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. 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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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. During the project's inception, designers from Manhattan's Desai Chia Architecture visited the site in different seasons to understand the climate and terrain.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Named after the community where it is located, the Cotton Patch Hills House sits on an oceanfront site in Bethany Beach, Delaware. For a sandy site that faces the water, the team created a rectilinear, three-storey building that totals 5,842 square feet (542 square metres). The staircase is made of white oak and steel.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The limestone-clad facades are decorated by perforated metal screens "The stonework has both honed and textured finishes to minimise strong surface reflections and allow building facades and edges to recede and not overwhelm the townscape," architect Chris Ravenscroft told Dezeen. The photography is courtesy of John McAslan + Partners.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2024

HGA has created a pair of mass-timber buildings at Bowdoin College in Maine While different in size and colour, the buildings have asymmetrical pitched roofs that "play off each other from different vantage points". Both buildings also have mass timber frames, wooden interior finishes and brick facades.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Due to its location on the edge of the Česky Kras nature reserve southwest of Prague, the project was required to visually blend in with the local vernacular, with regulations specifying a simple gable-roof form with rounded eaves. Meanwhile, the roof is lined with traditional tiles called bobrovka.

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Dwell

JANUARY 4, 2024

It’s slotted in a row of brick residences but connects with the outdoors via the screens, glazing at the rear, and a skylight roof. The site now sits between two-story brick houses with pitched tile roofs built in the 2000s and already sub-divided into flats. "The Have one to share? Post it here.

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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. The roofs – composed of two triangular planes each that slope toward the centre – collect rainwater and redirect it to river-rock basins.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2023

"We wanted to touch lightly on the site, so the home cantilevers over the site, is grounded at the entrance, and then floats over the landscape as you move through the home," the studio said. This projection helped us to minimize the impact on this natural site and reduce excavation.". The home is topped with a green roof.

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Dwell

JULY 14, 2023

Project Details: Location: Betty's Bay, South Africa Architect: KLG Architects / @ klgarchitects Footprint: 1,787 square feet Builder: Quali Projects Structural Engineer: Karl Hvidsten Timber Work: Herbert Robinson Land Surveyor: Diesel & Munns Inc. Secondly, the entire structure was raised off the terrain on timber posts.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Brazilian practice Studio KUNZ has created a compact gabled house that cantilevers from a sloped site in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Vertical wood slats wrap the base The arrangement creates makes the structure appear balanced atop a slate staircase that provides a rustic base for the home's clean white lines.

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Dwell

AUGUST 22, 2022

Architect Conor Dolman gave the wood-clad cabin a folded roof to make it look like a bird in flight. The site is on the edge of the green belt and is bordered by dense vegetation. The studio is cloaked in a jacket of silvered Abodo timber which we wanted to use due to the color of the resin coating and the rough finish of the cladding.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Six Square House was constructed on a verdant site. Photo is by Alan Tansey Brooklyn -based Young Projects made a range of updates to the property including adding an addition to the 1850s farmhouse, which sits at the front of the site, and a pool, terrace and pool house in the rear of the lot. hectare) lot with an historic farmhouse.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The elevated site provides sweeping views of the undulating terrain and the distant ocean. SAOTA has completed a residence on an elevated site in Los Angeles The project was designed by Cape Town-based SAOTA , alongside US architect and developer David Maman and the Belgian interior designer Dieter Vander Velpen.

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Deezen

MARCH 2, 2023

CLB Architects gave the home a long, low roof To design the project, the team drew upon the site's history as a working cattle ranch. The clients' choice of site was influenced by their appreciation of wildlife and conservation, as well as their love of horses and desire to return the land to its historic roots," the team said. "The

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Deezen

MARCH 23, 2023

Named the Sydney Plaza & Community Building, the project aims to highlight the site's heritage, which was once the land of the Eora nation – a group of Aboriginal Australians. Inside, the utilitarian community building contains a gallery finished with warm spotted-gum wood, as well as a viewing platform overlooking the plaza.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2023

The axial approach includes replanted natural grasses The roof extends to create a 15-foot (4.5-metre) The terrace is natural concrete "The finishes include huge, seamless porcelain wall and floor surfaces, and fully concealed storage, fixtures, and devices," the team said. The terrace is natural concrete.

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Habitus Living

MARCH 10, 2024

Sited on Wurundjeri Country, the design approach of Hermon fell into two separate camps. A staircase was erected to the roof cavity, that serves as a ‘relaxation zone’. The outdoor pavilion has a green roof, to amplify the ventilation and improve the ecology of the site. The latter is perhaps more aesthetically oriented.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2023

The project's exterior material palette references the surrounding agricultural area with whitewashed cedar siding and an aluminium standing-seam roof. Read: Ryall Sheridan raises Wetlands House above coastal site on New York's Long Island This airy living room has west-facing windows that overlook the adjacent tree farm.

