Archinect

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Named Maison Melba, the project saw a former 1970s car garage transformed into a living space that is also open to the community for collaborative projects. Image credit: Alex Lesage Image credit: Alex Lesage The exterior of the building is defined by a “noble and timeless look that blends with the countryside.

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Deezen

MARCH 12, 2024

Sameep Padora & Associates has created an arts space in India Hampi Art Labs' undulating form references the nearby Tungabhadra River, while its distinctive colour was achieved using iron oxide sourced from the nearby JSW Vijayangar Works – one of the largest steel and cement-producing facilities in India.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 21, 2023

A series of overlapping "petals" constructed from bamboo and clad in shiny copper shingles shelter Lumi Shala, a yoga and meditation space in Bali, Indonesia, by local studio Ibuku. Storage spaces have been created in curving sections of the outer buttresses, which extend to form shallow stepped seating areas around the edges of the space.

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Habitus Living

AUGUST 13, 2023

Their brief was simple: to provide a contemporary and timeless four-bedroom home which champions the landscape, one that is as equally well suited to entertaining as their day-to-day rituals,” says Ed Davis, principal at Davis Architects. The space acts as a generously extended threshold to become something of a pavilion in its own right.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Brooklyn-based nARCHITECTS has designed a nature centre and exhibition space that produces as much energy as it consumes on the New York coastline. The project transformed 12 acres of concrete parking lot into a sustainable structure and resilient landscape with native plants. It features space for exhibitions.

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Architizer

AUGUST 24, 2022

On a steep hillside in San Francisco, a terraced garden integrates seamlessly with the architecture to create a series of intimate, flexible outdoor spaces. © Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture. © Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture. © Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture. © Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture.

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Deezen

JUNE 4, 2023

An undulating green roof and timber cladding help this Suffolk house by MAP Architecture and Jon Broome Architects, which was designed to Passivhaus standards, blend into the surrounding wetland. The internal ceiling battens are made using an Ash facing piece with a softwood core to allow the battens to follow the roof curve," said Mawson.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A flowing landscape of grass-topped, terracotta-coloured concrete animates the Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre designed by Chinese studio Change Architects to reference mountains in Anhui province. Designed by the German-based studio Ippolito Fleitz Group , they are intended to echo the flowing form of the exterior.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2022

German-Chinese architecture practice Büro Ziyu Zhuang has completed a church in Qingdao , China, featuring walls and a tower made from dozens of spaced-out aluminium ribs. A semi-sunken podium level beneath the lake contains auxiliary spaces for the main auditorium, including a reception area and preparation room.

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The Architecture Designs

AUGUST 22, 2022

It’s a good idea to examine how to enhance the exterior of your home if you want to sell it at some point. No need to panic if you don’t know where to begin; we’ve put up a list of some fantastic suggestions of the best ways to improve your home exterior to help you get started. Do some landscaping.

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Architizer

APRIL 30, 2024

At their core, these bridge-buildings are rooted in the ethos of integration and engagement, merging the built environment with the natural landscape, interior with exterior, and function with form. Serving as a communal hub, it revitalizes public life in the area, offering terraces and open spaces for picnics and river swims.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 21, 2022

London studio Hayhurst & Co has completed the Edith Neville Primary School near King's Cross, with pockets of landscape and external play spaces wrapped by a filigree screen of white aluminium mesh. This was slightly lowered to create space for rooms above. A zigzagging canopy bridges the interior and exterior.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. All rooms overlook the open landscape to the west and have access to the large covered terrace. The wooden structure of the roof forms a greenhouse on the first floor.

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Deezen

MARCH 18, 2022

The 528-square-metre residence sits on a slight slope that is mirrored in the angles of its roof. A roof terrace is hidden from view among the gable shapes. The exterior surfaces are covered in a cement render and painted black to further emphasise the simple architectural forms. Black marble floors match the dark exterior.

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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.

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Deezen

AUGUST 22, 2023

Defined by their steeply pitched roofs that extend to reach near ground level, A-frame homes became popular in the 1950s, 60s and 70s and are now seeing a resurgence with modern interpretations being designed around the world. The studio placed an open-plan living and dining room at the centre of the home.

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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

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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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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

A wavy, tiled roof formed by intersecting catenary vaults shelters this lakeside restaurant , designed by Bangalore-based Play Architecture for the Deva Dhare Resort in Karnataka, India. The Deva Dhare Restaurant is topped with a vaulted tiled roof. Four glass-covered openings under the wavy roof offer views of the surroundings.

