Architecture Ideas

MAY 23, 2023

When it comes to roofing, the list of materials you can construct it out of may seem endless. Two popular options are metal roofing and standing seam roofing. This article compares metal roofing vs. standing seam roofing to help you determine which is better for your home or building. What Is Metal Roofing?

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Deezen

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Architecture studio Ingenhoven Architects has created a series of buildings topped with large, overhanging thatched roofs for the Lanserhof Sylt health resort on the Germany island of Sylt. Its building is topped with a thatch roof that measures 7,100 square metres – making it the largest in Europe.

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Archinect

MARCH 7, 2024

The Ismaili Centre uniquely responds to established Islamic building traditions, while incorporating contemporary architectural form, materiality, and construction methods. The architectural language distinguishes a community that is both informed by its past and modern in its outlook. Set within a 6.8

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Home Studios created a variety of lounge areas across Lodge at Marconi to provide an informal atmosphere Designed for Nashville-based company Oliver Hospitality , the hotel occupies a historic property that was first built by Guglielmo Marconi , an Italian physicist who invented the radio in 1896. The photography is by Brian W Ferry.

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Architizer

JULY 7, 2023

The latest edition of “ Architizer: The World’s Best Architecture ” — a stunning, hardbound book celebrating the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globe — is now available. Revisiting the typologies of the past through a contemporary lens can yield exciting, fresh perspectives. Order your copy today.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2023

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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Deezen

MAY 28, 2022

The use of simple local materials such as ceramic tile, terracotta and concrete was also something that rang true to us from Bofill's aesthetic.". Similarly, material choices such as vivid toned glazed tiling were inspired by local Spanish building materials used for roofs and floors. The photography is by Heiko Prigge.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Shed roofs are covered with standing-seam metal, and facades are clad with James Hardie fibre-cement siding. This rear wall captures rainwater runoff from the roof and directs it to storage tanks under the structure of the home," the team said. The team also used renewable and recycled materials.

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Architizer

MAY 4, 2023

Often, the expression of this negotiation between form and use plays out in materials, the many assemblies and combinations that define what we experience. But it wasn’t until the 19th century that the material began gaining new architectural applications outside roofing. This was combined with the ALPHATON terracotta panel.

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The Spaces

JUNE 6, 2024

Historically a burgage tenement, its walls date back to the 12th-15th centuries, and the current structure features a corrugated roof. New-works’ design respects the barn’s heritage while using modern materials and bold geometric lines. Custom cabinetry (in what appears to be birch-faced plywood) adds a contemporary touch.

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Design Thoughts Architects

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Arched Home Design: A Contemporary Classic. But for this family from Tumkur, the most important thing was to have a contemporary-style home with plenty of space. We have designed this contemporary arched home design with a traditional touch, as a reminder of the life they lived before in Tumkur. Floors: G+3. BUA: 4300 SFT.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

SOM explained that the building was informed by the principles of classical architecture. The courthouse's exterior will consist of fluted panels of metal and glass that are a contemporary interpretation of Corinthian columns and modulate the bright tropical sunlight," said the firm. "To

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The latest edition of “ Architizer: The World’s Best Architecture ” — a stunning, hardbound book celebrating the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globe — is now available. With the right geometry, a lot can be done with a small amount of materials. Order your copy today. Wood is good, concrete is bad.

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Deezen

JULY 1, 2022

The owners of the end-terrace house on Waghorn Street in Peckham tasked Emil Eve with adapting the interior to provide bright, contemporary spaces for living and entertaining. The clients requested the use of natural materials in the extension. Emil Eve has added a timber-framed extension to a Victorian house.

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Architizer

JULY 11, 2023

Sign up for key information about the 12th Annual A+Awards, set to launch this fall. Roof terraces aerial view. With green roof technology, rooftops no longer accumulate heat during the day, creating the so-dreaded heat island effect. Architizer is thrilled to announce the winners of the 11th Annual A+Awards !

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

A sedum roof designed to "change colours with the seasons" tops Heatherhill Beach House, a wooden holiday home burrowed among the hills on the Danish coast by local studio Norm Architects. Together with the sedum roof, the house will change its colours as the seasons pass, being one with its surroundings."

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2023

British studio Will Gamble Architects used natural materials throughout Palm Springs, a glazed extension to the back of a Grade II-listed house in north London. Located in a conservation area, the extension is informed by desert modernism, a style that emerged in Palm Springs during the mid-20th century.

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The Architecture Designs

JANUARY 19, 2022

According to Allied Market Research’s comprehensive roofing industry report, over 5 million new roofs are installed in the United States every year. With inevitable worldwide population growth, the roofing market in the US is already enormous, and it will continue to grow as more people buy houses and move from city to city.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

RAPA used materials sourced locally in Hungary to create the three-storey dwelling, which was commissioned by a family who wanted an intimate and cosy summer residence. The lower storey is informed by local 1960s flat-roofed architecture and clad in stone that is mined locally in Tihany.

