Archinect

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Energy-positive home with innovative biobased facade This remarkable sustainable home is equipped with biobased insulation and a wooden facade finished with fungus paint. The home's understated design and dark facade and roof make it not only aesthetically appealing but also invisibly energy-neutral.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2024

Indian architecture studio Nowhere has renovated a house in Hyderabad called Mayalogili, coating it with a rough red-brown plaster made with brick and marble dust produced during the project. On the roof of Mayalogili is a small pavilion-like space, clad entirely in thin, translucent marble panels. The photography is by Vivek Eadara.

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designboom

JULY 19, 2023

the ground floor was also maximized and finished with natural materials like marble and refined veneers. The post belgian thatched-roof house gets a sleek pavilion extension by mieke van herck architects appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2024

Tokyo-based studio Klein Dytham Architecture has designed a bookstore wrapped with an undulating steel roof resembling "outstretched arms" in Nagano, Japan. Named Karuizawa Commongrounds Bookstore, the 495-square-metre bookstore is an extension of a two-storey building previously used as a seminar house by Tokyo's Aoyama Gakuin University.

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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2024

Chinese studio Wutopia Lab has used wave-shaped roofs of blue aluminium and translucent fabric to transform an industrial yard in Shanghai into a mixed-use cultural space. I designed the roof of the architecture as an undulating mountain shape, resembling a tent settling on the site," explained Yu. The photography is by CreatAR Images.

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Deezen

MAY 17, 2024

Liverpool studio Smith Young Architects has completed Vestige, a house in northwest England with a brick base built from the remnants of a previous structure on the site. It replaces an old house on the site that was in poor condition. Wooden finishes complement the tactile brickwork.

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Deezen

APRIL 23, 2024

"The North Fork is a place of simple barns, farms and quaint harbors, and it is from there that we drew our inspiration for the buildings of the house," said Texas-based Lake Flato Architects , the founders of which recently received the AIA Gold Medal. In the winter, the house can be buttoned up and protected from harsh coastal weather.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Situated in a woodland clearing in the village of Waasmunster, the expanded home has been clad in timber planks and topped by a thatched roof, both chosen as they will gradually weather and blend in with the surroundings. The photography is courtesy of Britsom Philips.

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Dwell

MARCH 21, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The roof extension is built in a timber frame structure with exposed beams. The roof extension is built in a timber frame structure with exposed beams. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Dwell

JANUARY 2, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Their vision was to create a modern house nestled in the backyard while preserving the charm of their existing 1940s, 850-square-foot Arts and Crafts bungalow. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

MAY 11, 2024

New York studio BoND has "brought back the simplicity" to this modernist home on Fire Island by stripping away finishes from previous renovations and adjusting the internal layout. The post BoND revives mid-century Sears Catalog kit house in Fire Island Pines appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Chris Mottalini.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Architecture studio Ingenhoven Architects has created a series of buildings topped with large, overhanging thatched roofs for the Lanserhof Sylt health resort on the Germany island of Sylt. Its building is topped with a thatch roof that measures 7,100 square metres – making it the largest in Europe.

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2022

A hipped roof covered in stepped tiles tops this extension to a home on a suburban estate in Epsom, Surrey , designed by London-based studio Oliver Leech Architects. Hipped House is a home in Epson, Surrey that was designed by Oliver Leech Architects. The studio covered the roof in stepped tiles. Photography is by Ståle Eriksen.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2023

California studio Field Architecture designed this Sonoma Valley house out of a trio of fanning copper-clad pavilions with butterfly roofs. Named Madrone Ridge, the 4,920 square-foot (460 square-metre) house sits within the watershed of northern California's Russian River. the studio said. "By

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Architizer

OCTOBER 3, 2022

DUNN HOUSE – The project transforms the typical morphology of sloping roofs to create a new language, with overhanging overhangs, marked slopes and intermediate extractions. Karen Gutiérrez Pereyra: I wanted the house not to have pre-cooked language. And I usually designed with flat roofs. Year: 2021. © KG + STUDIO.

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Deezen

JULY 31, 2022

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. Oak trees protect the home from glare and heat.

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Deezen

JULY 13, 2022

Japanese practice Nori Architects has completed Minimum House in Toyota, Japan , as a "new prototype of urban housing" designed to reduce construction waste and be easily repaired or adapted in the future. Minimum House was designed by Nori Architects. The rooms are connected by a straight wooden stair.

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Deezen

JANUARY 2, 2024

A zigzagging plan was used to bring "spatial depth" to the small site of House in Fujiidera, a family home in Osaka , Japan , designed by local studio FujiwaraMuro Architects. Created for a family of four on a narrow site, the home is formed of a cluster of blocks with contrasting finishes that intersect around a series of small courtyards.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Granary House is a two-storey guesthouse featuring a slate roof, a roof terrace and a slatted timber facade that integrates sliding panels. Granary House is a two-bedroom guesthouse in Arouca. The house has a dynamic facade of sliding wooden screens and glass doors. The house smells like wood a lot," she continued.

