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• Architects

  actual / office

• Location

  Taghkanic, United States

• Principal

  Adam Dayem

• Project Manager

  Farzam Yazdanseta

• Area

  2500.0 ft2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Michael Moran/OTTO Archive

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• Architects

  Dominique Coulon & associés

• Location

  5bis Avenue René Coty, 59370 Mons-en-Barœul, France

• Architect in Charge

  Dominique Coulon, Olivier Nicollas

• Architects assistants 

  Fanny Lienart, Lukas Unbekandt, Thibaut Muller, Guillaume Wittmann, Diego Bastos-Romero

• Area

  2336.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Eugeni Pons, David Romero-Uzeda

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• Architects

  Cooper Robertson

• Location

  11 N 4th St, St. Louis, MO 63102, United States

• Area

  47000.0 ft2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Nic Lehoux

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Today we celebrate Canada Day by paying a special tribute to timber construction and Canada's close ties with wood--as evidenced by its maple tree leaf emblem.

Canadian architects have excelled in timber design and architecture at various scales. These 15 examples of Canadian timber projects and their drawings range from temporary installations to an 8-story high-rise wooden structure building. With sustainability and precision in the details, wood continues, and will always remain, one of our favorite building materials.

Sushi, one of Japan’s most popular and traditional dishes has now established itself as a worldwide favorite for people all around the globe and (indeed) for architects, especially. Many countries have established sushi culture into their menus and restaurants from Spain to Dubai have adapted Japanese architecture to create the perfect space for eating sushi. The key to these serene interiors rely on Japanese interior qualities such as soft illumination, wooden finishings and textures that create the right environment.

Since June 18th is World Sushi Day, we are celebrating with this selection of 10 sushi bars and restaurants from all around the world!

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• Architects

  Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

• Location

  175 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10006, United States

• Architect of Record

  Adamson Associates

• Area

  0.0 ft2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Joe Woolhead

At first, books were kept in chests but as they became published in bulk they moved into the cupboard. The doors came off and the bookcase began to evolve. Today, bookcases can be integral architectural elements that shape space and, in some cases, even light. In celebration of International Day of the Book on April 23rd, ArchDaily compiled this round-up of architecturally, innovative bookcases.

Scroll down to see inventive architectural book storage from Alberto Kalach, ARCHSTUDIO, Toyo Ito, and more.

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• Architects

  Wahana Architects

• Location

  Jakarta, Indonesia

• Architect in Charge

  Rudy Kelana and Gerard Tambunan

• Design Team

  Endah Tri Subekti

• Land Area

  1500 sqm

• Area

  1800.0 m2

• Project Year

  2009

• Photographs

  Mario Wibowo

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• Architects

  Y GROUP

• Location

  Boeun-gun, South Korea

• Area

  146.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Namsun Lee, Lovehouse

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• Architects

  Parviainen Architects

• Location

  Fazersvägen 1, 01230 Vanda, Finland

• Architect in Charge

  Bratislav Toskovic

• Design Team

  Juha Taponen, Miika Liukka, Jyri Jernström, Hannu Kymäläinen

• Area

  2000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Mika Huisman, Decopic

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• Architects

  FaulknerBrowns Architects

• Location

  The Hague, The Netherlands

• Lead Architects

  FaulknerBrowns Architects

• Area

  33000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Scagliola Brakkee, Arjen Schmitz, Hufton+Crow

March 22 is World Water Day, an annual international celebration launched and organized by the United Nations. The goal of the day is to raise awareness about a wide range of water-based issues from around the world. This year’s theme is “Nature From Water”, which invites everyone to think about how nature can provide solutions to the water challenges we face today.

To celebrate World Water Day this year, we’ve rounded up 20 of our favorite projects that utilize water as a central design feature. Whether it be Zumthor's Thermal Vals or Chritso and Jeanne-Claude's Floating Piers, water has been playing an important role in architectural design and in demarcating the boundaries of nature against our built environment.

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