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"Unashamedly contemporary" pavilion designed for Old War Office site in London

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The café pavilion sits in the courtyard of The OWO hotel in London The prefabricated circular pavilion, which contains a bar and dining space for the Parisian restaurant Café Lapérouse, has a crafted glass facade and mirrored stainless-steel roof panels. The photography is by Kyungsub Shin.

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Colectivo C733 tops brick music school with soaring timber roof in Mexico

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Mexican studio Colectivo C733 has created a brick music school in Nacajuca, Mexico that includes two structures and a lofty, cantilevered roof made of coconut wood. Double brick walls support the roof structure The social space also holds a mezzanine stage for workshops and local musicians.

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Gulliver DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague

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Gulliver DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Contemporary Czech Architecture, Photography. Gulliver DOX Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague. Architektury Martin Rajniš were approached by the director and founder of the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Leoš Válka, who said he “needed something for the roof”.

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Studio Zhu-Pei tops art centre in China with wave-like concrete roofs

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Architecture practice Studio Zhu-Pei drew on traditional Chinese architecture to create the sweeping concrete roofs and stone walls of the Zibo OCT Art Centre in the eastern province of Shandong. In between these blocks, a number of alleyway-like spaces between the high masonry walls are sheltered by the oversized eaves of the concrete roofs.

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A Mighty Corrugated Metal Roof Ties Together a Compound in Rural Australia

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Project Details: Location: Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia Architect: MRTN Architects / @ mrtn_architects Landscape Design: SBLA Studio Builder: J & S Contracting Structural Engineer: W.J. The materials were also chosen to be recessive, including a dull silver roof, black sheets, and ironbark timber.

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EMBT tops San Giacomo Apostolo church with undulating copper roof

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Spanish studio EMBT has designed a brick-and-plaster-clad church in Ferrara, Italy , which has a copper roof informed by hot air balloons and an interior that aims to be a modern take on primitive churches. The shape of the church roof nods to hot air balloons. The shape of the church roof nods to hot air balloons.

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Omar Gandhi mixes contemporary and vernacular design for Jib House

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Its roof and the pale eastern white-cedar cladding are indicative of typical coastal architecture in Nova Scotia, while cantilevered shadowboxes clad in red cedar add a modern touch. Structural: Campbell Comeau Engineering. The post Omar Gandhi mixes contemporary and vernacular design for Jib House appeared first on Dezeen.