Archinect

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The first project in the world to be registered LEED for Homes International Pilot, Blue Pool Road introduced a new residential typology to the city of Hong Kong: the townhouse. The low-density residential scheme provides a compelling alternative to the tower living that typifies the rest of the Hong Kong residential environment.

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Deezen

MARCH 12, 2024

Architecture studio Rafael Viñoly Architects has unveiled designs for a terraced residential building in Uruguay , which is the last project designed by the studio's founder. It is the last project designed by architect Rafael Viñoly, who died last year. The images are courtesy of Rafael Viñoly Architects.

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Deezen

MARCH 25, 2024

An inverted-pitch roof and angular brick cladding characterise the Butterfly House extension, which architecture studio The DHaus Company has added to a terraced home in north London. It is distinguished by its inverted-pitched roof, or butterfly roof, which references the surrounding 19th-century architecture and inspired the project's name.

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Archinect

JUNE 16, 2023

Zaha Hadid Architects has been revealed to lead the design of a new condominium project proposal at a site once occupied by the collapsed Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida. The project is being commissioned by DAMAC International, which purchased the lot for $120 million in July of last year.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Architecture studio Proctor & Shaw has topped a home extension with a steeply-angled roof clad with red pigmented zinc in East Dulwich, London. Home to a family of seven, Proctor & Shaw designed the project as an extension to an existing Edwardian house, extending the ground-floor kitchen and dining room.

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Archinect

APRIL 4, 2023

In 1954, a house was built near the highest elevation of the site. The collection of pavilions are sited in the clearings of mature oaks. In the desire minimize their perceived footprints, the project is an exercise in blurring figure and ground; building and landscape. Roofs bec.

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Deezen

JUNE 15, 2023

A pair of stone towers and a thatched -roof palapa are among the features at a nature retreat in southern Mexico designed by architects Mauricio Rocha and Gabriela Carrillo. It sits at the edge of a nature preserve on Punta Cometa, or Comet Point, a peninsula that juts into the Pacific Ocean and was once the site of an Aztec fort.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

US architecture studio Schaum/Shieh has embedded a Virginia house with irregularly shaped volumes into the contours of a steep site. The house is organized along one long horizontal line The grey metal roof reflects the area's rolling hills. Our clients knew many hilly sites from growing up in the area and their time in Greece.

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Dwell

MARCH 21, 2023

In this project we focused on densification, the circular economy, and cohousing. The notions of subtlety, simplicity, repetition, and flexibility were central in this project to create an easily adaptable, low-tech building. The roof extension is built in a timber frame structure with exposed beams. Post it here.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

From homes made from steel and rammed earth in the Texas deserts to prototypes for 3D-printed housing, we have rounded up 10 projects from Lake Flato Architects , whose founders won this year's AIA Gold Medal. Read on for 10 key projects by Lake Flato Architects.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: from a contemporary motel in Denver to outdoor toilets for hikers in the Rocky Mountains , we've selected ten student projects that focus on architecture and design in the US. The country has a diverse and faceted history of architecture and the following projects utilise this as a vehicle for change and reflection. "The

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Deezen

AUGUST 23, 2023

Belgian studio Notan Office has completed Duchesse, a series of homes positioned around a communal garden on an old industrial site in Brussels. Duchesse's design also aims to preserve the site's historic significance by retaining existing elements while revamping others with new tiled volumes.

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designboom

MARCH 20, 2022

the lush beachfront wellness retreat is sited on the cusp of the dominican republic jungle. The post young projects tops its ‘casa las olas’ retreat house with an undulating roof appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A courtyard house converted into a fragrance store by FOG Architecture has won Dezeen Awards China 2023 Interiors project of the year, as seen in this movie produced by Dezeen. The project was also named retail interior of the year.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A cluster of wood-clad, gabled volumes form a sculptural home by architectural studio Young Projects that nods to historic Long Island architecture while reimagining the barn typology. Six Square House was constructed on a verdant site. The roof planes vary, however, contributing to the home's sculptural look.

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Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2023

Satish Jassal Architects designed Haringey Brick Bungalow The 110-square-metre site and narrow passageway was "like building through a straw", dictating many design and construction decisions. Two green roofs top the building, characterised by their asymmetrical pyramid shapes topped with rooflights.

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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

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

MARCH 1, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: a project that turns urban wasteland into public gardens is included in this School Show by students at the University of Bologna in Italy. The project uses dry-based construction solutions, largely exploiting the potential of cross-laminated timber, to optimise both the energy efficiency and the circulation layout.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 22, 2022

Designs for the BWDC Residential Tower, a luxury apartment building in Manila, have been revealed. This is Foster + Partners’ latest project in the tropics which responds to the regions’ intense weather systems, mitigating high temperatures and humidity through passive design strategies. “ Image © Foster + Partners.

