Architizer

APRIL 30, 2024

They can be material structures that connect two (or more!) Beyond spanning from point A to B, architects are designing bridges as inhabitable structures to build connections between people and places. Architects: Want to have your project featured? Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Located on a 35-acre (14-hectare) property near the town of Wilson, the home was envisioned as a series of "tectonic structures" set within a diverse ecosystem.

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2023

Continuing our Timber Revolution series, we look at the Tamedia Office Building by Shigeru Ban – Switzerland's first seven-storey mass-timber structure that was barely legal at the time of its completion in 2013. And engineers were incredulous that such a large wooden structure could function without steel connections."

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Described by Henning Larsen as a "modern monument," the church will be located close to the protected natural area of Amager Fæelled in the Danish capital. The design of the building draws on nature, with its structure set to be built from timber and finished with wooden shingles. Ørestad Church will be made from wood.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Instead of putting everything under one roof, architecture firm Lake|Flato created a network of smaller volumes to minimize impact on the forested plot. Envisioned as a home that embraces the outdoors, the residence is composed of four structures housing the home’s separate functions. Have one to share? P ost it here.

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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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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. Villa K2 features a multi-pitched roof. Read: Villa SG21 is a monolithic blackened-wood house topped with a turfed roof.

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Dwell

AUGUST 3, 2022

PAD Studio replaced a rundown cottage with a new gable-roofed timber design that looks as if it’d been there all along. The L-shaped plan comprises two pitched-roof volumes clad in timber battens and white render in reference to neighboring A-frame chalets.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Next in our Designing for Disaster series, we spotlight Pop Up, Danish studio Tredje Natur's bold proposal for cities to build floating car parks on top of flood-preventing reservoirs. It would also shelter a public garden on the roof from surrounding noise. Tredje Natur was founded in the same year. It is kind of pragmatic."

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The key lesson for design professionals, based on decades of previous disaster science, was that disasters can be stopped through planning, engineering and architecture connected to other skills and professions. Roofs could be designed and built to withstand the strongest winds possible, such as a powerful tornado passing over.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

The interiors of the home are finished with natural materials. "It It was also quite dark as the orientation of the property isn't ideal – the rear reception room in particular had very little natural light.". The house's original timber roof has been preserved. Oak cabinetry and grey limestone fixtures feature in the kitchen.

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BD+C

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Engineered Wood Sprouts Solutions for Supermarket Chain 1 kcichowicz Wed, 10/18/2023 - 13:31 Switching from a steel roof system to an engineered wood one helped a Sprouts Farmers Market design team solve supply chain challenges and lower the location’s carbon footprint. Engineer Mo Kateeb, principal of A.V.

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JUNE 22, 2023

How to Specify Engineered Wood Products 1 kcichowicz Thu, 06/22/2023 - 10:58 APA – The Engineered Wood Association offers guidance on the properties and applications of engineered wood products and how to correctly specify them in accordance with the IBC. The panels must pass wet and dry structural performance tests.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Parallel columns rise from the bottom of the lake to support a thin concrete roof with a subtly undulating shape. A new exterior is born, in the structure's interior." The Zaishui Art Museum's undulating concrete roof hangs low in places to imitate the outline of the mountain range behind.

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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 structures are surrounded by 17.3 The roof will provide 40 per cent of the offices' energy.

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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. Above, this curved ceiling forms a sloped roof terrace filled with plants, which is situated off the main bedroom on the upper floor. The photography is by Tom Ferguson.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

California studio Field Architecture designed this Sonoma Valley house out of a trio of fanning copper-clad pavilions with butterfly roofs. We looked to the bush – those forested, undeveloped areas of nature that surround the house – while allowing the built structures to adapt to the natural terrain," the studio said.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Large glass facades, parametric forms and advanced engineering can be found in some of the leading educational facilities of today. Given that the site is located in paddy fields in the mountains there, the structure is built using layers of walls to adapt to the topography. Bamboo Sports Hall at Panyaden International School.

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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. On a secluded wooded site, the new structure grounds itself to the earth with its approach to material and form. The roof is an additional level that provides more outdoor space, and has an elevated herb garden.

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MAY 10, 2024

Chilean studio Hebra Arquitectos has completed an elevated home with steel pilotis and a V-shaped roof, aiming to create a building that "floats in the middle of the forest". Concrete and black-painted steel were used for the structural system. The roof is supported by reticular beams, which have a weblike composition.

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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.

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AUGUST 5, 2022

An exposed steel structure and perforated copper cladding bring an industrial feel to The Dyson Building at Gresham's School in Norfolk, designed by architecture studio WilkinsonEyre. 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

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JUNE 15, 2022

Having consulted with a structural engineer, these structures were placed within a comfortable distance from each other. Smaller negative spaces between the structures were to be utilized to form the space of other rooms and a larger gap was allocated for a living room.

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APRIL 7, 2024

It is located at the school's satellite campus Hooke Park Working with engineering firm Arup , the students used computer-aided design to incorporate these irregular wooden components into the structure. Each component was scanned and placed into a computer model before areas for each connection were cut using a robotic arm.

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MAY 1, 2024

The buildings are clad in wood siding Informed by the agrarian buildings once found in the area, the buildings are clad in wood siding and are topped with corrugated metal roofs. Winding pathways connect the structures Totalling 5,600 square feet (520 square metres), the buildings are set around outdoor spaces and are connected by pathways.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Immersing guests in the natural landscape of the wooded site along the Fraser River, the project touches lightly on the land with elevated cabins and a network of boardwalks that maximise interaction with the mountain site while preserving the trees and natural watershed. The photography is by Stephan Werk and Kylie Fitts.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 17, 2024

A unique experience center for the famed Swedish brands, Volvo Cars and Volvo Group, World of Volvo is designed around Scandinavian values of freedom of movement, access to nature and openness and inclusion. “As a brand Volvo is rooted in a Swedish pride for producing and manufacturing quality for everyone. Source by Henning Larsen.

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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. "It 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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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.

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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. Settled on the edge of a meadow surrounded by spruce trees, the massing of the two-bedroom, rectangular house follows the natural grade, never rising more than 15 feet (4.5

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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. Commercial and cultural spaces are added to the south square.

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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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JANUARY 19, 2024

With a focus on rich, sensory experiences rooted in nature, we created a calming oasis within the bustle of an international airport." Inside, the studio adorned the terminal's engineered bamboo structure with hanging plants and greenery, creating bright and airy interiors lit by roof openings.

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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.

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JULY 13, 2022

Di Frenna Arquitectos used natural materials such as stone, rammed earth , carrizo weaves and a traditional form of stucco to make Espacio Kaab in the Mexican city of Comala appear "as a volume that emerged organically from the ground". Guests climb a flight of stone stairs to the main level. "As The ground floor is sunken.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The most famous concrete structure from that time might be the Pantheon built by the Romans, which features a semi-sphere dome made of cast concrete, with a hulking 142 foot (43.5 It remains the largest non-reinforced concrete structure today. Walls are no longer vertical and roofs are not simply flat, sloped or anything symmetrical.

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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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