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House with pink windows by Objekt Architecten

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We were commissioned by our clients to transform an outdated Flemish 3-fronted house with traditional rear extension into a contemporary home with plenty of light. Moreover, the rear of the house is bathed in light thanks to the large window. During the renovation, the entire roof was renewed.

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

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Tokyo-based studio Klein Dytham Architecture has designed a bookstore wrapped with an undulating steel roof resembling "outstretched arms" in Nagano, Japan. Communal seating space for visitors wraps around this central space and is complete with window seats offering views of the surrounding woodland.

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Big Windows and White Interiors Punch Up a Gloomy ’60s California Beach House

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The idea was to take the existing house and give it new life—one that met the needs and aesthetics of our designer clients. The original house was clad entirely with cedar shingles both inside and out: the walls, roof, and ceilings. The client described it as living inside a tree.

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SMStudio includes pool with underwater windows in "bold" Vancouver house

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Gridded fibre-cement cladding and a swimming pool with underwater windows feature at the East Van Residence in Vancouver by Canadian firm SMStudio. The project's swimming pool features underwater windows The studio conceived a 251-square-metre, three-storey house that was designed to be a "bold yet friendly addition to the neighbourhood".

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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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Villa KD45 is a concrete house in Delhi with a plant-covered roof

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Studio Symbiosis has completed a villa in Delhi, India , that rises up from its landscaped grounds, forming a terraced roof that is covered with plants to maximise the site's green area. A stepped walkway built into the ramp-like roof form leads up from the entrance to a shaded outdoor living space. A shallow pond surrounds the home.

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Noe Valley by Faulkner Architects

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On the boards in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood is a new house for a three-peat client of Faulkner Architects. Four levels that include a shared garage, pool and garden along with roof top deck allow uncommon amenity for a city lot. A photovoltaic array on the roof deck earns a planned net-zero annual energy usage.

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