Dwell

JUNE 15, 2022

Having consulted with a structural engineer, these structures were placed within a comfortable distance from each other. See the full story on Dwell.com: An Offset Roof Isn't the Only Off-Kilter Thing About This Home in Japan Related stories: An Architect Couple Hand Built (and Then Rebuilt) a Bahamian Escape This $1.2M

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 17, 2024

Photo © Rasmus Hjortshõj Spanning 22,000 m², the main timber structure, made of glulam and cross-laminated timber, forms three striking tree-trunk-like columns, fanning out to carry the entire load of the roof – enveloping visitors in a welcoming forest-like canopy.

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Deezen

JULY 31, 2022

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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Deezen

MAY 8, 2024

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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Dwell

MARCH 28, 2024

Assuming the role of contractor, Julie Park works through trials and tribulations to construct a Blue Sky house with a complex metal roof. Homeowner Julie Park ordered the home’s components from the prefab company Blue Sky Building Systems, and she hired architect Andrew Goodwin to assist with structural engineering and permits.

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Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2024

The structure's "monumental" form draws on American memorial architecture "The United States has a strong tradition when it comes to memorials," Kaan Architecten co-founder Vincent Panhuysen told Dezeen. Supported by the internal concrete walls, this allows a small light gap to be created between the facade and the roof.

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Dwell

APRIL 20, 2023

Inspired by the history of grand architectural spaces and ship-building techniques, a vaulted roof was developed so that head heights could be increased beyond the standard sloped side extension and still fall within the planning constraints of eaves and roof heights set by the local authority. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Triangulated pillars provide a convex, graphic shape and unique form while also encapsulating gutters that collect and disperse the rainwater from the flat roof. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

Local studio Oliver Leech Architects has extended a Victorian terrace house in south London, introducing a four-metre-wide skylight at its centre that offers views of a wildflower meadow roof. It is important to connect the house to nature and this is a small way to do this." The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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Deezen

JANUARY 5, 2024

The building has a gabled roof In response to strict zoning rules and environmental sensitivities, the studio created a small-footprint building that preserved existing trees and minimised the overall impact on the landscape. The ground floor also has a powder room. Within the building, the four-foot-tall (1.2-metre)

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Deezen

JANUARY 2, 2024

The ADU is part of a family estate During the design process, they looked to farm structures that dot Sonoma Valley, many of which are dilapidated and have "their own strange elegance", the team said. The structural system is mostly wood with an occasional steel beam. The other, which is set at an angle, holds a bedroom and bathroom.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 11, 2024

They also designed a matching replacement for original structure with another wing in a quasi-Craftsman McMansion style. An inverted roof echoes the rooflines of the two older wings, just upside down. Photo © Mark Woods That never came to pass. It was a fair description of the site. The team embraced the chaos.

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BD+C

JUNE 5, 2023

How to properly assess structural wind damage 0 dbarista Mon, 06/05/2023 - 16:17 Engineers Properly assessing wind damage can identify vulnerabilities in a building's design or construction, which could lead to future damage or loss, writes Matt Wagner, SE, Principal and Managing Director with Walter P Moore.

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Dwell

MAY 22, 2024

I really wanted a curved wall," says Nicola. "It It all began with an image of a house on a mood board I put together on Pinterest." Photo by Henry Woide Before: The original garden was underutilized. Photo by Henry Woide Before: The original garden was underutilized. Before the renovation, the garden wasn’t the nicest," recalls Nicola. "We

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Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2023

California studio Field Architecture designed this Sonoma Valley house out of a trio of fanning copper-clad pavilions with butterfly roofs. The roofs – composed of two triangular planes each that slope toward the centre – collect rainwater and redirect it to river-rock basins. The photography is by Joe Fletcher.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2023

Czech studio Mjölk Architekti has created a mass-timber building with a gabled solar-panelled roof for the headquarters of timber and forest management company Kloboucká lesní in the Czech Republic. With its oversized timber gable, the four-storey structure in Brumov-Bylnice nods to traditional architectural forms.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has unveiled the Tainan Xinhua Fruit and Vegetable Market in Taiwan with an undulating green roof that is accessed by a series of planted terraces. The eastern corner of the structure has terraces filled with colourful planting that descend to the ground to provide stepped access to the roof.

