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Hopson Rodstrom Design creates jagged-roof Los Angeles building with interior courtyard

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

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Inside are a series of hill-like mounds "The terraced hills rising from the Valley are designed to create a sculpted interior landform that serves as the ground, seating, and shelving – an informal zone with opportunities to relax, talk, or read quietly, all while staying connected to the larger space," said Snøhetta.

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Skylab reveals design for their new Portland headquarters

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the complex consists of two semi-cylindrical, prefabricated steel warehouse buildings, notable for their arching roof forms and con-nected via an enclosed walkway. The interiors will feature an industrial aesthetic: exposed concrete floors, aluminum windows, and an exposed steel roof.

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Daniel Joseph Chenin uses passive building strategies for stone-clad Nevada house

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The five-bedroom house was conceived as a series of connected rock masses, oriented to maximise views of the surrounding landscape and arranged to create thermally protected communal zones on the interior. Fort 137 is characterised by its stone facade The house is heralded by a 28-foot tall (8.5

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GH3 creates sculptural Stormwater Facility for new Toronto neighbourhood

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The Stormwater Facility treats runoff from Quayside and West Don Lands – former industrial zones that have undergone redevelopment in recent years. The plant features an angled roof. Structural, mechanical, electrical, civil engineering: RV Anderson. Contractor: Graham Construction. Prime consultant: RV Anderson.

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Four Pines is a Wyoming home clad in cedar and local stone

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Stretching across a flat site, the house consists of intersecting, gabled volumes and a flat-roofed, pavilion-like volume in the rear. The quartzite used on the facades reappears indoors, on the columns and fireplace in the public zone. Contractor: OnSite Management (Mark Pollard). Structural engineer: KL+A (Rachel Harper).

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Adjaye Associates completes rose-hued culture hub in Florida

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It has an open-plan design to aid accessibility throughout and four timber-lined cores that hold archival collections, reading rooms and support zones. A large circular opening pierces the roof of the pavilion, adding a sculptural quality. Civil engineer and landscape architect: Land Design. Signage consultant: Poblocki.

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