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Call for entries to American Architecture Prize 2016
Dezeen promotion: entries are now open for architects to submit projects to the American Architecture Prize, which will be judged by Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Sadie Morgan and Will Alsop (+ slideshow)....
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Arch 11 completes Rocky Mountain home atop a concrete plinth
Colorado architecture firm Arch11 has raised a single-family residence on a concrete plinth to provide unobstructed views of the Rocky Mountains (+ slideshow). Named Lodgepole Retreat, the chalet sits...
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Lubrano Ciavarra clads weekend retreat in Rhode Island using cedar and...
Providing sweeping views of a wilderness reserve was the primary goal for US studio Lubrano Ciavarra when designing this large wood-and-slate holiday home in Rhode Island (+ slideshow). Called the...
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Five of the best houses in Colorado on Dezeen
This roundup of homes in Colorado is next up in our series celebrating residential architecture across the US, and includes a renovated chalet in Aspen and a cluster of rugged cabins built by graduate...
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Yoshihara McKee maximises natural light at Photographer's Loft in New York
Architecture firm Yoshihara McKee has removed all of the full-height partitions at this apartment in New York's Chelsea neighbourhood to make the most of a large skylight (+ slideshow). Although named...
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Rhode Island coastal retreat by Roger Ferris comprises multiple gabled forms
This holiday home in Rhode Island by US studio Roger Ferris + Partners consists of a cluster of gable-roofed volumes, influenced by vernacular architecture in rural New England (+ slideshow). The Ocean...
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Carney Logan Burke builds Wyoming retreat around huge boulder
US architecture firm Carney Logan Burke has completed a home on a rugged Wyoming mountainside that wraps around a giant boulder (+ slideshow). Named Boulder Retreat, the single-family home is located...
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Dropbox opens industrial-style cafeteria by AvroKo at California headquarters
American studio AvroKo has completed a cafeteria and coffee bar in the new San Francisco headquarters for tech company Dropbox, providing a "place of comfort" that aims to keep employees from leaving...
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Eight Modernist visitor centres from the USA's Mission 66 National Park...
The USA's National Park Service celebrates its centenary this week. We've picked out eight of the best visitors centres and amenities designed as part of its Mission 66 project, which took place 50...
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SOM creates Minimalist home for New York's International Center of Photography
Global firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill used a restrained palette of concrete, steel and glass to create a new home for a photography museum in a once-derelict area of Manhattan (+ slideshow). The...
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3six0 creates living annex for elderly in-laws at Rhode Island home
Rhode Island firm 3six0 has converted the garage of a family home to make room for an in-law residence adjacent to the main house (+ slideshow). The architects had previously renovated the residence in...
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Robert Gurney's waterfront Buisson Residence is capped with a folded copper roof
American architect Robert Gurney has created a house in Virginia topped with a geometric roof, which folds over the building to protect it from harsh winds (+ slideshow). Sited on a small peninsula in...
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DIGSAU uses reclaimed barn wood to clad modern home in Delaware
This single-family home in Delaware was built using wood reclaimed from a nearby agricultural structure slated for demolition (+ slideshow). The house is dubbed Rural Loft because the architects...
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Lloyd Architects builds community-oriented farmhouse in Utah
US firm Lloyd Architects has completed a new barn in Utah for a family that has been farming the same land since the 1800s (+ slideshow). The building is located on a three-acre (1.21-hectare) estate...
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David Adjaye's NMAAHC gets set to open in Washington DC
Work has completed on the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture by British architect David Adjaye, which is poised to open next month (+ slideshow). Adjaye Associates...
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Welton Becket's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion stars in Kenzo perfume advert
American director Spike Jonze has used an iconic Los Angeles music hall by Modernist architect Welton Becket as the venue for a four-minute perfume advert for French fashion house Kenzo (+ movie). The...
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Five of the best houses in Rhode Island on Dezeen
Homes in this week's roundup from different American states are in tiny Rhode Island, and include a cluster of barn-shaped volumes clad in wood and a black weekend retreat with pyramid-like skylights...
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Chicago installs "fitness tracker for the city" to improve infrastructure and...
Areas of Chicago have been fitted with a network of sensors, which will work like a Fitbit activity tracker to provide both scientists and citizens with open data about the urban environment (+ movie)....
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Remote Wyoming retreat by Carney Logan Burke faces the Teton mountains
Wyoming architecture firm Carney Logan Burke has created a vacation estate for a New York family that is oriented to provide dramatic views (+ slideshow). Shoshone Residence is a 4,500-square-foot...
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Fritz Hansen kits out UN president's office with mid-century Danish furniture
The president of the United Nations General Assembly's office has received a makeover with furniture by Danish designers Arne Jacobsen and Poul Kjærholm (+ slideshow). The Republic of Fritz Hansen has...
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