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Arquitectonica designs "organic yet contemporary" skyscraper for Hawaiian island

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New York architecture studio Arquitectonica has designed a residential skyscraper with undulating fins on its facade and a landscaped terrace garden in Honolulu, Hawaii. The resulting concept is organic yet contemporary." The renderings are courtesy of Arquitectonica.

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Ingenhoven Architects tops island health resort with Europe's largest thatched roof

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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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Overhanging roof shelters wooden hall in Germany by Steimle Architekten

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Located on the northern shore of Lake Constance in the Radolfzell district, the timber building contains sports courts and a stage for events, unified by a cantilevered roof overhead. With its tranquil appearance, timber construction blends in with the traditional settlement landscape around Lake Constance," she continued.

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Architectural Drawings: 6 Architectural Roof Walks Reaching New Heights

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These “roof walks” are a response to unique environmental, social and urban conditions. Drawn from a diverse range of scales and programs, the following roof walks reimagine the roof plane in projects both large and small. Architecture and landscape come together three-dimensionally.

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Nine contemporary homes where ruins reveal layers of the past

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In this lookbook , we feature nine residential projects that demonstrate unique ways of interacting with a site's history by weaving existing ruins into their designs. To encourage layered encounters of the site, views of the landscape were also aligned with existing window apertures from the bedrooms.

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Ismaili Centre by Moriyama Teshima Architects

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The Ismaili Centre uniquely responds to established Islamic building traditions, while incorporating contemporary architectural form, materiality, and construction methods. The centerpiece of the project is the prayer hall, whose crystalline glass roof creates ever-changing interior lighting conditions. Set within a 6.8

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StudioAC completes coastal Canadian home embedded into a steep ridge

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Toronto-based StudioAC has completed a residence east of the city, in a landscape characterized by an “intricate coastline and a bourgeoning wine-making industry.” ” The home, named Cherry Valley House, sits on a steep ridge that descends to the lakeshore.

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