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- 23 November, 2018
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Baku. 23 November. REPORT.AZ/ A boarding school for disadvantaged children in a remote forest area of Brazil has won this year's award for the world's best new building.
According to Report, international Riba award is presented twice a year.
ADmagazine reports that the boarding school is based on a farm surrounded by dense rainforest in the area where the average summer temperature reaches 40 degrees Celsium.
The building is made mostly from timber glued together and features three landscaped courtyard gardens.
The rooms are ventilated using perforated brickwork, which is handmade on site, and feature specially-designed furniture, according to the Riba website.
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