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

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Its design is based on natural landscapes and prioritises helping visitors to connect to the outside, enticing them away from their screens. 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.

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Skylab arranges series of A-frame Colorado cabins in snowflake-like pattern

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Immersing guests in the natural landscape of the wooded site along the Fraser River, the project touches lightly on the land with elevated cabins and a network of boardwalks that maximise interaction with the mountain site while preserving the trees and natural watershed.

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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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This Coastal New Zealand A-Frame Looks Like a Floating Prism

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Unlike a fale, we have placed bedrooms in the ‘attic,’ connecting each respective sleeping zone with either the ocean’s horizon or the bush. The house is entirely off grid, with solar power, rainwater collection, on-site stormwater disposal, passive solar control, and naturally ventilation."

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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. Read: GH3 designs naturally filtered outdoor swimming pool for Canadian park. Structural, mechanical, electrical, civil engineering: RV Anderson.

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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. A pitched roof was designed in the same vein, with tile roofing typical to the local architecture. A raw steel beam serves as a gutter, jutting out beyond the base of the roof. Have one to share? Post it here.

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