Architizer

APRIL 4, 2024

Nestled in the heart of America, Arkansas is rich in natural beauty and cultural heritage. Known for its picturesque landscapes, including the majestic Ozark Mountains and the winding Arkansas River, the state’s architecture is grounded in its natural surroundings.

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Deezen

JUNE 5, 2023

Mexican studio Colectivo C733 has created a brick music school in Nacajuca, Mexico that includes two structures and a lofty, cantilevered roof made of coconut wood. Double brick walls support the roof structure The social space also holds a mezzanine stage for workshops and local musicians.

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Deezen

MARCH 23, 2024

An angular roof wrapped in translucent red-mesh panels crowns this Y-shaped pavilion in Sydney , designed by local studio Sam Crawford Architects. The building is raised on a low-lying concrete step The red-mesh roof pitches towards the building edges and is designed to provide solar protection to clerestory windows along the facade.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Architecture studio Edition Office has created a three-bedroom house with a cutout roof and fibre-cement cladding in Mossy Point, Australia. The cutout roof forms a striking outdoor dining area in the centre of the home Fulfilling its clients' request, Edition Office designed a cutout roof that resembles a bird's mouth.

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Deezen

APRIL 1, 2024

Located on the northern shore of Lake Constance in the Radolfzell district, the timber building contains sports courts and a stage for events, unified by a cantilevered roof overhead. Wood has always been a traditional building material in this region too. The photography is by Brigida González.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Thatched roofs, recycled bricks and bundles of sticks were used to construct this hostel on Shanghai 's Chongming Island, which Chinese studio RooMoo has organised around two existing buildings. In terms of overall space arrangement and planning, Som Land focuses on nature and humanistic traditions."

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Deezen

MARCH 13, 2024

Pyramidal Corten steel roofs define a distillery designed by ODOS Architects on the outskirts of Monasterevin in rural County Kildare, Ireland. The buildings of the old Ballykelly mill now contain exhibition halls and flexible office space for the Church of Oak, and are topped with a new roof terrace.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

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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Deezen

JANUARY 15, 2024

"Characterized by an intricate coastline and a burgeoning wine-making industry, the landscape and sense of place can be distilled to fields and shoreline," said Toronto-based StudioAC. Its form and materiality were influenced by the region's agrarian architecture. The flooring is concrete with radiant heating.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Designed to blend in with the landscape, the home is built around rocks and features exposed natural materials that reference the surrounding stones and pine trees. The form is a response to the context of simple vernacular homes, and serves as a counterpoint to the beautiful and rugged natural landscape," said Kundig.

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Deezen

MAY 29, 2023

Chinese practice Wang Chong Studio used rustic stone walls and a sloping roof to help this art museum blend into its rocky site in China's Henan Province. Taihang Xinyu Art Museum was designed by Wang Chong Studio The architects also topped the museum with a sculptural tiled roof designed to appear to grow out of the landscape.

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Habitus Living

AUGUST 13, 2023

A handful of key features of this new house stand out straight away – the clean, minimalist lines that are all the more effective for their scale and strong geometry; a restrained selection of timbers and concrete; fluidity between indoors and outdoors; and, perhaps most strikingly, the connection to nature.

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Deezen

AUGUST 23, 2022

Marion Mailaender has designed nature-informed interiors for Hotel Rosalie. Greenery is incorporated into every aspect of Mailaender 's design for the 60-room hotel, including a plant-filled terrace and a hidden roof garden. Inside, Mailaender has included plenty of nature-inspired elements.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Rammed earth walls and an organic colour scheme help this South African family lodge designed by architecture practice Studio Asaï to blend into its natural surroundings. For Tembo Tembo, we decided to use it as the main material for the entire house." The photography is by Adrien Dirand.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

"The intervention sought to be as least intrusive as possible, keeping the original character of the land practically untouched and without affecting the shelter tree around which the house is implanted, molding itself to its imposing morphology and merging with the landscape.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In the environs of Valle de Bravo, Casa Rancho Avándaro is a weekend retreat designed primarily to make the most of its extensive natural surroundings. The house is a commanding presence on the landscape, striking a balance between the well-tended gardens and the imposing stone buildings.

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Habitus Living

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Designed to embrace the beauty of the natural environment and provide the perfect balance of form and function, this double-storey extension seamlessly blends into the existing weatherboard worker’s cottage. Materiality throughout is an important consideration that works hand-in-hand with the architectural form.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Indonesian practice Stilt Studios has completed a series of "nature-centric" villas for the Grün Uluwatu resort in Bali , which are elevated on steel columns to sit among the tree canopy. This approach allows for a more sustainable and harmonious coexistence between the built environment and nature,” he added.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Due to its location on the edge of the Česky Kras nature reserve southwest of Prague, the project was required to visually blend in with the local vernacular, with regulations specifying a simple gable-roof form with rounded eaves. Meanwhile, the roof is lined with traditional tiles called bobrovka.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Toronto-based StudioAC has completed a residence east of the city, in a landscape characterized by an “intricate coastline and a bourgeoning wine-making industry.” Above, large dormer windows bring additional natural light into the space.

