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Agricultural sheds inform metal home in Taiwan by Studio Tngtetshiu

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The "anonymous" metal buildings found in rural Taiwan were a visual reference for Double Roof House, which local practice Studio Tngtetshiu has created in Tainan. Double Roof House comprises a home, warehouse and playground, located alongside a red-brick church previously renovated by Studio Tngtetshiu.

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3XN and GXN offer insights into unique roof design behind Sydney Fish Market

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Image credit: 3XN The building’s undulating roof is described by 3XN as “an integral aspect of the fish market’s iconic design” as well as being key to its overall sustainability strategy. When completed, the 700,000-square-foot building will be the largest fish market in the southern hemisphere.

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Hopkins Architects tops Wimbledon tennis courts with sweeping racket-informed roof

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British studio Hopkins Architects has added an indoor tennis centre with an undulating timber-coated roof to the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon , UK. It has an undulating timber-coated roof The building contains six indoor courts within a partially timber-clad structure punctuated by white, Y-shaped columns.

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COA Arquitectura tops Mexico winery with sawtooth roof

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Mexican studio COA Arquitectura has enclosed a winery outside of Guadalajara with a corrugated steel sawtooth roof and rammed earth walls. Informed by the agricultural buildings of the area, each building is enclosed in rammed earth walls that are freestanding, square or C-shaped and in-filled with metal and wood.

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Vestiges of industry inform hotel complex on former factory site in Bordeaux

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Atop its roof, a row of gabled metal forms contain a restaurant and spa wrapped by a panoramic terrace overlooking the city. And to the east, the Whoo student accommodation and hostel is housed in a minimal concrete block with a sawtooth roof. It] embodies a kind of timelessness, a sense of what is already there," it added. "It

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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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Venetian palazzo informs "elegant and unexpected" interiors of Hotel Bella Grande

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Tonen has refurbished a hotel informed by a Venetian palazzo Tonen aimed to create interiors for the 109-room hotel that are timeless yet contemporary and combine a sense of nostalgic charm with modern sophistication. The photography is courtesy of Tonen.