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Wave-shaped roofs top cultural space in Shanghai by Wutopia Lab

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Chinese studio Wutopia Lab has used wave-shaped roofs of blue aluminium and translucent fabric to transform an industrial yard in Shanghai into a mixed-use cultural space. A fully glazed wall with a wave-like pattern fronts this space, overlooking the red-coloured square onto which it opens through golden doors.

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House with pink windows by Objekt Architecten

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Moreover, the rear of the house is bathed in light thanks to the large window. During the renovation, the entire roof was renewed. Here, the choice was made to enhance the feeling of space in the bathroom by creating a vo. From the kitchen, residents are in contact with all the rooms on the ground floor.

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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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Laura Killam Architecture tops beachside cabin with slanted roof in Canada

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Vancouver studio Laura Killam Architecture has created a beachside cabin in British Columbia with a slanted roof that responds to the site's climate. The Writer's Retreat cabin acts as an auxiliary space for a writer seeking a small space for creative sessions, separate from a main cabin on the site that hosts a multigenerational family.

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madeiguincho repurposes cargo container as tiny house with sunken roof terrace

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the wooden interiors are kept simple and snug with an L-shaped layout and ample daylight filtering through several windows. The post madeiguincho repurposes cargo container as tiny house with sunken roof terrace appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ConForm Architects models green-terrazzo flat extension on bay windows

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Green terrazzo is teamed with concrete and clay-toned plaster at Terzetto, a London flat extension that architecture studio ConForm Architects has modelled on bay windows. Externally, these distinct materials have been combined to evoke the components of a bay window – which are a plinth, column and pediment.

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Proctor & Shaw tops London home extension with serrated zinc roof

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Architecture studio Proctor & Shaw has topped a home extension with a steeply-angled roof clad with red pigmented zinc in East Dulwich, London. From the side, the serrated edge blocks oblique views from the principal first-floor neighbouring windows," Proctor & Shaw director John Proctor told Dezeen. "It

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