Deezen

JANUARY 8, 2022

The design draws upon two references: a cluster of shed-roof agricultural buildings and a Japanese courtyard house with sheltered, exterior walkways. Each of the five structures is positioned according to function, solar orientation and relationship to specific features of the landscape," the firm said. Contractor: Cates Fine Homes.

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Deezen

JUNE 21, 2023

Local architecture firm In Situ Studio wrapped an art museum visitor centre in Raleigh, North Carolina with darkened steel and cantilevered a roof with an aperture over its patio. The roof features a rounded triangle roof opening made of aluminium. Cabinetry: Xylem, Inc.

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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2022

The building's different parts are topped with either single-slope or gabled roofs, all of which are covered with standing seam metal. Civil engineering: Ecological Design Group. MEP engineering: CMTA Consulting Engineers. Structural engineering: Engineering Consultants. Photo is by Tim Hursley.

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BD+C

JUNE 5, 2023

It is essential that structural engineers have a strong understanding of wind behavior, structural behavior, knowledge of building codes, and repair requirements. Meanwhile the edges and corners of roofs experience higher wind pressures compared to the middle of the roof.

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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". Gibbons Hall holds a collection of Arctic objects The surrounding landscape was informed by Arctic topography.

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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. We looked to the bush – those forested, undeveloped areas of nature that surround the house – while allowing the built structures to adapt to the natural terrain," the studio said.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Its design reinterprets local building styles, including thatched-roofed rural longhouses, 1960s flat-roofed stone dwellings and compact summer cabins, while framing views of the nearby lake. The lower storey is informed by local 1960s flat-roofed architecture and clad in stone that is mined locally in Tihany.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has unveiled the Tainan Xinhua Fruit and Vegetable Market in Taiwan with an undulating green roof that is accessed by a series of planted terraces. The eastern corner of the structure has terraces filled with colourful planting that descend to the ground to provide stepped access to the roof.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Canadian studio 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design has added a cedar-clad extension with a shape informed by birds in flight to a house in Ottawa. 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design added a cedar-clad extension to an Ottawa home "The project was inspired by a bird in flight. The photography is by Brendan Burden.

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Dwell

MARCH 19, 2024

As avid cooks and entertainers they sought to create a large kitchen and informal dining and family area that supported a ‘no fuss,’ casual approach to living that engendered a sense of ease. Have one to share? Post it here. Conceived as a garden room, the design directly grounds and orients the occupants toward their garden.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Its design was informed by local vernacular architecture The building is divided into several gabled -roof volumes, with a glazed connector at the centre. It is clad in cedar shingles and salvaged wood Along the street elevation, the team added a flat-roofed volume crowned with an aluminium trellis.

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Deezen

APRIL 9, 2024

According to the team, it was informed by the Engawa, an element of Japanese architecture that resembles a veranda or porch that runs along the perimeter of a structure.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A sloping fibreglass roof and a glass facade characterise New York studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro 's first completed single-family residential project, which has been photographed officially for the first time by Iwan Baan. It is really surreal and magical in the whole; the whole roof just feels like it's floating."

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The exterior has a variety of slopes, cutouts, and openings Exterior walls are wrapped in white corrugated steel , and a multi-faceted roof is covered with standing-seam metal. Slender pine board covers the interior walls The home's street-facing porch was informed by front porches typically found on historic mill houses.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

US studio CCY Architects has clad a mountainside house in patinated copper panels and tilted the roof to adhere with the topography of its site in Colorado. Known as DNA Alpine, the 4,000-square foot (372-square metre) home was completed in 2022 and designed to "disappear into or somehow become" the 75-acre site in San Miguel County.

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Deezen

JUNE 13, 2023

An art gallery occupies the arched space While its shape is informed by rural barns, it is also designed to create an interior that is an impressive space for displaying art. It was designed to be a peaceful space The arched roof was digitally fabricated from hundreds of pieces of timber that were CNC cut.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Helsinki-based JKMM Architects used glulam and black spruce cladding to relate the Chappe Art House to surrounding timber structures in the coastal town of Tammisaari, Finland. It has a glued laminated (glulam) timber structure and was clad in black-stained spruce as a nod to the nearby timber buildings.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The interior features a C-shaped plan An exterior staircase – shaded by a black partition lattice made of local purple rosewood – leads up to a roof terrace with 360-degree views. Rogelio Rojas Castro Structural engineering: Ing. The bands of orange-coloured millstones are divided by a central column of rounded stones.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Curved details appear in the staircase's sculpted handrail "That's why it isn't just the overall wave but rather a flickering of light through the shadows of the pixel bond pattern, which we can call voxel-bond, a new type of brick bond informed by the technology of our era." The roof design accommodates a future green roof.

