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

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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Dwell

APRIL 21, 2023

We asked ourselves how our clients could live on this land in a modern but thoughtful way, what a modern farm and farmhouse should and could look like, and how we could integrate the building into a site that has been cleared of its bushland. The clients erected and filled the gabion walls themselves.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Other projects by LOHA include a Raleigh apartment building with a highly sculptural roof and a cedar-clad housing block in Detroit. The photography is by Eric Staudenmaier.

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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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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. On the other side of the expansive glazing lies a double-height family room with a sloping roof set between the large V-shaped columns. The photography is by Stéphane Groleau.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The traditional dogtrot house is single story and features two enclosed living areas, often with distinct private and common functions, with a covered breezeway between, unifying indoor and outdoor living areas under one roof. Post it here. This format reflects a connection with the outdoors that is synonymous with life in the region.

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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. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The roof mirrors the angles of the surrounding mountain range Adjacent to existing professional and practice soccer fields used by a local league, Aidia Studio constructed a 6,973-square metre (75,056-square foot) building with a heavy, pigmented concrete base and a lightweight metal shade structure.

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Dwell

JUNE 15, 2022

Having consulted with a structural engineer, these structures were placed within a comfortable distance from each other. See the full story on Dwell.com: An Offset Roof Isn't the Only Off-Kilter Thing About This Home in Japan Related stories: An Architect Couple Hand Built (and Then Rebuilt) a Bahamian Escape This $1.2M

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Dwell

APRIL 2, 2024

A new tw0-story structure on the rear lane contains the bike and garden storage, laundry area, bathroom, and a studio space. The roof to the living space is densely planted and its concrete structure provides enough depth for the plants to thrive. Post it here.

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Landscape Roofing Architect Structural Engineering 98

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

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. Project credits: Client: North Carolina Museum of Art Contractor: Frank L.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Scottish architecture studio Loader Monteith has designed an office with a gabled roof , along with two private residences, for mountain bike tour operator H&I Adventures on a sloping brownfield site in Scotland. The first of two planned residences, it is distinguished by its lower height and butterfly roof.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The idea was to take the existing house and give it new life—one that met the needs and aesthetics of our designer clients. The idea was to take the existing house and give it new life—one that met the needs and aesthetics of our designer clients. The client described it as living inside a tree.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

Local studio Oliver Leech Architects has extended a Victorian terrace house in south London, introducing a four-metre-wide skylight at its centre that offers views of a wildflower meadow roof. The extension features a window seat overlooking the rear courtyard Oliver Leech Architects was founded in 2016. The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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Home Architect Structural Engineering Windows 141

Dwell

AUGUST 21, 2024

Geometric windows, a slatted cedar screen, and split roof offer a contemporary take on traditional A-frames. The smallest in a collection of cabins scattered across four family properties, it serves as a space of respite for a family-oriented client in Muskoka. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Home Structural Engineering Roofing Windows 115

Deezen

MAY 8, 2024

California studio TW Ryan Architecture has completed a wildfire-resistant house in the American West that features a Corten steel exterior and pyramidal roofs that allude to the mountainous terrain. Four Roof House features a Corten steel exterior Their chosen site was a bluff overlooking a lake near the town of Helmville. "The

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Deezen

DECEMBER 29, 2021

We designed a strategy of aggregation by creating a network of triangular pergolas that can grow or contract, depending on the necessity of the client throughout the project," the firm said. The pavilions are raised above the ground and are covered with hipped roofs. Client: The Stroh Family. Electromechanical engineer: CIEM.

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Deezen

MARCH 18, 2024

Drawing on the local farmhouse typology, the home by Richard Parr Associates features a sloped-roof brick structure clad with charred timber and topped with corrugated metal roofing. UK architecture studio Richard Parr Associates has completed a single-storey family residence on a wild countryside site in Oxfordshire.

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Deezen

APRIL 7, 2022

The site formerly held a run-down, 1940s dwelling that was owned by the clients. The new house needed to have plenty of space to accommodate frequent visits from the clients' grown kids, who live out of town. The upper level contains the main suite, an office and a roof terrace. It sits in a leafy neighbourhood.

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e-architect

APRIL 23, 2025

Rather than creating a small garden at ground level, the virtual footprint of the building mass is elevated, thus creating a large, private communal garden for residents at the roof level.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Structural Engineer: Martin Wünsche Fire Safety Engineering: Pavla Tvrdá EPC: Tomáš Brückner Footprint: 1,560 square feet From the Architects: " The clients specified that the building program should include a home for a family of four and a separate unit for their grandparents.

