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JANUARY 5, 2024

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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NOVEMBER 12, 2023

An oversized stepped roof that doubles as an "amphitheatre for the city" tops BBT Hilltop, a burger restaurant in Kuwait City designed by architecture studio TAEP/AAP. Above, the overhanging roof provides additional seating as well as a flexible events space that TAEP/AAP designed to be used for outdoor cinemas, parties and concerts.

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Deezen

MARCH 29, 2024

Mumbai-based architecture studio Sanjay Puri Architects has designed a swirling community centre with a sloping green roof in Rajasthan, India. Between the museum and library, further multifunctional spaces curve through the building and flank the stepped amphitheatre and stage outside.

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Deezen

APRIL 26, 2024

London studio Mae Architects has created Harriet Hardy House in Southwark, a block of 119 social homes complete with a community centre and cafe. Commissioned by Southwark Council, the housing forms part of the Aylesbury estate redevelopment and is organised in a U-shape around a central courtyard.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A blocky form animated by hit-and-miss brickwork defines Peckham House, a self-build project by architecture studio Surman Weston that draws on its surroundings in southeast London. There is a greenhouse on the roof It was also critical that Peckham House felt "rooted in its context", Surman said.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

Local studio Oliver Leech Architects has extended a Victorian terrace house in south London, introducing a four-metre-wide skylight at its centre that offers views of a wildflower meadow roof. The extension features a window seat overlooking the rear courtyard Oliver Leech Architects was founded in 2016.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 24, 2024

On behalf of Ipse de Bruggen, MoederscheimMoonen Architects has designed a new movement center on the Hooge Burch care estate in Zwammerdam. This new complex is an integral part of the many innovations on the site, where approximately 500 clients live and recreate amidst a green environment.

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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.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Composed of three distinct buildings – a main house, guesthouse and writer's studio – the project was designed for a California-based couple who manage an independent record label.

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Deezen

MARCH 13, 2024

London studio Woo Architects will employ the principles of a circular economy for its design of the UK Pavilion at the Expo 2025 Osaka , which will have a reversible gridded structure. It is being designed by Woo Architects alongside Japanese contractor ES Global, which has said the modular structure will also enable rapid construction.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2023

Studio Symbiosis has completed a villa in Delhi, India , that rises up from its landscaped grounds, forming a terraced roof that is covered with plants to maximise the site's green area. A stepped walkway built into the ramp-like roof form leads up from the entrance to a shaded outdoor living space. It was constructed from concrete.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

British studio Moxon Architects has repurposed a small cluster of 19th-century farm buildings in Aberdeenshire, Scotland , into a guesthouse , glasshouse and private artist's studio. The glasshouse does not follow a vernacular pattern, it is a new form, but it carries the same spirit [as the original building].

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The new building is the response to the challenge to design a modern day bodega. To accomplish the clients’ vision, the studio of debartolo architects began by imagining the site populated with grid of native desert trees, and carved out space for a simple building.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2023

British studio Will Gamble Architects used natural materials throughout Palm Springs, a glazed extension to the back of a Grade II-listed house in north London. Large windows connect the interior to the garden In addition to extending the home, Will Gamble Architects refurbished and rearranged its existing interior.

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Deezen

JUNE 21, 2023

Local architecture firm In Situ Studio wrapped an art museum visitor centre in Raleigh, North Carolina with darkened steel and cantilevered a roof with an aperture over its patio. In Situ Studio designed the 1,158-square foot (108-square metre) welcome building for the large park that surrounds the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA).

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Deezen

APRIL 12, 2024

Promotion : Swiss furniture brand Vitra is expanding its European presence through a programme of showroom openings in renovated, distinctive historic buildings. The space contains offices for Vitra local staff and also functions as a place for the brand to host architects and designers. What suits it?

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A small triangular site guided the geometric form of Butterfly House, an accessible home that London studio Oliver Leech Architects has added to the corner of a garden in Surrey. Butterfly House is designed to be accessible for the client's elderly mother Three volumes topped with pitched roofs intersect to form the two-bedroom house.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 15, 2023

Photo © Koichi Torimura By necessity, the detached building housing a two-car garage and guest room is situated on the east side, where the elevation gap is smallest, but the client requested that the main house weave around the difficult site conditions. Source by Takeshi Hirobe Architects.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 5, 2023

An "urban farm" rooftop garden , planted terraces and a fish-pond atrium characterise this renovated house in Melbourne , designed by Austin Maynard Architects. The renovated site now includes five distinct garden areas. This left a dwelling that the studio described as "muddled, confused, dark and in a sad state of disrepair".

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Mole Architects fleshed out a prefab timber frame with passive house design principles, and placed living areas on the second level to provide its retiree-owner with great views. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share?

