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Proctor & Shaw tops London home extension with serrated zinc roof

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Architecture studio Proctor & Shaw has topped a home extension with a steeply-angled roof clad with red pigmented zinc in East Dulwich, London. Deep skylights punctured into the roof draw daylight into the space below, while sliding doors seamlessly connect the interior with an outdoor patio.

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nARCHITECTS tops New York nature centre with a mass-timber roof

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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. A cedar trellis wraps around the exterior. Read: Fanned and sawtooth roofs top Sanand Factory in India by Studio Saar.

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An Offset Roof Isn't the Only Off-Kilter Thing About This Home in Japan

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To fit in synergistically with the residential area surrounding the client’s house, one of the requirements was that the exterior should look like a ‘conventionally shaped house’. Having consulted with a structural engineer, these structures were placed within a comfortable distance from each other.

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Wisdome Stockholm by Elding Oscarson

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Conventionally, the program would generate a low volume with a protruding dome, but to utilize the unique dome to create a strong interior space as well as a telling exterior form, the dome is given a focal position under a free form timber structure. The gridshell structure is constructed from flat standard LVL panels.

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The Kitchen in This Pacific Northwest Retreat Is Made From Douglas Fir Felled On-Site

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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.

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Peter Markos models timber Monocoque Cabin on world war two fighter plane

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The timber cabin is wrapped by an external skin clad with cedar shingles "The idea behind the Monocoque Cabin was inspired by the construction techniques used in the aerospace and automotive industries, which are renowned for their efficient material utilization," Markos told Dezeen. metres-wide, 3.5-metres-tall

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Big Windows and White Interiors Punch Up a Gloomy ’60s California Beach House

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We chose to utilize a dark cedar exterior to ground the home within the surrounding dunes and a contrasting natural cedar to accentuate the point of entry. The original house was clad entirely with cedar shingles both inside and out: the walls, roof, and ceilings. The client described it as living inside a tree.

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