Welcome centre for Quebec heritage site rises from the landscape
A stone-filled gabion wall runs along one side of this green-roofed visitors pavilion by architect Anne Carrier, which emerges from a slope at a heritage site in Canada. More
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Shoreham Beach House by ABIR Architects features gabion walls filled with beach pebbles
ABIR Architects used pebbles found on the beach to create the layered facade of this house in the English seaside town of Shoreham – which featured in last night's episode of UK television show Homes By The Sea. More
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Gabion cages filled with volcanic stone support meditation platform at Utah spiritual retreat
An expansive terrace provides a meditation space at this weekend residence and spiritual retreat in the Utah desert, which US firm Imbue Design completed using stone-filled gabions for some of the external walls (+ slideshow). More
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Haverstock uses stone-filled cages to disguise police shooting range in disused quarry
Stone-filled gabions provide the walls of this police training centre by architecture firm Haverstock, helping it camouflage with the craggy walls of a former quarry in Bristol, England (+ slideshow). More
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Observation House by I/O Architects features gabion walls and a grassy viewing deck
An "elevated meadow" surrounds the glazed living space of this house in a Bulgarian village, which is raised above the fields on stone-filled cages to give it the appearance of an observation tower (+ slideshow). More
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Villa in the Czech mountains combines perforated metal with stone gabions
A skin of corrugated and perforated metal clads this villa in the Beskid Mountains, which sits on a wedge-shaped podium with stone-filled gabion walls (+ slideshow). More
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Atelier d'Architecture 3BM3 completes concrete tax haven for artworks in Luxembourg
Wealthy art investors can enjoy their collections while avoiding tax thanks to a new duty-free storage unit at Luxembourg international airport by Atelier d'Architecture 3BM3 (+ slideshow). More
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House in the Landscape by Kropka Studio features walls built from rock-filled cages
The walls of this house in Poland by Kropka Studio are covered in gabion baskets filled with the same local limestone used to build nearby castles and churches (+ slideshow). More
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Villanueva Public Library, Colombia
Four young architects from Javeriana University in Bogotá have completed Villanueva Public Library in Casanare, Colombia. More
