Archinect

APRIL 5, 2023

A new startup born out of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning has developed a green roof concept aimed at improving the quality of life of Parisians while addressing a host of environmental and urban health concerns for the ancient city of 2.1

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Local studio Hopson Rodstrom Design placed a sawtooth roof on top of this black-clad apartment building with an interior courtyard in southern California. Located in West Los Angeles on a busy thoroughfare, the project is called The Jagger – named after the massive sawtooth roof that tops it.

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The Architecture Designs

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Maintaining a solid roof is paramount in Oklahoma City, where the weather can be unforgiving with its high winds, hailstorms, and temperature fluctuations. A proactive approach to safeguarding your home from the elements and ensuring its longevity is through a roof maintenance plan. But is it worth the investment?

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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 largest airport in the city, it is located on a piece of land that juts out into Boston Harbor.

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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. Glass hatches for ordering and picking up food are sheltered by the roof, the underside of which has also been finished in a bold shade of red.

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Deezen

MAY 1, 2024

The garden appears like a haven in the middle of the city, a plant explosion which owes a lot to its original configuration and which we have come to amplify by integrating ground covers and shade plants with a tropical look," said A6A. This is accessed by a set of double-height, glass sliding doors. The photography is by Rory Gardiner.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Called Mirai – Japanese for "distant future" – renders of the development show a series of colourful fluted pillars wrapped around a retail building on a corner in the north of the city. Several programs and installations are also put on in the area during the city's art week.

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Deezen

JANUARY 11, 2024

MVRDV will complete four mixed-use buildings for the 120,000-metre-square development, named WärtZ, with the ambition of creating a "second city centre" south of Zwolle railway station, it said. At the heart of the project will be the revamped warehouse, named Wärtsilä Hall, which will retain its distinctive undulating roof.

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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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Archinect

MARCH 26, 2024

BIG has unveiled renderings for its new Marengo Multimodal Transport Hub project in Toulouse, France’s fourth largest city. The design is for a mass timber structure topped with a rose-colored folded roof replete with photovoltaics and finished in the same tone by a low-carbon concrete floor.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Local architecture studio Practice for Architecture and Urbanism has installed a glass office building with a vaulted roof inside the shell of the 19th-century Domino Sugar Refinery on the waterfront in Brooklyn. Architectural details such as a large smokestack from the original structure were preserved on the facade.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Mexican architecture studio Productora has restored a concrete industrial complex in Mexico City into a series of studios including its own office. Productora has been gradually renovating the building, which was originally a textile factory built in the 1920s, since it moved its offices to the structure following an earthquake in 2017.

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Archinect

APRIL 19, 2024

MBB designed the expansion of an existing building for Grace Church School in New York City, adding a new top floor structure for a double-height gymnasium and athletic center. The new arched-roof steel roof encloses multipurpose, open areas to accommodate courts for team sports as well as all-school gatherings and events.

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Architizer

JANUARY 9, 2024

It’s not just a building; it’s a micro-city set within a bustling metropolis. The ground floor might house a café, a shared workspace, a fitness center, an art gallery or a dental clinic, creating a dynamic ecosystem that mirrors the diverse heartbeat of a city.

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Architizer

AUGUST 9, 2023

While these patterns of circulation are usually reserved for inside a building or structure, they also extend to roofscapes. These “roof walks” are a response to unique environmental, social and urban conditions. Above the double height multi-media room, the roof structure touches down on the sunken garden.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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Deezen

MARCH 3, 2023

Originally announced in 2020, the team has completed a garden shed, greenhouse and community space in the New York City borough of Queens that was made partly from a model created for a luxury condominium in Tribeca. The mockup forms one of the walls of the new structure "The project involves many leaps of faith," the team told Dezeen.

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Deezen

MAY 30, 2022

Rotterdam Rooftop Walk is a temporary walkable installation that extends up the side of Rotterdam's World Trade Centre and creates a bridge across to the city's Bijenkorf department store. The installation spans the roofs of an office building and a department store. The structure was built by Dutch Steigers. "In

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Local architecture studio Erre Q Erre has created the Environmental Culture Center, a stone-clad pavilion and garden that replaces a parking lot in Bosque de Chapultepec, a large park in the centre of Mexico City. The roof is clad in dark stone At the centre of the complex is the semi-circular forum.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

A large section of the fabric roof of the building in Greenwich, which is now known as the O2 Arena, has been pulled off by the storm, exposing the inside of the venue. Videos and images shared on social media show six panels of the PTFE-coated glass fibre fabric roof ripped away from the building as the damage continues to spread.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Located on a 195-square-metre site in Mexico City 's Hipódromo Condesa neighbourhood, the project serves as a full-time residence for a client who is a social entrepreneur and collector of Mexican craftwork. Moreover, a small storage room on the roof was replaced with a 43-square-metre studio building.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

360 house is located atop a hill in the secluded back woods of Park City, Utah. Four structural volumes disrupt the concentric windows and separate the floor plan into flexible rooms defined by the roof geometry. 2800 SF round footprint is enveloped by a glazed skin to maximize the impressive mountain views.