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Deezen

MARCH 14, 2024

The Cupaclad system was created by Cupa Pizarras to showcase the material's design merits, from its recognisable grey colouration to its insulation properties. Cupaclad was designed to have a natural, clean aesthetic that aims to adapt to any style of building, from the traditional to the contemporary.

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Deezen

MARCH 27, 2024

Green tiles cover the home extension Named Sofie, Madam Architectuur aimed to retain most of the home as possible and celebrate its unique shape, which has a steeply pitched roof and arched openings. The extension, which was made from steel and timber. The plan was also very logical, but the orientation of the house was not optimal.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Design efforts focused on the 2,000-square-metre building's former courtyard , which was restored to its original proportions by removing recent additions and raising the height of the glass roof. Sensitive, natural, responsible [materials] made more beautiful by the passage of time."

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Deezen

APRIL 1, 2024

Historic preservation guidelines limited the interventions that could be made "We were inspired by the client's desire to rethink cliches of contemporary domesticity and create a home to live with art but not be saturated by it," co-founder Dominic Leong told Dezeen. To reduce water usage, the landscaping is drought tolerant "xeriscape."

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Deezen

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It consists of two volumes with an open-air space between them "The building represents both an advancement of this master plan vision as well as a contemporary reimagination of vernacular courtyards, terraces, and paseos," said Van Dyck. The result is a building that we believe captures the essence of the campus and its surroundings."

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Informed by the greenhouses that once occupied the site, local architecture studio Hayhurst and Co added bamboo planting behind polycarbonate screens to the facade of a family home in London. An atrium at the centre of the home lets natural light into the interior and naturally cools the house by stack ventilation.

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Deezen

JANUARY 11, 2024

British studio Will Gamble Architects has completed an extension and refurbishment to a family home in Croydon, London , defined by a contemporary colonnade spanning across the rear facade. The chosen materials have unique textural qualities and offer warmth and character," Kelsey explained.

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Deezen

MAY 2, 2023

Traditional Japanese materials and details are fused with contemporary finishes at C4L House in Tokyo , designed by local studio Cubo Design Architects. Informed by traditional Japanese construction, the home was designed by Cubo Design Architects to celebrate "the warmth of things made by hand".

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Deezen

MARCH 26, 2023

Design studio Linehouse has used natural, tactile materials for the interiors of the Coast restaurant in Shanghai for China's casual dining brand Gaga. The restaurant is set inside a traditional mid-century Shikumen house – a blend of Western and Chinese architecture – with a renovated interior informed by its Mediterranean menu. "We

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Deezen

APRIL 18, 2023

Limestone and oak are among the materials used in this extension that local studio Architecture For London designed to add a contemporary twist to a Victorian house in Hackney. The material palette is also informed by this contextual approach, with ivory brick and lime mortar that closely resembles the original building."

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Santa Cruz Architect

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Contemporary homes in the United States showcase a diverse range of styles that merge tradition with modernity. This article explores twelve common contemporary American residential architectural styles, highlighting their unique features, influences, and contributions to the evolving architectural landscape.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Decorative materials were also removed to reveal the building's original triangular timber roof trusses and wooden columns. The discovery of a century-old well on the site informed the installation of a rain chain suspended from the roof to the mouth of the well, to represent "a rejuvenation of life in the courtyard."

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Deezen

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Beijing studio Plat Asia has created a contemporary teahouse for a resort in Huzhou, China , which draws on the transience of clouds and is surrounded by an undulating steel-pole installation. It is capped by two rectangular planes for the base and roof, while the whole structure is raised by columns resembling the surrounding poles.

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Deezen

JULY 5, 2023

Australian studio Dane Taylor Design has completed Butterfly House, an accessible coastal home in New South Wales that is informed by Japanese aesthetics. Each one is finished with a warm material palette and is informed by the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, which celebrates imperfections and changes that come with the passage of time.

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Deezen

JUNE 13, 2023

The small windows, large canopy overhang, wide door on the front facade, and use of industrial materials all sing from the same song sheet." "The An art gallery occupies the arched space While its shape is informed by rural barns, it is also designed to create an interior that is an impressive space for displaying art.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

US studio CCY Architects has clad a mountainside house in patinated copper panels and tilted the roof to adhere with the topography of its site in Colorado. The material patinas to a dark grey colour over time, but sometimes takes on a purple hue, highlighting the colours of the surrounding Rocky Mountains.

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e-architect

JUNE 15, 2023

Located on a corner block in historic conservation zone, extensive restoration and repair work was undertaken on the external façade, whilst a modern, light filled extension married both heritage and contemporary elements. Steel portal frames were adopted as bracing elements, allowing the roof structure to appear to float.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The Cart Shed was the last of the ruined farm outbuildings to be repaired and with decades of neglect had entirely lost its roof covering and timber super-structure. Whilst these materials are used commonly in construction today, their use on traditional buildings can risk trapping moisture deep within the layers of the building envelope.

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