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Eco-Friendly Roofing Materials

Aric Gitomer Architect

Every homeowner must replace their roof shingles at some point. You must keep this in mind if you are building a new home. Roofs are the “guardians” of your home. Their primary job to withstand harsh weather makes it necessary for you to select a high-quality roof for your home. Solar Power Roof. Corrugated Roof.

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Silicon Valley ADU by building Lab, Inc.

Archinect

Our client (a well-traveled international couple with 3 young children) came to us with visions of a comfortable abode for the grandparents visiting from overseas, which in a few years would morph into a teenager hangout, and eventually a retirement retreat for themselves.

Building 130
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Klein Dytham Architecture wraps Karuizawa Commongrounds Bookstore with "flowing" steel roof

Deezen

Tokyo-based studio Klein Dytham Architecture has designed a bookstore wrapped with an undulating steel roof resembling "outstretched arms" in Nagano, Japan. It sits at the centre of a larger complex comprised of five neighbouring buildings that include a delicatessen, restaurant and pre-school.

Roofing 117
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Odile Decq builds all-glass Maison de Verre for client with vision loss

Deezen

Architect Odile Decq has completed a house in France with walls of translucent glass, to create the optimal lighting conditions for a client with vision impairment. By contrast, this building is constructed from innovative double-glazed panels that provide greater sculptural opportunities and conceal the steel structural framework.

Client 105
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TAEP/AAP tops Kuwait burger restaurant with large stepped roof

Deezen

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.

Roofing 131
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Midcentury-Style Butterfly Roofs Top Off These Luxe Prefab Homes

Dwell

Welcome to Prefab Profiles , an ongoing series of interviews with people transforming how we build houses. Each project Stillwater has the pleasure of partaking in is special, since every project possesses its own unique attributes and design requirements, tailored to reflect the distinct vision of our clients.

Roofing 105
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Gabion Walls Made of Volcanic Rock Flank a Flat-Roofed Farmhouse in Australia

Dwell

We asked ourselves how our clients could live on this land in a modern but thoughtful way, what a modern farm and farmhouse should and could look like, and how we could integrate the building into a site that has been cleared of its bushland. The clients erected and filled the gabion walls themselves.

Roofing 126