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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. Known as DNA Alpine, the 4,000-square foot (372-square metre) home was completed in 2022 and designed to "disappear into or somehow become" the 75-acre site in San Miguel County.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The extension's roof collects rainwater The roof collects rainwater and redirects it to a pollinator garden along the side of the property that blurs the line between built and natural landscape with native plants that attract hummingbirds, chickadees and other species. The photography is by Brendan Burden.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The original house was clad entirely with cedar shingles both inside and out: the walls, roof, and ceilings. Fuse Architects shed the home’s dark shingles—including ones inside—and covered its ocean-facing facade with glazing that frames views and draws in light. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2024

The chapel has an exposed concrete structure "The simple chapel volume, set in the vast nature, is constructed as a lifted box, signifying a separation from the secular world," explained Eunsok. On the roof is the Sky Chapel, which offers 360-degree views of the surrounding landscape to create a "complete sense of awe".

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Deezen

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has added a stepped roof and bright-coloured boxes to a former museum dedicated to Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha in the centre of Tirana , Albania. Between the stairs, a glass-fronted entrance and roof lights have been added along with a retained section of roof that can still be used as a slide.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

PAT teamed up with fellow Italian architect Ferdinando Fagnola on the project, which involved renovating a 2oth-century "white house" and adding a series of elevated, pavilion-like structures. We had to resort to sleeping on the roof for relief." The original intention had been to give the building a wood frame.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Helsinki-based JKMM Architects used glulam and black spruce cladding to relate the Chappe Art House to surrounding timber structures in the coastal town of Tammisaari, Finland. It has a glued laminated (glulam) timber structure and was clad in black-stained spruce as a nod to the nearby timber buildings.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It is built above and around an existing building Unemori Architects had originally planned to integrate the extension with the existing structure, but this wasn't possible due to the way it had been self-built. Unemori Architects deliberately chose the wood as it matches the existing structure.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Photo is by Alan Tansey To create visual continuity, the team aligned the roof ridges of all six volumes. The roof planes vary, however, contributing to the home's sculptural look. Photo is by Alan Tansey Roofs and outer walls are clad in a grey rainscreen made of charred accoya wood.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They also drew up guidelines for how the foundations of the structure should meet the ground, to minimise the impact on the rural terrain. A heat-burning stove and children's book library can be found inside The architects translated this into a structure with a pointed, diamond-shaped roof, an open front and a closed back.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 21, 2024

The shed roofs of the house and an adjacent freestanding 438-square-foot garage and recreation pavilion, are tilted off their axes like tumbling cubes, their forms playing off of one another to resemble a mountain landscape. The 812-square-foot home was built for a couple who splits time between Indonesia and Maui.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The red tone of the brickwork heavily contrasts the green that colours the doors, window frames and the underside of roof canopies. Located in rural Dorset, Red House is a two-storey house for a couple and their young daughter. Red House takes its cues from Arts and Crafts architecture. Its red brick walls clash with acid-green details.

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Deezen

MARCH 28, 2024

The roof is covered in standing-seam metal. US studio Michael Hennessey Architecture has revitalised an ageing suburban house near San Francisco , adding black cladding and bright finishes to form a family home that bridges the past, present and future. The photography is by Adam Rouse.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Three simple, bow-shaped structures were placed to its southeast to house students. These hold classrooms and utilise the slope with three storeys that line up with the two-storey central structure. The largest of these protrusions features a smaller lecture hall on the top level, with a roof that slopes up and out in a sizeable lip.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The columns were created using a technique in which concrete is poured into fabric formwork "The hay field is treated as if it were a carpet, draped over the volumes of the residence in a series of berms, allowing the entire building roof to be traversed from the exterior and contributing to the archaeological reading," said the team.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The roof design accommodates a future green roof. The box-shaped homes are in a Tudor revival style and feature a centre hallway plan. The bricks are choreographed to convey movement Partisans designed this facade to be "formally performative" in its context.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A metal roof and glass facade contrast the brick station. Photo is by Aogvision These underground waiting halls havemetal roofs equipped with solar panels that power the station, contrasting the brick exterior of the old station front. Green outdoor space can be used for public events.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 15, 2023

At our first client presentation, we proposed a plan comprised of interconnected triangles, but this design was not rigidly fixed; rather, our approach allowed for the forms to be adjusted by “pinching” the roof peaks as we developed a more detailed plan.

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Deezen

APRIL 4, 2022

A narrow passageway divides this cottage with a metal roof by Naturehumaine , marking the entrance to the home and providing privacy to a detached guest suite and atelier. The opening lends the cottage its name, La Brèche, which roughly translates to The Fault. This was the driving concept for the second home near Quebec's Orford ski resort.

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Deezen

MAY 22, 2023

The rough and robust stone exterior juxtaposes the refined interior The house limits environmental impacts through its photovoltaic panel infrastructure and ballast roofing – which extend the effects of passive cooling, thermal mass and radiant heating – to create an oasis in the desert valley.

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