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Hopson Rodstrom Design creates jagged-roof Los Angeles building with interior courtyard

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Local studio Hopson Rodstrom Design placed a sawtooth roof on top of this black-clad apartment building with an interior courtyard in southern California. Located in West Los Angeles on a busy thoroughfare, the project is called The Jagger – named after the massive sawtooth roof that tops it.

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Who Needs Glass? Not This Board-Formed Concrete Retreat in Greece

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The house is located in an earthquake and fire zone, and there are limited materials to build with other than reinforced concrete made using local limestone aggregate; making formwork is a key local skill. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners.

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SOM covers computing college at MIT in large glass shingles

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The Schwarzman College of Computing contains a mix of spaces The building contains a mix of spaces, including classrooms, labs, collaboration zones, conference rooms, faculty offices and a 250-seat lecture hall. "At The building is topped with a large green roof that helps with onsite stormwater management.

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The Kitchen in This Pacific Northwest Retreat Is Made From Douglas Fir Felled On-Site

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Located in Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula, the rambler-style home utilized the trees for the roof and a coffee table, too. The house is 1,700 square feet, and reaches into the landscape with a sheltering roof and screen walls to create usable outdoor spaces on all sides. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Snøhetta creates library to emulate feeling of "sitting under a tree"

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Inside are a series of hill-like mounds "The terraced hills rising from the Valley are designed to create a sculpted interior landform that serves as the ground, seating, and shelving – an informal zone with opportunities to relax, talk, or read quietly, all while staying connected to the larger space," said Snøhetta.

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Skylab reveals design for their new Portland headquarters

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the complex consists of two semi-cylindrical, prefabricated steel warehouse buildings, notable for their arching roof forms and con-nected via an enclosed walkway. The interiors will feature an industrial aesthetic: exposed concrete floors, aluminum windows, and an exposed steel roof.

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Skylab arranges series of A-frame Colorado cabins in snowflake-like pattern

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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.