Deezen

OCTOBER 15, 2024

MAD Architects wanted the reference to natural rock formations to appear to be imposing itself on an otherwise typical residential facade. Many of its in-progress projects include formal references to natural phenomena, such as the wave-like roof for the proposed Nanhai Art Center in Guangdong.

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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. The L-shaped plan of the home is divided into four zones, beginning with a formal living area topped by a barrel-vaulted roof alongside an open parking area.

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Deezen

MAY 22, 2024

Indian studio Kiron Cheerla Architecture has completed Pott House, a home in Hyderabad topped by a lantern-like roof that draws light and natural ventilation into its interiors. At night, lights inside glow outwards through the roof to create a lantern-like effect. A smaller first floor occupies the southern half of the home.

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Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2025

This reaches up to the roof of the historic building and allows visitors to pass through it on an elevated walkway. A solid brick wall cuts the workshop building off from the rest of the courtyard, but the bridge brings it back into communication with the other structures by allowing visitors to access the roof.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The clients' desire to be surrounded by both family and nature in their home called for a new adaptation of this once-ubiquitous typology, expanding and reframing the idea of outdoor living." A dark standing-seam metal roof rises into a steep gable and thin red, circular columns add asymmetrical pops of color around the exterior.

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Deezen

APRIL 13, 2025

Referencing the client's profession, Dubbeldam Architecture + Design created several more organically shaped elements, including handrails, bathroom basins and the kitchen island. Bedrooms and bathrooms on the upper levels are also bathed in natural light thanks to the extension's large windows and the addition of skylights where possible.

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Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2025

The museum is located on an artificial lake in Hangzhou Named Yohoo Museum, the building has an undulating roof design that takes the form of two interlocking rings. The museum is entirely clad in a glass facade and roof that was informed by jade, a rare gem stone in China. The photography is by Qianxi Zhang.

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Deezen

JUNE 5, 2023

Mexican studio Colectivo C733 has created a brick music school in Nacajuca, Mexico that includes two structures and a lofty, cantilevered roof made of coconut wood. Double brick walls support the roof structure The social space also holds a mezzanine stage for workshops and local musicians.

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Archinect

MARCH 8, 2022

The House Under Shadows, an integrated double-family residence in Haryana, exhibits a nature-inspired, near-net-zero design that reformulates the idea of 'Indian-Modern' and enables sustainable living. Located in the historic city of Karnal, a part of the NCR (National Capital Region), the House Under Shadows is a 1672-sq.m

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2023

Studio Symbiosis has completed a villa in Delhi, India , that rises up from its landscaped grounds, forming a terraced roof that is covered with plants to maximise the site's green area. In urban settings, there is disconnect between the user and nature," Studio Symbiosis pointed out. The studio covered the roof in plants.

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Deezen

JUNE 15, 2023

Montreal architect Stephane Gaulin-Brown has placed a single-slope roof with a curved soffit on top of a ski chalet to open it up to the forests of Mont Tremblant, Quebec. The design also grew out of the natural context: the ferns, the birch trees, the deer, and the large glacial boulders strewn across the forest floor."

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Architecture studio Edition Office has created a three-bedroom house with a cutout roof and fibre-cement cladding in Mossy Point, Australia. The cutout roof forms a striking outdoor dining area in the centre of the home Fulfilling its clients' request, Edition Office designed a cutout roof that resembles a bird's mouth.

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Deezen

JULY 23, 2024

The five-bedroom family home is constructed from wood and defined by its origami-like, wood-clad roof, which pays homage to local buildings and agricultural structures in nearby villages. We want the building to feel agricultural, hence the gabled ends, but also nod to the variety of domestic roof pitches found in the local area."

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Roofing Home Windows Landscape 131

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Canadian architecture studio Lemay has designed a chalet prototype with a sloped roof and extensive glazing using mass timber in Potton, Quebec. It's home, one that interconnects you with nature while having as low an impact as possible on it," Lemay said. The photography is by Stéphane Groleau.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

The home's defining feature is its irregularly shaped plywood roof structure, which is among the bespoke elements to have been manufactured by the studio's sister company, Power to Make.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Robbie Walker has completed a steel cabin in Victoria, Australia Walker said the cabin is designed as a place for his client to "escape, relax and reflect", with a structure that respects the site's natural beauty and its towering snow gum trees. It has an outdoor kitchen and a laundry, accessed by driving under the house.

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Deezen

MARCH 3, 2025

i29 has completed a two-storey home in south Holland Amsterdam studio i29 designed Hidden Villa with a central courtyard and a swimming pool, responding to the client's brief for a home with a strong relationship to the outdoors. Beneath the canopy is an outdoor kitchen and sheltered terraces for relaxing.

