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LACMA shares custom-built glass facade details in new spring construction update

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New updates have been shared recently by the Los Angeles Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), charting progress on the $750 million new David Geffen Galleries from Peter Zumthor that is expected to finish construction by the end of this year. A recent look inside the project with its contractor Clark Construction can be found here.)

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Essential Factors to Consider When Choosing a Roofing Contractor

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Are you searching for a roofing contractor for your home improvement project? You need the best one because roofing plays a very essential role in your dream house. Choosing the right roofing contractor is the only way to protect your home, family, and valuable for a long time.

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TW Ryan Architecture clads pyramidal Montana house in weathering steel

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California studio TW Ryan Architecture has completed a wildfire-resistant house in the American West that features a Corten steel exterior and pyramidal roofs that allude to the mountainous terrain. Four Roof House features a Corten steel exterior Their chosen site was a bluff overlooking a lake near the town of Helmville. "The

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10 Steps for a Successful Roof Replacement in Winter

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Replacing a roof in the winter has many advantages. In addition, roofs tend to be dryer during this season which means that newly applied shingles will adhere better than when it’s wetter out. If you’ve been considering replacing your roof, winter can be a great time to do it.

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Desai Chia creates “winged" roofs for Copake Lake House in New York

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US studio Desai Chia Architecture designed a highly sculptural, waterfront home wrapped in concrete and charred cypress that has vaulted roofs resembling wings. Roughly rectangular in plan, the dwelling has cutouts, cantilevers and multiple sloped roofs that combine in a sculptural way. Desai Chia created "winged" roofs for the house.

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Atelier Local draws on brutalist architecture for House in Ancede

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Raw finishes and "as found" materials informed by brutalist architecture are used throughout this home , which Portuguese studio Atelier Local has created on a nature reserve near Porto. Its proportions, the slope of the roof as well as the basis for the facade's composition was set from the beginning," they told Dezeen. "In

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Farm buildings inform Sonoma ADU by Schwartz and Architecture

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Their original, steeply sloped roofs are now drooping into low-slung structures, peeling apart, allowing in unexpected puddles of natural light, and revealing fragments of their interior framing to the outside elements," the team said. Exterior walls are wrapped in Alaskan yellow cedar with a weathered finish.