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  • Louvres on the facade of the Forest House by Shma Company

    Shma Company designs Bangkok home for family and forest of 120 trees

    More than 20 different plant species grow in Forest House, designed by landscape architecture practice Shma Company to fit the largest possible amount of greenery into a small urban plot. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 29 September 2020 | Leave a comment
  • No Footprint House by A-01

    "It's co-existence and survival of the fittest" says architect

    In this week's comments update, readers are discussing No Footprint House in Costa Rica and sharing their views on other top stories. More

    Karen Anderson | 8 September 2020 | Leave a comment
  • No Footprint House by A-01

    No Footprint House is a prototype prefabricated home in Costa Rica

    Slanted wooden louvres offer natural light and cross-ventilation in this prefabricated house in Costa Rica, which architecture studio A-01 created as a prototype for a series of future zero-carbon homes. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 6 September 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Junshan Cultural Center by Neri&Hu

    Neri&Hu surrounds Junshan Cultural Center with angled aluminium louvres

    Angled aluminium louvres cover the reclaimed brick walls of the Junshan Cultural Center near Beijing, China, designed by Neri&Hu. More

    Lizzie Crook | 25 February 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Trees poke out through the facade from inside block of Bangkok townhouses

    Architecture practice Studionomad has built a block of five apartments in Bangkok with trees growing through the louvres of its facade. More

    Jon Astbury | 16 October 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Mountain Bar and Restaurant by ZJJZ Atelier

    Folding timber shutters open Mountain Bar & Restaurant to the air in China

    Mountain Bar and Restaurant in Guizhou Province, China by ZJJZ Atelier has sliding glass doors and a screen of wooden louvres that can be folded back. More

    Jon Astbury | 15 September 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Edificio Criba in Ambato, Ecuador by Rama Estudio

    Wooden shutters shade Edificio Criba apartments in Ecuador by Rama Estudio

    Rama Estudio has fronted this apartment block in Ambato, Ecuador with wooden louvres to encourage interactions between residents and passersby. More

    James Brillon | 26 May 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center by MAD

    White peaks of MAD's Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Centre revealed in new photos

    MAD's city-sized complex of mountain-like towers with cascading white louvres, called the Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Centre, is nearing completion in eastern China.

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    India Block | 18 December 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Oak Park Housing by Johnsen Schmaling Architects

    Colourful louvres animate Johnsen Schmaling's Oak Park Housing in northern California

    American studio Johnsen Schmaling Architects has completed an urban infill project near downtown Sacramento that consists of six modest-sized homes with multi-coloured facades. More

    Jenna McKnight | 14 November 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Ballet Mecanique by Manuel Herz Architects

    Ballet Mécanique apartment block has walls that unfold to form balconies and sunshades

    Manuel Herz Architects has completed a housing block in Zurich, with dynamic facades that transform into balconies for its five apartments. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 3 September 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Lund Hagem installs Y-shaped cabin on a hilltop overlooking Norwegian ski resort

    Pine louvres cover the glazed sides of this cabin by Oslo studio Lund Hagem Arkitekter, which forks at one end to present two large windows towards slopes in Norway's Kvitfjell ski resort. More

    Jessica Mairs | 22 September 2017 | Leave a comment
  • Richard Meier completes Bauhaus-inspired tower in Tel Aviv

    American architect Richard Meier has finished work on his first project in Israel, a residential tower covered in a "veil" of white louvres that ensure the building is in keeping with its Bauhaus-era neighbours in Tel Aviv's White City. More

    Jessica Mairs | 6 September 2017 | 20 comments
  • NEIU El Centro by JGMA

    Blue and yellow fins wrap sculptural academic building in Chicago by JGMA

    Canted walls covered in colourful louvres define this urban building for Northeastern Illinois University by architecture firm JGMA, which sits next to a major highway. More

    Jenna McKnight | 28 August 2017 | 8 comments
  • House in Tel Aviv by Bar Orian

    Box-framed louvres shade windows of concrete house in Tel Aviv

    This concrete house in Tel Aviv by Bar Orian Architects features vertical louvres that can be either rotated to filter light or slid open to reveal the windows behind. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 2 May 2017 | 3 comments
  • Tainan Tung-Men Holiness Church by MAYU architects+

    "Feather-like" screens front church in Taiwan by MAYU Architects

    Rows of perforated aluminium shades intended to represent the feathers of an eagle shield the facade of this concrete and glass church in the Taiwanese city of Tainan. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 30 April 2017 | 2 comments
  • Deep House by Poly.m.ur

    Stone fins cover slanted walls of mountainside house near Seoul

    Limestone louvres and boxy windows cover the angled walls of this home outside Seoul, which was designed by local studio Poly.m.ur to house three generations of the same family. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 7 April 2017 | 1 comment
  • Multi-coloured sunscreens create stripy exterior for Sydney house by Smart Design Studio

    Brightly coloured louvres screen the living spaces of this Sydney residence, which are contained in a pair of concrete boxes and set atop a sandstone plinth. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 22 January 2017 | Leave a comment
  • The Adelson School of Entrepreneurship

    Fins of metal mesh and concrete shield Tel Aviv school of entrepreneurship from the sun

    Rows of metal sun louvres slotted between structural concrete fins help to shade the glazed facade of this university building near Tel Aviv by local architects David S Robins and Dan Price. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 23 December 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center by Kengo Kuma & Associates

    Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center by Kengo Kuma and Associates

    This visitor centre in Tokyo by Japanese architects Kengo Kuma and Associates looks like a stack of smaller buildings with sloping roofs. More

    Amy Frearson | 25 June 2012 | 8 comments

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