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Dwell

AUGUST 6, 2024

The new timber extension showcases the dedication to craftsmanship of British architects Bindloss Dawes, known for their rigorous detailing and material compositions that balance city and country sensibilities, delivered in close collaboration with client, Farrow & Ball color curator Joa Studholme, and her husband Andrew.

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Deezen

MARCH 2, 2023

US studio CLB Architects has designed a cedar-clad home and barn in Wyoming for clients who love horses and wanted to return their property to its historic roots as a working ranch. CLB Architects gave the home a long, low roof To design the project, the team drew upon the site's history as a working cattle ranch.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2023

California studio Field Architecture designed this Sonoma Valley house out of a trio of fanning copper-clad pavilions with butterfly roofs. The roofs – composed of two triangular planes each that slope toward the centre – collect rainwater and redirect it to river-rock basins.

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Civil Engineering Housing Architecture Engineering 144

Deezen

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The clients had few requests for their new home, specifically that it be environmentally progressive and offer a high level of flexibility while embracing the desert landscape," the studio noted. The shed roof – capped in standing seam metal – creates a series of narrow, slanted interior spaces. Contractor: Forest City Made.

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Housing Exterior Roofing Engineering 145

Deezen

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The home had fallen into a state of disrepair and was condemned Over time, the building which had wood cladding, bay windows and a hipped roof had become dilapidated and was condemned. A stand-out feature is the steel staircase The roof was covered in asphalt shingles and received new gutters. The photography is by Sama Jim Canzian.

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Housing Architect Structural Engineering Roofing 110

Deezen

APRIL 4, 2022

A narrow passageway divides this cottage with a metal roof by Naturehumaine , marking the entrance to the home and providing privacy to a detached guest suite and atelier. Structural engineer: Geniex. The opening lends the cottage its name, La Brèche, which roughly translates to The Fault. The photography is by Ronan Mézière.

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Roofing Exterior Structural Engineering Windows 126

Deezen

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Tan Yamanouchi designed A Cat Tree House for his family and cats "The main aim behind this project was to design a house regarding our two cats as two clients," studio founder Tan Yamanouchi told Dezeen. The entire house is thus divided into fine stripes, between which our feline clients spend all day travelling."

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Housing Design Roofing Structural Engineering 143

Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The interior features a C-shaped plan An exterior staircase – shaded by a black partition lattice made of local purple rosewood – leads up to a roof terrace with 360-degree views. The client named the house Casa que Da (House that Gives) to reference the act of "giving" in a culinary context.

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Deezen

JUNE 15, 2023

A pair of stone towers and a thatched -roof palapa are among the features at a nature retreat in southern Mexico designed by architects Mauricio Rocha and Gabriela Carrillo. The site's central building is an open-sided, timber -framed structure with a thatched roof known as a palapa.

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Site Housing Structural Engineering Landscape 145

Dwell

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As the clients’ home and workspace, the three-story building is a project in being inventive with a minimal palette. As the clients’ home and workspace, the three-story building is a project in being inventive with a minimal palette. The house has a single-pitch zinc roof, untainted and bright-rolled.

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Structural Engineering Industrial Client Clients 142

Deezen

AUGUST 3, 2024

We want to work on simplifying and scaling this endeavor; ideally ensuring that we can bring the cost down on Passive House for our clients, and make it a solution that is more affordable and available." Larger windows were added to bring more light into the dining room, which overlooks a new rear deck. The photography is by Naho Kubota.

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Home Housing Deconstruction Structural Engineering 116

Deezen

MARCH 21, 2023

The clients hired Texas-based Specht Architects to build a 2,000-square-foot (186-square metre) minimalist house with floor-to-ceiling glass walls that afforded views of the surrounding meadow and large old-growth trees. The axial approach includes replanted natural grasses The roof extends to create a 15-foot (4.5-metre)

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Glass Housing Architect Structural Engineering 143

Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

The new rooms were raised up from the ground The house reminded the client of a trio of modernist villas in Sardinia, which he had admired since childhood stays at his family's vacation home on the Mediterranean island. We had to resort to sleeping on the roof for relief."

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Home Renovation Structural Engineering Regulation 141

Deezen

JANUARY 15, 2025

Roof extensions were added to the buildings Squire and Partners claims to have made significant carbon savings by retaining most of the buildings' concrete structures and installing an automated window system for cooling. The photography is by Gareth Gardner.

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