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Eco-Friendly Roofing Materials

Aric Gitomer Architect

Every homeowner must replace their roof shingles at some point. You must keep this in mind if you are building a new home. Roofs are the “guardians” of your home. Their primary job to withstand harsh weather makes it necessary for you to select a high-quality roof for your home. Solar Power Roof. Corrugated Roof.

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

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Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The private spaces are stacked vertically in the original part of building while the new lower ground living space stretches out horizontally. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Noe Valley by Faulkner Architects

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On the boards in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood is a new house for a three-peat client of Faulkner Architects. Four levels that include a shared garage, pool and garden along with roof top deck allow uncommon amenity for a city lot. An open plan builds spatial connection between the neighborhood and garden.

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Klein Dytham Architecture wraps Karuizawa Commongrounds Bookstore with "flowing" steel roof

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Tokyo-based studio Klein Dytham Architecture has designed a bookstore wrapped with an undulating steel roof resembling "outstretched arms" in Nagano, Japan. It sits at the centre of a larger complex comprised of five neighbouring buildings that include a delicatessen, restaurant and pre-school.

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Odile Decq builds all-glass Maison de Verre for client with vision loss

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Architect Odile Decq has completed a house in France with walls of translucent glass, to create the optimal lighting conditions for a client with vision impairment. The project shares its name with the iconic French house built by architects Pierre Chareau and Bernard Bijvoet in 1932, which famously has walls of glass blocks.

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Gabion Walls Made of Volcanic Rock Flank a Flat-Roofed Farmhouse in Australia

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Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The clients erected and filled the gabion walls themselves. The building also creates shelter for a small but stunning garden; this complex ecosystem sits in contrast to the rolling green pasture. "To

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Midcentury-Style Butterfly Roofs Top Off These Luxe Prefab Homes

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Welcome to Prefab Profiles , an ongoing series of interviews with people transforming how we build houses. Stillwater homes are built by LEED-certified architects, and the company says it is committed to sustainable practices. Stillwater Dwellings creates soaring, estate-worthy residences that start at $500 per square foot.

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