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

The simplicity of the two structures belies the amount of coordination and engineering needed – from the design team and the builder. The unconventional detailing required more mockups and testing on-site and a greater level of coordination and oversight from the entire team. © Feldman Architecture. © Feldman Architecture.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The 117,150 square foot office building will transform an underutilized site into a vibrant setting with creative offices above 7,960 square feet of restaurant and/or retail space on the ground floor. The surrounding urban context heavily influenced the site response – particularly the activation of the streetscape.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

"We wanted our expansion to retain the qualities of surprise and free-spiritedness that have defined Kresge College, while at the same time opening it up to students of all abilities, the incredible natural ecology of its site, and the larger university community beyond."

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Dwell

MARCH 28, 2024

The surrounding dwellings often cover up to 75 percent of their site area, filling the flat and sandy lots with two-car garages, theaters, primary suites, and al fresco dining areas. Beyond its site, it is from this economic context that Vasse House suggests an alternative.

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Deezen

JULY 31, 2022

US studio Desai Chia Architecture designed a highly sculptural, waterfront home wrapped in concrete and charred cypress that has vaulted roofs resembling wings. During the project's inception, designers from Manhattan's Desai Chia Architecture visited the site in different seasons to understand the climate and terrain.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

When he bought the site on Manda Island, he decided to track down the architects behind these 1970s villas. We had to resort to sleeping on the roof for relief." Overhanging roofs shade the facades There are three bedrooms located on the elevated deck, plus a fourth at ground level.

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2024

A private roof terrace enclosed by greenery features in Hidden Garden House, a Sydney home reconfigured by Australian studio Sam Crawford Architects. Above, this curved ceiling forms a sloped roof terrace filled with plants, which is situated off the main bedroom on the upper floor. The photography is by Tom Ferguson.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Brazilian practice Studio KUNZ has created a compact gabled house that cantilevers from a sloped site in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Vertical wood slats wrap the base The arrangement creates makes the structure appear balanced atop a slate staircase that provides a rustic base for the home's clean white lines.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Named after the community where it is located, the Cotton Patch Hills House sits on an oceanfront site in Bethany Beach, Delaware. For a sandy site that faces the water, the team created a rectilinear, three-storey building that totals 5,842 square feet (542 square metres). The staircase is made of white oak and steel.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

US studio CCY Architects has clad a mountainside house in patinated copper panels and tilted the roof to adhere with the topography of its site in Colorado. Known as DNA Alpine, the 4,000-square foot (372-square metre) home was completed in 2022 and designed to "disappear into or somehow become" the 75-acre site in San Miguel County.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Boston-based architecture studio Safdie Architects has completed a 24-storey residential building in Ecuador that has a snaking profile with staggered apartments and terraces. Qorner is a residential tower in Quito that was designed by Safdie Architects. Qorner is a residential tower in Quito that was designed by Safdie Architects.

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Deezen

APRIL 4, 2022

A narrow passageway divides this cottage with a metal roof by Naturehumaine , marking the entrance to the home and providing privacy to a detached guest suite and atelier. A hallway leads past them to an open-concept kitchen, living and dining space with tall windows that look out onto the site's dense wooded surroundings.

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Deezen

JULY 31, 2023

Stirling Prize-winning studio Niall McLaughlin Architects has completed a prefabricated steel-framed home with a pyramidal copper roof overlooking a tidal saltmarsh on the Isle of Wight. It is located on the Isle of Wight "The site is characterised by pasture and rich woodland containing oak, hazel and field maple," the studio told Dezeen. "It

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Six Square House was constructed on a verdant site. Photo is by Alan Tansey Brooklyn -based Young Projects made a range of updates to the property including adding an addition to the 1850s farmhouse, which sits at the front of the site, and a pool, terrace and pool house in the rear of the lot. hectare) lot with an historic farmhouse.

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

Its glued-laminted timber walls were prefabricated off-site and insulation was incorporated outboard, or on the opposite side of the vapour barrier as most homes, which meant the interior wall structure could be left uncovered, eliminating the need for interior cladding.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2023

California studio Field Architecture designed this Sonoma Valley house out of a trio of fanning copper-clad pavilions with butterfly roofs. The roofs – composed of two triangular planes each that slope toward the centre – collect rainwater and redirect it to river-rock basins.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 14, 2019

In the beginning, when you are starting to plan your budget for building a new house, residential construction costs are not that complicated unless you really want to make them that way. Structural Engineer – very cost effective service to retain and in some cases, a mandatory consultant to retain.

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Deezen

AUGUST 26, 2022

"As the existing home functioned well for the clients already, preference was given to create a new self-contained addition and use the budget to create moments of delight across the site," the architect added. The building's two wings are topped with green roofs planted with drought tolerant native species. Builder: Souter Built .

