Deezen

MAY 2, 2024

Architecture studio Elding Oscarson has extended the National Swedish Museum of Technology with Wisdome Stockholm, a timber building topped by a curving roof that bulges over a dome inside. Topping the rectangular building is an asymmetrical roof that bulges and curves over the visualisation dome inside.

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Deezen

JUNE 21, 2023

Local architecture firm In Situ Studio wrapped an art museum visitor centre in Raleigh, North Carolina with darkened steel and cantilevered a roof with an aperture over its patio. In Situ Studio designed the 1,158-square foot (108-square metre) welcome building for the large park that surrounds the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA).

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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. Centred around a skylit, concrete spiral stair, the home's spaces fan out to fill the triangular site, overlooking a paved terrace that wraps its eastern edge.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Located off the Bundesautobahn 72 motorway to the east of Leipzig, the centre sits alongside a new educational trail that celebrates the Leubinger Fürstenhügel site, which is one of the region's most important archaeological monuments. Read: Curving larch wood buildings with green roofs form school extension in Germany.

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Deezen

APRIL 3, 2024

A crematorium clad in ribbed concrete and a geometric university bell tower feature in this roundup of 10 brutalist buildings photographed by Simon Phipps for his Brutal Wales book. I'm interested in the sculptural qualities of each building and the ways in which light and shade articulate them," he continued.

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Deezen

MARCH 19, 2024

US architecture studio Cannon Design has referenced the local landscape and "prioritized inclusion", drawing on the Native American heritage of the site for its design of a university student centre in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The flow of the building creates interstitial overlaps and opportunities for students to engage with each other.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2022

The architects claimed that the building combines a religious experience with secular attitude, explaining that the church "aims to create a spatial container that both respects the past and looks towards the future.". A manmade lake surrounds the building. A manmade lake that surrounds the building provides privacy on all sides.

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The Spaces

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Golden louvres cover the exterior of Prague’s newest building, designed as a testament to the capital’s ‘golden city of one hundred spires’ moniker. The Masaryčka building encompasses a new railway entrance, plaza, and set of retail spaces and offices, all built on a brownfield site in the city’s New Town.

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Deezen

MARCH 18, 2024

From ranch houses in Texas to tennis courts in Mexico, the projects included in this roundup demonstrate how the warm aesthetic of rammed earth can be used in different ways, proving natural hues to interiors and exteriors alike. Topped with a flat roof , the reddish earthen tone of this home was chosen to match the verdant surroundings.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2024

Design studio HGA has completed a pair of educational facilities , Mills Hall and Gibbons Center, that are among the first "commercially scaled mass-timber buildings" in the state of Maine. Both buildings also have mass timber frames, wooden interior finishes and brick facades.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 16, 2023

US studio Anacapa Architecture has transformed an early 1900s, stucco -clad building that was formerly closed off to the public into a welcoming hotel filled with compact rooms and handcrafted decor. The building has served various uses over time. The building's terracotta tile roof was retained, as well.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2022

Scandinavian firm CF Møller Architects has completed a house where all the exterior surfaces match, thanks to a combination of dark red bricks and tiles. The 261-square-metre building takes its cues from the nearby Aarhus University, designed by CF Møller back in 1931, with its gabled roof profiles and rustic materials palette.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Reusing the rubble as a sub-base for the 330-foot (100-metre) long building, nARCHITECTS designed "a poignant transformation of a site previously defined by the presence of thousands of vehicles," the studio said. It is topped by a sawtooth mass-timber roof. A cedar trellis wraps around the exterior.

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Deezen

APRIL 7, 2022

Glazed brick and charred cypress wrap the exterior of a partly sunken North Carolina home designed by architecture firm In Situ Studio. Like other parts of the city, the area is experiencing a lot of new development and building renovations. The site formerly held a run-down, 1940s dwelling that was owned by the clients.

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Architizer

JUNE 2, 2022

Despite technical complications involved in construction, inclined sites can invoke inspiring new architectural possibilities that just aren’t possible on flat sites. Floating buildings can be constructed on slopes either by using a taller foundation or supports. Villa Vals by SeARCH , Vals, Switzerland.

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Deezen

AUGUST 22, 2023

Defined by their steeply pitched roofs that extend to reach near ground level, A-frame homes became popular in the 1950s, 60s and 70s and are now seeing a resurgence with modern interpretations being designed around the world. Corrugated black metal panels cover the roof of the upper level, where beds are placed.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Danish architecture practice 3XN has been selected to create a stepped retail building located along Baltimore's Inner Harbor informed by sailboats. The generous exterior landscape of 201 E Pratt St. The plan includes the addition of several retail and commercial buildings, a residential tower, greenspace and an amphitheatre.

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Deezen

APRIL 14, 2022

Danish studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has revealed its design for a 100-metre-tall housing block in Switzerland, which will be the world's tallest timber building when it completes. Named Rocket&Tigerli, the terracotta -clad building is set to be built on a former industrial site in the city of Winterthur, near Zurich.

