aasarchitecture

APRIL 2, 2024

The building splices together museum functions around an unused courtyard, and though the dome function is tall, the addition is sensitive to the vaulted hall and lower buildings defining the courtyard today. The roof mediates between the tall dome and the low facades of the one-story building, spanning 26x48m across the dome.

Structural Engineering 69

Structural Engineering Contractor Technology Technology 69

Deezen

JULY 10, 2022

Neubau was approached by St Mary's Junior School for girls to transform the 1970s greenhouse into a specialised lab for teaching classes in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Neubau added an internal timber frame to form the main structure, with insulation and acoustic panels incorporated between the pillars and beams.

Building 105

Building Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering 105

Deezen

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Dutch architecture firm Powerhouse Company has used cross-laminated timber to construct an off-grid office building that floats on water. Floating Office Rotterdam is a three-storey building floating in Rotterdam's Rijnhaven. The building is constructed on a pontoon of 15 "concrete barges". Photo is by Sebastian van Damme.

Building 85

Building Structural Engineering Finances Contractor 85

Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

The new rooms were raised up from the ground The house reminded the client of a trio of modernist villas in Sardinia, which he had admired since childhood stays at his family's vacation home on the Mediterranean island. We had to resort to sleeping on the roof for relief." The photography is by Filippo Romano.

Home 141

Home Renovation Structural Engineering Regulation 141

e-architect

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Render by Negativ The centre’s layered roofs feather outwards and cascade from their highest points along this axis, framing the entrance lobbies of the performing arts theatre and the conference centre. A smart building management system will automatically adjust shading, lighting and ventilation for optimum comfort and efficiencies.

Building 84

Building Consulting Roofing Visualization 84

Deezen

APRIL 9, 2024

Jun Mitsui & Associates and Pelli Clarke & Partners have converted a grocery store into a sake brewery The site contains three buildings – the brewery, housed in the shell of a former Stop & Shop grocery store, a small rice polishing building and a wastewater treatment facility.

Civil Engineering 133

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Windows 133

aasarchitecture

JUNE 15, 2023

Photo © Koichi Torimura By necessity, the detached building housing a two-car garage and guest room is situated on the east side, where the elevation gap is smallest, but the client requested that the main house weave around the difficult site conditions. Source by Takeshi Hirobe Architects.

Architect 105

Architect Structural Engineering Client Clients 105

e-architect

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The 23-storey mixed-use building, MVRDV’s first completed project on the west coast of the United States, is part of a masterplan that creates the wholly new neighbourhood “Mission Rock” overlooking San Francisco Bay. MVRDV’s residential complex The Canyon on San Francisco’s waterfront is complete.

Building 74

Building Masterplanning Structural Engineering Landscape 74

Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Peruvian architects Roman Bauer Arquitectos and ESArquitectura teamed up to design a cultural institution in Lima that includes a renovation and a new building with vernacular methods and pink accents. Concrete forms the base of the new building The second structure is new, tucked into the interior of the urban block.

Technique 130

Technique Construction Construction Consulting 130

Deezen

APRIL 23, 2024

Timber flooring and furniture feature on the interior The cabin was constructed as a self-build project undertaken by Markos, along with help from prefabrication specialists at BlokBuild and Price & Myers. Other recently completed cabins include a cabin in Arizona clad with Corten steel and a beachside cabin with a slanted roof in Canada.

Technique 132

Technique Structural Engineering Structure Construction 132

Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Composed of three distinct buildings – a main house, guesthouse and writer's studio – the project was designed for a California-based couple who manage an independent record label. Each building responds to its immediate setting. The other two buildings are tucked within the woods and feel more intimate.

Structure 128

Structure Architect Civil Engineering Client 128

Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Chinese studio FOG Architecture has turned a courtyard house in Beijing into a flagship store for fragrance brand ToSummer with exposed wooden roof trusses and columns. The studio exposed the wooden roof trusses and columns of the original building "We 'skimmed' the building to expose its 'skeleton'," said the studio.

