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Snøhetta creates library to emulate feeling of "sitting under a tree"

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International studio Snøhetta has completed Beijing City Library in China , a glass-lined building filled with towering tree-like columns and rooms disguised as hills. Outside, real ginkgo trees have been planted at the entry points, framed by the glass walls that aim to "further enhance the connection with nature".

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In Situ Studio cuts "hoop" opening in cantilevered welcome centre roof

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Local architecture firm In Situ Studio wrapped an art museum visitor centre in Raleigh, North Carolina with darkened steel and cantilevered a roof with an aperture over its patio. The roof features a rounded triangle roof opening made of aluminium. Project credits: Client: North Carolina Museum of Art Contractor: Frank L.

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This Walden Pond–Inspired Writer’s Studio Holds a Trove of More Than 1,700 Poetry Books

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The stone-clad Connecticut retreat is surprisingly advanced with a steel frame, glass sliders, geothermal heating and cooling, and a motorized roof hatch to the deck. A protective wood shutter neatly slides into the stone, revealing a glass panel pocket door. Have one to share? Post it here.

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This Sydney Home’s Dining Area Is Basically the Backyard

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A new extension with floor-to-ceiling glass sliders opens to the garden, giving a family of four a plein air space to entertain. Kitchen, living, and dining spaces are lightly contained by a floating roof, folded to capture northern light and facilitate the capture of easterly breezes. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Desai Chia creates “winged" roofs for Copake Lake House in New York

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US studio Desai Chia Architecture designed a highly sculptural, waterfront home wrapped in concrete and charred cypress that has vaulted roofs resembling wings. Roughly rectangular in plan, the dwelling has cutouts, cantilevers and multiple sloped roofs that combine in a sculptural way. Desai Chia created "winged" roofs for the house.

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Photos show Diller Scofidio + Renfro's "surreal and magical" Blue Dream house in the Hamptons

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A sloping fibreglass roof and a glass facade characterise New York studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro 's first completed single-family residential project, which has been photographed officially for the first time by Iwan Baan. It is really surreal and magical in the whole; the whole roof just feels like it's floating."

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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates California winery with "humble yet refined atmosphere"

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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson used engineered timber and a cantilevered roof for Caymus-Suisun Winery to create a contemporary winery with a "new architectural language for the region". Retractable glass walls link the inside and outside of the winery. The winery's terrace is shaded by a large cantilevered roof.