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Dual Roof Extension in Kingston by Square One Architects

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This recently completed project located in the London Borough of Kingston Upon Thames is spread between two semi-detached Victorian properties which both sought to extend their roof spaces. The new dormer, though long, reads as four small dormers; this was carefully designed to reduce visual impact.

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Bridge Building: 7 Inhabitable Structures Spanning Spaces and Ideas

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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. Serving as a communal hub, it revitalizes public life in the area, offering terraces and open spaces for picnics and river swims.

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Eight buildings with inverted-pitched roofs that resemble butterfly wings

Deezen

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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The DHaus Company revamps London house with butterfly-roof extension

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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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Ten contemporary buildings that showcase the versatility of structural stone

Deezen

series, we've collected 10 recently completed and upcoming buildings that show the potential of structural stone as a modern construction material. Sections of the stone walls have been perforated to cool the space down and shade it from the sun. Its bold geometric form is visually softened by oak-framed windows.

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MAD designs bamboo leaf-roofs for Anji Culture and Art Center

Deezen

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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Outdoor learning spaces animate Azabudai Hills school by Heatherwick Studio

Deezen

Double-height balconies and outdoor teaching spaces enliven the facades of The British School in Tokyo, which architecture practice Heatherwick Studio has completed in Japan. Inside, The British School in Tokyo has 40 classrooms, alongside music rooms, libraries, a laboratory and a roof garden with a vegetable patch.

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