Sliding polycarbonate panels open up facade of Catalan house by H Arquitectes
Sliding polycarbonate screens are set in front of the windows covering the stepped facade of this Catalan house by Spanish studio H Arquitectes. More
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Shutter-covered towers give bedrooms sea views at Lebanese housing complex
Bedrooms contained within towers at this housing complex on the Lebanese coast feature folding shutters and sliding glass walls that allow sea breezes to cool the interiors.
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MF+ Arquitetos creates modernist-inspired house with walled garden in Brazil
A walled garden filled with tropical plants flanks a glazed hallway at this house in the Brazilian town of Franca, which is influenced by the country's modernist architecture. More
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Aluminium louvres cover curving walls of house and cafe in South Korea
Slanted slats of aluminium cover the irregular, curving form of this house and cafe in Gyeonggi Province designed by South Korean architecture practice AND (+ slideshow). More
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House Zilvar by ASGK Design is an angular wooden home in the Czech countryside
A+Awards: next up in our collaboration with Architizer is this energy-efficient wooden home on the outskirts of a small village in the Czech Republic, which was one of the private houses recognised in this year's A+Awards (+ slideshow). More
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Wooden screens mask glazed walls of Porto house by AZO Sequeira
Slatted wooden screens fold open to reveal walls of windows at the front and back of this concrete house in Porto by AZO Sequeira Arquitectos Associados (+ slideshow). More
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Perforated shutters create geometric facade for Pitsou Kedem's house in Tel Aviv
Bands of shutters featuring a geometric perforated pattern appear to form seamless surfaces that extend across the facade of this house in Tel Aviv by Israeli architect Pitsou Kedem (+ slideshow). More
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Continuous staircase connects eight levels in K8 bar building by Florian Busch
German architect Florian Busch conceived this Kyoto bar as one continuous space spread over eight levels to make the most of a narrow site in one of the city's oldest nightlife areas (+ slideshow). More
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"Schizophrenic" house in rural Spain provides separate winter and summer lodgings
Metal and plastic shutters cover the walls of this residence in Spain's Catalonia region, which is split in two parts to provide seasonal quarters for a family (+ slideshow). More
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Remix Studio's Shunyi House extension features louvred cladding and an all-white interior
Narrowly spaced steel louvres wrap around the exterior of this extension to a house in Beijing, providing privacy and creating linear patterns of light and shadow throughout the minimal white interior (+ slideshow). More
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Folding steel shutters reveal interior of BetweenSpaces' Bangalore architecture studio
Steel shutters fold open to bring plenty of fresh air into this studio for Bangalore architecture firm BetweenSpaces, which is situated above the home of one of its founders (+ slideshow). More
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Amagansett Dunes House by Bates Masi Architects is shaded with strips of canvas
This house in Amagansett, New York, by Bates Masi Architects is designed to take advantage of its windy site on Long Island's south shore (+ slideshow). More
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Perforated shutters animate facade of Melbourne house by Jackson Clements Burrows
Perforated screens cover the windows of this cement-clad house in Melbourne by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects, allowing light from within to shine through circular openings (+ slideshow). More
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Niall McLaughlin's Hampshire Fishing Hut folds open to allow views right through
A picturesque lake in Hampshire, England, is the setting for this fisherman's hut by Niall McLaughlin Architects, which can be opened up in summer and battened down in winter (+ slideshow). More
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Vietnamese shophouse by MM++ Architects features a facade that folds open
Vietnamese studio MM++ Architects has squeezed a contemporary shophouse into a four-metre-wide site in Ho Chi Minh City, with a facade that opens and closes like a giant shutter. More
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Ayeneh Office gives Tehran apartments a textured facade with ridged granite and slatted timber
Slatted timber shutters provide privacy and shade for this Tehran apartment block by local firm Ayeneh Office, and line up with its ridged granite facade (+ slideshow). More
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Perforated shutters provide light and ventilation for Moonlight Cabin by Jackson Clements Burrows
Australian architects Jackson Clements Burrows added perforated shutters to the exterior of this holiday cabin "like a Gore-Tex jacket", providing light and ventilation when closed (+ slideshow). More
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Jules Ladoumègue Sports Centre features a facade of moving glass shutters
A layer of glass louvres wraps this Paris sports centre by Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes, forming a semi-transparent facade that controls the amount of light, heat and ventilation entering the building (+ slideshow). More
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Perforated shutters move mechanically to mask the facade of Archinauten's House GT
An iPad controls the perforated shutters that concertina across the glass facade of this house in Linz, Austria, allowing its two software engineer residents to reveal or conceal views of the city (+ slideshow). More
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Facade of colourful shutters allows light and wind into Block Architects' Vegan House
Colourfully painted window shutters form the facade and roof of this guest house and kitchen in Ho Chi Minh City, designed by local studio Block Architects (+ slideshow). More
