr Library designed by CBT Architects is located in Middlebury, Vermont, United States. As the winning entry to a college-sponsored design competition, the design for the new Axinn Center at Starr Library meets all the criteria that Middlebury College stated in its brief. It reinvents a beloved campus landmark, meets... 

Tags: Academia, Axinn Center, CBT, Center for Literary and Cultural Studies, Education, energy conscious systems, Higher education, Liberal arts colleges, Middlebury, Middlebury College, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, New England, New England Association of Schools and Colleges, New England Small College Athletic Conference, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Starr Library, United States, Vermont