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A Skeletal Roof Gives "Good Bones" a Whole New Meaning at This Country Home

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The building is organized around a repeating grid of slender quadripartite columns that frame views and support a lightweight trussed roof structure. This large overhanging roof canopy unites the four volumes and forms a perimeter verandah. The metal frame is painted in a rich golden and the roof is lined with copper.

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Mae Architects completes "21st-century almshouse" in Southwark

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It is designed around a courtyard The exterior of Harriet Hardy House is enlivened with areas of textured brickwork at the ground and roof levels, while the balconies are topped by arched concrete lintels. "[The All of the flats have been designed as "care ready" and can be fitted with telecare and assistive technology if required.

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MAD unveils sunken Train Station in the Forest in Jiaxing

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A metal roof and glass facade contrast the brick station. Photo is by Aogvision These underground waiting halls havemetal roofs equipped with solar panels that power the station, contrasting the brick exterior of the old station front. Heritage consultant: Shanghai Shuishi Architectural Design & Planning Corp.

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Gehry Partners references icebergs and Hollywood for Warner Bros building

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Photovoltaic panels are installed on the roof. Project credits: Architecture: Gehry Partners; Frank Gehry (partner in charge), Tensho Takemori (managing partner), David Nam (design partner), Heather Waters (project architect), Meaghan Lloyd (partner/chief of staff) Curtain wall: Curtain Wall Design & Consulting, INC.

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Studio Gang nestles Kresge College expansion in Pacific forest

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The largest of these protrusions features a smaller lecture hall on the top level, with a roof that slopes up and out in a sizeable lip. These hold classrooms and utilise the slope with three storeys that line up with the two-storey central structure.

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Snøhetta creates library to emulate feeling of "sitting under a tree"

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The columns flatten at their peaks to evoke a tree canopy One of the library's most notable details is its tall, slender columns that "mushroom into flat panels" at their peak to support the roof. Meanwhile, the roof has integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) construction elements to generate renewable energy.

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CCY architects wraps Colorado house in patinated copper

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US studio CCY Architects has clad a mountainside house in patinated copper panels and tilted the roof to adhere with the topography of its site in Colorado. Known as DNA Alpine, the 4,000-square foot (372-square metre) home was completed in 2022 and designed to "disappear into or somehow become" the 75-acre site in San Miguel County.

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