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Source: Pedro Lobo archdaily.com

Living Foz, Porto, Portugal, 2010 designed by dEMM Arquitectura

The balcony angle articulation creates spaces enriched by contrasts of light and shade, exposure and protection, emphasized by the contrast between the white cast-in-place concrete and the dark Glass Reinforced Concrete -- ArchDaily

Source: NMPB Architekten archdaily.com

Department Building Waehringerstrasse 29, Währinger Straße 29, Vienna, Austria, 2010 designed by NMPB Architekten

The building at the Währingerstrasse fills a typical gap site, but operates as a L-form joint (with internal service- and supply core) around the courtyard. The reinterpretation element of the bow window at the Währingerstrasse connects the different alignments of the surrounding buildings and a caesura at the upper level the different heights. -- ArchDaily

Source: Luuk Kramer archdaily.com

Nieuw Leyden Block, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2013 designed by Arons en Gelauff Architecten

Special feature of this building is the sculptural balcony facade on the south side of the building. Because of it’s kinked form these balconies create different places. By shifting the position, the balconies always have a double-height at the place where people sit. -- ArchDaily

Source: Lu Hengzhong archdaily.com

Dingli Sculpture Art Museum, Quanzhou, Fujian, China, 2013 designed by ATR Atelier

The building of art museum looks like many huge stones stacking over the other, silent and generous. The facade implies the function of the building, meanwhile gives out a kind of natural, simple, but strong vision. The folding surfaces of stone wall create vivid shadow and the obtuse angle stone makes the corner look more firm and powerful. -- ArchDialy

Source: Robin Hill archdaily.com

Icon Bay, 460 Northeast 28th Street, Miami, FL 33137, USA, 2015 designed by Arquitectonica

The building balconies fold playfully along the facades. They create a pattern of light and shadow, reflection and opacity.  They appear to flutter in the wind or responding to the ripples of the bay waters. The textured façade breaks the tradition of vertical extrusions in high-rise design. -- ArchDaily

Source: DSD archdaily.com

Bayuquan Theatre, Shanghai, China designed by DSD

Bayuquan Baoli Theatre has 3 levels above the ground level. The main construction contains a large Dance Theatre which is specific for dancing and musical performaces with a capacity of 1600 people and a multi-functional theatre which can hold 800 people for drama play. -- ArchDaily

Source: Tim Griffith archdaily.com

Mission Bay Block 27 Parking Structure, San Francisco, California, USA designed by WRNS Studio

The north and east façades, which face public open space, are clad in perforated aluminum panels with pixelated imagery of California’s redwood forests. This imagery is intended to evoke the filigree of adjacent tree canopies and create a sense of pedestrian scale. -- ArchDaily