ArchDaily

JANUARY 16, 2024

Sawtooth roofs are an iconic architectural feature of industrial buildings A historic symbol of the industrial age, the sawtooth roof is a lasting legacy of architectural history. Although a functional invention born from necessity nearly 200 years ago, the iconic shape is enjoying a renaissance in many contemporary projects.

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Architizer

MARCH 20, 2025

From timber grids to soaring steel trusses, the way a building holds itself up has long been hidden beneath layers of cladding and finishes. Without further ado, let’s see how architects are letting their buildings stand tall, bare-boned and proud. Architects: Want to have your project featured?

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Conservation group Twentieth Century Society has selected 10 UK buildings turning 30 to launch Coming of Age, a campaign drawing attention to the architecture it believes should be granted listed status. These wonderfully rich and varied buildings offer us a snapshot of the now not-so-recent past."

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Pronounced eaves made the interior space expand toward the outside. Eaves are ubiquitous in most traditional architecture, and in addition to their aesthetic role, they serve several important functions, the primary one being to keep rainwater away from the building's walls and structure.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Local practice Studio Ellsinger has topped a small holiday cabin on Sweden 's west coast with a hat-shaped aluminium roof to "trigger curiosity" and offer protection from its wild surroundings. The clients had bought a very rural and wild plot on the west coast of Sweden, and they wanted a similar approach," he continued.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 22, 2024

The building is located in the northern Czech city of Ostrava and boasts six rotating concrete walls. The revamp of the 260-metre-high tower included an overhaul of the lobby and amenities,giving greater presence to the building's cross-braced concrete structure and improving visual connection with the streetscape.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 29, 2024

"The parametric approach allows for fluid, non-linear spaces that foster creativity and play, while structural ingenuity – such as the undulating roof and seamless spatial integration – blurs the line between learning and play areas." "By Expansively glazed facades and skylights draw light into the spacious interior.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

California studio LOHA has completed a residential and retail building called Bellevue53, which features a rooftop swimming pool and stepped elevations clad in white metal. The building features a rooftop swimming pool Designed to "elevate the urban environment", the building's massing was influenced by the area's hilly topography.

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Deezen

JANUARY 2, 2025

The Schoenecker Center includes facilities like a double-height performance space with retractable seating The 130,000-square-foot (12,077-square-metre) building is split over five levels and houses classrooms, art and media studios, performance spaces, science labs, computer labs, engineering labs and more.

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Deezen

JANUARY 12, 2025

The next instalment in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series profiles Terminal 4 at Madrid-Barajas Airport by RSHP and Estudio Lamela, the peak of a golden age of airport design. Madrid-Barajas airport has a distinctive roof. The gull-wing-shaped roof is supported on a steel structure.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 7, 2024

From a gilded bedroom ceiling to rooms lined with shimmery metallic drapes , this lookbook focuses on interiors where silver and gold instil a sense of festive cheer. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring snowy white interiors , distinctive bedside tables and versatile staircases.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2025

The design of the office is informed by domestic living areas The studio, which is situated on the fourth floor of a 1960s industrial building in the Poblenou district, eschews the traditional rigid office layout in favour of spaces informed by domestic living areas. The interior is separated into two main zones by a change in floor level.

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Deezen

JANUARY 12, 2025

London practice Stolon Studio has completed The Parks, a housing complex that has been transformed from a group of neglected farm buildings in Herefordshire. To match the red-brick exterior walls, each home is topped with a red metal roof and features red timber detailing.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

RIBA Royal Gold Medal-winning studio SANAA has placed a concert hall and rehearsal space into three cuboidsfor the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The building's concert hall has a capacity of 390, with seating arranged in a semicircle. The photography is by Ken'ichi Suzuki.

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Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2025

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects and local studio Bureau Cube Partners are set to transform a paper mill in Belgrade , Serbia, into a museum with an elliptical roof informed by the scientific work of Nikola Tesla.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2025

Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series we consider the legacy of Elemental 's Quinta Monroy housing , which turned a relatively little-known Chilean architect into one of the profession's biggest stars.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Architizer's 13th A+Awards features a suite of sustainability-focused categories recognizing designers that are building a greener industry and a better future. Buildings dont always need a fresh start sometimes, the most compelling transformations happen by working with whats already there. These additions take many forms.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

So much so that it has indisputably become the most used plastic for building materials worldwide, often found in pipes, fittings, flooring, roofing, window profiles and more. It’s not hard to understand why: PVC is durable, highly versatile, cost-effective and easy to maintain.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Featuring a boutique retreat on the Mexican coast, a skinny building in Tokyo and an ex-sanatorium in the Greek mountains, here are 10 of the most memorable hotels published on Dezeen in 2024. The 800-year-old buildings were carefully restored, with the original wooden floors, exposed brickwork and ceiling beams among the features kept.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Dezeen Awards China aims to shine a spotlight on the best Chinese architecture, interiors and design, providing international recognition from around the globe. Omno Lab used black carbonised wood as the primary building material to resist the harsh conditions of the high-altitude plateau.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Located in the Elia region, the 850-square-metre home was designed by A31 Architecture , with interiors led by Dixon's interior design arm Design Research Studio. A31 Architecture has inserted the villa into the landscape, and the spine of the building is the dry stone wall, which is actually supporting the building."

