The Architect's Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

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Civil Engineering 130

Civil Engineering Roofing Structural Engineering Engineering 130

Deezen

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The project transformed 12 acres of concrete parking lot into a sustainable structure and resilient landscape with native plants. The design includes a sawtooth mass timber roof that references the adjacent ocean waves and terracotta-coloured flooring that nods to the former brick bathhouse. It is topped by a sawtooth mass-timber roof.

Roofing 113

Roofing Nature Engineering Engineering 113

Deezen

JUNE 21, 2023

Local architecture firm In Situ Studio wrapped an art museum visitor centre in Raleigh, North Carolina with darkened steel and cantilevered a roof with an aperture over its patio. The roof features a rounded triangle roof opening made of aluminium. Project credits: Client: North Carolina Museum of Art Contractor: Frank L.

Roofing 92

Roofing Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 92

Dwell

MAY 12, 2023

The building is organized around a repeating grid of slender quadripartite columns that frame views and support a lightweight trussed roof structure. This large overhanging roof canopy unites the four volumes and forms a perimeter verandah. The metal frame is painted in a rich golden and the roof is lined with copper.

Roofing 100

Roofing Civil Engineering Home Engineering 100

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

Structural Engineering 105

Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering Residential 105

Dwell

APRIL 21, 2023

We utilized stone from both the site and neighboring farms to anchor the building into the site, with rough-sawn timber cladding talking to the lost bush land, and a galvanized steel roof that is a nod to the vernacular Australian farmhouse. Have one to share? Post it here. The clients erected and filled the gabion walls themselves.

Roofing 132

Roofing Client Clients Structural Engineering 132

Deezen

JUNE 6, 2022

Francois Verhoeven Architects has completed a house in a Dutch village featuring a roof with three sloping sections that incorporate skylights , sedum and concealed solar panels. But looking at the wider area where this house is built the strictly controlled landscaping and city planning worked out very well.".

Roofing 145

Roofing Housing Structural Engineering Engineering 145

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.

Roofing 116

Roofing Art Consulting Events 116

Dwell

APRIL 4, 2023

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.

Roofing 97

Roofing Contract Structural Engineering Landscape 97

Deezen

MARCH 1, 2024

NEW fiERA turns Fiera into a permeable system by redesigning its access pathways, valorising the porticoes at the ground floor, excavating the ground floor to transform its underground parking into a shaded piazza, adding, green roofs, air source heat pumps and rainwater harvesting, which all contribute to circularity and climate change mitigation."

Landscape 130

Landscape Cities Project Students 130

Deezen

AUGUST 5, 2022

The new centre for science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) at the independent day and boarding school was made possible by an £18.75 The architecture follows a modern aesthetic using industrial components mixed with integral landscaping and low energy systems," said WilkinsonEyre. "The

Finishes 98

Finishes Engineering Engineering Industrial 98

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

Housing 136

Housing Architecture Roofing Site 136

Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2024

A private roof terrace enclosed by greenery features in Hidden Garden House, a Sydney home reconfigured by Australian studio Sam Crawford Architects. metre-high glass openings that lead out to a landscaped patio. Down from the entry hall is a spacious ground-floor kitchen and dining area, which is illuminated by 4.5-metre-high

Renovation 137

Renovation Home Architect Roofing 137

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.

Roofing 111

Roofing Housing Civil Engineering Restoration 111

Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The Refuge has a curved concrete roof that spans across the length of the pavilion. The architects used red concrete both to contrast with the green landscaping and to reference the nearby brick house. Cutouts in the solid concrete walls were located to frame views of the landscape. Structural engineer: Util.

Landscape 122

Landscape Housing Contractor Structural Engineering 122

Deezen

MARCH 24, 2022

Studio MK27 has designed a Brazilian seaside villa with wide openings to frame views of the surrounding landscape "like a wide-angle camera". Studio MK27 designed Vista House with a smaller envelope nested under a long gabled roof. The home is made up of a low-slung, gabled roof that is roughly 15 metres wide, 3.5

Roofing 116

Roofing Housing Consulting Structural Engineering 116

Dwell

APRIL 9, 2024

Located in Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula, the rambler-style home utilized the trees for the roof and a coffee table, too. The house is 1,700 square feet, and reaches into the landscape with a sheltering roof and screen walls to create usable outdoor spaces on all sides. Have one to share? Post it here.

Site 105

Site Civil Engineering Roofing Engineering 105

Deezen

JANUARY 24, 2022

Salt Lake City architecture studio Imbue Design has built a house outside Zion National Park in Utah with sweeping views of one of the USA's most renowned landscapes. The cabin sits against the Utah landscape. Interior spaces offer views of the landscape. Utah is famed for its remote, dramatic landscapes and desert climate.

Glass 111

Glass Landscape Home Design 111

Deezen

MARCH 22, 2022

Kite-like canopies and geometric roofs shelter the spaces of this factory by Studio Saar , which sits atop a seasonal lake in Sanand, India. Four individual buildings housing an entrance area, utility bay, factory hall and canteen space set in a natural landscape comprise the development. The interiors have a brutalist look.

