ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Eaves are ubiquitous in most traditional architecture, and in addition to their aesthetic role, they serve several important functions, the primary one being to keep rainwater away from the building's walls and structure. This brings us to the question: in these projects, how are practical issues such as draining rainwater?

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

When completed, the 700,000-square-foot building will be the largest fish market in the southern hemisphere. Image credit: 3XN The building’s undulating roof is described by 3XN as “an integral aspect of the fish market’s iconic design” as well as being key to its overall sustainability strategy.

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JULY 12, 2022

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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Archinect

JANUARY 12, 2023

Mecanoo has designed a distinctive residence with a striking double-curved roof and ceramic tile-covered façade in Schoorl, a village in northern Holland. Called Villa BW, it spans three floors, with an additional level within the hood of the roof. Image: Ossip van Duivenbode, courtesy Mecanoo.

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Deezen

MARCH 23, 2024

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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Archinect

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The firm’s second foray into the country, open-air Tainan Market features a publicly-accessible green roof, punctuated at one end by an office structure, that can be further adapted for agricultural use while providing users a stepped vista onto the market floor and surrounding landscape beyond.

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Deezen

MARCH 8, 2024

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. It is punctuated by glazed openings dispersed along its facade.

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Deezen

APRIL 1, 2024

Located on the northern shore of Lake Constance in the Radolfzell district, the timber building contains sports courts and a stage for events, unified by a cantilevered roof overhead. Wood has always been a traditional building material in this region too. The photography is by Brigida González.

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Archinect

JULY 22, 2022

The defining feature of the main terminal project, set to be completed in 2025, is a new lattice roof formed by 2.5 ZGF’s answer was a singular terminal building housed under one undulating, mass timber roof, accompanied by an interior strategy which prioritized biophilic design, interior landscaping, daylighting, and natural materials.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Local studio Medprostor has covered and partially repaired a 900-year-old Romanesque church in Slovenia , placing an operable roof on top of the open structure to create a space "between a ruin and a reconstruction". The post Medprostor tops 12th-century church in Slovenia with folding roof appeared first on Dezeen.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 15, 2024

The building features an office space, set to become the tallest in the region at 193 meters. To complement the office floors, the building’s podium boasts ground-floor retail , bicycle, car parking, and a restaurant on the landscaped roof. Read more »

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Deezen

MARCH 20, 2024

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. The post MAD reveals design for Lishui Airport with swooping "bird-like" roof appeared first on Dezeen. Images are courtesy of MAD.

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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2024

Chinese studio Wutopia Lab has used wave-shaped roofs of blue aluminium and translucent fabric to transform an industrial yard in Shanghai into a mixed-use cultural space. Read: Wutopia Lab wraps Shanghai Book City in perforated aluminium Inside, Wutopia Lab left the steel structure of the building exposed and painted it white.

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designboom

JANUARY 4, 2023

transforms industrial building into house with timber roof extension in brussels appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. the easily adaptable, low-tech house is built with materials chosen for their low environmental footprint. The post hé!

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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2024

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.

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Architecture Ideas

MAY 23, 2023

When it comes to roofing, the list of materials you can construct it out of may seem endless. Two popular options are metal roofing and standing seam roofing. This article compares metal roofing vs. standing seam roofing to help you determine which is better for your home or building. What Is Metal Roofing?

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Image Courtesy of Euramax Building envelopes create a physical boundary or shell integrated to the outer skin of a structure, separating indoor and outdoor environments. Through multiple styles and shapes, they are key to giving character to a building, its visual appearance and integration with the surrounding environment.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Architecture studio Proctor & Shaw has topped a home extension with a steeply-angled roof clad with red pigmented zinc in East Dulwich, London. Deep skylights punctured into the roof draw daylight into the space below, while sliding doors seamlessly connect the interior with an outdoor patio.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

After two years of alterations, the Louis Kahn -designed Hewlett Building at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA has reopened. Image credit: Graduate Theological Union Kahn was selected to design the building in 1972 but passed away two years later while the scheme’s final drawings were being produced.

