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StudioAC plays with gabled forms for an ‘unapologetically contemporary’ Toronto home

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The three-story home reads as a series of stacked boxes from the outside with echoes of traditional residential forms. Inside, the emphasis on gabled forms continued with ceiling levels on the first and third floors that follow a peaked, sloping form.

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A Dramatic Upward-Sloping Roof Covers This Rural Home

Contemporist

Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects has shared photos of a contemporary home they designed that includes a sloped roof.

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Nine contemporary homes where ruins reveal layers of the past

Deezen

For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring clever outbuilding interiors , homes with mid-century modern furniture and residential spaces with playful net floors. According to the studio, the steel insertions add another layer to the home's visible "memory" and draw attention to the historic building fabric.

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Angular clay-tile roof crowns Jakarta home by Ismail Solehudin Architecture

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Indonesian studio Ismail Solehudin Architecture has playfully adapted the forms and materials found in traditional Javanese homes for Distracted House, a family residence in Jakarta. To the west, a rectilinear block contains the home's bedrooms across two storeys. The photography is by Andhy Prayitno of Mario Wibowo Photography.

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StudioAC completes coastal Canadian home embedded into a steep ridge

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” The home, named Cherry Valley House, sits on a steep ridge that descends to the lakeshore. Image credit: Felix Michaud Image credit: Felix Michaud The home’s contemporary spatial sequencing is contrasted by materiality drawing inspiration from the area’s agrarian architecture.

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Rain Studio combines raw and reclaimed materials for "native yet contemporary" home

Deezen

Raw, tactile materials including clay tiles, earthenware pots and compressed earth bricks define this courtyard home near Chennai, India , designed by local practice Rain Studio. The post Rain Studio combines raw and reclaimed materials for "native yet contemporary" home appeared first on Dezeen.

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Coppin Dockray turns mid-century Hampstead House into contemporary family home

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Named Hampstead House, the 1960s home has been overhauled by Coppin Dockray to transform it into a spacious and thermally-efficient residence suited to the needs of its owners' growing family. The home was originally designed by British architect Trevor Dannatt. Coppin Dockray has overhauled Hampstead House in London.