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MARCH 23, 2024

An angular roof wrapped in translucent red-mesh panels crowns this Y-shaped pavilion in Sydney , designed by local studio Sam Crawford Architects. The building is raised on a low-lying concrete step The red-mesh roof pitches towards the building edges and is designed to provide solar protection to clerestory windows along the facade.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

British architecture practice Studio Bark has worked with students from the University of East London to devise a roof-supporting column with otherwise unusable timber at a site within ancient English woodland. If you were to draw a force diagram, you'd need more material in the middle, so naturally it's a win-win," she said.

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APRIL 4, 2024

Nestled in the heart of America, Arkansas is rich in natural beauty and cultural heritage. Known for its picturesque landscapes, including the majestic Ozark Mountains and the winding Arkansas River, the state’s architecture is grounded in its natural surroundings.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Building informed by Miami's "energy and natural beauty" The second and third floors will be used as office space and the structure will include a green roof topped with solar panels. The post Kengo Kuma unveils colourful structure for Miami Design District appeared first on Dezeen.

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MARCH 6, 2024

View this post on Instagram A post shared by One River North (@onerivernorth) The scheme’s defining exterior element is a sharp carved opening midway up the tower, cutting through the upper section of the tower towards the roof. A rooftop pool, spa, and garden areas complete the 216-foot-tall structure.

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APRIL 30, 2023

An undulating concrete roof topped with grass covers this house in the Czech Republic, designed by local architecture studio RO_AR. Located alongside a wildlife corridor at the edge of the Hlubocepy district in Prague, the family home is designed to be a "bridge between the urban and the natural".

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AUGUST 31, 2022

The local studio beat out international heavyweight such as Zaha Hadid to win the commission for the project, which the jury commended as being “distinguished by a dynamic yet simple design harmonized with the natural environment of the park while communicating with the urban texture of its surroundings.”

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Deezen

OCTOBER 18, 2023

From factories and warehouses to shop fronts and underpasses, Hicks explores the structures that make up the post-industrial landscape of the West Midlands region known as the Black Country. The landscape I grew up in is human-made. There are improvised and patched-up structures all over the region." "I

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Deezen

JANUARY 12, 2024

Infrastructure consultants AECOM and Spanish architecture studio Luis Vidal + Architects have created a terminal for Boston 's Logan Airport capped by a long, bright-red roof. On the opposite side, where the gates are, the face of the structure is mostly glass. Its corners taper to sharp edges that "cut through the sky with precision".

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MARCH 10, 2023

"The design was generally inspired by the vernacular language of the agricultural landscape based on the origins of the site and its surroundings," the studio said. The vertical, white-wood cladding and standing-seam metal roof reference regional agrarian buildings, but with contemporary refinement. The photography is by Josée Marino.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Located on a 35-acre (14-hectare) property near the town of Wilson, the home was envisioned as a series of "tectonic structures" set within a diverse ecosystem.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Frame House transforms the existing barn house typology into a contemporary dwelling, redefined by strategic compositions of window frames on each new elevation and new structure extending from the existing gambrel roof construction.

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MARCH 9, 2023

They also help to bring a natural aesthetic to buildings, supporting the principles of biophilia that can boost occupant wellbeing. According to the studio, the 5,000-seat venue will be built almost entirely from wood – including its overhanging roof, structure and cladding.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

After Junya Ishigami unveiled a kilometre-long art museum that emerges from an artificial lake , Dezeen rounds up 10 recent Chinese architecture projects that play with arresting landscapes. Japanese architect Ishigami said he wanted his project to address a tendency for buildings in China to be "closed off" from their environment.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Instead of putting everything under one roof, architecture firm Lake|Flato created a network of smaller volumes to minimize impact on the forested plot. Envisioned as a home that embraces the outdoors, the residence is composed of four structures housing the home’s separate functions. Have one to share? P ost it here.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Rammed earth walls and an organic colour scheme help this South African family lodge designed by architecture practice Studio Asaï to blend into its natural surroundings. Locally sourced rammed earth was then applied to the structure, mixed with a sealant to make the material less porous and crumbly.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Next in our Designing for Disaster series, we spotlight Pop Up, Danish studio Tredje Natur's bold proposal for cities to build floating car parks on top of flood-preventing reservoirs. It would also shelter a public garden on the roof from surrounding noise. Tredje Natur was founded in the same year. It is kind of pragmatic."

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Deezen

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Indonesian practice Stilt Studios has completed a series of "nature-centric" villas for the Grün Uluwatu resort in Bali , which are elevated on steel columns to sit among the tree canopy. This approach allows for a more sustainable and harmonious coexistence between the built environment and nature,” he added.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In the environs of Valle de Bravo, Casa Rancho Avándaro is a weekend retreat designed primarily to make the most of its extensive natural surroundings. The house is a commanding presence on the landscape, striking a balance between the well-tended gardens and the imposing stone buildings.

