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Intelligent Openings Window System

Kris Lin Window System Architecture Saturday, 8 August 2026

Intelligent Openings

Intelligent Openings redefines windows and doors as an integrated architectural system rather than isolated products. Designed for high end villas, it combines ultra slim aesthetics, large span openings, and intelligent control to create a seamless interface between interior and exterior environments. By addressing challenges such as extreme weather, energy performance, and usability, the system balances openness with protection. It presents a scalable solution for future residential architecture, where technology enhances both spatial experience and everyday living.

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Embraced in Recycled Steel Office

Nobuaki Miyashita Office Architecture Friday, 7 August 2026

Embraced in Recycled Steel

Embraced in Recycled Steel is an office building for a steel recycling company in Yamaguchi, Japan. The exterior adopts a stacked structure inspired by steel billets, with special coatings that create textural variation. The interior uses angle steel, flat bars and deformed steel bars as finish materials, bringing structural elements into open view. Barcode and QR code motifs extend through the spaces, and seamless LED fixtures shaped like billets are combined with steel louvers on the ceiling. The building has four floors above ground and a maximum height of 19.9 meters.

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Grace Residence

Satoshi Kurosaki Residence Architecture Thursday, 6 August 2026

Grace

Grace is a small timber framed residence for a family of three on a riverside lot on the outskirts of Tokyo. The house is designed for a work from home lifestyle. Storage, kitchen appliances and other functional features are built into the walls to enhance unity and continuity in the long, narrow space. Private rooms occupy the first floor, while the second floor is a single open room under a gable roof with exposed rafters and indirect lighting. A glazed front balcony with deep eaves forms a transition between work and leisure.

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Learning Landscape Primary School

Pao People's Architecture Office Primary School Architecture Wednesday, 5 August 2026

Learning Landscape

Learning Landscape is a primary school in Shenzhen, China. The school covers 20,535 square meters and replaces the rigid classroom and corridor layout with connected indoor and outdoor spaces. Three elements inspired by nature, named the Mountain, the Valley and the Beach, organize the terraced levels. Students move freely between classrooms, covered areas, green roofs and open interstitial spaces. Planting across the whole site gives shade and reduces heat. The design supports lessons, group work, play and quiet study.

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Unesco Ancient Theatre Revitalization Cultural Facility

Dingdong Tang Cultural Facility Architecture Tuesday, 4 August 2026

Unesco Ancient Theatre Revitalization

Unesco Ancient Theatre Revitalization is a cultural facility proposal for an ancient open-air theatre. The design applies adaptive reuse through minimal and reversible intervention that protects the archaeological fabric. A lightweight tensile membrane roof, carried by a slender modular steel frame, filters daylight and moderates temperature while keeping views open to the landscape. Calibrated roof openings and radial circulation paths support natural ventilation and passive cooling. The resulting flexible space hosts performances, public gatherings and civic events.

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Vanke Yanming Lake Showroom

Arch-Age-Design (AAD) Showroom Architecture Monday, 3 August 2026

Vanke Yanming Lake

Xi'an Vanke Yan Ming Lake is a showroom building located in Xi'an, China. The exterior form follows the lines of the nearby mountain and lake. A spiral structure on the second floor creates a viewing platform eighteen meters long. The curved outer walls act as blank surfaces, so light, shadow and nature complete the appearance. The facade combines fiber cement boards with weather-resistant steel plates, which reduce material waste and extend the life of the building. The transition space is open to the public for leisure and rest.

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