Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2023

London studio Satish Jassal Architects has created a two-bedroom bungalow from handmade-bricks behind shops and restaurants on Turnpike Lane in Haringey, England. This was a very tricky backland site, but the key message is that with careful planning, you can succeed," said Satish Jassal Architects founder Satish Jassal.

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Architizer

JUNE 2, 2022

Architects: Want to have your project featured? Despite technical complications involved in construction, inclined sites can invoke inspiring new architectural possibilities that just aren’t possible on flat sites. The roof is covered with vegetation to reinforce this illusion. when seen from certain angles.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2024

British architecture practice Studio Bark has worked with students from the University of East London to devise a roof-supporting column with otherwise unusable timber at a site within ancient English woodland. This is "an old technique", said Thorns, but one that opens up a lot of opportunities to use smaller trees.

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Deezen

JULY 19, 2023

British studio Hopkins Architects has added an indoor tennis centre with an undulating timber-coated roof to the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon , UK. It has an undulating timber-coated roof The building contains six indoor courts within a partially timber-clad structure punctuated by white, Y-shaped columns.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

LMN Architects has completed an extensive renovation and expansion of the Buxton Center for Bainbridge Performing Arts on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Above, a wave-form roof and ceiling plane displays an exposed wood structure, tying the new program spaces together to give the building a clear identity.

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Deezen

JUNE 15, 2023

A pair of stone towers and a thatched -roof palapa are among the features at a nature retreat in southern Mexico designed by architects Mauricio Rocha and Gabriela Carrillo. It sits at the edge of a nature preserve on Punta Cometa, or Comet Point, a peninsula that juts into the Pacific Ocean and was once the site of an Aztec fort.

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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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Deezen

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Local architecture studio Practice for Architecture and Urbanism has installed a glass office building with a vaulted roof inside the shell of the 19th-century Domino Sugar Refinery on the waterfront in Brooklyn. What was really important was this idea of palimpsest and embracing what was on the site without becoming slavish to history."

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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. Deep skylights punctured into the roof draw daylight into the space below, while sliding doors seamlessly connect the interior with an outdoor patio. The photography is by Nick Deardon.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

series, we've collected 10 recently completed and upcoming buildings that show the potential of structural stone as a modern construction material. Among the experts to share insights on the material was Aurore Baulier, an ACAN Natural Materials Group co-ordinator, who called on architects to embrace stone's natural qualities.

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Deezen

JANUARY 25, 2024

UK architecture studio DaeWha Kang Design has designed a pavilion and courtyard for The OWO hotel at the site of the former Old War Office in Whitehall, London. The pavilion is located in front of the 1906 Grade II*-listed building, designed by architect William Young, that was once used by the British government's military departments.

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Deezen

AUGUST 20, 2023

Undulating vaults shelter this multipurpose arts space in Ahmedabad , India, which local studio The Grid Architects designed to defy "conventional architectural norms". According to The Grid Architects , with an area of 279 square metres, it is one of the largest vaulted structures of its kind in India.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2024

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a mirrored cafe pavilion and courtyard at the site of The Old War Office in Whitehall, London. Designed by DaeWha Kang Design, the circular pavilion has a glass facade and mirrored stainless-steel roof panels. JZ agreed, calling it a "fantastic intervention". Hideous or beautiful?

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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. It was designed by Sam Crawford Architects to replace a cafe.

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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. On the opposite side, where the gates are, the face of the structure is mostly glass.

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Architizer

APRIL 30, 2024

Architects: Want to have your project featured? They can be material structures that connect two (or more!) Architects are well aware of this dual meaning, and more and more designers are leaning into it for its symbolic potency. Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters.

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2023

Local practice Platform 5 Architects has completed NW10 House, a family home on an infill site in north London with exposed concrete interiors and a textured brick exterior. NW10 House was designed by Platform 5 Architects. Read: Platform 5 Architects completes shingle-clad home overlooking a private lagoon.

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Architizer

JUNE 19, 2023

That is, moving away from the more human elements involved in their manufacture resulted in products that were standardized and more universally available, rendering their former manufacturing sites obsolete. Museums are usually designed as singular structures, iconic buildings that symbolize the museum’s brand.

