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Pushing Boundaries: 11 Exteriors That Use Fabric For Protection, Shape, and Longevity

ArchDaily

Advanced and durable materials have turned fabric into a facade and roof alternative that has sparked a highly specialized sector within the construction industry and created some of the most intriguing exteriors around the globe. Read more ยป

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Studio Gang begins construction on Parisian university built with 50 per cent natural materials

Deezen

Construction is progressing on a mass-timber academic building with a stone facade designed by architecture firm Studio Gang for the University of Chicago campus in Paris. Construction has commenced on the University of Chicago centre in Paris. The centre will have a mass timber structure.

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BIG and ICONโ€™s community of 100 3D printed homes begins construction in Texas

Archinect

Construction has commenced on the largest community of 3D printed residences in the United States. The hundred-home 'Wolf Ranch' development was designed by Bjarke Ingels Group and 3D printing technology group ICON and is being constructed in the city of Georgetown, Texas, just north of Austin.

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Henning Larsen's latest K-12 design provides a lesson in bio-based construction

Archinect

The project worked to add an ultragreen extension to the village’s existing Feldballe School that offers carbon sequestering while incorporating plans for its future disassembly and reuse as components in other constructions. Solar panels have been installed on the timber roof, adding a further capacity for carbon independence.

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Roofing Materials for Sloped Roof Garages: Whatโ€™s Best?

The Architecture Designs

A sloped garage is not only aesthetically pleasing, but it also provides more protection from the elements than a flat roof. When constructing or repairing a sloped roof garage, knowing what materials best suit the job is important. This helps the roof to last up to 30 years.

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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 โ€“ named after the massive sawtooth roof that tops it.

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Frame House by Studio MBM / Maurizio Bianchi Mattioli

Archinect

The Frame House transforms the existing barn house typology into a contemporary dwelling, redefined by strategic compositions of window frames on each new elevation and new structure extending from the existing gambrel roof construction.

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