Deezen

JANUARY 25, 2024

UK architecture studio DaeWha Kang Design has designed a pavilion and courtyard for The OWO hotel at the site of the former Old War Office in Whitehall, London. When selecting materials for the project, practicality and longevity were central to the studio's approach.

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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

APRIL 1, 2024

Located on the northern shore of Lake Constance in the Radolfzell district, the timber building contains sports courts and a stage for events, unified by a cantilevered roof overhead. The building is largely made from spruce wood "The Lake Constance region is characterised by its rural structures," studio architect Michaela Afife told Dezeen.

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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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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

series, we've collected 10 recently completed and upcoming buildings that show the potential of structural stone as a modern construction material. In this roundup, we collect 10 diverse projects that demonstrate this concept, including social housing, a winery with a rippling facade and an oval-shaped school. This week, Stone Age 2.0

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Archinect

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The project integrates three separate facilities for art, scientific education, and culture into one coherent design with a 1,200-seat grand theater, 500-seat Black Box theater, science center, and art museum arranged symmetrically on a central axis. Additional public spaces were also created at the site thanks to the careful p.

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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

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Local architecture studio Practice for Architecture and Urbanism has installed a glass office building with a vaulted roof inside the shell of the 19th-century Domino Sugar Refinery on the waterfront in Brooklyn. What was really important was this idea of palimpsest and embracing what was on the site without becoming slavish to history."

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Architizer

APRIL 30, 2024

Architects: Want to have your project featured? 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. Bridges are both physical and metaphorical.

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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. The project adds 390,000 square feet (36,232 square metres) of space to Logan International Airport.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Architecture studio Wallmakers has reimagined a traditional roof by adding skylights that double as seating for an arts centre and home in Kerala, India. Nisarga Art Hub is topped with a large roof Indian studio Wallmakers punctured skylights into the roof to draw natural light into the communal space below.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As architects push the limits of creative possibility, the skeletons of some of the world’s most beautiful buildings have evolved into evermore intricate and visually exciting structures. Could a renewed appreciation for the masterful art of structural design be why we are seeing more projects with exposed frames?

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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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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2024

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a mirrored cafe pavilion and courtyard at the site of The Old War Office in Whitehall, London. Designed by DaeWha Kang Design, the circular pavilion has a glass facade and mirrored stainless-steel roof panels. JZ agreed, calling it a "fantastic intervention".

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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. The photography is by Josée Marino.

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Architizer

AUGUST 9, 2023

Architects: Want to have your project featured? 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 shapes how we move through space.

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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. There are improvised and patched-up structures all over the region." "I It's the main structure of what remains of the Scala Theatre.

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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. It is the last project designed by architect Rafael Viñoly, who died last year.

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Dwell

JANUARY 5, 2024

From prefab tiny houses and modular cabin kits to entire homes ready to ship, their projects represent some of the best ideas in the industry. Given that prefab construction can move at a pretty quick pace, attention to detail becomes all the more critical as a project progresses. Do you know a prefab brand that should be on our radar?

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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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BD+C

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Roofing contractor installs TPO system on 228-unit multifamily housing project in Worcester, Mass. Roofing project for 228-unit multifamily housing in Worcester, Mass. rcassidy Fri, 10/27/2023 - 10:02 GAF Roofing project completed on time, despite New England winter weather conditions.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The project is formed of five interconnected glazed buildings in a stepped arrangement, with the lowest volumes located next to the Kai Tak river. The project's design is informed by Hong Kong's legacy of textile manufacturing and draws on different aspects of tailoring. The photography is by Kevin Mak.

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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." Post it here.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: in this roundup, we spotlight nine student projects featured in Dezeen's School Shows, which present meticulously detailed architectural models. By flipping the figure-ground, removing the roof of the obsolete sound stages, and building a program in between these containers, we imagine a new urban fabric."

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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

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.

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Deezen

MARCH 9, 2023

Also featured on the list are towers, university buildings and an airport terminal, illustrating mass timber 's potential for use in a variety of architectural projects. 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

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. Circular openings will punctuate a green roof "The project is a porous meeting space that will be accessible to the public from all directions and at all times of day," it continued.

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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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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

MAY 2, 2024

Architecture studio Elding Oscarson has extended the National Swedish Museum of Technology with Wisdome Stockholm, a timber building topped by a curving roof that bulges over a dome inside. Topping the rectangular building is an asymmetrical roof that bulges and curves over the visualisation dome inside.

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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. Have one to share?

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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

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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Archinect

JANUARY 19, 2024

The site for the project is one of the few remaining areas of second growth forest within city limits. Great care was taken when siting the structure and parking lot within the environment, preserving 90% of the spectacular woodlands. A simple shed roof is supported by trusses.

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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

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. It has to return to its role at the centre of the community."

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