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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. 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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Architizer

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The following rural retreats also seek to make the most of the country’s rich and surreal landscapes. Taking cues from the utilitarian forms of a tent and a shed, this home in Titirangi does a lot with little space. This earthy, weathered look nearly camouflages the house amid the rugged landscape. Photos by Jeremy Toth.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2024

Nowhere has renovated a house in Hyderabad called Mayalogili Alongside brick and marble dust, the studio also used plants and soil from the site to create tactile internal finishes that "weave in the materiality of the landscape", it said. The photography is by Vivek Eadara.

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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

JANUARY 4, 2023

Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates has completed Esprit House, a home in Tokyo with a blocky concrete form elevated on piloti above a garage space. In the work-from-home era, comfortable living environments and intermediary areas linking interior and exterior [are] increasingly in demand," said the practice.

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The Architecture Designs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This means your home presents itself well with home touch-ups like beautifully coated paint, wall claddings structured nicely, a stable roof, and a well-maintained yard. Sprucing up your home’s exterior sets the tone for prospects to take an interest in what the inside of your place looks like. Paint The Front Door. Plant Trees.

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Architecture Ideas

MAY 25, 2023

A popular trend in architecture is the construction of buildings topped with flat roofs. Specialized windows for flat roofs are a solution dedicated to buildings of this type, improving their functionality. The issue of meeting the functional conditions also applies to glazing in the form of windows for flat roofs.

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Architizer

JUNE 14, 2023

This section houses the ‘Honor Hall’, a cavernous double-height space framed by angular, protruding skylights that cast atmospheric shadows. The ethereal design language evokes the typology of a church — a hallowed space for hosting award ceremonies and recognizing the bravery of firefighters.

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Dwell

MARCH 21, 2024

Designed by architect Pascal Truffaut, the countryside home has colorful interiors, a wave-like roof, and a bedroom suspended above the living area. It was operated from 1997 to 2013 as a guesthouse and offers generous and versatile spaces. A large, separate kitchen served by two doors has exterior access.

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Deezen

APRIL 8, 2024

Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine's curved structure is topped with an undulating roof clad with perforated aluminium panels, which links up with the circular walkway. At the front of the building is a landscaped plaza with paved walkways, designed to host outdoor activities as well as connect the museum to the surrounding streets.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Its design was informed by local vernacular architecture The building is divided into several gabled -roof volumes, with a glazed connector at the centre. It is clad in cedar shingles and salvaged wood Along the street elevation, the team added a flat-roofed volume crowned with an aluminium trellis.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Irregularly placed square openings puncture the thick concrete exterior of SV House in Portugal , recently completed by architecture studio Spaceworkers. Internally, these openings focus on framing pieces of the distant landscape, or even the sky, avoiding the surroundings punctuated by houses." The photography is by Fernando Guerra.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Along with curling exterior walls that span the length of the houses's perimeter, they were created using a technique in which concrete is poured slowly into fabric formwork supported by a plywood rib structure. The team covered the structure with berms, which rise out of the flat landscape of the surrounding agricultural fields.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Located within a hilly landscape near Lake Lugano, the house was designed to showcase non-traditional building materials and features a timber structure as well as metal and cork cladding. Beyond the kitchen, the ground floor opens into a double-height living and dining space.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Charred timber clads the exterior of Somers House Aiming to create a weather-resilient exterior, Kennedy Nolan clad the home almost entirely in timber that was charred using the Japanese Shou Sugi Ban technique. The spatial arrangement supports privacy and separation but makes coming together effortless and celebrated."

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Deezen

APRIL 14, 2023

Located on a 30-acre site just outside the village of Tivoli, the building was designed as a "destination tavern" for the Lasting Joy Brewery , where visitors can taste locally made drinks while enjoying the surrounding landscape. Himmelfarb founded his studio Auver in 2019 and is based in New York City.

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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. We aimed to defer to the site’s surroundings, offering ample indoor-outdoor spaces for gathering and reflection." meters) above ground level.

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Deezen

MAY 6, 2024

Located in Mandrem, a small town in the north of the state, the homes are intended to mirror the character of the local area, including its colourful architecture and landscapes. Each villa has an identical design, containing three bedrooms and private outdoor space with a pool, jacuzzi and small garden.

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