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By the time solar radiation hits an interior blind, the fight to save energy has been lost. The great advantage of exterior shading devices is that they block the heat outside, before it can penetrate the building envelope. Depending on their design, they can also improve daylighting by reducing glare and bouncing indirect light deep into interior spaces. They can even strengthen a building’s identity. Exterior shades’ best chance of surviving the process euphemistically known as value engineering is to serve more than one goal. The Jackman Law Building, by Toronto-based @hariripontariniarchitects and @bh_architects exemplify a new generation of shading-integrated exterior envelopes that do more than keep their cool. Read more about this #AR_CEU project and earn continuing education credits at http://ow.ly/dG0U30jZJHe Text by Katharine Logan Photo © Ben Rahn / A-Frame #HaririPontariniArchitects #bharchitects #toronto #uoft #facade #facadelovers #archidaily #arquitectura #architecture #architect #design #buildings #buildingdesign #Architektur #architettura #archigram #archilovers #archdaily #archilovers #architecturephotography #architecturalphotography #geometry #ig_architecture #pocket_architecture #archi_features #architecture_view #architecturelovers #architexture (at Toronto, Ontario)

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In 2011, Brookfield hired Brooklyn-based @rexarchitecture to reimagine the 1969 building by Davis Brody & Associates (now @davisbrodybond) known today as Five Manhattan West. The former warehouse building, which included floors for light manufacturing, was seen as a perfect space to attract higher-paying commercial tenants—as soon as something could be done about its exterior, which had been overhauled in the 1980s transforming a once handsome pile into a giant eyesore. The renovation included reskinning the building in class and, on the second level, REX opened a portion of the facade to create a breezeway. Read more about this #AR_CEU project and earn continuing education credits at http://ow.ly/pmPL30jf5zJ Text by @minutillo_josephine Photo © Laurian Ghinitoiu — #rexarchitecture #newyork #davisbrodybond #amazon #brutalism #archidaily #arquitectura #architecture #architect #design #buildings #buildingdesign #Architektur #architettura #archigram #archilovers #archdaily #archilovers #architecturephotography #architecturalphotography #geometry #ig_architecture #pocket_architecture #archi_features #architecture_view #architecturelovers #architexture #lookingup (at Manhattan, New York)

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@rexarchitecture's pleated facade at Five Manhattan West offers office space within abundant daylight despite immense floor plates that range from nearly 90,000 to over 120,000 square feet. The architects were hired to reimagine the 1969 building by Davis Brody & Associates (now @davisbrodybond), which was originally designed as a warehouse that included floors for light manufacturing. The structure went through all kinds of renovations over the years, including ones that touched the enclosure—but were only partially or incorrectly documented. “On a daily basis, we found things that no one knew existed,” says REX principal Joshua Prince-Ramus. Embracing that reality as part of the design, “instead of trying to create a curtain wall in which we would use slab embeds to hold it up, we decided to avoid that entire possible problem and create our own elements." Read more about this #AR_CEU project and earn continuing education credits at http://ow.ly/tSPT30iLUYP Text by @minutillo_josephine Photo © @laurianghinitoiu (at New York, New York)

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In 2011, Brookfield hired Brooklyn-based @rexarchitecture to reimagine the 1969 building by Davis Brody & Associates (now @davisbrodybond) known today as Five Manhattan West. The former warehouse building, which included floors for light manufacturing, was seen as a perfect space to attract higher-paying commercial tenants—as soon as something could be done about its exterior, which had been overhauled in the 1980s transforming a once handsome pile into a giant eyesore. “The decision to reclad it entirely in glass was driven by a recognition that the market demands natural light,” explains John Durschinger, senior vice president for global design at Brookfield. Reskinning old buildings in glass is nothing new, but the building’s sloping sides presented several obstacles, from both an aesthetic and practical point of view. Read more about this #AR_CEU project and earn continuing education credits at http://ow.ly/WNwF30iLSrz Text by @minutillo_josephine Photo © @laurianghinitoiu (at New York, New York)

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DL-Atelier conceived the San Bao Peng Art Museum near Jingdezheng, China, as a 300-foot-long by 27-foot-wide compound defined by rammed-earth perimeter walls. The walls were built in a process similar to that used for cast-in-place concrete, with grids of rebar for reinforcement. The formwork was set up in a series of lifts and moved vertically with each successive pour. Soil was placed inside the forms of 8-inch-wide horizontally placed boards in layers before compaction with pneumatic tampers. Read more and earn continuing education credits about this #AR_CEU project at http://ow.ly/2M9U30iyGkx Photo © Haiting Sun (at China)

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@smithgroupjjr made a 20-foot-wide, 19-foot-tall precast rammed-earth wall the focal point of the main lobby for the Stadium Tech Center in Santa Clara, California—a six-story office building completed in 2016 with a shell designed by the Bay Area firm Arc Tec. The designers saw the precast panel as the perfect backdrop to the 25-foot-tall reception area, envisioning it as “a large elemental work, like a Mark Rothko painting,” says lead designer Matt Smialek. The panel, which retains the stratified layers of more traditional cast-in-place rammed earth, also serves to offset the aesthetic coolness of the lobby’s polished-concrete floors and sleek white walls. Read more and earn continuing education credits about this #AR_CEU project at http://ow.ly/2M9U30iyGkx Photo © Michael David Rose Photography, courtesy SmithGroup JJR (at Santa Clara, California)

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Near Hollister, California, a 6,500-square-foot, two-story vacation house by San Francisco–based @feldmanarchitecture relies on anchoring the building to the site with three massive rammed-earth walls. The house, known as Spring Ranch, is LEED Gold and net zero energy, and the rammed earth plays a significant role in its conservation strategy with walls as thick as 24 inches. Read more and earn continuing education credits about this #AR_CEU project at http://ow.ly/2M9U30iyGkx Photo © @joefletcherphoto (at Hollister, California)

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Near Hollister, California, a 6,500-square-foot, two-story vacation house by San Francisco–based @feldmanarchitecture relies on anchoring the building to the site with three massive rammed-earth walls. The concentric, gently curving walls correspond to the contours of the hillside where the house sits and form an armature within which the steel-and-wood-framed living spaces are interspersed. The house, known as Spring Ranch, is LEED Gold and net zero energy, and the rammed earth plays a significant role in its conservation strategy. Read more and earn continuing education credits about this #AR_CEU project at http://ow.ly/2M9U30iyGkx Photo © @joefletcherphoto (at Hollister, California)