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Deezen

JUNE 22, 2022

Called Pink House, the project transforms the five-bedroom dwelling into a "private city oasis", informed by memories of the client's favourite holidays in Provence, Morocco and New York. Read: Oliver Leech Architects tops Surrey house extension with a stepped roof. Structural engineer: Momentum Structural Engineers.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang has expanded a California college through the addition of mass-timber structures that were informed by how fungi grow in the wild. These hold classrooms and utilise the slope with three storeys that line up with the two-storey central structure.

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Deezen

APRIL 17, 2023

The studio gutted and expanded the 4,650-square-foot (430-square metre) rectangular home into an L-shaped plan with overlapping roofs. The home was informed by vernacular agricultural buildings Clad in a dark metal roof and custom dark green stained cypress in a varied batten pattern, the main house references and updates agrarian vernacular.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2023

The home was informed by Long Island's agricultural buildings In elevation, the light-coloured home has the shape of a low-lying triangle with the corners cut off, but the plan consists of two rectangular forms that shift past each other. Square steel columns rise out of mahogany decking. The photography is by Keith Scott Morton.

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Deezen

JANUARY 7, 2023

Instead of creating a single, static volume, the studio designed a 220-metre-long glass corridor informed by the area's topography, which winds around and above the site to create a central courtyard and small garden spaces. Aji stone lines its roof. The structure is elevated on thin, white-steel columns.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Designed by Foster + Partners in collaboration with structural engineer Arup and sports architect Populous , the 80,000-seat stadium is located north of the Qatari capital Doha in Lusail. Described by the studio as a "golden vessel", the stadium's form was informed by Islamic bowls as well as local architecture.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The house has a single-pitch zinc roof, untainted and bright-rolled. The floor plan is informed by the sloping terrain of the site. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Informed by Alpine cabins, Schindel Studio's roughly textured cladding contrasts a crisp white interior, designed to give the space the feeling of being both rustic and contemporary. The roof is pitched to allow for north light, and the wall space is maximised for artworks," said Archer + Braun. Structural engineer: Simple Works.

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Deezen

MARCH 18, 2024

Two separate volumes make up the dwelling "Observing solar and wind patterns and daily habits of local wildlife, the team collected data and first-hand experiences that would inform the nature of the design," said the architects. To the north of the main dwelling is an infinity swimming pool , a pool house and a carport.

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Dwell

JANUARY 25, 2023

Thus, a kitchen, dining space and informal seating area are defined by their own topography, meaning the whole family can share the space whilst doing different things. The extension is articulated as a simple pitched roof form with a large pivot door framing an uninterrupted view of the garden beyond. Have one to share? Post it here.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 18, 2024

Clerestory windows draw soft natural light into gallery spaces, while intentional break spaces between pavilions offer views to the outdoors, allowing for informal interactions with art and the natural world. An undulating roof unifies the museum in a sweeping gesture of cohesion, inscribing an iconic signature onto the landscape.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In addition, most of the flat roof is reserved for terrace use, partly as a roof with intensive greenery and partly as a wooden deck. Access to the property is gained from the street via a gate system. The access area was designed for both pedestrians and cars. The garden has a park-like character.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The roof of this new addition was designed to extend slightly beyond the existing roof structure accommodating a clerestory window along its whole length, admitting good quality natural light into the spaces. House Slabbert in Stellenbosch, Western Cape – Building Information. Structural Engineer: Theuns Grobler.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

It connects the three levels of accommodation, lit from above by a new roof light that allows light to penetrate all the way to the ground floor. A fully retractable roof light gives access to a roof-mounted air-source heat pump (ASHP). Mews House Deep Retrofit London – Building Information. Internal area: 195.80

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Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2023

Two green roofs top the building, characterised by their asymmetrical pyramid shapes topped with rooflights. The bricks were stacked vertically at the base of the home and horizontally near the roof to create variation in the facade. The photography is by Richard Chivers.

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Deezen

MARCH 7, 2022

Macdonald Wright Architects wanted to use the opportunity to study the energy performance of the home, which has the same footprint as "the average UK dwelling", to inform its future projects. Macdonald Wright Architects hopes that the Library House will become a "scalable prototype" and inform its future projects at various scales.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

With a grass-topped, arched roof it was designed to be both contemporary and integrated into the landscape. The distinctive two-storey house is positioned next to a historic walled garden and house that, along with the client's desire for large amounts of light, informed the home's design. Structural engineer: Structure Workshop.

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Deezen

MARCH 19, 2023

A key aspect was the decision to partially sink the buildings below ground, so the roof is no higher than the petrol station that occupied the site previously. Read: The DHaus Company adds hotel and Japanese-informed homes to London pub Entrances are located on the east-facing side, which has more of a quiet, residential feel.

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