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Zooco creates ‘Brutalism over the sea’ with Spanish restaurant inside renovated 1970s concrete structure

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Madrid-based studio Zooco has completed an extensive renovation and extension of a 1970s concrete structure in Santander, Spain. Image credit: David Zarzoso Image credit: David Zarzoso The original concrete structure sees two square forms connected by a canopy.

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Hopson Rodstrom Design creates jagged-roof Los Angeles building with interior courtyard

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Local studio Hopson Rodstrom Design placed a sawtooth roof on top of this black-clad apartment building with an interior courtyard in southern California. Located in West Los Angeles on a busy thoroughfare, the project is called The Jagger – named after the massive sawtooth roof that tops it.

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4 Solutions for Roofs without Eaves (and their Construction Details)

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Pronounced eaves made the interior space expand toward the outside. Eaves are ubiquitous in most traditional architecture, and in addition to their aesthetic role, they serve several important functions, the primary one being to keep rainwater away from the building's walls and structure.

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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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expansive roof tops the remodeled skip-floor structure of old villa in japan

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The post expansive roof tops the remodeled skip-floor structure of old villa in japan appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. the renovation centers on optimizing space to take full advantage of the scenic views.

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wooden coffee shop in japan sets up multileveled interiors under an eave roof

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the one-story wooden structure embraces simplicity and nature. The post wooden coffee shop in japan sets up multileveled interiors under an eave roof appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Timber structure defines compact bio-based home in the Netherlands

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Built as a prototype for the studio's Sprout concept, the Netherlands home was designed to feature as many bio-based materials as possible, including a wooden frame structure and hemp insulation. For this prototype, which is located in Olst, Woonpioniers created a small house comprising a two-storey volume topped with a mono-pitched roof.

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