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Hopson Rodstrom Design creates jagged-roof Los Angeles building with interior courtyard

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Local studio Hopson Rodstrom Design placed a sawtooth roof on top of this black-clad apartment building with an interior courtyard in southern California. Located in West Los Angeles on a busy thoroughfare, the project is called The Jagger – named after the massive sawtooth roof that tops it.

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Eight interiors with pyramidal ceilings that create dramatic depth

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For our latest lookbook , we've brought together eight houses from Mexico to Norway featuring pyramidal ceilings that reveal their structure and create a sense of depth. Because of their depth, they often conform to architectural elements visible on the exterior of a structure.

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Proctor & Shaw tops London home extension with serrated zinc roof

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Architecture studio Proctor & Shaw has topped a home extension with a steeply-angled roof clad with red pigmented zinc in East Dulwich, London. Deep skylights punctured into the roof draw daylight into the space below, while sliding doors seamlessly connect the interior with an outdoor patio.

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Henning Larsen’s ‘forest canopy-like’ World of Volvo opens in Sweden

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” Image credit: Rasmus Hjortshoj Image credit: Rasmus Hjortshoj The main timber structure is formed of glulam and cross-laminated timber, designed as three tree-trunk-like columns that fan out to carry the entire load of the roof while “enveloping visitors in a welcoming forest-like canopy.”

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Frame House by Studio MBM / Maurizio Bianchi Mattioli

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The Frame House transforms the existing barn house typology into a contemporary dwelling, redefined by strategic compositions of window frames on each new elevation and new structure extending from the existing gambrel roof construction.

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Take an inside look at the form-making process for LACMA's new David Geffen Galleries

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LACMA ’s Unframed blog recently profiled the work of contractor Clark Construction to build the concrete structure for the Peter Zumthor -designed $750 million new David Geffen Galleries extension. Being able to achieve and balance the structural and architectural requirements, it's a feat unto itself."

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Narrow timber columns frame interiors of home in Japan by IGArchitects

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Drawing both on the nearby trees and traditional timber homes in Japan, IGArchitects designed the structure around a narrow grid of timber columns that act as a means of organising the flexible interiors. Above all, it would be more dramatic if the interior could not be imagined from the exterior, wouldn't it?"

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