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A pair of buildings in brick-red
Gallery and Adult Education Centre in the Czech R...On the site of the historic Winternitz Mill in the Czech city of Pardubice, Šépka Architekti have accommodated two uses in very contrasting structures. However, the brick-red colour palette helps to give the building a unified appearance.
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A place of learning and remembrance
Seminar Building in Berlin by Staab ArchitectsIn 1942, the Wannsee Conference House in Berlin was the venue for the conference that decided on the 'Final Solution of the Jewish Question'. Staab Architects have now added a single-storey seminar building to the site.
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Cultural Centre
Yantai Sun Tower by Open ArchitectureThe 50 m high observation tower on the beach in the eastern Chinese city of Yantai is an amphitheatre, library, observation tower and modern solar observatory all in one.
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Brick and wood as a sustainability strategy
Casa LA near Barcelona by Alventosa Morell4x4 walls and a roof – this is how the design concept of the detached house in Llinars del Vallès, near Barcelona, could be summed up. Using simple methods, the architects have managed to reduce the energy requirements to almost passive house levels.
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Carefully extended
Emmanuel College, Cambridge by Stanton WilliamsStanton Williams have extended Emmanuel College in Cambridge to include student accommodation, a bar and teaching rooms. As is usual in Cambridge, the building project took place on a historic site and required a great deal of sensitivity in terms of heritage conservation.
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Brick below, wood and cork above
Residential Building near Barcelona by Àgora Arqu...The 'house on a brick base' takes advantage of its hillside location to create a fascinating interplay of exterior and interior spaces, open and closed volumes, and light and heavy constructions.
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Fired and unfired clay
Hotel Leo in St. Gallen by Boltshauser ArchitectsThe Hotel Leo in the garden of the Villa Wiesental is clad in greenish and white-grey clinker brick. The interior walls are made of clay bricks and earth blocks.
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Healing close to home
Day Clinic near Barcelona by BAAS Arquitectura + ...A delicate facade of light-coloured brick, and bright interiors that create a pleasant atmosphere: at the very least, this built environment will make longer hospital visits as agreeable as possible.