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2025

A doughnut-shaped terrace and green roofs covered with sedum are among the standout features of a V-shaped research facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts , designed by local architecture studio Payette. It sits within the Kendall Square neighbourhood, which is home to several research buildings and tech companies.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Architecture studio Snøhetta has begun work on the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library , releasing the first construction images as well as renderings of the building's green roof that appears to merge with the landscape. Above: Snøhetta's Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is underway in North Dakota.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 6, 2025

In 2025, the ICONIC AWARDS will take things further with an expanded and refreshed platform that unites architecture, interior design, and product innovationspanning from buildings to furnitureall under one roof.

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Deezen

JANUARY 23, 2025

We continue our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series with a look at Apple Park by Foster + Partners , the most recognisable office of the past 25 years. Dubbed "the most-hyped building of 2017" by Curbed , the ring-shaped Apple Park office in California has been described as the biggest product produced by the iPhone maker.

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Deezen

JANUARY 14, 2025

Set off from this largely glass exterior, ornate screens typical of Islamic architecture surround the podium building. Ornate screens decorate the podium's exterior "Ziraat Bank Headquarters is a modern building with deep roots in Istanbul's physical and cultural context," said KPF design principal Mustafa Chehabeddine. "Our

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Archinect

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The new 3-story building uses materials common to the neighborhood; brick and glass block, applying them in innovative ways to create an aesthetic familiar with the surroundings and at the same time new and inviting.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Overlooking Jinji Lake, the 1,200-square-metre building contains four metal-clad public spaces , arranged around a central courtyard where locals can gather. Draping over them is a single undulating roof, finished with perforated glass tiles that draw dappled light into the interior, nodding to the surrounding trees.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Forming a part of Kinderspital, Switzerland's largest hospital complex for children and adolescents, the 96,200-square-metre project by Herzog & de Meuron also includes a standalone building for research and teaching. The patients' rooms on the roof are like individual cottages."

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Deezen

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Located in in Lanaudire, Qubec , La Cime is elevated on steel stilts and has a sloping roof, while its interior is dominated by white-pine walls and ceilings. Named Bunkie on the Hill, the 93-square-metre cedar cabin features an A-frame structure topped with a split gable roof lined with cedar slats on the inside.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Informed by its marine setting, the centre is set to comprise a sinuous, round-edged volume that draws on the "radial symmetry of starfish", and will be finished with reflective aluminium panels and rounded roof openings.

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Architizer

JANUARY 8, 2025

This innovative product redefines how interior spaces can inspire, connect and promote well-being. With over 40 years of experience in the design-build industry, Ruben brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to his work, driven by the belief that exceptional design enriches lives. This is just the start.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The restored interiors of the landmark Notre-Dame cathedral have been revealed, days ahead of its official reopening in Paris. While scaffolding is expected to remain around the landmark until 2028, the reopening on 7 December will allow the public to enter the building for the first time in five-and-a-half years.

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Deezen

MARCH 12, 2025

We're building Dib Bangkok to be a true creative oasis, a bridge between Thailand, Southeast Asia, and the global art scene." The building's largely-concrete structure is complete with an entirely glazed ground floor, while its more discrete upper levels are punctuated with protruding windows.

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Deezen

JANUARY 6, 2025

Named Zheijang Shaoxing Shangyu District Cao'e River Culture and Art Centre, the building will be set on the banks of the Cao'e River and host local and international productions of opera, theatre, dance and drama. The centre will be topped by sweeping roofs. Wood will be used across the interior.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 13, 2024

Although contemporary building practices allow us to form huge, glittering skyscrapers of glass that rise hundreds of meters into the air, the ancient material’s original purpose – to welcome light into weathertight and secure interiors – remains its most important more than a thousand years on.

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Deezen

JANUARY 19, 2025

The Cardboard Cathedral in New Zealand by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is the next building to secure its place in our list of the 25 most significant buildings of the 21st century. Perhaps this outcome was expected by Ban, who previously stated that "if a building is loved, then it becomes permanent".

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