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Inter-Generational Homes: Addressing Diverse Needs Under One Roof

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Stacked House / Studio Lotus. © Andre J Fanthome Designing a home is always a significant challenge. Thus, mapping out the needs and rituals that will unfold within the house is fundamental for the success of the task.

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This double-curved roof house by Mecanoo is covered in slick multicolored tiles

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Mecanoo has designed a distinctive residence with a striking double-curved roof and ceramic tile-covered façade in Schoorl, a village in northern Holland. Called Villa BW, it spans three floors, with an additional level within the hood of the roof. Image: Ossip van Duivenbode, courtesy Mecanoo.

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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. Home to a family of seven, Proctor & Shaw designed the project as an extension to an existing Edwardian house, extending the ground-floor kitchen and dining room.

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The DHaus Company revamps London house with butterfly-roof extension

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An inverted-pitch roof and angular brick cladding characterise the Butterfly House extension, which architecture studio The DHaus Company has added to a terraced home in north London. The DHaus Company has created an extension with a butterfly roof "The butterfly roof is visually striking," The DHaus Company told Dezeen.

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Eight buildings with inverted-pitched roofs that resemble butterfly wings

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An angular English home extension and a timber-clad Guatemalan retreat feature in our roundup of buildings with butterfly roofs. Otherwise known as inverted-pitched roofs, the V-shaped structures take their name from the angled form of a butterfly's wings. Here are eight buildings with butterfly roofs from the Dezeen archive.

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Angular clay-tile roof crowns Jakarta home by Ismail Solehudin Architecture

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Indonesian studio Ismail Solehudin Architecture has playfully adapted the forms and materials found in traditional Javanese homes for Distracted House, a family residence in Jakarta. To the west, a rectilinear block contains the home's bedrooms across two storeys.

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The Bloom Architects tops Tile House with inverted roof in Vietnam

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Red tiles envelop the roof and walls of this family home , which Vietnamese studio The Bloom Architects has arranged around a central courtyard in the city of Bao Loc. Appropriately called Tile House, the home in the Central Highlands region is designed by The Bloom Architects to remain cool despite the tropical climate.

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