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Deezen

MAY 1, 2024

Located along the Kona Coast on the island of Hawaii , the house was designed for a family who wanted a functional and beautiful retreat that was minimalist in spirit. The project, called Hale Kiawe, is a phrased combining the name of the trees and the Hawaiian word for house. The photography is by Matthew Millman.

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Deezen

JULY 29, 2023

A mono-pitch roof and raw material finishes characterise Horse House, an equestrian centre that architecture practice Wiercinski Studio has added to a stable in rural Poland. The Horse House fits into a densely built-up plot with a house, existing stables and farm buildings," he continued.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Vertical louvres adorn the facades of The H Residence, a mixed-use housing complex completed by architecture studio Tariq Khayyat Design Partners in Dubai. Additionally, private walkways and ramps lead out from the housing units to provide direct access to the central plaza and lobby to improve accessibility.

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Dwell

MARCH 21, 2022

Oliver Leech Architects designs an extension with a hipped roof and combines gray tile and timber for the cladding. Photo by Ståle Eriksen To start fresh, the firm performed a gut renovation and added a two-story extension with a hipped roof at the rear. "We projects to use these elegant handmade tiles.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Raw finishes and "as found" materials informed by brutalist architecture are used throughout this home , which Portuguese studio Atelier Local has created on a nature reserve near Porto. Called House in Ancede, the house sits on the site of a former stone ruin that it was required to roughly match in terms of its footprint and volume.

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The Architecture Designs

APRIL 12, 2023

A sloped garage is not only aesthetically pleasing, but it also provides more protection from the elements than a flat roof. When constructing or repairing a sloped roof garage, knowing what materials best suit the job is important. This helps the roof to last up to 30 years.

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Deezen

AUGUST 31, 2022

An oversized gabled roof sits atop this Mexican countryside home by local architecture studio Estudio Atemporal, creating a covered space that extends the living room outside. Located roughly two hours driving from the Mexican capital, the 143-square-metre house was completed as a retreat for a city-dwelling family.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2024

Dezeen's top five houses of the month for January include an "unyielding" travertine-clad holiday home on the Danish coast and a fluted concrete villa built into a Spanish hillside. Alternating bands of glazing and fluted concrete wrap the four-storey home, with the studio intending for the facade to develop a natural patina over time.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2022

Brazilian architecture studio Debaixo do Bloco Arquitetura has built a concrete home in Brasília made up of three volumes, each lit by a central light well carved out of its angular roof. The house in Brasília is formed from concrete. "A Each of the volumes has an angular roof that pitches towards the centre, forming a light well.

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designboom

JUNE 18, 2023

the facade and sloping roof are finished with untreated bamboo slats that harmonize with the surrounding greenery. The post protruding windows bring nature inside spee architecten’s sustainable house in holland appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

MAY 14, 2024

Terracotta-coloured facades and warm wood-lined interiors define Mid Terrace Dream, a terraced house in north London renovated and extended by local studio Collective Works. Collective Works has expanded the home, which it said was previously "run down", with two adjoining pitched-roof volumes at the rear and a full dormer to expand its loft.

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Deezen

AUGUST 31, 2023

Steeply-pitched roofs animate two of the homes in this roundup , which spotlights Dezeen's top five houses of the month for August 2023. Also on the list is a dwelling decorated with shiny green tiles, a trapezoidal concrete home and a beach house clad in blackened wood.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

US studio Robert Gurney Architect has completed a beachfront house in Delaware consisting of "simple and pure forms" wrapped in white cedar, salvaged barn wood and fibre-cement panels. Named after the community where it is located, the Cotton Patch Hills House sits on an oceanfront site in Bethany Beach, Delaware.

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Deezen

MARCH 28, 2024

US studio Michael Hennessey Architecture has revitalised an ageing suburban house near San Francisco , adding black cladding and bright finishes to form a family home that bridges the past, present and future. The roof is covered in standing-seam metal. The ground level contains a family room and a garage.

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Deezen

MAY 19, 2023

Girona-based Arquitecturia , led by Josep Camps and Olga Felip, designed House 016 to foster a close connection to both its site, which is surrounded by lawns and trees, and the internal garden. The post Arquitecturia designs Catalan house as cluster of pavilions around garden appeared first on Dezeen.

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Dwell

APRIL 4, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The creation of an almost totally enclosed courtyard garden in the center of the house was one way of dealing with this. An ‘outdoor’ room with a fireplace and roof is enclosed by insect screens.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Irregularly placed square openings puncture the thick concrete exterior of SV House in Portugal , recently completed by architecture studio Spaceworkers. From the outside, they are an important element in the composition of the elevations and in the perception of the occupation of the house, but without revealing too much," the studio said.

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Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2022

An enormous thatched roof structure with open sides covers the communal areas of this home perched on a rocky cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Mexico by Zozaya Arquitectos. The dramatic surroundings feature steep, rocky topography, lending the project the name Casa Acantilado — or Cliff House. Design team: Enrique Zozaya, Jose?

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