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Deezen

MAY 4, 2023

A curved roof tops Byró Architekti's Cabin Above the Town, a red timber-clad cabin informed by the surrounding Czech hills. Cabin Above Town was designed by Byró Architekti Taking inspiration from the local landscape, Prague studio Byró Architekti designed the home to have a sweeping form following the curves of the surrounding landscape.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

The reception counter is clad in oxblood-coloured tiles from Heath Ceramics It took 17 months to overhaul the complex of blackened-wood buildings, which are topped with mono-pitched roofs of different heights and opposing directions. The post Home Studios uses local materials to renovate Northern California hotel appeared first on Dezeen.

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Deezen

JUNE 4, 2023

An undulating green roof and timber cladding help this Suffolk house by MAP Architecture and Jon Broome Architects, which was designed to Passivhaus standards, blend into the surrounding wetland. The internal ceiling battens are made using an Ash facing piece with a softwood core to allow the battens to follow the roof curve," said Mawson.

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Deezen

JUNE 6, 2022

Francois Verhoeven Architects has completed a house in a Dutch village featuring a roof with three sloping sections that incorporate skylights , sedum and concealed solar panels. But looking at the wider area where this house is built the strictly controlled landscaping and city planning worked out very well.".

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Dwell

AUGUST 3, 2022

PAD Studio replaced a rundown cottage with a new gable-roofed timber design that looks as if it’d been there all along. The L-shaped plan comprises two pitched-roof volumes clad in timber battens and white render in reference to neighboring A-frame chalets.

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Deezen

JUNE 29, 2023

Located on the shores of Da Bang Lake in the Chau Duc District in Vietnam, the home was commissioned by an elderly couple and designed by H2 to bring them and their grandchildren closer to nature. It is enveloped by a forest and was built from local scrap materials to reduce its impact on the surrounding landscape.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Next in our Designing for Disaster series, we spotlight Pop Up, Danish studio Tredje Natur's bold proposal for cities to build floating car parks on top of flood-preventing reservoirs. It would also shelter a public garden on the roof from surrounding noise. Tredje Natur was founded in the same year. It is kind of pragmatic."

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Architizer

MARCH 13, 2023

Learn more and register > Architecture and landscape mirror one another. Each practice curates an assembly of materials, ideas, light and form to bring concepts to life. At the heart of landscape architecture is a deep appreciation for process and time. Museums are cornerstones of culture.

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Architecture Ideas

MAY 31, 2022

Good architecture celebrates design with nature. While homes are your go-to places to feel secure, sustainable homes make a promise of safety to the natural environment. Let’s look at a few of the sustainable homes across the globe with a deep amalgamation of nature within the built environment. Source: kibrisemlakmerkezi.com.

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Deezen

JANUARY 6, 2022

Mumbai studio Sanjay Puri Architects has designed a building for Prestige University in India that will feature a stepped green roof punctuated with courtyards. The building's grass-covered roof will be stepped up from its north side, making its entire surface area an accessible terrace to be enjoyed by students and staff.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The following rural retreats also seek to make the most of the country’s rich and surreal landscapes. The houses below are the product of architectural experimentation with design forms, local materials and vernacular styles, ultimately seeking to live harmoniously with their surroundings. Easterbrook House. Cora House. Island Retreat.

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Architizer

JANUARY 31, 2023

Architecture is defined by materials. One of the most significant designers in contemporary architecture, Kengo Kuma ’s work builds upon a legacy of Japanese craftsmanship while rethinking how we use materials. Old tiles for both the screen and the roof came from local houses. Subscribe to our newsletter for updates.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Named the Refuge, the project is a walled pavilion containing a square building and swimming pond – a swimming pool with a natural filtration system. The Refuge has a curved concrete roof that spans across the length of the pavilion. Cutouts in the solid concrete walls were located to frame views of the landscape. Interior: ILB.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Construction often requires a rewriting of the landscape. Rather than asserting dominance over a landscape, the architect allows it to shape their vision. Rocks excavated during the home’s construction have been fused into the fabric of the building; still a part of their native landscape yet reframed and imbued with fresh purpose.

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Architizer

AUGUST 22, 2022

The idea of the scheme is to make it a part of nature to heighten the dining experience for the user. The new restaurant will not only provide people with a place to enjoy the scenery, but it will also become a landscape embellished on the coastline.”. The total height of the roof canopy is just below forty feet. Register here

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Deezen

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Ten Eyck Landscape Architects has restored a "recreational heart" to a downtown park in Austin , Texas with vernacular buildings, play spaces and a revitalized ecosystem. Ten Eyck Landscape Architects restored the downtown park in Austin. Visitors are encouraged to interact with nature. The team restored a 1920s Tudor cottage.

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Deezen

MAY 10, 2022

A wavy roof tops the dwelling. Our concept was to return to the roots of the hacienda in terms of form and material," the studio said. Over time, however, the hacienda morphed into boxy structures made of concrete and stucco, with asphalt for roofing. The roof is covered in local clay tiles. Photo is by JAG Studio.

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