Housing 98

Housing Architecture Restoration Roofing 98

Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2024

Alongside the main worship space on the first floor, which is named the Sea Chapel, the building contains two smaller prayer spaces. It is illuminated by a skylight that projects from the southeastern side of the building. This rooftop space can be accessed independently of the building using an external spiral stair made of metal.

Engineering 141

Engineering Engineering Glass Windows 141

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Helsinki-based JKMM Architects used glulam and black spruce cladding to relate the Chappe Art House to surrounding timber structures in the coastal town of Tammisaari, Finland. It has a glued laminated (glulam) timber structure and was clad in black-stained spruce as a nod to the nearby timber buildings.

Art 128

Art Architect Foundation Engineering 128

Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Berlin studio Behles & Jochimsen Architekten has renovated and extended the Nuremberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry offices in Germany , adding sandstone-clad buildings that tie in with the area's historic architecture. The extensions are designed to align with the existing buildings. The atrium is lit by skylights.

Modern 98

Modern Building Housing Restoration 98

Deezen

OCTOBER 18, 2022

London studio Crawshaw Architects has transformed a former cow shed in Dorset into a library and office , organised around a wooden, barrel-vaulted arcade that references the client's collection of books on classical Palladian architecture. This plan references classical architectural forms, which are the focus of many of the client's books.

Architect 105

Architect Structural Engineering Client Clients 105

Deezen

MARCH 2, 2023

US studio CLB Architects has designed a cedar-clad home and barn in Wyoming for clients who love horses and wanted to return their property to its historic roots as a working ranch. CLB Architects gave the home a long, low roof To design the project, the team drew upon the site's history as a working cattle ranch.

Visualization 145

Visualization Architect Zoning Roofing 145

Deezen

MARCH 26, 2024

Hewitt created a residential tower in Seattle informed by a stack of magazines The 33-storey-high building consists of a glazed tower with four facades of angled planes that rises from a rectangular base clad in brick. Photo is by Tim Rice Photography Mechanical elements were encased in a two-level block on top of the building. "We

Information 143

Information Residential Structural Engineering Landscape 143

Deezen

JANUARY 28, 2024

Manna hotel is housed in a former sanatorium for tuberculosis patients The building sits within a fir forest on Mount Mainalo, the tallest peak in the mountainous region. When the sanatorium closed – made obsolete following the introduction of penicillin in 1938 – the building had been emptied to prevent looting.

Zoning 124

Zoning Consulting Roofing Structural Engineering 124

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. Earthy hues are meant to engage the surrounding terrain Some platforms were left open as voids, while others has buildings placed atop them.

Site 145

Site Housing Structural Engineering Landscape 145

Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The columns were created using a technique in which concrete is poured into fabric formwork "The hay field is treated as if it were a carpet, draped over the volumes of the residence in a series of berms, allowing the entire building roof to be traversed from the exterior and contributing to the archaeological reading," said the team.

Housing 142

Housing Technique Exterior Consulting 142

aasarchitecture

JANUARY 22, 2023

Car-free + urban This building makes an important contribution to the future of a living and ecological city and also to the future of retailing – this is an urban IKEA with excellent connections to the public transport system and an inviting roof terrace – a good neighbour. This about 4.5-metre-deep, Source by querkraft.

Cities 95

Cities Client Clients Structural Engineering 95

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Photo is by Alan Tansey To create visual continuity, the team aligned the roof ridges of all six volumes. The roof planes vary, however, contributing to the home's sculptural look. Photo is by Alan Tansey Roofs and outer walls are clad in a grey rainscreen made of charred accoya wood.

Project 130

Project Home Roofing Structural Engineering 130

e-architect

MAY 25, 2023

Comprising a loosely-stacked series of individual homes, the design is open and porous, allowing light and air to permeate the entire building and creating plenty of open and green spaces for residents of all ages to enjoy and share. The design of the building targets LEED-Platinum certification.

Home 61

Home Building Residential Permits 61

Architizer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Clair West at the edge of Corso Italia, the under-utilized building was in decline and disrepair from more than a decade of neglect before the studio began the process of transformation. Dubbeldam’s studio occupies the top floor of the building. © Dubbeldam Architecture + Design. © Dubbeldam Architecture + Design.

