Dwell

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

There are simple rooms contained within the main volume, made entirely from concrete (walls, floors, ceilings, kitchen, some furniture) and on top, a large shaded living space under a corrugated roof supported on red oxide reinforcement bar trusses, again, drawing on the skills and materials available locally. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

JULY 31, 2022

US studio Desai Chia Architecture designed a highly sculptural, waterfront home wrapped in concrete and charred cypress that has vaulted roofs resembling wings. Roughly rectangular in plan, the dwelling has cutouts, cantilevers and multiple sloped roofs that combine in a sculptural way. Desai Chia created "winged" roofs for the house.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

International studio Snøhetta has completed Beijing City Library in China , a glass-lined building filled with towering tree-like columns and rooms disguised as hills. Outside, real ginkgo trees have been planted at the entry points, framed by the glass walls that aim to "further enhance the connection with nature".

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Deezen

MAY 28, 2024

L-shaped in plan, the house consists of rectilinear volumes with flat roofs to prevent dangerous snow slides. Large stretches of glass wrap the exterior In addition to large stretches of glass, the exterior is wrapped in a mix of two sturdy materials – weathering steel and pale-toned accoya wood.

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Deezen

JUNE 21, 2023

Local architecture firm In Situ Studio wrapped an art museum visitor centre in Raleigh, North Carolina with darkened steel and cantilevered a roof with an aperture over its patio. The roof features a rounded triangle roof opening made of aluminium. Cabinetry: Xylem, Inc.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2024

Brooks + Scarpa has created a concessions building for a sports complex in Florida The Field House consists of a glass building wrapped with a board-formed concrete shell, which forms a wrap-around porch with a yellow-painted metal lattice on the north elevation. The design is made of highly durable and cost-efficient materials."

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The stone-clad Connecticut retreat is surprisingly advanced with a steel frame, glass sliders, geothermal heating and cooling, and a motorized roof hatch to the deck. A protective wood shutter neatly slides into the stone, revealing a glass panel pocket door. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A metal roof and glass facade contrast the brick station. Photo is by Aogvision These underground waiting halls havemetal roofs equipped with solar panels that power the station, contrasting the brick exterior of the old station front. Skylights and glass curtain walls light up the interior.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The guest house – a nearly symmetrical 550-square foot (51 square metre) pavilion – works in dialogue with the existing home, weighing the main home's rough masonry with the guest house's steel-framed roof and three-sided glazing. Closets and a bathroom form a core in the centre of the space.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A sloping fibreglass roof and a glass facade characterise New York studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro 's first completed single-family residential project, which has been photographed officially for the first time by Iwan Baan. It is really surreal and magical in the whole; the whole roof just feels like it's floating."

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Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson used engineered timber and a cantilevered roof for Caymus-Suisun Winery to create a contemporary winery with a "new architectural language for the region". Retractable glass walls link the inside and outside of the winery. The winery's terrace is shaded by a large cantilevered roof.

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Deezen

AUGUST 23, 2022

Atop the front portion of the house, a thin, shed roof is lifted up, making way for clerestories. Along the courtyard, daylight flows in through sliding doors and floor-to-ceiling glass. Structural engineer: CFBR Structural Group. Civil engineer: Shaw Engineering. MEP: Sugarpine Engineering.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Snøhetta also designed landscaped plazas and roof terraces for Airside, which sits above the Kai Tak MTR station in the district that formerly held Kai Tak, Hong Kong's international airport from 1925 to 1998. The project's design is informed by Hong Kong's legacy of textile manufacturing and draws on different aspects of tailoring.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

For the glass facades, we adopted the image of icebergs for the dynamic angled geometry of their vertical faces," Gehry Partners told Dezeen. The glass facades are based on icebergs "As a counterpoint, we imagined metal volumes embedded within the crystalline glass forms," the studio continued. "We

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Deezen

APRIL 21, 2023

Chicago-based Studio Gang has completed the overall of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock, Arkansas , with the addition of a sculptural folded concrete roof. Both of the entrances are covered by the roof as it cantilevers above the glass entryways.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

US architecture studio GBBN preserved and expanded a 19th-century home in Erie, Pennsylvania into an educational facility with a glass bridge connection and metal-clad, barn-like structure. A glass bridge is included in the design. The barn form was modernized with the use of a standing seam infinity roof.

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Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2024

To respect the cemetery's existing "monumental ensemble" and reference American memorial architecture, the studio created a concrete and glass form that would "claim its own space while blending into the greater whole". Supported by the internal concrete walls, this allows a small light gap to be created between the facade and the roof.

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Deezen

JULY 29, 2022

The main archive space was placed in a 40-metre-long tunnel that has glass windows at each end. Placed parallel to this space, another tunnel-like form contains the guesthouse's kitchen and toilets, with the roofed area between acting as a seating area. A roof covers an area between the tunnel-like forms.