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Deezen

APRIL 19, 2022

American firm CookFox Architects has completed a pair of tall, connected buildings with gridded facades for a Williamsburg site that once held an iconic sugar factory. The site's original name has been retained. One South First holds residential units, while the other building contains office space.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Project Details: Location: Melbourne, Australia Architect: MRTN Architects / @ mrtn_architects Footprint: 86 and 235 square feet Builder: Rod Greaves Structural Engineer: C. The site was a fairly typical suburban backyard but with more of a bush feeling to it rather than a mowed lawn.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Due to its location on the edge of the Česky Kras nature reserve southwest of Prague, the project was required to visually blend in with the local vernacular, with regulations specifying a simple gable-roof form with rounded eaves. Meanwhile, the roof is lined with traditional tiles called bobrovka.

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Deezen

APRIL 23, 2024

Additionally, a wind turbine and solar panels are installed on the site to provide energy for the off-grid structure. Other recently completed cabins include a cabin in Arizona clad with Corten steel and a beachside cabin with a slanted roof in Canada. The photography is by Peter Markos and Efe Onikinci.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2023

We wanted to touch lightly on the site, so the home cantilevers over the site, is grounded at the entrance, and then floats over the landscape as you move through the home," the studio said. This projection helped us to minimize the impact on this natural site and reduce excavation.". The home is topped with a green roof.

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Deezen

MARCH 2, 2023

CLB Architects gave the home a long, low roof To design the project, the team drew upon the site's history as a working cattle ranch. The clients' choice of site was influenced by their appreciation of wildlife and conservation, as well as their love of horses and desire to return the land to its historic roots," the team said. "The

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Baldridge Architects acted as both the designer and general contractor The firm saw potential in the ageing site on Burnet Road and purchased the three structures there, which total 5,200 square feet (483 square metres). Within the architectural studio, the team created a series of "residential nests".

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The elevated site provides sweeping views of the undulating terrain and the distant ocean. SAOTA has completed a residence on an elevated site in Los Angeles The project was designed by Cape Town-based SAOTA , alongside US architect and developer David Maman and the Belgian interior designer Dieter Vander Velpen.

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Deezen

JUNE 26, 2023

MVDRV has unveiled The Canyon in San Francisco The building is largely residential, comprising 283 housing units – with nearly a third set aside for "middle-income families" – and two floors of offices above the ground floor. The photography is by Jason O'Rear.

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Deezen

MAY 12, 2023

Fuller Overby clad the house in blackened wood Set on Lake James, the narrow one-acre site drops 100 feet (30 metres) from the top of the driveway to the water's edge. Two retaining walls are cut diagonally across the plot, forming two earthwork courts that have been carved out from the steep slope of the site."

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aasarchitecture

MAY 3, 2024

Image © 10 Design “Inspired by landforms embraced by a coastline, we wanted to bring the green to the terraces and the roofs of the buildings, blurring the boundaries between architecture and nature, for a truly immersive experience,” said Design Principal, José Cláudio Silva.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2023

The axial approach includes replanted natural grasses The roof extends to create a 15-foot (4.5-metre) Because of this, a symmetrical house is something we’ve never done; however, it was the perfect response to both the site and the owner’s minimal program. The photography is by Dror Baldinger.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2023

The project's exterior material palette references the surrounding agricultural area with whitewashed cedar siding and an aluminium standing-seam roof. Read: Ryall Sheridan raises Wetlands House above coastal site on New York's Long Island This airy living room has west-facing windows that overlook the adjacent tree farm.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Urlo Studio designed a rotated, triangular mixed-use complex clad in red concrete panels and terracotta tiles that is meant to reference the architectural heritage of its site in Quito , Ecuador. Above, two- and three-bedroom apartments rotate around a central courtyard. The photography is by JAG Studio.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The building is volumetrically oriented to the geometry of the site and also widens out in the direction of the shore. The shape of the building is stepped with sweeping curves, which structure the volume visually. The rear-ventilated wood construction made of rhombus strips in glazed ash structures the façade vertically.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

House, the home sits on a farmland site and is covered with a series of berms, while multiple trumpet-shaped pillars of varying heights create wave-like levels along the expanse of its footprint. Mature trees, which were planted in the hollow interiors of the columns, spring out of the roof line.

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

This house in a quiet residential neighborhood of central Tokyo was built for a couple who had long lived on the property but wanted to rebuild as they entered a new phase of life after their three children left home. We believe that this kind of free environment is what clients will be seeking in residential architecture in years to come.

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Deezen

JULY 18, 2022

Set on a sloped site, the Hartford Residence is located in Clarksville, an established neighbourhood in Austin. Clayton Korte created a two-storey home on a sloped site. The primary living volume is under the gable roof on the first floor. Standing-seam metal covers the roof. MEP engineer: Design-Build by Installer.

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