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JANUARY 6, 2022

The firm describes the new museum as a “landscaped terrain with a series of interconnected pyramids emerging from below the earth.” ” Image by Yang Chaoying for Foster + Partners The scheme’s four interconnected roof pyramids increase in height and fan outwards towards the four corners of the surrounding plaza.

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Deezen

MAY 29, 2023

Chinese practice Wang Chong Studio used rustic stone walls and a sloping roof to help this art museum blend into its rocky site in China's Henan Province. Taihang Xinyu Art Museum was designed by Wang Chong Studio The architects also topped the museum with a sculptural tiled roof designed to appear to grow out of the landscape.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The Hasselt-based practice designed House Be to provide a distinctive but harmonious counterpoint to its extensively landscaped surroundings, with internal courtyards and a covered kitchen terrace that allow the garden to "extend into the building.". House Be is an experiment in dwelling in and amongst nature," explained the practice. "A

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Archinect

APRIL 24, 2023

With water on three sides, the site is rich in natural beauty and ecological diversity. The design team aimed to draw the most possible natural scenery into the building, while at the same time grasping the delicate balance between landscape and architecture.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The house is laid out on the slope of an old orchard in mountainous surroundings, with the intention of having minimal impact on the site and natural vegetation. The volume is perforated with courtyards that break up the program and bring natural light inside.

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Deezen

APRIL 16, 2022

Architect Sou Fujimoto has revealed the design for a community centre topped with a bowl-like roof in the town of Hida, Japan. These various functions will be covered by a large circular roof structure that resembles the shape of a bowl, supported on slender white columns. The roof rises towards the edge of the building.

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MAY 23, 2022

Following centuries of unrest, the Basque region is known today for its fierté that lies in its distinct customs, culture, language, cuisine and breathtaking landscapes. The traditional baserri Basque-style home coats the landscape. Characteristics of this dwelling are sloping roofs, a three-storied layout and internal wooden walls.

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APRIL 11, 2024

Mass-timber columns fan out to form a tree-informed roof structure at the World of Volvo exhibition and events centre in Gothenburg , Sweden, by architecture studio Henning Larsen. Situated in Gothenburg's events district, Henning Larsen aimed to create a centre with a welcoming appearance and access to nature.

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JULY 25, 2023

Growing in nature and melting in nature The project makes full use of the original existing natural landscape and the topographic features with large height differences and adopts the spatial approach of extending downward.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions.

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AUGUST 3, 2022

PAD Studio replaced a rundown cottage with a new gable-roofed timber design that looks as if it’d been there all along. The L-shaped plan comprises two pitched-roof volumes clad in timber battens and white render in reference to neighboring A-frame chalets.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A flowing landscape of grass-topped, terracotta-coloured concrete animates the Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre designed by Chinese studio Change Architects to reference mountains in Anhui province. The logic of the architectural concept derived from the idea of natural elements," explained Change Architects. "The

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Deezen

AUGUST 22, 2023

Defined by their steeply pitched roofs that extend to reach near ground level, A-frame homes became popular in the 1950s, 60s and 70s and are now seeing a resurgence with modern interpretations being designed around the world. The studio placed an open-plan living and dining room at the centre of the home.

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Deezen

JUNE 4, 2023

An undulating green roof and timber cladding help this Suffolk house by MAP Architecture and Jon Broome Architects, which was designed to Passivhaus standards, blend into the surrounding wetland. The internal ceiling battens are made using an Ash facing piece with a softwood core to allow the battens to follow the roof curve," said Mawson.

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MAY 8, 2024

California studio TW Ryan Architecture has completed a wildfire-resistant house in the American West that features a Corten steel exterior and pyramidal roofs that allude to the mountainous terrain. Four Roof House features a Corten steel exterior Their chosen site was a bluff overlooking a lake near the town of Helmville. "The

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JANUARY 17, 2023

The relationship between built and organic landscapes can sometimes be a fraught one. Too often, urbanization is undertaken at the expense of the natural environment rather than in support of it. These exceptional winning landscape projects from the 10 th Annual A+Awards achieve precisely that. Merging Old and New Landscapes.

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JUNE 6, 2022

Francois Verhoeven Architects has completed a house in a Dutch village featuring a roof with three sloping sections that incorporate skylights , sedum and concealed solar panels. But looking at the wider area where this house is built the strictly controlled landscaping and city planning worked out very well.".

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NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Architecture practice Heatherwick Studio has completed the Azabudai Hills development in Tokyo , which is defined by curving roofs topped with greenery. Heatherwick Studio added trees, flowers and meandering routes between the building and on the sloping roofs, aiming to create spaces that invite exploration and encourage social gatherings.

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