Roofing 98

Roofing Manufacturing Utilities Finishes 98

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. This DNA sequence, ever-present and unseen, underscores the subtleties of the landscape and the beauty of deferring to it." meters) above ground level.

Housing 128

Housing Architect Civil Engineering Engineering 128

Deezen

MAY 1, 2024

American studio Walker Warner Architects has completed Hale Kiawe, a family retreat with simple, gabled forms are set within an undulating landscape dotted with chunky lava rocks. Simple lines and geometries create a striking contrast with the undulating landscape and stunning coastline in the distance," the team said.

Housing 122

Housing Architect Design Engineering 122

Deezen

MAY 18, 2022

Search engine company Google has opened its BIG and Heatherwick Studio -designed Bay View campus in California's Silicon Valley , which features sweeping, scale-like panels across its roof. Its roof is covered in a solar skin. The roof will provide 40 per cent of the offices' energy. The structures are surrounded by 17.3

Roofing 124

Roofing Windows Restoration Zoning 124

Architizer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

When we think of landscape architecture, the first images that usually come to mind are trees, flowers and soil. But landscape architecture is a process of design that encompasses far more than flora. At the heart of landscape architecture is a shared understanding about time, haptic connection and human experience. HEITO 1909.

Landscape 98

Landscape Architecture Design Industrial 98

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. By surrendering the manmade environment to the same natural forces that shape the land, the house collaborates with the natural hydrological systems that nurture the landscape." the studio said. "By

Civil Engineering 144

Civil Engineering Housing Architecture Engineering 144

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.

Roofing 105

Roofing Landscape Engineering Engineering 105

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. Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group Co.

Consulting 132

Consulting Civil Engineering Transportation Engineering 132

Deezen

MAY 9, 2024

Underneath the roof, the top floor will have floor-to-ceiling windows that give gym visitors views of the park around the athletics centre. Read: MAD reveals design for Lishui Airport with swooping "bird-like" roof This includes cooling towers on the second floor for underground ventilation and air circulation.

Consulting 122

Consulting Commercial Design Roofing 122

Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Snøhetta also designed landscaped plazas and roof terraces for Airside, which sits above the Kai Tak MTR station in the district that formerly held Kai Tak, Hong Kong's international airport from 1925 to 1998.

Site 130

Site Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 130

Deezen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Its design is based on natural landscapes and prioritises helping visitors to connect to the outside, enticing them away from their screens. The columns flatten at their peaks to evoke a tree canopy One of the library's most notable details is its tall, slender columns that "mushroom into flat panels" at their peak to support the roof.

Civil Engineering 145

Civil Engineering Restoration Engineering Engineering 145

Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A 30-metre-long bridge connects the two wings of the complex A 300-square-metre pool located on the roof of The H Residence mimics the deep curve of the first-floor bridge and enjoys a view of Dubai's city skyline.

Housing 137

Housing Residential Design Engineering 137

Deezen

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Architecture studio Snøhetta and engineer Tor Helge Dokka have created House Dokka, a mass-timber home that perches on a hillside in Kongsberg, Norway. House Dokka comprises a stack of two timber-clad volumes, supported by large wooden stilts drilled into the rocky, tree-lined landscape. The photography is by Robin Hayes.

Roofing 140

Roofing Engineering Engineering Landscape 140

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.

Structural Engineering 75

Structural Engineering Contractor Engineering Engineering 75

Deezen

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Parallel columns rise from the bottom of the lake to support a thin concrete roof with a subtly undulating shape. The undulating roof outlines the surrounding mountain range "In this new natural environment created inside a piece of architecture, one senses a landscape in which the scene inside segues into that outside," said Ishigami.

Roofing 145

Roofing Environment Design Engineering 145

aasarchitecture

APRIL 29, 2024

At the cutting edge of architecture, landscaping, and engineering, the project by MASSLAB architecture office for the new roof of Bragança’s Water Treatment Plant will allow public use of this infrastructure, which until now only served with a utilitarian purpose. Source by MASSLAB.

Education 64

Education Roofing Landscape Engineering 64

Deezen

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Described by Cobe as a "lush, green park island", the 21,500-square-metre landscape occupies a green lawn on a former industrial site adjacent to The Royal Danish Opera. Read: Henning Larsen and Cobe reveal atomic-science research facility to create neutrons Cobe's landscape design is intended as a nod to the nearby opera.

Landscape 138

Landscape Roofing Urban Development Management 138

Deezen

APRIL 9, 2024

The design marries Japanese architecture with the surrounding Hudson Valley "The main building has a porch space with long eaves that links with canopy-style roof design, which serves to accent the exterior," said Jun Mitsui & Associates. "We and the landscape as an intermediate area, but also gently welcomes visiting guests."

Civil Engineering 133

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Windows 133

Dwell

JANUARY 17, 2022

The landscape architect, who leads Philadelphia’s Studio Ludo, designs playgrounds for a living and believes in a riskier‚ more open-ended version of play—picture higher climbing structures‚ faster‚ scarier slides‚ and more labyrinthine hideaways for getting lost. Meghan Talarowski thinks we should let kids fall down more often.

Landscape 90

Landscape Architect Safety Inspiration 90