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Deezen

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Natural materials and large windows overlooking a garden are used to create an atmosphere of warmth and comfort at this dental clinic in Japan, designed by local studio TSC Architects. It is lined with different-sized tiles, which complement the facades of the building. The photography is courtesy of TSC Architects.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Photos © studiohanswilschut CasaNova Rotterdam Tower Building News The Muse and CasaNova In the wake of the economic crisis, Barcode Architects took the initiative in 2013 to develop a tower on the Wijnhaven 69 plot, where The Muse now stands. As light changes, the strong relief in the stone constantly gives the building a new look.

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Deezen

JANUARY 5, 2024

French architecture practice TVK has completed a neighbourhood in Paris made up of limestone buildings surrounding a garden and designed as a sustainable development that aims to increase biodiversity. We chose to use mainly limestone from the Paris region – it's the same one used to build the Haussmann buildings."

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Helsinki-based JKMM Architects used glulam and black spruce cladding to relate the Chappe Art House to surrounding timber structures in the coastal town of Tammisaari, Finland. JKMM Architects designed the Chappe Art House "Chappe is a place for encounters and encountering art," JKMM Architects founding partner Asmo Jaaksi told Dezeen. "In

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Deezen

MAY 7, 2024

Chinese studio More Architecture used a large zigzagging roof to shelter Floating Hotel, which is dramatically positioned among the bamboo forests and mountains of Dachangping, China. We wanted to create a large roof that brings people together, and allows them to enjoy the wonderful surroundings in which the hotel is set," he added.

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Deezen

MARCH 2, 2023

US studio CLB Architects has designed a cedar-clad home and barn in Wyoming for clients who love horses and wanted to return their property to its historic roots as a working ranch. CLB Architects gave the home a long, low roof To design the project, the team drew upon the site's history as a working cattle ranch.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

London studio Coffey Architects has completed Modern Barn, a home in Dorset, UK , that mimics a cluster of timber-clad barns in order to blend in with the surrounding landscape. Oak panelling on the interiors is intended to reflect a warm light from the home's skylights, as well as provide space for the client's print collection.

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Deezen

APRIL 29, 2022

We need support from international clients now," said Alexey Gulesha, co-owner of interior design studio Sivak+Partners. "I Our work has been completely stopped, since the studio mainly worked on the Ukrainian market," said architect and designer Rina Lovko. The entire team is now out of work due to the situation," she told Dezeen.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

Danish studio CF Møller Architects has revealed plans for a multi-purpose arena in the centre of Bergen , Norway, which will host a range of events including sports games, concerts and exhibitions. It will be topped with "the crown" – a scalloped and perforated volume designed as an "iconic" feature for the building.

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MARCH 22, 2022

Kite-like canopies and geometric roofs shelter the spaces of this factory by Studio Saar , which sits atop a seasonal lake in Sanand, India. Four individual buildings housing an entrance area, utility bay, factory hall and canteen space set in a natural landscape comprise the development.

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e-architect

JUNE 29, 2023

The first layer is a stone base embedded in the ground, which protects and anchors the building on steep slopes. In the Swiss House, we have similarly constructed a concrete base for the building, accommodating commercial space on the ground floor and a technical zone. It includes two two-storey apartments with scenic views.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 22, 2024

MAD Architects announces the design for the upcoming construction of Lishui Airport in Zhejiang Province. Image © MAD Ma Yansong, the founder of MAD Architects stated, “Lishui is a garden city, and her airport should also be in a garden. million passengers by 2030, 5 million by 2050, and an additional international terminal in plan.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2023

Specht Architects has designed a symmetrical glass pavilion in The Berkshires in Massachusetts that was created as a residence and a place to showcase antiques. The axial approach includes replanted natural grasses The roof extends to create a 15-foot (4.5-metre) The photography is by Dror Baldinger.

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Architonic

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Although the couple's living space was important, they also needed a spacious interior capable of accommodating a large number of guests, as the clients often entertained visitors related to their work or hobbies. The roof blocks the view from the surroundings while bringing the sky into the interior.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Drawing on a simple material palette of plywood and corrugated metal, architect Rafe Maclean designs a certified Passive House on a steep, challenging lot in Dunedin. Around a decade ago, New Zealand–based architect Rafe Maclean designed a house. "We Rafe’s build started with a tight budget and a challenging lot. "It

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Deezen

JANUARY 13, 2022

Spanish studio EMBT has designed a brick-and-plaster-clad church in Ferrara, Italy , which has a copper roof informed by hot air balloons and an interior that aims to be a modern take on primitive churches. The shape of the church roof nods to hot air balloons. The shape of the church roof nods to hot air balloons.

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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. Built as a second home for a family of four, the building sits on a ribbon of land between a golf course and Copake Lake in Upstate New York. Windows provide framed views.

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