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Eco-Friendly Roofing Materials

Aric Gitomer Architect

Every homeowner must replace their roof shingles at some point. Roofs are the “guardians” of your home. Their primary job to withstand harsh weather makes it necessary for you to select a high-quality roof for your home. Selecting the right kind of roof in the present could save you money in the long term. How to Proceed.

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Three Pines by Resolution: 4 Architecture

Archinect

Designed for a soon-to-be retiring couple, the home is sensitive to the clients wanting to age in place. After the modules were delivered and set into place, the on-site contractor secured it to the foundation and closed up the mate-line conditions - seaming together the roof, walls, and floors.

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Stingray-shaped roof crowns Maldives restaurant by Atelier Nomadic

Deezen

The Japanese restaurant is raised on an existing jetty that extends out from the shore and has a bamboo structure with tree-like columns to support its wavy roof. Together with the layered pattern, the roof will resemble the scales of a fish." Timber shingles age gracefully and gain a grey-silverish patina over time," said Bruin.

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Klein Dytham Architecture wraps Karuizawa Commongrounds Bookstore with "flowing" steel roof

Deezen

Tokyo-based studio Klein Dytham Architecture has designed a bookstore wrapped with an undulating steel roof resembling "outstretched arms" in Nagano, Japan. Located at the foot of Mount Asama, the space was designed by Klein Dytham Architecture to be a community hub for the local residents. The photography is by Nacasa & Partners.

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Midcentury-Style Butterfly Roofs Top Off These Luxe Prefab Homes

Dwell

Given that prefab construction can move at a pretty quick pace, attention to detail becomes all the more critical as a project progresses. 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.

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This Landscape Architect Disguised His Backyard Addition in Sydney With a Green Roof

Dwell

The roof to the living space is densely planted and its concrete structure provides enough depth for the plants to thrive. The garden between the studio and house is also planted out and the focus on landscape benefits not only the client but also the neighbors immensely." Have one to share? Post it here.

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Gabion Walls Made of Volcanic Rock Flank a Flat-Roofed Farmhouse in Australia

Dwell

We asked ourselves how our clients could live on this land in a modern but thoughtful way, what a modern farm and farmhouse should and could look like, and how we could integrate the building into a site that has been cleared of its bushland. "We The clients erected and filled the gabion walls themselves.

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