Deezen

MARCH 13, 2024

Vancouver studio Laura Killam Architecture has created a beachside cabin in British Columbia with a slanted roof that responds to the site's climate. The 650-square-foot (60-square metre) cabin is organised into two offset volumes that are connected by an interior passageway while a tilted, cedar-shingled roof covers the structure.

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Deezen

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. This is "an old technique", said Thorns, but one that opens up a lot of opportunities to use smaller trees.

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Architizer

JUNE 2, 2022

Despite technical complications involved in construction, inclined sites can invoke inspiring new architectural possibilities that just aren’t possible on flat sites. Below are a few ways in which architects have made the most of sloped sites to create unique homes and public buildings. when seen from certain angles.

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Architizer

APRIL 30, 2024

They can be material structures that connect two (or more!) Beyond spanning from point A to B, architects are designing bridges as inhabitable structures to build connections between people and places. Architects: Want to have your project featured? Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters.

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Deezen

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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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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Deezen

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.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The following rural retreats also seek to make the most of the country’s rich and surreal landscapes. Compact bedrooms for adults and kids are located at opposite ends of the house while a tarpaulin-like roof strings them together, providing luminous social spaces in between. Photos by Russell Kleyn Photographs. Castle Rock House.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Snøhetta also designed landscaped plazas and roof terraces for Airside, which sits above the Kai Tak MTR station in the district that formerly held Kai Tak, Hong Kong's international airport from 1925 to 1998.

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Architizer

AUGUST 9, 2023

While these patterns of circulation are usually reserved for inside a building or structure, they also extend to roofscapes. These “roof walks” are a response to unique environmental, social and urban conditions. Architecture and landscape come together three-dimensionally.

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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 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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Dwell

APRIL 21, 2023

The homeowners created the structures using stones collected on-site to connect their rural residence to the land. The conditions on site swing dramatically from gale-force winds to clear blue sky within minutes, so the building needed to act as a refuge from the storm whilst capturing the drama of the landscape."

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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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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Anji Culture and Art Center will be defined by a series of curving canopy roofs that were designed to look like scattered bamboo leaves. Its roofs were designed to look like scattered leaves The interior will be arranged beneath the overlapping metal roofs and organised around a central corridor that divides the main event spaces.

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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. Named Taihang Xinyu Art Museum, the museum is built around an old warehouse on the site, which backs onto Taihang Mountain and sits alongside the Cangxi River.

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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.

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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. The end result is an ecologically friendly and well-built wetland cabin.

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Deezen

MARCH 9, 2023

Read on for 11 upcoming buildings with mass-timber structures: Image by Negativ Eco Park, UK, by Zaha Hadid Architects Set to become the world's first timber football stadium, Eco Park by Zaha Hadid Architects will be built in England as the home of Forest Green Rovers football club.

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BD+C

JUNE 5, 2023

How to properly assess structural wind damage 0 dbarista Mon, 06/05/2023 - 16:17 Engineers Properly assessing wind damage can identify vulnerabilities in a building's design or construction, which could lead to future damage or loss, writes Matt Wagner, SE, Principal and Managing Director with Walter P Moore.

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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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Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Snøhetta also designed landscaped plazas and roof terraces for Airside, which sits above the Kai Tak MTR station in the district that formerly held Kai Tak, Hong Kong's international airport from 1925 to 1998.

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Deezen

JULY 19, 2023

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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Deezen

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Located off the Bundesautobahn 72 motorway to the east of Leipzig, the centre sits alongside a new educational trail that celebrates the Leubinger Fürstenhügel site, which is one of the region's most important archaeological monuments. Read: Curving larch wood buildings with green roofs form school extension in Germany.

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Deezen

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.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

GO'C has created the City Park Mini Mart art centre in Seattle Initially attempting to renovate an existing structure, GO'C realised it did not provide enough space. The structure was built on the site of a former gas station Using references from the era, the structure features classic signage, an overhanging roof and divided metal windows.

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Architizer

MAY 11, 2022

Atherton pavilions – The two pavilions nestled in this verdant landscape were a response to the clients’ vision for a deeper engagement with their lovely yard. The design sensitively accommodating the need for more space and program for a young family without detriment to the surrounding landscape. © Feldman Architecture.

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Deezen

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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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

MARCH 1, 2024

NEW fiERA turns Fiera into a permeable system by redesigning its access pathways, valorising the porticoes at the ground floor, excavating the ground floor to transform its underground parking into a shaded piazza, adding, green roofs, air source heat pumps and rainwater harvesting, which all contribute to circularity and climate change mitigation."

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Dwell

APRIL 4, 2023

The structure makes a lap around a central courtyard, connecting the energy-efficient and drought-resistant residence with storage sheds and an indoor/outdoor patio. At the front of the properties, two sheds connected by a roof also connect to the house on either side, forming a square around this central courtyard. Have one to share?

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Deezen

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The project transformed 12 acres of concrete parking lot into a sustainable structure and resilient landscape with native plants. The design includes a sawtooth mass timber roof that references the adjacent ocean waves and terracotta-coloured flooring that nods to the former brick bathhouse. Structural engineer: Silman.

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Archinect

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 largest of these contains a staircase leading up to the roof, where there are 360-deg.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

To the west are the garage and guesthouse, along with a swimming pool Manhattan-based Desai Chia Architecture was charged with designing a home that embraces the landscape and accommodates outdoor artwork. The siting also makes the most of prevailing winds, which aid in natural ventilation. It has several courtyards and terraces.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 31, 2022

A large steel-framed roof shelters the Misc restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta, which was designed by local studio Sam Crawford Architects to replace a cafe that was severely damaged by fire. An oversized roof shelters this restaurant pavilion in Sydney. Large black trusses support the pitched roof.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2024

Nowhere has renovated a house in Hyderabad called Mayalogili Alongside brick and marble dust, the studio also used plants and soil from the site to create tactile internal finishes that "weave in the materiality of the landscape", it said. The photography is by Vivek Eadara.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Chinese practice Arch Studio has renovated and extended a courtyard home called Mixed House on the outskirts of Beijing , China, by inserting a timber structure topped by a wavy roof. Arch Studio has renovated a courtyard home near Beijing. A timber-framed extension has been added. The interior blends old and new elements.

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