Archinect

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Zaha Hadid Architects has shared photos of its newly inaugurated Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre in southern China. All five buildings at the site are supported by just 22 columns that were fabricated off-site in two varieties. Additional public spaces were also created at the site thanks to the careful p.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The site’s rock-lined canyon is treated with reverence, with the school set back from its edge so as to not dominate it. The campus was designed with a focus on the site's natural environment. The dramatic natural features of the property provide beautiful outdoor classrooms ideal for experiential learning programs.

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Deezen

MARCH 23, 2024

An angular roof wrapped in translucent red-mesh panels crowns this Y-shaped pavilion in Sydney , designed by local studio Sam Crawford Architects. By utilising a sculptural Y-shaped layout, Sam Crawford Architects avoided creating a back to the building, ensuring a sense of openness from all directions.

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Archinect

AUGUST 12, 2024

It follows the site’s topography, ascending towards the new extension. This site arrangement provided the architects an opportunity to develop something unique for the institution. It occupies a 4,000-square-foot area within the campus, adjoining the existing school building.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Architecture studio Ingenhoven Architects has created a series of buildings topped with large, overhanging thatched roofs for the Lanserhof Sylt health resort on the Germany island of Sylt. Its building is topped with a thatch roof that measures 7,100 square metres – making it the largest in Europe.

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Archinect

MARCH 3, 2023

The winning proposal, “A Roof For Helsinki,” was chosen from among five entries in an international competition that occurred in two separate phases, hosted by the Train Factory Group and the Helsinki Municipality.

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Archinect

JANUARY 19, 2024

Johnston Architects, in association with James Cutler Architects, designed the new library for the city of Maple Valley. The site for the project is one of the few remaining areas of second growth forest within city limits. A simple shed roof is supported by trusses. The main reading room completes the U.

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Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2023

London studio Satish Jassal Architects has created a two-bedroom bungalow from handmade-bricks behind shops and restaurants on Turnpike Lane in Haringey, England. This was a very tricky backland site, but the key message is that with careful planning, you can succeed," said Satish Jassal Architects founder Satish Jassal.

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Deezen

APRIL 16, 2023

Challenging site constraints informed the angular shape of this concrete house named Villa MKZ, designed by Japanese studio Takeshi Hirobe Architects. The footprint of this vacation home dances around the complex conditions of the site," studio founder Takeshi Hirobe told Dezeen. metres in the centre," said Hirobe. "By

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Archinect

OCTOBER 28, 2023

On the boards in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood is a new house for a three-peat client of Faulkner Architects. The new design respects the site’s long-standing use as a multi family house with an embedded accessory dwelling unit at the garden level.

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Deezen

MAY 10, 2024

Chilean studio Hebra Arquitectos has completed an elevated home with steel pilotis and a V-shaped roof, aiming to create a building that "floats in the middle of the forest". The roof is supported by reticular beams, which have a weblike composition. Concrete and black-painted steel were used for the structural system.

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Deezen

JULY 19, 2023

British studio Hopkins Architects has added an indoor tennis centre with an undulating timber-coated roof to the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon , UK. It has an undulating timber-coated roof The building contains six indoor courts within a partially timber-clad structure punctuated by white, Y-shaped columns.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Danish architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has completed a multi-functional art centre in Beijing , referencing the shape of a granary that once occupied the site. The roof design was informed by a granary that once stood on the site The centre is comprised of three buildings defined by their swooping roof structures.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Scottish architecture studio Loader Monteith has designed an office with a gabled roof , along with two private residences, for mountain bike tour operator H&I Adventures on a sloping brownfield site in Scotland. The first of two planned residences, it is distinguished by its lower height and butterfly roof.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

MAD Architects has completed their overhaul of the Jiaxing Train Station in China , described by the firm as a “train station in the forest.” ” Located in the city of Jiaxing, 60 miles southwest of Shanghai, the project included the replacement of an outdated train station that occupied the site from 1995 to 2019.

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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. Image courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A sloping concrete roof and perforated walls shelter the open-air interiors of Anchor House, a dwelling in the jungle in Vietnam by local studio MM++ Architects. Designed for an artist looking for an escape from the city, the 160-square-metre Anchor House sits on a narrow site surrounded by vegetation in the Mekong Delta.

