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10 new architectural landscapes & outdoor spaces we liked this week

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by MA | Morris Adjmi Architects ↑ Powell Residence in Palm Springs, CA, by Studio AR&D Architects ↑ Greenwich Village School Green Roof—PS41 in New York, NY, by MBB Architects ; Photo: Charles de Vaivre ↑ LAND Community Center in Xi'an, China, by Atelier Ping Jiang | EID Arch ; Landscape: GZ.S.P.I.

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Modular, Photovoltaic, Green or Blue Roofs: How to Choose the Best Waterproofing System?

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Image © Jakub Certowicz Among the "Five Points of New Architecture" formulated by Le Corbusier , terrace gardens figure as a way to take advantage of a building's so-called fifth facade, either as leisure areas or landscaping spaces. There are traces in Mesopotamia and vernacular architecture from Greek and Arab civilizations.

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Aleš Fiala blends Czech winery into landscape beneath curved green roof

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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 Landscape Architect Disguised His Backyard Addition in Sydney With a Green Roof

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Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The private spaces are stacked vertically in the original part of building while the new lower ground living space stretches out horizontally. Have one to share? Post it here.

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

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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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MVRDV completes stunning new green-roofed wholesale market in Taiwan

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The firm’s second foray into the country, open-air Tainan Market features a publicly-accessible green roof, punctuated at one end by an office structure, that can be further adapted for agricultural use while providing users a stepped vista onto the market floor and surrounding landscape beyond.

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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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