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Trail House, Ashburton: A Contemporary and Environmentally Friendly Home with Natural Materials

It is a contemporary and environmentally friendly home located in Ashburton, New Zealand, that built on gently sloping land in suburban Melbourne. Trail House is designed by Zen Architects to integrate with the inherent natural beauty of the existing site seamlessly. The architect uses natural materials and applies passive solar design principles to create a comfortable home.

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Studio House, Northcote: A Flexible, Multi-Purpose Studio for A Growing Family

Zen Architects has been contacted by a client with a request to design an extension to their existing property. Studio House is located in Northcore, designed to accommodate the needs of a growing family. A flexible, multi-purpose studio is designed in response to the client request. The building shape is also arranged to minimize the impacts to the neighbors.

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Cozy Bedroom Makeover Tips You Can Try This Winter

As the temperatures drop, your bedroom often becomes your favorite area of the house as you can snuggle beneath the covers and sip on hot cocoa with warm conversations. It makes sense to invest in a cozy makeover to enhance the ambiance of this part of your living space. Fortunately, you can do it easily and without burning a hole in your pocket, provided that you are willing to invest some time and creativity for beautifying your winter hideaway.

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Zénith de Saint-Étienne: A New Cultural Destination with An Aerodynamic Roof and Flexible Performance Space

Zénith de Saint-Étienne is the result of an international design competition in 2004. It is a new cultural destination for Saint-Etienne that characterized by its aerodynamic roof and flexible performance space. It is also the first purpose-built state-of-the-art music venue for the Rhone-Alpes region of central southern France. This awesome project is completed in 2008 with 14,800m² in size and 7,200 for capacity.

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Winspear Opera House: A Series of Welcoming Spaces Wrapped around the Auditorium’s Rich Red Drum

The ambition of this project is to create a building that has a central role in the cultural life of Dallas and becomes a destination in its own right for a non-opera-going public. Winspear Opera House is designed by Foster + Partners for AT+T Performing Arts Center and finished in 2009 with 23,500m² in size. The building structure is inverted to create a series of welcoming spaces that wrap around the rich red drum of the auditorium.