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• Perforated panels conceal apartments above Montreal dental clinic by Paul Bernier Architecte

  08-12-2019 19:00
  
  Canadian firm Paul Bernier Architecte has extended a dental practice in Montreal with two floors of apartments covered in aluminium panels.
  Local firm Paul Bernier Architecte created the three-storey Van Horne building in the city's Outremont neighbourhood. It is slotted in between two brick structures on Van Horne Avenue, and contains a dental clinic on the ground floor, Clinique Dentaire Outremont.Only the concrete structure on the ground floor of the original building was retained during the
  
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• Spiral lookout tower gives views of the mountains in Shenzhen

  08-12-2019 13:00
  
  A spiral staircase twists 810 degrees to form a viewpoint designed by architecture studio Doarchi to look out over the mountains close to Shenzhen.
  Called Tower of Spiral, the stairs wrap around a small pool used for irrigation for nearby fields.Surrounded by grass, sunflower fields and the mountains in the distance, the base of the tower is accessed via a winding paved path.
  Visitors can ascend 15 metres via a twisting set of shallow steps, ending in a lookout point surrounded by a low par
  
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• View snowy architecture scenes on our Pinterest board

  08-12-2019 09:00
  
  Winter is here in the northern hemisphere, so we've updated our Pinterest board depicting snowy architecture scenes. The board features dozens of projects including mountain cabins, ski lodges and cosy winter retreats. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest or visit our snow-scenes board to see more.
  John Pawson's log chapel is included on the Pinterest board
  Projects featured on the board include a winter-sports retreat on Utah's Powder Mountain and John Pawson's inconspicuous log chapel in a Bav
  
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