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Deezen

JANUARY 12, 2024

Infrastructure consultants AECOM and Spanish architecture studio Luis Vidal + Architects have created a terminal for Boston 's Logan Airport capped by a long, bright-red roof. The standing-seam metal roof was painted in Boston Red, a shade of prismatic paint custom-developed for the project at Monopol Color Lab in Switzerland.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

With walls and roofs composed mainly of transparent or translucent materials, these structures harness solar energy to create a controlled environment. Image Cortesia de BDG Architects Zwolle Greenhouses are elegant and ingenious structures that incorporate simplicity in design while creating light-filled spaces that shape indoor climates.

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Deezen

MAY 31, 2023

A sweeping, grass-topped concrete roof creates an artificial hill to conceal the Gurdau Winery in the Czech Republic , which has been designed by local practice Aleš Fiala Studio. Where the sloping roof meets the ground, it blends with a series of winding concrete walls supporting planters around a paved patio.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has unveiled the design for 8 Shenton Way, set to be the tallest building in Singapore. Seven terraces are included in the scheme, with one serving a hotel and three serving residential floors.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

A steel staircase provides access between floors A permeable brick-paved courtyard featuring infiltration trenches runs along the building's length and is lined with trees and planters to operate as a small urban oasis. The post PSLA Architekten tops urban townhouse with cascading roof terraces appeared first on Dezeen.

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Archinect

MARCH 13, 2024

It has a total of four residential units forming semi-attached homes made from locally sourced concrete and finished by a steel-frame roof and brick facade to match the local vernacular. The 4,500-square-foot townhouse also includes the world's first 3D printed basement.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 9, 2023

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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Bustler

APRIL 14, 2024

With this goal in mind, The Montréal Olympic Park is launching an international idea competition to reuse and valorize the components of the roof of the Olympic Stadium, an emblematic building in Québec and architectural icon on a Canadian scale. Competition website Read the full post on Bustler

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Distracted House is finished in a mix of concrete, brick and plaster and topped by an angular clay-tile roof based on those of traditional houses in the area called joglo. This traditional joglo roof form is also updated with projecting elements such as window boxes. The photography is by Andhy Prayitno of Mario Wibowo Photography.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Initial options were considered to remodel and expand the existing home but a detached building felt more private for guests and removed to focus on work. The main floor of the detached building is a studio dwelling open to the surrounding yard space. Photo: Jamie Leasure Pocket doors slide away to open the unit to the deck.

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Architonic

APRIL 30, 2023

<p>As one of the best-known of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon are, perhaps, the earliest and most famous example of a green roof. Even though it’s assumed that green roofs are more susceptible to…

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

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.

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designboom

JANUARY 26, 2022

this mixed-use building has been transformed in an extensive urban renewal project that included structural reinforcement and façade renovation. The post URBANUS adds a brick curtain wall and roof garden to beijing office building appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Anji Culture and Art Center will be defined by a series of curving canopy roofs that were designed to look like scattered bamboo leaves. While the curving forms of the building largely reference the shape of leaves, it was also designed to echo the undulating terrain of the surrounding Anji tea-growing hills.

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designboom

MARCH 1, 2024

through external circulation and landscaping on the ground floor, the architect introduces a small oasis within the building. The post mario cucinella tops brazilian smart factory with sloping roof inspired by tropical leaves appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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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

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Located along Battersea Power Station's pedestrianised high street, Foster + Partners designed the building and its interiors to function as flexible and adaptbale office space. "50 Photo by Taran Wilkhu Battersea Roof Gardens is a residential building that Foster + Partners has also created alongside Battersea Power Station.

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Deezen

AUGUST 6, 2022

Architecture firm Inrestudio has created an office and residential building for a mining company in Vietnam 's Quang Binh province, featuring a conical concrete roof and openings on all sides. Inrestudio has created a concrete office and accommodation building in Vietnam. An office space sits at the centre of the building.

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