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fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 week ago

untreated wooden cladding wraps vernacular sauna sovall on sweden's rocky shoreline

A contemporary, sustainable sauna reinterpretation of Swedish west coast boathouses, elevated on concrete piers, clad in untreated timber and reclaimed roof tiles to weather naturally.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month ago

architect arthur casas builds his own house deep in the forest of iporanga, brazil

' The Atlantic forest represents Brazil - more than the sea, the beaches and bikinis, more than soccer, more than a Carnaval picture,' Casas reflects. ' This house is inserted in the forest and the wood covering tries to mimic it in the landscape - as if it was possible. The transparency, more than any aesthetic value, aims to justify the human presence in this place.'
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