Archinect

APRIL 19, 2024

MBB designed the expansion of an existing building for Grace Church School in New York City, adding a new top floor structure for a double-height gymnasium and athletic center. The design solution creates a warm and inviting interior environment filled with natural light from an array of long skylights and large windows.

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Archinect

JANUARY 19, 2024

Johnston Architects, in association with James Cutler Architects, designed the new library for the city of Maple Valley. Walls of windows in each corner and high clerestories along the length of the building extend the library’s connection to nature through airy design. The main reading room completes the U.

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Deezen

MAY 10, 2024

Local studio Emil Eve Architects has revamped the Aden Grove house in east London , adding loft and rear extensions characterised by angular forms and terracotta tiles. The terraced Victorian home in Newington Green required an update due to its dark interior and series of narrow, disjointed rooms, said Emil Eve Architects.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 28, 2023

On the boards in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood is a new house for a three-peat client of Faulkner Architects. The new design respects the site’s long-standing use as a multi family house with an embedded accessory dwelling unit at the garden level.

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Deezen

JANUARY 12, 2024

Infrastructure consultants AECOM and Spanish architecture studio Luis Vidal + Architects have created a terminal for Boston 's Logan Airport capped by a long, bright-red roof. The standing-seam metal roof was painted in Boston Red, a shade of prismatic paint custom-developed for the project at Monopol Color Lab in Switzerland.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Architecture studio Proctor & Shaw has topped a home extension with a steeply-angled roof clad with red pigmented zinc in East Dulwich, London. Home to a family of seven, Proctor & Shaw designed the project as an extension to an existing Edwardian house, extending the ground-floor kitchen and dining room.

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Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2023

Lime-washed bricks and a black overhanging roof characterise this house that Dutch studio Chris Collaris Architects has completed in a verdant garden near Eindhoven , the Netherlands. On the upper storeys, the timber joists of the roof are expressed in the bedrooms and family bathroom.

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Deezen

APRIL 23, 2024

American firm Lake Flato Architects has completed a family retreat on Long Island that consists of three barn-like structures wrapped in cedar and constructed using prefabricated timber elements. Gabled roofs cover each building Timber was used for the structural framing, and many components were fabricated off-site.

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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2024

Chinese studio Wutopia Lab has used wave-shaped roofs of blue aluminium and translucent fabric to transform an industrial yard in Shanghai into a mixed-use cultural space. A large circular window is positioned at the rear. "I The post Wave-shaped roofs top cultural space in Shanghai by Wutopia Lab appeared first on Dezeen.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Bate Borisov Arena / OFIS Architects. By assembling architectural components such as walls, roofs, windows and doors, the building is enclosed to provide protection and insulation, playing a determining role in the energy efficiency, comfort, structure, and durability of the project. Read more »

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Deezen

DECEMBER 31, 2022

A large steel-framed roof shelters the Misc restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta, which was designed by local studio Sam Crawford Architects to replace a cafe that was severely damaged by fire. An oversized roof shelters this restaurant pavilion in Sydney. Large black trusses support the pitched roof.

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Deezen

MAY 1, 2024

American studio Walker Warner Architects has completed Hale Kiawe, a family retreat with simple, gabled forms are set within an undulating landscape dotted with chunky lava rocks. Walker Warner Architects designed the retreat with simple, gabled forms For a 4.7 (1.9-hectare)

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Deezen

JULY 3, 2022

From circular openings in an Indonesian dwelling to the lofty skylights of an English barn-style house, our latest lookbook features 10 residential interiors with striking windows. Architects and designers often use unusual windows in their projects to create visual interest within both residential and commercial interiors.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Chinese studio MUDA Architects has designed a lakeside bookshop in Chengdu featuring a roof that resembles an upturned book and windows that extend below the water level. The Xinglong Lake Citic Bookstore was designed by MUDA Architects. The Xinglong Lake Citic Bookstore was designed by MUDA Architects.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Chinese studio Vector Architects has completed a monolithic, concrete concert hall in the coastal resort of Aranya in Qinhuangdao. Located centrally within the town's public square, the three-pronged concrete structure was designed as an intimate space for musical performances.

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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. The building is largely made from spruce wood "The Lake Constance region is characterised by its rural structures," studio architect Michaela Afife told Dezeen.

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Archinect

JANUARY 9, 2024

For this competition-winning project, Edmonds + Lee Architects teamed up with a local developer to acquire a city-owned parcel on Octavia Boulevard. We designed a wide variety of unit configurations, maximizing spatial diversity on each floor as well as emphasizing access to sunlight, air, and a visual connection to the bustling streetscape.

