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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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Studio Saxe weaves Caribbean Courtyard Villa into a Costa Rican jungle

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We designed a strategy of aggregation by creating a network of triangular pergolas that can grow or contract, depending on the necessity of the client throughout the project," the firm said. The pavilions are raised above the ground and are covered with hipped roofs. Structural engineer: APÉSTEGUI+BLAIR. Builder: Cr-Eco.

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SKY IS THE LIMIT

Landscape Architecture Magazine

At Radio City Music Hall, nine stories above the eye-high-kicking Rockettes, a dingy brown half acre of roof lay empty, except for three pavilions housing pulleys and mechanisms to operate Radio City theater curtains, scrims, and other stage equipment. It was an economics-driven rush deadline.”.

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Morphosis completes terracotta-clad Orange County Museum of Art

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Structural engineer: John A. MEP engineer & sustainability: Buro Happold. Civil engineer: KPFF. Plaster: Infinity Drywall Contracting. Terracotta / metal panels / roofing & waterproofing: Best Contracting Services, IncOrnamental Metals & Railings & Misc. Project credits: .

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Water Cabin // Olson Kundig

Architizer

A glass corner and large sliding doors connect this space to exterior patios, where large roof overhangs support year-round usability. On the lower level, an open living space combines dining, kitchen and office functions, with a hidden murphy bed for guests. © Olson Kundig. © Olson Kundig. © Olson Kundig. © Olson Kundig. Water Cabin Gallery.

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ASU students design and build Orange 1 breezy outdoor classroom

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Pyramidal roofs top the modules. metres) across and is topped with a pyramidal roof. Structural engineering: David Grapsas. Electrical engineering: Affiliated Engineers. General contracting: CORE Construction. Each of the modules measures 12 feet (3.6 Professors: Felipe Mesa, Catherine Spellman.

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David Kohn celebrates English eccentricities with Red House in Dorset

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The red tone of the brickwork heavily contrasts the green that colours the doors, window frames and the underside of roof canopies. Structural engineer: Momentum. Services engineer: SGA Consulting. Contract administrator: David Kohn Architects. Windows come in various shapes and sizes. Ecologist: AEWC.

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