Building 78

Building Architecture Design Windows 78

Deezen

MARCH 21, 2023

The clients hired Texas-based Specht Architects to build a 2,000-square-foot (186-square metre) minimalist house with floor-to-ceiling glass walls that afforded views of the surrounding meadow and large old-growth trees. The axial approach includes replanted natural grasses The roof extends to create a 15-foot (4.5-metre)

Glass 143

Glass Housing Architect Structural Engineering 143

Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2023

The house occupies a former caretaker's cottage that had been abandoned Castanheira 's renovation uncovers the original timber roof structure, adds a bedroom wing and gives the building an entirely new interior layout. The main bedroom is located in an extension on the northeast side of the building.

Roofing 122

Roofing Renovation Structural Engineering Housing 122

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Completed in 2022 in the municipality of David Canabarro, Casa Trapézios – or the Trapezium House – is formed by two juxtaposed trapezoidal sections arranged back-to-back in a "reinterpretation of the gabled roof archetype". To keep the continuous ceiling surface, inverted beams were used throughout the building."

Housing 135

Housing Structural Engineering Roofing Site 135

Deezen

APRIL 7, 2022

Like other parts of the city, the area is experiencing a lot of new development and building renovations. Local firm In Situ Studio was charged with designing a contemporary residence for a couple – the husband is an electrical engineer, and the wife is a German and history teacher. They opted to raze the old building and start anew.

Site 144

Site Housing Structural Engineering Client 144

aasarchitecture

JUNE 1, 2023

The City of Vilnius has issued the building permit for Business Stadium Central designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. m of landscaped terraces, roof gardens and plazas that open directly onto the public square designed by Martha Schwartz. m design also connects its two towers via a skybridge at level five.

Permits 52

Permits Architect Building Engineering 52

aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A comprehensive modernization of the stadium is planned, with an expansive photo-voltaic roof – in German, ‘ein grosses Dach für alle’, or ‘one big roof for everyone’ – replacing the original façade while providing a new identity for the stadium. Image © Herzog & de Meuron.

Consulting 96

Consulting Structural Engineering Renovation Engineering 96

Deezen

APRIL 4, 2022

A narrow passageway divides this cottage with a metal roof by Naturehumaine , marking the entrance to the home and providing privacy to a detached guest suite and atelier. The building's exterior was inspired by the vernacular constructions of the area, a region of Quebec known as the Eastern Townships. Structural engineer: Geniex.

Roofing 126

Roofing Exterior Structural Engineering Windows 126

Deezen

AUGUST 26, 2022

The detached building provides a secondary dwelling and home office at a property in a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales. It is also used to demonstrate the benefits of Passive House construction to prospective clients. The building is perched on a steep slope and is raised to the height of the tree canopy.

Housing 128

Housing Structural Engineering Sustainability Finishes 128

e-architect

JULY 13, 2023

After discovering a series of these abandoned, subterranean bunkers on their land, the client commissioned the architects to convert one into a functioning holiday letting. The brief was to celebrate the enormous historical significance of the structure whilst ensuring a habitable and commercially viable space for the client.

Home 83

Home Client Clients Structural Engineering 83

aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The building’s subdued appearance in the space is achieved by the low floating roof, under which the surrounding landscape is allowed to flow across the pool. At the same time, the roof of the structure is the volume housing all the programme which does not require a direct contact with the water surfaces.

Roofing 64

Roofing Exterior Structural Engineering Structure 64

Deezen

AUGUST 28, 2022

Austin Maynard Architects has completed Terrace House, a self-funded apartment building in Melbourne which is low-cost, eco-conscious and has enough room for young families. Located on a narrow infill site in Brunswick, Terrace House is a six storey "ethical housing" building containing 16 apartments and three ground-level shop units.

Development 145

Development Developer Cities Housing 145

Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2023

Satish Jassal Architects designed Haringey Brick Bungalow The 110-square-metre site and narrow passageway was "like building through a straw", dictating many design and construction decisions. Two green roofs top the building, characterised by their asymmetrical pyramid shapes topped with rooflights.

Site 98

Site Architect Roofing Contractor 98