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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2024

Tokyo-based studio Klein Dytham Architecture has designed a bookstore wrapped with an undulating steel roof resembling "outstretched arms" in Nagano, Japan. Located at the foot of Mount Asama, the space was designed by Klein Dytham Architecture to be a community hub for the local residents.

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Deezen

MARCH 12, 2024

Architecture studio Rafael Viñoly Architects has unveiled designs for a terraced residential building in Uruguay , which is the last project designed by the studio's founder. It is the last project designed by architect Rafael Viñoly, who died last year.

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Deezen

JUNE 14, 2022

Danish architect Sigurd Larsen has designed a cabin for hospitality start-up Raus featuring furniture built into "cave-like" niches and panoramic windows that frame views of nature. Its design makes the most of a compact footprint, measuring just 18 square metres. Large windows overlook the surroundings.

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Deezen

MAY 6, 2024

Peach-toned walls and arched openings define Baia Villas, a set of six holiday homes in Goa that Mumbai studio Jugal Mistri Architects has designed to evoke local vernacular. Each villa has an identical design, containing three bedrooms and private outdoor space with a pool, jacuzzi and small garden.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has unveiled the design for 8 Shenton Way, set to be the tallest building in Singapore. Seven terraces are included in the scheme, with one serving a hotel and three serving residential floors.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Distracted House is finished in a mix of concrete, brick and plaster and topped by an angular clay-tile roof based on those of traditional houses in the area called joglo. This traditional joglo roof form is also updated with projecting elements such as window boxes.

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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. An opening in the wall offers access to the garden, where a stepped patio leads to the house.

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Archinect

JANUARY 10, 2023

When the new owner of this existing log residence contacted us about designing a detached ceramics and jewelry-making studio, we knew this would be both challenging and exciting. The studio roof is then pitched parallel to the house’s roof, matching the slope.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

US studio CCY Architects has clad a mountainside house in patinated copper panels and tilted the roof to adhere with the topography of its site in Colorado. Known as DNA Alpine, the 4,000-square foot (372-square metre) home was completed in 2022 and designed to "disappear into or somehow become" the 75-acre site in San Miguel County.

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Deezen

MARCH 31, 2024

The 19th-century villas in the suburbs of Paris informed the arched windows and sloping roofs of this social housing block in France , completed by local studio SOA Architectes. Its design references 19th-century Parisian villas nearby SOA Architectes divided the apartments across three volumes.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Fuse Architects shed the home’s dark shingles—including ones inside—and covered its ocean-facing facade with glazing that frames views and draws in light. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2024

A private roof terrace enclosed by greenery features in Hidden Garden House, a Sydney home reconfigured by Australian studio Sam Crawford Architects. Situated within a conservation zone, the home has been updated by Sam Crawford Architects to brighten its dark interior and transform it into an urban "sanctuary".

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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2024

British studio Mole Architects has created Alde Valley Barn, a brick-clad holiday home on a farmyard in Suffolk that dates back to the 17th century. Mole Architects left the structure exposed internally but concealed it externally with the brick cladding, which was chosen to echo the surrounding structures at the farmyard.

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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

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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Archinect

AUGUST 10, 2023

Led by architects Carmody Groarke and landscape artist Kim Wilkie, the project will be the biggest redevelopment of the past two decades for the venue, which originally opened in 1817 as the UK’s first public art gallery. Image credit: Carmody Groarke The redevelopment will see a new timber pavilion constructed in the gallery's gardens.

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MARCH 21, 2023

The right roofing style and material will help complete the home’s overall look. Let’s take a closer look at some of the most popular architectural styles for homes in the USA and explore which roofing types work best with each. When it comes to roofing, Colonial homes traditionally feature either wood shingles or asphalt shingles.

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Deezen

JANUARY 12, 2024

A sawtooth roof, blue ceramic tiles and corrugated steel panels define this home in Madrid , Spain , designed by Ignacio G Galán and OF Architects. A roof terrace provides additional gardening and outdoor space for the couple. A roof terrace provides additional gardening and outdoor space for the couple.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

US company Ubiquitous Energy has invented a thin coating that turns windows into transparent solar panels, providing other ways to harvest renewable energy in buildings beyond rooftop panels. Ubiquitous Energy's transparent solar windows (above) are installed at Michigan State University (top). Any surface could become a solar panel.

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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. Villa KD45 is a concrete home in India that was designed by Studio Symbiosis. The studio covered the roof in plants.

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