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Highly sculptural roof defines Raleigh apartment block

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Metal cladding and an asymmetrical roof define the exterior of the South E8 housing block by architecture firm LOHA in Raleigh, USA. Rectangular in plan, the 5,000-square-foot (465-square-metre) building rises two levels and is topped with an asymmetrical, multi- gabled roof that has a sculptural appearance.

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Stephane Gaulin-Brown places curved roof on Quebec chalet

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Montreal architect Stephane Gaulin-Brown has placed a single-slope roof with a curved soffit on top of a ski chalet to open it up to the forests of Mont Tremblant, Quebec. The primary feature is a long shed roof with an ochre-coloured wooden soffit that curves from the exterior wall up to the edge of the cantilever.

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Three Pines by Resolution: 4 Architecture

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Designed for a soon-to-be retiring couple, the home is sensitive to the clients wanting to age in place. After the modules were delivered and set into place, the on-site contractor secured it to the foundation and closed up the mate-line conditions - seaming together the roof, walls, and floors.

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Enlace by Canopy / Architecture + Design

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The building features operable door panels that open the interior community space to the street to strengthen the relationship between Enlace and the community while blurring the relationship of interior and exterior.

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Odile Decq builds all-glass Maison de Verre for client with vision loss

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Architect Odile Decq has completed a house in France with walls of translucent glass, to create the optimal lighting conditions for a client with vision impairment. The tilted shape allowed for the optimisation of the orientation of the glazed surfaces on the roof," she explained. The house is entered via an enclosed terrace.

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EMBT tops San Giacomo Apostolo church with undulating copper roof

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Spanish studio EMBT has designed a brick-and-plaster-clad church in Ferrara, Italy , which has a copper roof informed by hot air balloons and an interior that aims to be a modern take on primitive churches. The shape of the church roof nods to hot air balloons. The shape of the church roof nods to hot air balloons.

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CF Møller uses matching bricks and tiles for exterior of Villa E in Aarhus

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Scandinavian firm CF Møller Architects has completed a house where all the exterior surfaces match, thanks to a combination of dark red bricks and tiles. The 261-square-metre building takes its cues from the nearby Aarhus University, designed by CF Møller back in 1931, with its gabled roof profiles and rustic materials palette.