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The new timber building in the existing ensemble. Completed in 2023 in Essen, Germany. Images by Helin Bereket. Sehw Architektur’s latest project once again exemplifies the three pillars of Sehw’s architecture.
Mecanoo has designed a distinctive residence with a striking double-curved roof and ceramic tile-covered façade in Schoorl, a village in northern Holland. Called Villa BW, it spans three floors, with an additional level within the hood of the roof. Image: Ossip van Duivenbode, courtesy Mecanoo.
The defining feature of the main terminal project, set to be completed in 2025, is a new lattice roof formed by 2.5 ZGF’s answer was a singular terminal building housed under one undulating, mass timber roof, accompanied by an interior strategy which prioritized biophilic design, interior landscaping, daylighting, and natural materials.
The firm’s second foray into the country, open-air Tainan Market features a publicly-accessible green roof, punctuated at one end by an office structure, that can be further adapted for agricultural use while providing users a stepped vista onto the market floor and surrounding landscape beyond.
The new timber building in the existing ensemble impresses with its innovative approach, its sustainability and the social added value it creates. It was no easy building task for the architects. The newly created “learning village” with its four buildings in the centre of the city achieves just that.
The building features an office space, set to become the tallest in the region at 193 meters. Emphasizing occupant well-being, the tower is designed by integrating the surrounding landscape and increasing access to outdoor areas. Courtesy of KPF | By Atchain KPF’s “Tower 36,” has received unanimous approval in Miami , Florida.
The new building is set to be inaugurated with the first major career retrospective of sculptor Tom Lloyd, whose solo exhibition was notably the first shown at the museum’s founding loft space on 125th Street when it opened in 1968.
For the building’s design, Atelier Bow-Wow pursued a philosophy that “honors the environment, manifesting in a structure that treads lightly on the land and resources while maximizing its connection to a breathtaking landscape.”
Integration elements like natural light, greenery, views of nature, natural materials, and other sensory experiences are incorporated into the buildings and spaces. The post RAD+ar design restaurant and bar in Jakarta featuring a stepping landscapedroof appeared first on Åvontuura.
As NAPUR describes: “The gently curving lines enable the building to function as a gateway and a passage linking the city and the park. Sixty percent of the structure is under ground level, and thanks to the landscapedroof and the transpa. ” All images courtesy of NAPUR Architect Ltd.
In Vijayawada, India , multidisciplinary design studio andblack design studio has delivered a unique preschool of organic forms and integrated landscaping that aims to reflect the school’s forward-thinking approach to education through its design. Image: Vinay Panjwani A sunken courtyard connects the two buildings.
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.
The 700,000-square-foot building will become the largest fish market and have the largest glulam roof structure in the southern hemisphere once completed. They are working locally with local architects BVN , GXN Innovation, and the landscape architects Aspect Studios.
billion headquarters featuring buildings by NBBJ and ZGF Architects. Image credit: Michael Zhao Image credit: Michael Zhao In addition to the park, over two acres of landscapedroof terraces have been created within the Phase 1 buildings of Amazon’s headquarters, which were designed by ZGF.
” Image credit: 3XN A concave form of the building seeks to create an amphitheater-like space aided by public landscapedroof terraces while creating elevated views of the water.
Image credit: Santiago Calatrava LLC The scheme’s signature architectural element will be a curved, vaulted 135-foot-long roof orientated towards Martin-Luther-Platz, shaped to remain below the typical height of high-rise buildings in the area.
Comprising two towers connected by a 100-meter tall skybridge, the headquarters building forms a new landmark near the main tollgate to and from Seoul. The tower's rational form contains office, auditorium, and tenant amenity space, including the Doosan History Museum and a café that opens up to the landscapedroof terrace.
The terraces have been “arranged in a configuration that conveys a sense of movement across the building” and detailed with light bronze soffit accents. Image credit: Atchain, courtesy of KPF At the base of the tower, a podium holds retail spaces, bicycle, and car parking, and a landscapedroof accessed by a restaurant.
The sixteen-story tower broke ground in late 2021 and represents MAD’s first residential rental building in the United States, expected to contain 187 units. The opening will contain a network of footpaths and planting. A rooftop pool, spa, and garden areas complete the 216-foot-tall structure.
Constraints due to emergency vehicle access, subgrade utilities, and depth restrictions on the Penn Station roof below significantly limited the amount. Plaza 33 is a new, 17,700 sf pedestrian plaza on 33rd Street, just outside the MTA’s new East End Gateway canopy leading into and out of the LIRR's subterranean concourse.
