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QUILOTOA SHALALÁ OVERLOOK, ZUMBAHUA, ECUADOR Architects Javier Mera Luna, Daniel Moreno Flores, and Jorge Javier Andrade Benítez designed this vertigo-inducing overlook, which is perched on the edge of the nearly two-mile-wide crater of a volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes.
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SPASM DESIGN'S KHOPOLI HOUSE, KHOPOLI, INDIA Mumbai firm Spasm Design took a cue from the basalt outcroppings that dot India's Maharashtrian countryside in order to create the minimalist Khopoli House. The villa's basalt slabs, formed from ancient volcanic activity, emerge organically from the cliff and dramatically frame the distant mountains.
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ARKIBÚLLAN'S GUFUNES CEMETERY OFFICES, REYKJAVÍK, ICELAND This basalt-clad building, devised by the Icelandic architecture firm Arkibúllan, was the first of many contemporary additions to Reykjavík's Gufunes cemetery. The basalt comes from the region's Eyjafjallajökull volcano.
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FÖLDES ARCHITECTS' KEMENES VOLCANO PARK VISITOR CENTER, CELLDÖMÖLK, HUNGARY This Budapest-based studio designed a hulking testament to Hungary's volcanic past in the shadow of Ság Hill--a five-million-year-old former volcano. The firm utilized industrial materials such as Cor-Ten steel and charcoal-gray concrete.
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BARBOSA & GUIMARÃES ARCHITECTS' MUNICIPAL POOL COMPLEX, POVOAÇÃO, PORTUGAL A charcoal-hued pool complex rises from the ashes of a former sports field in Povoação, Portugal--a town know for its volcanic beach. Slabs of monolithic-sized basalt rock emerge from the nearby hillside and run alongside the slope as if a continuation of it.
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EDAA'S CASA MEZTITLA, TEPOZTLÁN, MEXICO Perched in the foothills of Tepozteco Mountain and surrounded by blooms of bougainvillea, this residence is clad in volcanic stone and lush pine. The natural materials help the home blend seamlessly into the setting.
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EON'S MT. HEKLA MUSEUM, RANGÁRÞING YTRA, ICELAND The architecture firm EON transformed a former farm into this geological museum, set in the shadow of Iceland's volcanic Mt. Hekla. The 6,500-square-foot building begins with a subterranean descent into a cave beneath the valley's lava fields, which takes visitors through the history of Iceland's most volatile volcano.
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