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Architizer

JUNE 14, 2022

Project Status: Concept. According to the site, which was located between the mountains and the sea, we subtracted a section in the middle of the mass to avoid the interruption of the view. All three types of spaces, closed to semi-opened and opened, were designed in this project. the LEMAN residential complex Gallery.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Architecture studio Dallas Pierce Quintero has completed a cluster of houses in London with sawtooth roofs and corrugated-metal cladding that nod to the site's former use as a builders' yard. The Forest Houses have sawtooth roofs and corrugated-metal cladding. Their design references the site's former use as a builders' yard.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Project Status: Concept Size: 100,000 sqft – 300,000 sqft 1235 Vine Street – is an eight-story mixed-use commercial building set to break ground soon in Hollywood at the intersection of Vine and La Mirada. Architizer chatted with Matthew Ollier, Managing Partner at HawkinsBrown to learn more about this project.

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Deezen

MAY 12, 2022

From a giant staircase running the height of a house and beyond to a flight of steps that can't be stepped on at all, here is a roundup of 10 statement residential staircase designs from the Dezeen archives. The post Ten bold residential staircases designed by architects appeared first on Dezeen. Photo is by Shinkenchiku Sha.

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Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2022

An enormous thatched roof structure with open sides covers the communal areas of this home perched on a rocky cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Mexico by Zozaya Arquitectos. The 775-square-metre Casa Acantilado is located in the bay of Zihuatanejo, an area in which local studio Zozaya Arquitectos has completed several projects.

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Deezen

JULY 9, 2022

Japanese architecture studio Abanba has completed a temple in Shinagawa, Tokyo , featuring a gently curving roof that shelters a glazed entrance and reflects daylight into a triple-height atrium. The building, named Shinagawa Branch Temple, has a swooping, metal-clad roof that marks the position of its entrance on a small communal plaza.

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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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Dezeen School Shows: a residential scheme that aims to redefine communal living is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Cardiff University. We foster an ethos of 'grounded creativity' by exposing students to real-world sites and live challenges as the basis for their studio themes and projects.

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Deezen

MAY 4, 2023

A curved roof tops Byró Architekti's Cabin Above the Town, a red timber-clad cabin informed by the surrounding Czech hills. Situated on the border between the city and the countryside, the cabin is nestled into the side of Svatobor Hill, a forested site in the foothills of the Czech Republic's Šumava mountains.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2023

Studio Symbiosis has completed a villa in Delhi, India , that rises up from its landscaped grounds, forming a terraced roof that is covered with plants to maximise the site's green area. A stepped walkway built into the ramp-like roof form leads up from the entrance to a shaded outdoor living space.

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BD+C

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

8 strategies for multifamily passive house design projects 0 qpurcell Mon, 11/20/2023 - 12:22 Sustainability Stantec's Brett Lambert, Principal of Architecture and Passive House Certified Consultant, uses the Northland Newton Development project to guide designers with eight tips for designing multifamily passive house projects.

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2022

A hipped roof covered in stepped tiles tops this extension to a home on a suburban estate in Epsom, Surrey , designed by London-based studio Oliver Leech Architects. spoke to every tile company in England to find something bespoke, and ended up looking to the Danish company Petersen for the grey roof tiles," he continued.

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2023

Local practice Platform 5 Architects has completed NW10 House, a family home on an infill site in north London with exposed concrete interiors and a textured brick exterior. Centred around a skylit, concrete spiral stair, the home's spaces fan out to fill the triangular site, overlooking a paved terrace that wraps its eastern edge.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Including a pool-topped library and a half-buried stadium, Dezeen's China editor Christina Yao continues our review of 2022 with a roundup of Chinese architecture projects completed this year. This development near Beijing's Central Business District is MAD Architects ' first social housing project.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Located in the Jumeirah district, the curved, 18,000-square-metre complex comprises 37 residential units alongside ground-floor restaurants and bars and a centralised public plaza. It contains 37 residential units Situated behind the ground-floor restaurant units are 25 two- and three-bedroom townhouses and four smaller apartments.

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Deezen

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. Villa K2 features a multi-pitched roof. Read: Villa SG21 is a monolithic blackened-wood house topped with a turfed roof.

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Architizer

MAY 11, 2022

Project Status: Built. Architizer chatted with Anjali Iyer, project manager and senior associate at Feldman Architecture to learn more about this project. What do you believe is the most unique or ‘standout’ component of the project? What is your favorite detail in the project and why? Year: 2019.

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