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Dwell

AUGUST 15, 2024

Set on an undulating dune, the dwelling is comprised of three semi-buried pavilions connected by a lush green roof. The materials are used in their pure state, such as liquid stone, wood, iron, and glass. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The cabins were prefabricated and assembled on-site The steep black metal roofs give way to warm vertical cedar boards. The panelized structure of the 475-square foot (44-square metre) cabins was prefabricated by Plant Prefab in Los Angeles and then assembled on-site.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Portland-based studio Hacker Architects has replaced an outdated lodge with a blackened wood -and-glass structure featuring elements informed by the volcanic landscape of Sisters, Oregon. The form and pitch of the roof match the slope of nearby Black Butte, while clerestory windows bring light into the space from all directions.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2022

A jagged roof tops the project. The building is topped with a sawtooth roof , which takes cues from the gabled roofs and porches historically found in the area, before the construction of a freeway in the 1960s decimated the neighbourhood. Structural engineer: KPFF Consulting Engineers. Developer: project^.

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Deezen

JULY 11, 2023

Hutton designed the facades using local limestone, arranged in bands For added protection from both wind and wildfire , the facility is made of concrete and clad in durable and noncombustible exterior materials such as limestone and glass. To maintain a discrete profile, the team created a "clean roof line" with a sculpted edge.

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Dwell

MARCH 19, 2024

A new extension with floor-to-ceiling glass sliders opens to the garden, giving a family of four a plein air space to entertain. Kitchen, living, and dining spaces are lightly contained by a floating roof, folded to capture northern light and facilitate the capture of easterly breezes. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The main volume of the 3,632-square-foot house is oriented along an east-west axis, which allows the living spaces to take full advantage of southern light, while its asymmetrically gabled roof orients the interiors toward the primary views. The interior maintains this simple palette with steel, glass, and concrete. © CLB Architects.

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Deezen

JUNE 8, 2022

Stretching across a flat site, the house consists of intersecting, gabled volumes and a flat-roofed, pavilion-like volume in the rear. In some areas, stretches of glass are covered with wooden screens. The western wall is a vast expanse of glass that provides views of the ski resort and surrounding mountains.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

A series of glass walls on the far side of the entryway will provide unobstructed views out—a mediating surface between building and landscape. Beyond 1,000 square feet of gallery space, an occupiable green roof, a small dining area and café, gift shop, visitor restrooms, and offices for botanic gardens administrative staff.

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Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2023

A large central staircase with open teak treads, a glass railing and a powder-coated aluminium bookcase wall connects all three levels. The ground floor includes a multipurpose family room that leads out to the pool deck, which is set at the same height as the roof of the pink accessory dwelling unit (ADU).

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Deezen

APRIL 3, 2024

The composition is further enhanced by the varied angles of mono-pitched roofs and flashes of intense colour from the stained glass in the chapels." Its construction involved the demolition of three chapels and more than 200 houses, so that the motorway could be raised 15 metres above the roof tops.

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Deezen

MARCH 19, 2024

Gold-coloured fins march along the exterior glass and are punctured with a leaf-like pattern, creating a dappled shading effect on the interior. The roof is designed to accommodate solar arrays in the future. A series of cantilevered shading structures extend from the middle-level floor plate, propped up by tree-like, angled pilotis.

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Dwell

JANUARY 13, 2023

Moving down, the middle floor holds the primary bedroom suite, laundry room, two home offices, and a third kids’ bedroom, which is accessed by a glass bridge to give it some separation and individuality. This floor is level with the top of the ADU, which is an urban roof garden covered with an aluminum sunshade.

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Deezen

JANUARY 13, 2023

A glass vestibule cantilevers over the main public entry. The original crane shed – a light-filled cavern topped by a gabled roof with exposed trusses – has been repurposed as a dramatic event space. MEP engineers + lighting: Affiliated Engineers, Inc. Structural engineer: Thornton Tomasetti.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The upper floors, which step forward and back, are detailed in plaster and glass and "appear to float", the team said. Floor-to-ceiling glass provides views of the city. Floor-to-ceiling glass provides immersive views of the city to the north and a rear garden to the south. Structural engineering: Holmes Structures.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The centre's flared form was clad in a metal curtain wall, rendered in a light colour to reflect the mid-century buildings, while the faces of each protrusion feature floor-to-ceiling glass trimmed with timber. These hold classrooms and utilise the slope with three storeys that line up with the two-storey central structure.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The roof is undulating, and the facades are clad in burnt wood. The interiors were informed by the client's love of layers and texture Throughout the home, large stretches of glass offer sweeping views of the majestic terrain. Each window frames a view of the prairie and Teton Range beyond," the team said.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Fougeron Architecture reconfigured the residence with floor-to-ceiling glass that enhances views of the stream and a backyard waterfall. Atop a steel frame, the roof—like the home itself—hovers, creating a dynamic space with lots of natural light. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Snøhetta also designed landscaped plazas and roof terraces for Airside, which sits above the Kai Tak MTR station in the district that formerly held Kai Tak, Hong Kong's international airport from 1925 to 1998. The project's design is informed by Hong Kong's legacy of textile manufacturing and draws on different aspects of tailoring.

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