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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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The Kitchen in This Pacific Northwest Retreat Is Made From Douglas Fir Felled On-Site

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Located in Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula, the rambler-style home utilized the trees for the roof and a coffee table, too. The house is 1,700 square feet, and reaches into the landscape with a sheltering roof and screen walls to create usable outdoor spaces on all sides. Have one to share? Post it here.

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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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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. Exterior walls are clad in vertical cedar siding, which is paired with local grey stone that mimics the area's rock formations. "A Civil engineer: Nelson Engineering (Dave Dufault).

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Adjaye Associates completes rose-hued culture hub in Florida

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The pavilions were designed as square and rectangular buildings with exterior walls that are angled inwards at their base. It has an open-plan design to aid accessibility throughout and four timber-lined cores that hold archival collections, reading rooms and support zones. Civil engineer and landscape architect: Land Design.

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It Looks Like a Barn—But This Country Home in Switzerland Takes a Hard Turn Inside

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A saltbox roof and wood cladding give way to a blend of concrete and plaster at the rural address in Zurich. The exterior facade is clad in glazed spruce wood— the same type of timber used on traditional Swiss barns. A pitched roof was designed in the same vein, with tile roofing typical to the local architecture.

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West of West experiments with "beautiful roughness" for Austin office complex

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The central pathway is marked by small gathering spaces that trail into the building, creating a "living room" that bridges interior and exterior zones. "A Each office level contains a covered deck set back from the main facade, and the buildings are topped by open-air roof terraces. Civil engineer: Civilitude.