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Dual Roof Extension in Kingston by Square One Architects

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This recently completed project located in the London Borough of Kingston Upon Thames is spread between two semi-detached Victorian properties which both sought to extend their roof spaces. The four dormers are joined together with a mansard roof which gives the illusion that the dormers are.

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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art begins exterior finishes ahead of 2025 debut

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The finish line for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art may still be out on the horizon, but the exterior of the $1-billion project from Star Wars and Indiana Jones creator George Lucas is starting to take shape.

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Nori Architects uses simple finishes and exposed structure for minimalist home in Japan

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Tokyo-based Nori Architects responded with a compact two-storey home characterised by its exposed timber structure and simple interior and exterior finishes. We created a warm wood-filled space by eliminating interior finishes with exterior insulation, and exposing the wood structure, base, piping and wiring," said the practice.

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Steiner Architecture finishes sculptural Clinic in Anif with wood-textured red concrete

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Vienna-based studio Steiner Architecture has completed a private clinic in Salzburg , Austria, made from wood-textured red concrete and topped with a serrated roof. The post Steiner Architecture finishes sculptural Clinic in Anif with wood-textured red concrete appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Florian Holzherr.

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BIG designs all-wood cubic structure as "living curriculum" at University of Kansas

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The structure will serve as an educational building for the University of Kansas ( KU ) School of Architecture & Design in Lawrence, Kansas. It will have an all wood structure It will have chamfered edges on all of the corners, creating entrance canopies on the ground floor and terraces up top. The imagery is courtesy of BIG.

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Wave-shaped roofs top cultural space in Shanghai by Wutopia Lab

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Chinese studio Wutopia Lab has used wave-shaped roofs of blue aluminium and translucent fabric to transform an industrial yard in Shanghai into a mixed-use cultural space. Read: Wutopia Lab wraps Shanghai Book City in perforated aluminium Inside, Wutopia Lab left the steel structure of the building exposed and painted it white.

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Klein Dytham Architecture wraps Karuizawa Commongrounds Bookstore with "flowing" steel roof

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Tokyo-based studio Klein Dytham Architecture has designed a bookstore wrapped with an undulating steel roof resembling "outstretched arms" in Nagano, Japan. Exposed wooden beams feature throughout the interior spaces Inside Karuizawa Commongrounds Bookstore, the spaces were organised around the existing rectangular structure.

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