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ConForm Architects models green-terrazzo flat extension on bay windows

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Green terrazzo is teamed with concrete and clay-toned plaster at Terzetto, a London flat extension that architecture studio ConForm Architects has modelled on bay windows. Externally, these distinct materials have been combined to evoke the components of a bay window – which are a plinth, column and pediment.

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The Bloom Architects tops Tile House with inverted roof in Vietnam

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Red tiles envelop the roof and walls of this family home , which Vietnamese studio The Bloom Architects has arranged around a central courtyard in the city of Bao Loc. Appropriately called Tile House, the home in the Central Highlands region is designed by The Bloom Architects to remain cool despite the tropical climate.

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Eight buildings with inverted-pitched roofs that resemble butterfly wings

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An angular English home extension and a timber-clad Guatemalan retreat feature in our roundup of buildings with butterfly roofs. Otherwise known as inverted-pitched roofs, the V-shaped structures take their name from the angled form of a butterfly's wings. Here are eight buildings with butterfly roofs from the Dezeen archive.

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Sawtooth roof animates Melbourne apartment block by Six Degrees Architects

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A sawtooth roof that references the nearby South Melbourne Market tops Ferrars & York, an apartment block in Australia designed by local studio Six Degrees Architects. There is a rooftop terrace On the top floor, the form of Ferrars & York's sawtooth roof has been used to add additional height to the apartments.

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Ingenhoven Architects tops island health resort with Europe's largest thatched roof

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Architecture studio Ingenhoven Architects has created a series of buildings topped with large, overhanging thatched roofs for the Lanserhof Sylt health resort on the Germany island of Sylt. Its building is topped with a thatch roof that measures 7,100 square metres – making it the largest in Europe.

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Sam Crawford Architects creates red-roofed community pavilion in Sydney

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An angular roof wrapped in translucent red-mesh panels crowns this Y-shaped pavilion in Sydney , designed by local studio Sam Crawford Architects. By utilising a sculptural Y-shaped layout, Sam Crawford Architects avoided creating a back to the building, ensuring a sense of openness from all directions.

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Eight tranquil interiors where oversized windows frame lush views

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This week's lookbook explores eight peaceful residential interiors that feature expansive glazing and floor-to-ceiling windows framing verdant views. These eight projects all use oversized or unusually shaped windows in clever ways, creating interiors that embrace nature and forge welcome connections to the outdoors.

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