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Deezen

MARCH 10, 2023

Local studio DKA Architects has designed a white wood-clad home with three connected gables in Terrebonne, Quebec , just outside of Montreal. The design was generally inspired by the vernacular language of the agricultural landscape based on the origins of the site and its surroundings," the studio said.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

US architecture studio Schaum/Shieh has embedded a Virginia house with irregularly shaped volumes into the contours of a steep site. The house is organized along one long horizontal line The grey metal roof reflects the area's rolling hills. Our clients knew many hilly sites from growing up in the area and their time in Greece.

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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

MAY 31, 2023

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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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. We aimed to defer to the site’s surroundings, offering ample indoor-outdoor spaces for gathering and reflection." meters) above ground level.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Beijing-based MAD Architects has referenced bamboo leaves for a sprawling, six-venue arts and cultural centre in Zhejiang Province in southeast China. The Anji Culture and Art Center will be defined by a series of curving canopy roofs that were designed to look like scattered bamboo leaves.

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Dwell

APRIL 21, 2023

The homeowners created the structures using stones collected on-site to connect their rural residence to the land. 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

MARCH 29, 2024

Mumbai-based architecture studio Sanjay Puri Architects has designed a swirling community centre with a sloping green roof in Rajasthan, India. Gatherings and event spaces are located in a rectilinear amenities block at the site's entry that comprises a cafeteria, bathrooms, parking and storage.

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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. The studio drew from the historic villas found nearby to create a structure that would "stand out" while also respecting its parkland setting.

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Architizer

AUGUST 9, 2023

Architects: Want to have your project featured? While these patterns of circulation are usually reserved for inside a building or structure, they also extend to roofscapes. These “roof walks” are a response to unique environmental, social and urban conditions. Architecture shapes how we move through space.

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Deezen

MAY 17, 2024

Liverpool studio Smith Young Architects has completed Vestige, a house in northwest England with a brick base built from the remnants of a previous structure on the site. It replaces an old house on the site that was in poor condition.

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Deezen

MAY 29, 2023

Chinese practice Wang Chong Studio used rustic stone walls and a sloping roof to help this art museum blend into its rocky site in China's Henan Province. Named Taihang Xinyu Art Museum, the museum is built around an old warehouse on the site, which backs onto Taihang Mountain and sits alongside the Cangxi River.

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BD+C

JUNE 5, 2023

How to properly assess structural wind damage 0 dbarista Mon, 06/05/2023 - 16:17 Engineers Properly assessing wind damage can identify vulnerabilities in a building's design or construction, which could lead to future damage or loss, writes Matt Wagner, SE, Principal and Managing Director with Walter P Moore.

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Deezen

MARCH 9, 2023

A stadium by Zaha Hadid Architects and housing by Adjaye Associates feature in this roundup of upcoming wooden buildings , curated as part of our Timber Revolution series. According to the studio, the 5,000-seat venue will be built almost entirely from wood – including its overhanging roof, structure and cladding.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

A sedum roof designed to "change colours with the seasons" tops Heatherhill Beach House, a wooden holiday home burrowed among the hills on the Danish coast by local studio Norm Architects. The 232-square-metre house will be used by its owners as "a getaway from everyday life in Copenhagen," according to Norm Architects.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Gabled forms clad in blackened wood are curved and pulled apart to create "dynamic and memorable" spaces at Harudot, a cafe in Thailand by local studio IDIN Architects. Located in the beachside town of Chonburi, Harudot was designed for both the cafe brand Nana Coffee Roasters and the owner of the site.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Instead of putting everything under one roof, architecture firm Lake|Flato created a network of smaller volumes to minimize impact on the forested plot. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? P ost it here.

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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) The interior was designed by local firm Philpotts Interiors.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Snøhetta also designed landscaped plazas and roof terraces for Airside, which sits above the Kai Tak MTR station in the district that formerly held Kai Tak, Hong Kong's international airport from 1925 to 1998.

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