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Sloping roof shelters House of Noufal in India by 3dor Concepts

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Architecture studio 3dor Concepts used a giant sloping roof to cover all three levels of this house in Kerala, India , which features an internal courtyard garden that can be opened up to the outdoors. A giant sloping roof covers the House of Noufal. It was designed by 3dor Concepts for a site in Kannur district.

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The DHaus Company revamps London house with butterfly-roof extension

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An inverted-pitch roof and angular brick cladding characterise the Butterfly House extension, which architecture studio The DHaus Company has added to a terraced home in north London. It is distinguished by its inverted-pitched roof, or butterfly roof, which references the surrounding 19th-century architecture and inspired the project's name.

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Midcentury-Style Butterfly Roofs Top Off These Luxe Prefab Homes

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Each project Stillwater has the pleasure of partaking in is special, since every project possesses its own unique attributes and design requirements, tailored to reflect the distinct vision of our clients. Our focus is on providing clients with an all-encompassing total project cost, rather than offering limited or fragmentary estimates.

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KG + STUDIO Transforms the Typical Morphology of Sloping Roofs at DUNN HOUSE

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DUNN HOUSE – The project transforms the typical morphology of sloping roofs to create a new language, with overhanging overhangs, marked slopes and intermediate extractions. Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design? I needed to start from a powerful concept that eliminates all indifference within its context.

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OFIS Arhitekti adds looping extension to modernist villa in Slovenia

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OFIS Arhitekti has added a looping extension to a villa in Slovenia "The clients were looking to extend the house into the huge garden at the front to extend their inside-outside living," OFIS Arhitekti told Dezeen. This included replacing the pitched roof from the 1980s with a flat roof that follows the original design.

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SoHo’s 49 Greene Street Embraces the Modern Concept of Loft Living

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The client’s brief was to restore the building’s masonry façade and cast-iron storefront, and to convert the interiors into four high-end residential units. Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design? © DXA studio © DXA studio What is your favorite detail in the project and why? .

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A Butterfly Roof Tops an "Upside-Down" House Built for Aging in Place

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To get those stunning views, the concept of an upside-down house with the living space upstairs was developed. The overhanging butterfly roof provides solar shading to south facing high level windows in summer. The client enjoys very low energy bills due to the high levels of insulation and the solar panels that power her home.

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