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Architizer

APRIL 16, 2025

Got a project thats too contemporary for your client? Each architect brings a distinct perspective, but the echoes of Niemeyer’s vision, so notably expressed in his commitment to monumental gestures, organic integration with nature, and a poetic use of materials, continue to shape Brazil’s architectural landscape.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The homeowners are Becker’s sister and brother-in-law, and commissioned the studio to design a home that reflects their appreciation of nature, and supports their outdoors-oriented lifestyle with their two young children, including activities such as raising chickens, fishing, landscaping and gardening. "In

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

It was our first completed project in China and a very special design for a very special and engaged client. The client wanted to set the tone for their Luxe Lakes development with the Gateway Arts Center and they allowed us broad design latitude to engage the site entry and waterfront.

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Deezen

MARCH 28, 2025

Pensaer has extended a Victorian terraced house in London called Clay House Pensaer 's addition maximises natural light and improves the flow through the house, which originally had a rear kitchen with a low ceiling and poor connection to the outside. These are contrasted with polished concrete floors. "By The photography is by Peter Molloy.

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Archinect

JUNE 29, 2022

This private residence sits within the Mauna Kea Resort on the island of Hawai’i, a place full of memories for the client who recalls family vacations to the famous hotel. The clients share an affinity for Hawai’i and Polynesia, for modern art and design, and for the beauty of natural materials and craftsmanship.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The use of treated wood stands out as a thoughtful choice, balancing nature, functionality, ecology, tradition, and craftsmanship." Our strategy is to go with the flow and let the natural distribution of preexisting trees inform the configuration of the building," said Spacework Architects.

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Deezen

MARCH 25, 2024

An inverted-pitch roof and angular brick cladding characterise the Butterfly House extension, which architecture studio The DHaus Company has added to a terraced home in north London. It is distinguished by its inverted-pitched roof, or butterfly roof, which references the surrounding 19th-century architecture and inspired the project's name.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

There was a small patio space with the client's existing dilapidated art studio sitting on the hill above that we earmarked for demolition and then used that bare land for development." The extension is intended to evoke a "childhood treehouse" "The biggest driver for our design solution was the site," studio founder Sam Brown told Dezeen.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The clubhouse has a bar overlooking the track The clubhouse, which has amenities including a swimming pool, driver-focused gym, treatment rooms, track-briefing area, concierge, restaurant, bar and a roof terrace sits at the end of the front row, next to the Becketts Grandstand and directly overlooking the circuit.

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Architizer

MARCH 4, 2025

This design approach in addition to placing openings strategically along the buildings faade, also offers an abundance of natural light, despite the narrow footprint. The cabin serves as an outpost, realised prior to any other (larger) building, allowing the client to occupy the site much sooner.

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Deezen

APRIL 15, 2025

California studio Brooks + Scarpa has included roofs with exaggerated gables for the angular black -metal-clad Steeplechase house in the forests of North Carolina , USA, designed to merge modern and traditional elements. Steeplechase is characterised by two 31-foot (9.4-metre)

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The clients had camped on the bare land for 14 years prior. The home has a simple pitched roof, unadorned, undecorated, and true to the existing woolshed standing on the property. Additional sleeping spaces on the mezzanine resonate with past camping on the site, in tune with the circadian rhythm of natural daylight hours.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2025

A concrete bench helps to demarcate different zones The pavilion, which has a green roof to make it "an integral part of the landscape", features rain chains that bring rainwater down to beds planted with meadow plants. Some wanted more trees and nature and others were erasing trees and wanted more sport equipment.

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Deezen

JULY 23, 2024

The five-bedroom family home is constructed from wood and defined by its origami-like, wood-clad roof, which pays homage to local buildings and agricultural structures in nearby villages. We want the building to feel agricultural, hence the gabled ends, but also nod to the variety of domestic roof pitches found in the local area."

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Roofing Home Windows Landscape 105

Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The site was bought by small developer Flawk to build Lode, named after a vein of precious metal to reflect the client's aim for the building to stand out like a "jewel" in the neighbourhood. On the ground floor is an open-plan kitchen, dining and living space that was given floor-to-ceiling glazing to let lin in natural light.

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Deezen

APRIL 16, 2025

Built for a private client, the retreat is located on a rural estate near the city of Bogor and includes villas and "space for prayer", including a semi-public Catholic chapel. Indonesian architecture studio RAD+ar has completed Sanctuary Tunnel Garden, a religious retreat nestled inside a concrete exoskeleton in West Java, Indonesia.

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Deezen

JANUARY 15, 2024

Built for a private client, the holiday home was designed to embrace its serene setting. The house was designed to embrace its natural surroundings Horizontally oriented and rectangular in plan, the 232-square-metre home was designed to engage both the fields and the shore. The photography is by Felix Michaud.

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Deezen

MARCH 10, 2025

The staircase climbs to the cantilevered sleeping space and bathroom on a mezzanine level and then to a small roof patio created by the sloped interior ceiling.

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Dwell

JANUARY 2, 2025

When our client expressed his wish to turn it into a home where he could gather his family for years to come, we agreed that this intervention should primarily respect the distinctive character of the site. A range of targeted actions allowed us to provide the edifice with longevity and comfort without betraying its nature."

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