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New architecture and design competitions: Olympic Roof Reuse, Homebuilding & Renovating Awards, Masai Mara Conservation Centre, and LIV Hospitality Design Awards

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If you're in search of new, exciting architecture and design competitions, take a look at the latest curated picks of challenges listed on Bustler. For the complete directory of newly listed competitions, click here.

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Modular, Photovoltaic, Green or Blue Roofs: How to Choose the Best Waterproofing System?

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Image © Jakub Certowicz Among the "Five Points of New Architecture" formulated by Le Corbusier , terrace gardens figure as a way to take advantage of a building's so-called fifth facade, either as leisure areas or landscaping spaces. There are traces in Mesopotamia and vernacular architecture from Greek and Arab civilizations.

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Langarita-Navarro design getaway home in Tarfia with sawtooth roof

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The post Langarita-Navarro design getaway home in Tarfia with sawtooth roof appeared first on Åvontuura. The lead character in this project is an extraordinary coastal landscape; thick, rugged, and impregnable, resisting the assaults of the Atlantic winds.

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News: New architecture and design competitions: Olympic Roof Reuse, Homebuilding & Renovating Awards, Masai Mara Conservation Centre, and LIV Hospitality Design Awards

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If you're in search of new, exciting architecture and design competitions, take a look at the latest curated picks of challenges listed on Bustler. For the complete directory of newly listed competitions, click here. Read the full post on Bustler

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SO-IL designs Massachusetts museum with undulating CLT roof

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Architecture studio SO-IL has unveiled designs for the Williams College Museum of Art in the Berkshires , which will be topped with a tent-like cross-laminated timber roof. The undulating cross-laminated timber roof will be laid atop these volumes, unifying them below.

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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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MAD reveals design for Lishui Airport with swooping "bird-like" roof

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Chinese architecture studio MAD has unveiled its design for the Lishui Airport in China , which will feature a swooping white roof informed by soaring birds. MAD said it designed Lishui Airport as a "spiritual landmark" for the city. It will be spread over two levels designed to optimise passenger movement.

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