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This French fixer-upper boasts a barrel-vaulted glass roof

The Spaces

A weathered stone staircase connects each level of the house, and a glass-roofed garden room is at the rear. One of the more inspiring spaces is the gallery, crowned by a glass and timber barrel-vaulted roof with a neo-gothic stone balustrade.

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Dual Roof Extension in Kingston by Square One Architects

Archinect

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

Deezen

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. A fully glazed wall with a wave-like pattern fronts this space, overlooking the red-coloured square onto which it opens through golden doors.

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Manica designs glass-fronted stadium for Chicago Bears

Deezen

Manica Architecture designed the multi-purpose recreational campus – featuring a stadium enclosed with a translucent roof – to bring a variety of concerts, community celebrations, and sporting events to the Windy City's downtown, to replace the Bears' current home at Soldier Field. The renderings were provided by Manica Architecture.

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VILLA ROOF by Maxime d'Angeac | Living space

Architonic

Of the former duplex located on the top floor of an Art Deco building whose roof was about to be blown off, nothing remains. The challenge was to give the impression of size to a living space of only 64 square meters. Another challenge was to lose as little space as possible, like on a boat, and to make the cupboards, the f…

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THE VILLA ROOF by Maxime d'Angeac | Living space

Architonic

Of the former duplex located on the top floor of an Art Deco building whose roof was about to be blown off, nothing remains. The challenge was to give the impression of size to a living space of only 64 square meters.

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SO-IL designs Massachusetts museum with undulating CLT roof

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Architecture studio SO-IL has unveiled designs for the Williams College Museum of Art in the Berkshires , which will be topped with a tent-like cross-laminated timber roof. The undulating cross-laminated timber roof will be laid atop these volumes, unifying them below. It is punctuated by glazed openings dispersed along its facade.

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