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Deezen

JUNE 14, 2024

Global architecture studio MAD has unveiled ZGC International Innovation Center in Beijing , which features a curving green roof with rippled overhangs. Photo by CreatAR "The centre's biomorphic, clover-like form features a cantilevered roof characterised by soft, fluid shapes," said MAD. Lights on the roof form a rippling pattern.

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Deezen

MAY 15, 2024

A 36-metre-tall concrete silo has been converted into a dramatic hotel lobby at Bacalan Block – the transformation of a former factory site in Bordeaux into a mixed-use development by Colboc Sachet Architects. Atop its roof, a row of gabled metal forms contain a restaurant and spa wrapped by a panoramic terrace overlooking the city.

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Deezen

JUNE 12, 2024

Barrel-vaulted concrete roofs are supported by thick laterite walls at The Stoic Wall Residence in Kerala, India , completed by local studio Lijo Reny Architects. Located in Kadirur, the home is designed by Lijo Reny Architects to be modern yet regional, with a layout and material palette that respond to Kerala's tropical climate.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 31, 2022

A large steel-framed roof shelters the Misc restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta, which was designed by local studio Sam Crawford Architects to replace a cafe that was severely damaged by fire. An oversized roof shelters this restaurant pavilion in Sydney. It was designed by Sam Crawford Architects to replace a cafe.

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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. NW10 House was designed by Platform 5 Architects. Read: Platform 5 Architects completes shingle-clad home overlooking a private lagoon.

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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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Archinect

MARCH 7, 2024

The centerpiece of the project is the prayer hall, whose crystalline glass roof creates ever-changing interior lighting conditions. At night, the glass roof glows like a beacon in the dark sky, rising elegantly above the surrounding landscape. Set within a 6.8

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

on a challenging site bound by a busy commuter street and a busy waterfront. Another site challenge was an easement that runs diagonally through the lot. The extending roof lines further accentuate the horizontality of the home. This project was tasked to design two large houses (9,000 sq. and 6,000 sq.

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Dwell

AUGUST 5, 2024

Upcycled materials from a dilapidated structure found on site create a sustainable home made up of round volumes connected by a floating roof. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

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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. The pavilion is located in front of the 1906 Grade II*-listed building, designed by architect William Young, that was once used by the British government's military departments.

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Dwell

APRIL 9, 2024

Located in Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula, the rambler-style home utilized the trees for the roof and a coffee table, too. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2024

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. Wutopia Lab focused on a former service yard and duty office at the site, transforming it into a multipurpose square with bold red concrete surfaces.

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Deezen

MAY 31, 2023

A sweeping, grass-topped concrete roof creates an artificial hill to conceal the Gurdau Winery in the Czech Republic , which has been designed by local practice Aleš Fiala Studio. Where the sloping roof meets the ground, it blends with a series of winding concrete walls supporting planters around a paved patio.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Breeze-block walls and a roof cutout for a palm tree are among the special features at an Arizona house designed by The Ranch Mine , which took cues from a mid-century modern dwelling across the street. The front of the house also features a date palm tree that grows up through a triangular opening in the roof.

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Deezen

AUGUST 20, 2023

Undulating vaults shelter this multipurpose arts space in Ahmedabad , India, which local studio The Grid Architects designed to defy "conventional architectural norms". According to The Grid Architects , with an area of 279 square metres, it is one of the largest vaulted structures of its kind in India.

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Architizer

JUNE 19, 2023

That is, moving away from the more human elements involved in their manufacture resulted in products that were standardized and more universally available, rendering their former manufacturing sites obsolete. The glory days of the factory date back to the early 20th century, when it was erected as a massive brick production site.

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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. Deep skylights punctured into the roof draw daylight into the space below, while sliding doors seamlessly connect the interior with an outdoor patio. The photography is by Nick Deardon.

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Archinect

JULY 15, 2024

Water, a natural element significant to all cultures, is re-introduced throughout the site, unifying building and landscape. Additional sustainable elements inc.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A low-slung roof with deep eaves shelters Merricks Farmhouse, a concrete-block home in Australia designed by South African studio Michael Lumby Architecture with Brisbane practice Nielsen Jenkins.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Thai practice IDIN Architects has created a series of minimal, pavilion -like structures for Nana Coffee Roasters in Bangkok , which feature mirrored mosaic ceilings to reflect the surrounding gardens. Located in Bangkok's Bangna district, the project occupies an oasis-like site of dense greenery alongside a busy road.

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