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Learning Landscapes under Roof Landscapes / Sehw Architektur

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Completed in 2023 in Essen, Germany. Images by Helin Bereket. Sehw Architektur’s latest project once again exemplifies the three pillars of Sehw’s architecture. The new timber building in the existing ensemble.

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Learning Landscapes under Roof Landscapes by Sehw Architektur

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The design of the new timber building on the existing school campus mediates between the existing and new buildings by continuing the gabled roofs of the post-war modernist style and transform. The newly created “learning village” with its four buildings in the centre of the city achieves just that.

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10 new architectural landscapes & outdoor spaces we liked this week

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by MA | Morris Adjmi Architects ↑ Powell Residence in Palm Springs, CA, by Studio AR&D Architects ↑ Greenwich Village School Green Roof—PS41 in New York, NY, by MBB Architects ; Photo: Charles de Vaivre ↑ LAND Community Center in Xi'an, China, by Atelier Ping Jiang | EID Arch ; Landscape: GZ.S.P.I.

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Modular, Photovoltaic, Green or Blue Roofs: How to Choose the Best Waterproofing System?

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Image © Jakub Certowicz Among the "Five Points of New Architecture" formulated by Le Corbusier , terrace gardens figure as a way to take advantage of a building's so-called fifth facade, either as leisure areas or landscaping spaces. There are traces in Mesopotamia and vernacular architecture from Greek and Arab civilizations. Read more »

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Aleš Fiala blends Czech winery into landscape beneath curved green roof

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A sweeping, grass-topped concrete roof creates an artificial hill to conceal the Gurdau Winery in the Czech Republic , which has been designed by local practice Aleš Fiala Studio. Where the sloping roof meets the ground, it blends with a series of winding concrete walls supporting planters around a paved patio.

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This double-curved roof house by Mecanoo is covered in slick multicolored tiles

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Mecanoo has designed a distinctive residence with a striking double-curved roof and ceramic tile-covered façade in Schoorl, a village in northern Holland. Called Villa BW, it spans three floors, with an additional level within the hood of the roof. Image: Ossip van Duivenbode, courtesy Mecanoo.

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This Landscape Architect Disguised His Backyard Addition in Sydney With a Green Roof

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The house is for a landscape architect and his family, and the garden was a central focus from the beginning of the process. The roof to the living space is densely planted and its concrete structure provides enough depth for the plants to thrive.