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Deezen

AUGUST 8, 2023

Local studio Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados has completed a wooden A-Frame house with underground bedrooms in a forested area outside Mexico City. The A-Frame structure consists of pre-fabricated elements brought to the site. The top and sides of the A-Frame are enclosed in glass, as is the space at the back of the structure.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

A private mezcal bar forms the heart of this house that Amsterdam interior architecture firm Barde vanVoltt has overhauled in Mexico City 's La Condesa neighbourhood. In the central courtyard, Barde vanVoltt removed the roof from the double-height space and replaced it with operable glass panels to let in more light.

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Archinect

MARCH 6, 2024

View this post on Instagram A post shared by One River North (@onerivernorth) The scheme’s defining exterior element is a sharp carved opening midway up the tower, cutting through the upper section of the tower towards the roof. A rooftop pool, spa, and garden areas complete the 216-foot-tall structure.

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Deezen

APRIL 14, 2023

Mexican architect Alberto Kalach has created a studio for Casa Wabi founder Bosco Sodi in Mexico City that features expansive brickwork and industrial elements. Alberto Kalach designed a studio for Casa Wabi founder Bosco Sodi in Mexico City. Throughout the house, Kalach used flooring in polished concrete or dark wood.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 2, 2022

An ornate wooden structure dating back to the Qing dynasty has been encased in a copper-clad shell to create The Relic Shelter, a teahouse in Fuzhou, China, by Neri&Hu. Raised on a rammed-concrete podium, The Relic Shelter is topped by a copper-clad roof, with its pitch angled to match that of the original wooden building inside.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The design of the building draws on nature, with its structure set to be built from timber and finished with wooden shingles. Renderings of Ørestad Church show multiple volumes built close to one another and crowned with trapezoidal roofs at different heights and angles. Ørestad Church will be made from wood.

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Deezen

JANUARY 3, 2022

o de Buen and Luis Young have used a green metallic frame to form the structure of an airy apartment built atop an existing building in Mexico City. ngel neighbourhood, a sought-after area in the south of the city. Cascada House is topped with two sloping roofs. Cascada House is topped with two sloping roofs.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2024

Particularly, dealing with the challenges of climate change, cultural integration, circular development and population growth while preserving and evolving cities' identities. The walkway serves as a connection between different parts of the campus, opening to the city and providing a convenient space for students to relax and study.

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Deezen

MAY 18, 2022

Search engine company Google has opened its BIG and Heatherwick Studio -designed Bay View campus in California's Silicon Valley , which features sweeping, scale-like panels across its roof. Its roof is covered in a solar skin. The structures are surrounded by 17.3 The roof will provide 40 per cent of the offices' energy.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2023

Architecture practice Studio Zhu-Pei drew on traditional Chinese architecture to create the sweeping concrete roofs and stone walls of the Zibo OCT Art Centre in the eastern province of Shandong. In between these blocks, a number of alleyway-like spaces between the high masonry walls are sheltered by the oversized eaves of the concrete roofs.

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The Architecture Designs

AUGUST 26, 2023

In the bustling streets of Sydney, a new trend is catching wind: the rise of roofing services. With a multitude of homes donning older roofs that have braved years of weather, repair calls are on the uptick. This surge in demand has not gone unnoticed, leading to a noticeable growth in the number of roofing specialists setting up shop.

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Archinect

JANUARY 19, 2024

Johnston Architects, in association with James Cutler Architects, designed the new library for the city of Maple Valley. The site for the project is one of the few remaining areas of second growth forest within city limits. A simple shed roof is supported by trusses. Large vine maples frame the entry to the building.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As architects push the limits of creative possibility, the skeletons of some of the world’s most beautiful buildings have evolved into evermore intricate and visually exciting structures. Could a renewed appreciation for the masterful art of structural design be why we are seeing more projects with exposed frames? Ghost Hangar.

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Deezen

JULY 13, 2022

Designed for a young family with two children, the dwelling sits on a narrow plot bordered by residential buildings and roads in the city's Aichi Prefecture. Tokyo-based Nori Architects responded with a compact two-storey home characterised by its exposed timber structure and simple interior and exterior finishes.

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Deezen

JUNE 6, 2022

Francois Verhoeven Architects has completed a house in a Dutch village featuring a roof with three sloping sections that incorporate skylights , sedum and concealed solar panels. But looking at the wider area where this house is built the strictly controlled landscaping and city planning worked out very well.".

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