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Learning Landscapes under Roof Landscapes by Sehw Architektur

Archinect

The design of the new timber building on the existing school campus mediates between the existing and new buildings by continuing the gabled roofs of the post-war modernist style and transform. The newly created “learning village” with its four buildings in the centre of the city achieves just that.

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Aleš Fiala blends Czech winery into landscape beneath curved green roof

Deezen

A sweeping, grass-topped concrete roof creates an artificial hill to conceal the Gurdau Winery in the Czech Republic , which has been designed by local practice Aleš Fiala Studio. Where the sloping roof meets the ground, it blends with a series of winding concrete walls supporting planters around a paved patio.

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

Archinect

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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Landscape Architect Kongjian Yu, Pioneer of the "Sponge City" Concept, Wins the 2023 Oberlander Prize

ArchDaily

Image © Srirath Somsawat Beijing-based landscape architect Kongjian Yu has been announced by the Cultural Landscape Foundation as the recipient of the 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize (“Oberlander Prize”).

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perforated wooden roof drapes over outdoor café in vietnamese rural landscape

designboom

the intertwined wooden roof strips protect the structure while letting just enough daylight shed through. The post perforated wooden roof drapes over outdoor café in vietnamese rural landscape appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Piuarch tops Fendi factory with green roof to blend into Tuscan landscape

Deezen

Italian architecture studio Piuarch has completed a production factory for fashion brand Fendi in Florence , which features a green roof to "look like a raised garden". Located in the municipality of Bagno a Ripoli, Piuarch collaborated with landscape architect Antonio Perazzi to design a factory that would resemble its surroundings.

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Langarita-Navarro design getaway home in Tarfia with sawtooth roof

Avontuura

The lead character in this project is an extraordinary coastal landscape; thick, rugged, and impregnable, resisting the assaults of the Atlantic winds. The post Langarita-Navarro design getaway home in Tarfia with sawtooth roof appeared first on Åvontuura.

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