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Japanese studio Kei Kaihoh Architects has completed a timber-framed storage facility in Joetsu City that offers rice farmers a way to refrigerate their harvest without relying on gas or electricity. Instead, the Yukinohako facility is naturally cooled using snow – an abundant local material in this mountainous part of Niigata Prefecture, surrounded by ski resorts

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Mexican architecture studio Productora has restored a concrete industrial complex in Mexico City into a series of studios including its own office. Productora has been gradually renovating the building, which was originally a textile factory built in the 1920s, since it moved its offices to the structure following an earthquake in 2017. The studio originally took up residence

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Local studio Atelier Industrial has created a minimalist office with walls made from polycarbonate panels within an existing warehouse in San Rafael, Argentina. The studio placed the small, 67-square-metre office space within an area of an industrial warehouse that is part of a winery in the city. Called Atelier Cuadro Benegas, it sits on top

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