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Deezen

MAY 24, 2023

In turn, all of the structures are designed to capture and reuse rainwater. A standalone art studio also features at the site. Roofs are covered with vegetation. In the main residence, slender steel columns support deep roof overhangs. Interior finishes include plywood made of Southern yellow pine.

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Deezen

AUGUST 26, 2022

"As the existing home functioned well for the clients already, preference was given to create a new self-contained addition and use the budget to create moments of delight across the site," the architect added. The building's two wings are topped with green roofs planted with drought tolerant native species. Builder: Souter Built .

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Deezen

MARCH 26, 2023

The home occupies a verdant site in the Thu Duc district that is often flooded by a nearby river, requiring Vietnamese studio SDA to elevate its lowest level above ground by one metre. This house focuses on the active outdoor life in Vietnam, with a new frame and structural design to realise it," it continued.

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MARCH 24, 2023

The common area space is the central axis of the house, while the rest of the programmatic elements (bedrooms, bathrooms, laundry, and roofed parking area) are distributed in the two volumes perpendicular to them. For the exterior cladding, a vertical grid of brushed pine was designed, which functions as a lattice in the roofed parking area."

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Deezen

JULY 18, 2022

Set on a sloped site, the Hartford Residence is located in Clarksville, an established neighbourhood in Austin. Clayton Korte created a two-storey home on a sloped site. The primary living volume is under the gable roof on the first floor. Standing-seam metal covers the roof. MEP engineer: Design-Build by Installer.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2023

On the roof, a large terrace with an additional table, seating area and outdoor kitchen is surrounded by trees and sheltered beneath a metal pergola. There is a large roof terrace. Structural engineer: Motoi Nomura Structures. Facility engineer: Naoki Matsumoto. metres wide. Lighting design: Ripple design.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

It is sited as low as possible and does not constitute a new dominant in the space. The building’s subdued appearance in the space is achieved by the low floating roof, under which the surrounding landscape is allowed to flow across the pool. The materiality of the pool complex is very simple and restrained.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

"The goal of the project is to maintain and enhance the public and free character of the site, seeking not to impose, but to gently uplift it," explained Kéré Architecture. Kamwokya Community Centre is raised on a stepped concrete platform, protecting the site from the frequent flooding that occurs after heavy rainfall.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Baldridge Architects acted as both the designer and general contractor The firm saw potential in the ageing site on Burnet Road and purchased the three structures there, which total 5,200 square feet (483 square metres). In the open work area, original roof trusses were left exposed. The photography is by Casey Dunn.

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Deezen

AUGUST 7, 2022

Bell Phillips was approached to design a community space housing a cafe kiosk, toilets and a bookable multipurpose room for the site, which contains several mature plane trees. The structure nestles amongst large plane trees. Its framework is largely built from cross-laminated timber, finished with timber cladding and bamboo decking.

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2022

The angular massing of the 300-square-metre home fills the narrow lot, orienting the resident's views towards the best perspectives of the rugged desert landscape and preserving existing trees found on site. The color blends in with the land, making reference to the cultural past of the archaeological sites of Paquimé and Casas Grandes.".

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Deezen

MARCH 5, 2022

Two concrete volumes linked by a glazed corridor form this family home that Spanish architects Marià Castelló and José Antonio Molina have embedded in a rocky site overlooking the sea in Costa Brava. Marià Castelló and José Antonio Molina have embedded a house on a rocky site in Costa Brava. Building engineer: Joan Noguer.

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Deezen

JUNE 8, 2022

The dwelling, which serves as a retreat for a Chicago family, is sited in a way that maximizes views while retaining privacy. Stretching across a flat site, the house consists of intersecting, gabled volumes and a flat-roofed, pavilion-like volume in the rear. Interior finishes include walnut.

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Deezen

JULY 6, 2023

The 24-acre property had been neglected for more than a decade, so our work involved refreshing finishes, opening under-lit spaces to the landscape, solving sources of water damage, and shaping a landscape to unify the domestic complex," said In Situ Studio founder Matt Griffin. The photography is by Cristóbal Palma.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Binational studio Montalba Architects used ample glazing and a clever siting strategy to provide the best vistas at Canyon Terrace House in southern California. Designed for a family of four, the multi-storey home sits on a sloped site in Santa Monica. The photography is by Kevin Scott.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The Oklahoma River runs alongside the site. In 1997, Johnson Fain was commissioned to assist with site selection and programming, and in 2000, the studio was hired to design the museum. A third structure arches away from the courtyard and toward the sunken lawn to the west. Work resumed in 2016.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Urlo Studio designed a rotated, triangular mixed-use complex clad in red concrete panels and terracotta tiles that is meant to reference the architectural heritage of its site in Quito , Ecuador. On the interior, finishes are clean and simple The panels – each 3.15

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Deezen

MAY 3, 2022

This skylight occupies the centre of the 20-meter-diameter green roof-dish that acts as an impluvium to collect the rainwater that then filters down into the underground cisterns," they added. The interiors of the spa were completed using natural finishes including brick floors, plaster walls, and wooden accents for doors and furniture.

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