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Deezen

MARCH 18, 2022

The 528-square-metre residence sits on a slight slope that is mirrored in the angles of its roof. The building is covered in a cement render that was painted black. A roof terrace is hidden from view among the gable shapes. The exterior cladding is a very simple flattening done by local masons with a sponge," said González.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Design and build studio Localworks has created the Mustardseed Junior School in Uganda with organically shaped classrooms built from natural and locally sourced materials. The 1,146-square-metre building, located in the town of Sentema, is used as both a kindergarten and primary school for local children.

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Deezen

JULY 31, 2022

US studio Desai Chia Architecture designed a highly sculptural, waterfront home wrapped in concrete and charred cypress that has vaulted roofs resembling wings. Built as a second home for a family of four, the building sits on a ribbon of land between a golf course and Copake Lake in Upstate New York. Windows provide framed views.

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Architizer

APRIL 30, 2024

Beyond spanning from point A to B, architects are designing bridges as inhabitable structures to build connections between people and places. Buildings designed as inhabitable bridges give way to technical innovations and advanced design strategies with cultural implications.

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Dwell

MARCH 9, 2022

The couple were living in San Francisco at the time and looking for a piece of land there to build on—the Berkeley home was for Erica’s mother—but they hadn’t had any luck in their search. "We Before: Front Exterior Before: The 1930s cottage sat on a.34-acre 34-acre lot, which was large for the neighborhood in Berkeley.

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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. has explored the viability of stone as a modern, low-carbon building material that could help the construction industry minimise its vast carbon footprint. To conclude our Stone Age 2.0

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Archinect

AUGUST 16, 2023

The Stories at City Modern is part of a four-block development by Bedrock that consists of four renovated Victorian homes and 19 new structures—a mix of townhomes and midrise apartment buildings comprising 400 individual dwellings. These are accompanied by Atas standing-seam metal panels, used for the roof and cladding.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2024

Tasked with renewing the "old, opaque, heavy, worn down building" in a suburban neighbourhood, Nowhere looked to reestablish the connection between its interior and the surrounding gardens. On the roof of Mayalogili is a small pavilion-like space, clad entirely in thin, translucent marble panels.

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Architecture Ideas

OCTOBER 23, 2023

It’s an exciting journey to build your own house, serving as a reflection of you. From planning to on-site construction, a lot goes behind building a house. Let’s understand every phase of the construction with a step-by-step guide on how to build a house. Let’s see how to build your own house.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Mighty Buildings has delivered what it claims is the world's first 3D-printed zero-net home as part of a 40-unit community in Desert Hot Springs that explores environmental and economic development strategies. Mighty Buildings designed the home in California. "We The exterior composite stone wall panels were 3D printed.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Local studio WXCA has completed the Polish History Museum and Polish Army Museum alongside a new public square on the site of the former Warsaw Citadel in Poland. A sedum roof tops the building "Contemporary museums are not just about the exhibits," explained Wroński.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

A moving wall that evokes a sailing ship and a roof canopy modelled on a banana tree feature in this roundup , which collects 10 buildings that challenge conventional ways of fitting solar panels to help kick off our Solar Revolution series. Bay View, USA, by BIG and Heatherwick Studio. Find out more about Bay View ›.

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Deezen

JULY 15, 2022

Rather than opting for a new-build house like so many of the other properties nearby, the owners asked A202 Arhitekti to develop a proposal that would retain the character of the existing pitched-roof dwelling while adapting it for modern living. Read: Arhitektura builds two six-metre-wide family homes. Architektura d.o.o

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2023

Continuing our Timber Revolution series, we look at the Tamedia Office Building by Shigeru Ban – Switzerland's first seven-storey mass-timber structure that was barely legal at the time of its completion in 2013.

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Santa Cruz Architect

AUGUST 11, 2023

Building a wildfire-proof house is a crucial consideration for individuals living in wildfire-prone areas. This comprehensive guide outlines the key principles and strategies for designing and building a wildfire-resistant home. Avoid building on ridges, hilltops, or narrow canyons where fires can quickly escalate.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Welcome to Prefab Profiles, an ongoing series of interviews with people transforming how we build houses. In 2017, the couple began renting out their shoreside Sydney home on weekends so they could strike out to visit every cabin, tiny home, and camping site in Australia they could find.

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Deezen

APRIL 2, 2024

The white building will be wrapped in glazing shaded by a monumental cantilevered roof with swooping rounded corners. Renovated spaces will include an on-site medical facility, recreation hall, track kitchen and gymnasium.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

River Bend Residence is a tranquil home designed to sit lightly upon the land, minimising disruption to the site and existing trees," said Lake Flato Architects , which has offices in San Antonio and Austin. The buildings are topped with tall, pyramidal hipped roofs. Large skylights at the tip of each roof capture daylight.

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Santa Cruz Architect

MAY 4, 2024

Mjøstårnet is the tallest mass timber building in Europe. Photo by Voll Arkitekter + Rikardo Foto Mass timber construction has revolutionized the architectural landscape, offering a sustainable and innovative alternative to traditional building materials. The Top 20 Tallest Mass Timber Buildings in the World 1.

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