The naturally sloping landscape embraces Villa BW, with a building volume characterised by a double-curved roof coupled with an unmistakable expression of the façade. The twisting roof is created as a result of two overlapping shapes. In contrast, a horizontal roofline is designed for the polder-side.
Mexican studio COA Arquitectura has enclosed a winery outside of Guadalajara with a corrugated steel sawtooth roof and rammed earth walls. Informed by the agricultural buildings of the area, each building is enclosed in rammed earth walls that are freestanding, square or C-shaped and in-filled with metal and wood.
Non-profit Project Mingde has unveiled Duling Educational Centre, a staggered complex topped with roofs that help recycle rainfall into clean water for schoolchildren in rural southern China. The solution was three buildings of varying heights with roofs that channel rainfall into a lotus pond.
This project includes approximately 264,000 square feet of below-ground space and another 210,000 square feet of offices defined by a series of nine exponentially taller green-roofedbuildings supported by a 300,000-square-foot podium. Adamson Associates and PMA Landscape Architects are also included in the design team.
Image credit: Rafael Viñoly Architects The airport’s most unique feature is a 19-acre vineyard gently sloping upwards atop the building, covering the terminal below. ” Wine produced from the vineyard will be crafted and aged in specialized cellars beneath the terminal’s roof.
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.
Located along the Haute Route des Pyrénées hiking trail that follows the French and Spanish border, Snøhetta designed Refuge de Barroude to blend into the surrounding mountainous landscape with a shape informed by the site's topography. The images are courtesy of Snøhetta.
American studio ZGF Architects has completed an expansion to the main terminal at Portland International Airport, installing a massive mass-timber roof that was prefabricated to keep the airport operational. The largest timber beams are 80 feet (24 metres) long, and the lattice is affixed to these larger mass-timber components.
The sloping landscape embraces Villa BW, with a building characterised by a double-curved roof with an unmistakable expression of the facade. The post Mecanoo completes Villa BW cladded with multicoloured glazed tiles appeared first on Åvontuura.
The landscaping and building code mandated an architecture with sloped roofs and natural colours in either black or brown. The post Francois Verhoeven Architects design minimalistic bungalow in The Netherlands with passive design principles appeared first on Åvontuura.
MAD Architects has unveiled the One River North apartment block in Denver Located next to a major interstate and light rail line, the 15-storey block's western facade has a curved facade clad in a glass curtain wall with a massive cut "cracking" the building open. The landscape, the different smells, the different sounds, the water.
The landscape and local climate dictated the configuration of the building: the house surrounds by centuries-old pines, its facade looks to the south. The concrete texture of the walls and the picturesque landscape complement each other and form the unique composition.
The site is located in a cottage village outside the city, surrounded by a variety of modern manor buildings. The volume of a residential building stands out from the flat relief. Roof overhangs protect the interior from overheating. Its shaping is subordinated to the unique scenario of the family living in the house.
The resort sees a landscape of rice terraces enclosed by several buildings containing public functions, a bathhouse, guest rooms, and villa suites. Photo credit: Hoshino Resorts Exterior. Photo credit: Hoshino Resorts Rice Terrace.
Last week, the Planning Commission denied an appeal claiming the proposed design ruins the historic integrity of the East Torrey Pines building. The proposed project, located at 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, increases the East Torrey Pines building from 94,200 to 97,140 square feet, while decreasing the future Salk Community Center.
These stacked layers shift and undulate vertically to break down the large scale of the building and provide an elevated series of roof decks that offer panoramic views of the strip and desert landscape. A tower sits atop three levels of gaming, dining, and nightlife venues.
The design team aimed to draw the most possible natural scenery into the building, while at the same time grasping the delicate balance between landscape and architecture. In order to minimize the impact of construction on the local ecology, the building area has to be compressed into a smaller scope.
The 30-meter-long structure with pitched roof rests on the masonry plinth, inserted into the landscape and points towards the mountainous view. In the lower part, the application of Norwegian Oppdal slates differentiates the plinth from the rest of the building.
Photographs have revealed the Casa de Vidrio greenhouse in Chile by architecture studio Max Nez Arquitectos , which hasvaulted roofs made of glass bricks. In this way the plants are more visible from the outside, turning the building into a large showcase that exhibits their habitants," said the studio.
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."
The buildings are sited to create an occupation against the dune edge that feels relaxed and timeless. Together with the timber cladding and roof, the material will age and silver over time - integrating the buildings with the landscape. Between them is set an area for seating and outdoor fire.
Four levels that include a shared garage, pool and garden along with roof top deck allow uncommon amenity for a city lot. An open plan builds spatial connection between the neighborhood and garden. A photovoltaic array on the roof deck earns a planned net-zero annual energy usage.
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