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Laura Killam Architecture tops beachside cabin with slanted roof in Canada

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Vancouver studio Laura Killam Architecture has created a beachside cabin in British Columbia with a slanted roof that responds to the site's climate. The 650-square-foot (60-square metre) cabin is organised into two offset volumes that are connected by an interior passageway while a tilted, cedar-shingled roof covers the structure.

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A Butterfly Roof Tops an "Upside-Down" House Built for Aging in Place

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Its position on the site means it gets ample sunlight all through the year. The overhanging butterfly roof provides solar shading to south facing high level windows in summer. A key ambition for the project was to make the most of the flat fenland landscape, which means you can see for miles. "The

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WXCA creates "chiselled-out monolithic block" for Polish History Museum

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Local studio WXCA has completed the Polish History Museum and Polish Army Museum alongside a new public square on the site of the former Warsaw Citadel in Poland. A sedum roof tops the building "Contemporary museums are not just about the exhibits," explained Wroński.

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Architectural Association students use foraged wood to build "open-air laboratory"

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The students constructed Field Station as part of the Architectural Association's Design + Make Programme, which also saw the construction of Sawmill Shelter in 2017. Each component was scanned and placed into a computer model before areas for each connection were cut using a robotic arm.

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Ten key projects by AIA Gold Medal-winning architects David Lake and Ted Flato

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The structure is solar-powered and has a series of chains that collect rainwater and channel it to reclamation systems, which is managed on-site. Dramatic cantilevers in the roofing system and in a viewing platform add a sense of width to the property. Inside, an open-air boardwalk connects the two ends of the house's upper layer.

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Objektor reveals monolithic concrete cemetery outside of Prague

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We proposed a scheme that naturally interacts with the site, using the concept of horizontality in proposed elements to make the existing chapel and mature trees stand out." Understanding the existing conditions was the crucial starting point," he continued. "We

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7.3.2024 Thursday - Dari Balai Karangan ke Tawangmanggu

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I spend the afternoon writing over Sean's original text for 'Dari Balai Karangan ke Tawangmanggu' - an article recording the journey between the two schools we helped design and build in Indonesia between 2017 and 2020. April 2017. We are in constant contact with Craig who brief us about site progress.

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