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- An Upstate New York studio heated and cooled without fossil fuels Tue, 6 Apr 21, 12:30amWith retirement and grandchildren on the horizon, a Manhattanite couple reached out to GRT Architects to design their new home in Upstate New York's Dutchess County...
- Abu Dhabi Flamingo Visitor Center blends into the landscape Sat, 26 Sep 20, 12:30amPrague-based architecture firm Petr Janda / brainwork studio has won an international competition with its design of the Abu Dhabi Flamingo Visitor Center, a proposed center that would service the Al Wathba Wetland Reserve...
- A playful home built of recycled materials takes in sunrise views in Ecuador Tue, 20 Aug 19, 4:30amBuilt largely from recycled materials, the home that architect Daniel Moreno Flores recently completed for an artistically inclined client in Ecuador oozes playfulness and creativity as well as a reduced environmental footprint...
- Prefab open-air theater pops up with speed in a London park Tue, 7 Aug 18, 6:00amCompleted in just seven months, the Regent’s Park Open Air Theater in central London is yet another example of how prefabrication can be a fantastic solution for site-sensitive projects strapped for time...
- This weekend home in Mexico blends in with the forest landscape Fri, 20 Jul 18, 7:00amMexican architecture firm AM30 Taller de Arquitectura has inserted a site-specific weekend home into a forested location in Atemajac de Brizuela, a small town southwest of Guadalajara, Mexico...
- Origami-inspired Aqualagon water park is a site-sensitive extension of the landscape Tue, 10 Jul 18, 2:00amWith their bright, multicolored slides and tubes, most water parks stick out like unsightly sore thumbs in the landscape—but that’s not the case for the site-sensitive Water Park Aqualagon in Villages Nature Paris Marne-la-Vallée,...
- Delightfully surprising green-roofed island home cascades down a rocky slope Tue, 26 Jun 18, 5:30amAnchored to a pine-studded slope, the Bailer Hill house is designed to evoke a natural rock outcropping. Seattle-based Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects completed this cascading stack of timber-clad boxes in the San Juan...
- Green-roofed home sinks into a beautiful UNESCO-protected riverside in India Mon, 4 Apr 16, 11:00pmBuilt as a weekend retreat, the 330-square-meter Riparian House sits on the banks of the River Ulhas. The green-roofed home is nearly undetectable from the approach on the east side but reveals itself through a large glazed...
- Green-roofed home sinks into a beautiful UNESCO-protected riverside landscape in India Mon, 4 Apr 16, 11:00pmBuilt as a weekend retreat, the 330-square-meter Riparian House sits on the banks of the River Ulhas. The green-roofed home is nearly undetectable from the approach on the east side but reveals itself through a large glazed...
- Hilltop House Sits High on Stilts in Australian Spotted Gum Forest Wed, 29 Dec 10, 7:54amRead the rest of Hilltop House Sits High on Stilts in Australian Spotted Gum Foresthttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed...