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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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Types of Residential Windows

Aric Gitomer Architect

Residential architects essay a critical role in these technical aspects of designing a home, and you could get more clarity on the best windows for your home. With that in mind, let’s look at the most common types of residential windows. These can obstruct exterior spaces. These windows don’t offer any view of the exterior.

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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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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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Residential Barn Zürich, Switzerland

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The exterior facade is clad in glazed spruce wood – the same type of timber used on traditional Swiss barns. A pitched roof was designed in the same vein, with tile roofing typical to the local architecture. A raw steel beam serves as a gutter, jutting out beyond the base of the roof.

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OFIS Arhitekti clads geometric home in Slovenia with red-brick tiles

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Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti has completed Frame House, a family home in Ljubljana clad in red-brick tiles that play on the area's pitched-roof buildings. This shelters a paved entrance patio intended as a place for the client's children to play.

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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.