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How COBE Turned a Copenhagen Grain Silo into a Residential Tower

How COBE Turned a Copenhagen Grain Silo into a Residential Tower

The Silo, industrial landmark in Copenhagen, is reborn as a residential tower in a mixed-use neighbourhood.

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July 16, 2018

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In Montreal, an NDG Reno Anchored by a Permeable Volume

In Montreal, an NDG Reno Anchored by a Permeable Volume

Bessborough House, an NDG reno designed by local architecture firm _naturehumaine, introduces an elegant volume that filters between public and private areas.

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July 13, 2018

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Wonder Inc. Designs a Bold Hamilton Shipping Container Home

Wonder Inc. Designs a Bold Hamilton Shipping Container Home

Wonder Inc. has created a bold shipping-container home – a residence for a family that may one day be extended to include refugees, new Canadians and friends from afar.

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July 12, 2018

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2018 AZ Awards of Merit: Residential Architecture, Single Family

2018 AZ Awards of Merit: Residential Architecture, Single Family

Four very different projects – an unconventional ski cabin, a legacy house updated with contemporary gestures, a dwelling mimicking mountains and a surreal-meets-orderly intervention – are the recipients of 2018 AZ Awards of Merit in the Residential Architecture: Single Family category.

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June 29, 2018

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2018 AZ Awards of Merit: Residential Architecture, Multi-Unit

2018 AZ Awards of Merit: Residential Architecture, Multi-Unit

An affordable-housing project for displaced farmers in China, and a stark and stunning city block in Madrid both impressed our jury, which granted each the 2018 AZ Award of Merit in Multi-Unit Residential Architecture.

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June 29, 2018

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2018 AZ Awards Winner: Residential Architecture, Single Family

2018 AZ Awards Winner: Residential Architecture, Single Family

Nestled among the pine trees of Valle de Bravo, Mexico, Entrepinos clusters six thoughtfully crafted volumes around a patio. Along with Big House, Little House, the Taller Héctor Barroso project is a winner of the 2018 AZ Awards in Residential Architecture: Single Family.

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June 29, 2018

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2018 AZ Awards Winner: Residential Architecture, Multi-Unit

2018 AZ Awards Winner: Residential Architecture, Multi-Unit

Instead of tearing down an abandoned grain silo, COBE used the landmark to create a 17-storey residential project in Copenhagen that places social sustainability – and expressively angled balconies – at its core.

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June 29, 2018

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2018 AZ Awards of Merit: Unbuilt Buildings

2018 AZ Awards of Merit: Unbuilt Buildings

These dramatic unbuilt concepts, one a neo-brutalist condo development in Calgary and the other an ascetic residence New Orleans, won two 2018 AZ Awards of Merit for their originality.

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June 29, 2018

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2018 AZ Awards of Merit: Environmental Leadership

2018 AZ Awards of Merit: Environmental Leadership

Elevated on concrete piers, Gap Cove House is built to withstand New England storm surges and is filled with sustainable features, earning it the 2018 AZ Award of Merit for Environmental Leadership.

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June 29, 2018

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2018 AZ Awards of Merit: Residential Interiors

2018 AZ Awards of Merit: Residential Interiors

A daylight-splashed Shanghai lane house and a composer’s theatrical residence received the 2018 AZ Awards of Merit in the Interiors: Residential category.

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June 29, 2018

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