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Jonathan Tuckey Design restores and extends traditional stone farmstead in Italy

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Jonathan Tuckey Design has renovated a former farmstead in northern Italy , restoring and extending a cluster of 19th-century stone buildings to create Cascina, a new home and studio. Upstairs, the restoration of the barn roof was prioritised so one could immediately feel and connect to the building's heritage," she added. "The

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Arch Studio extends courtyard home in China beneath wave-like roof

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Chinese practice Arch Studio has renovated and extended a courtyard home called Mixed House on the outskirts of Beijing , China, by inserting a timber structure topped by a wavy roof. Topped with a wave-like roof and filled with new living areas, this wooden volume also splits the existing courtyard into a series of smaller external spaces.

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A Dilapidated 1800s Farmhouse Is Revived With a New Thatched Roof and a More Open Plan

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Design studio Mast also inserted windows into its original brick facade and attached a glass-wrapped extension that opens onto a sunken patio. A pigsty and multiple sheds had been attached onto the back of the house and the roof had partially collapsed. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Desai Chia creates “winged" roofs for Copake Lake House in New York

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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. Windows provide framed views.

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Loci Architecture Beautifully Restores 1886 Facade and Modernizes 61 West 23rd Street

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61 West 23rd Street – As part of a team tasked with modernizing a building for new commercial tenants, we restored the aging facade of the seven-story 1886 cast iron building in the Ladies’ Mile Historic District, adding a new insulated roof, and replacing the original windows with new energy-efficient units, customized to retain historic details.

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Nine contemporary homes where ruins reveal layers of the past

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20th-century plaster finishes have been stripped back to expose the 400-year-old apartment's original stonework, reestablishing its visual prominence against modern white-rendered walls. To encourage layered encounters of the site, views of the landscape were also aligned with existing window apertures from the bedrooms.

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Mamout reclaims materials from demolished warehouse for Belgian courtyard house

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It features reclaimed materials from an old warehouse on the site Dailly's exterior is kept minimal, with white-painted walls animated by large windows, portions of green tiles and exposed brickwork. The sloping roof considerably increases the feeling of space," said Busana.

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