Deezen

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Local practice Studio Ellsinger has topped a small holiday cabin on Sweden 's west coast with a hat-shaped aluminium roof to "trigger curiosity" and offer protection from its wild surroundings. The clients had bought a very rural and wild plot on the west coast of Sweden, and they wanted a similar approach," he continued.

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Deezen

JUNE 20, 2024

US studios PKA Architecture and Martha Dayton Design have completed a waterfront residence with a glass-clad entry volume designed to "make an architectural statement". Another priority was the display of artwork, specifically a 10-by-10-foot (three-by-three metre) painting that the clients wanted hung in the dining area.

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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. A solid balustrade lines the perimeter of the northern deck, establishing privacy for the interior, which features walls of floor-to-ceiling glass.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

An oversized stepped roof that doubles as an "amphitheatre for the city" tops BBT Hilltop, a burger restaurant in Kuwait City designed by architecture studio TAEP/AAP. Above, the overhanging roof provides additional seating as well as a flexible events space that TAEP/AAP designed to be used for outdoor cinemas, parties and concerts.

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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. The west end is transparent with rectangular glass panels shielded from the street by a porous brick screen, while the east end holds a service core.

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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

MARCH 11, 2024

Tokyo-based studio Klein Dytham Architecture has designed a bookstore wrapped with an undulating steel roof resembling "outstretched arms" in Nagano, Japan. Concave wooden eaves designed to "evoke the highland terrain" extend beyond the glass facade to shelter an external terrace. The photography is by Nacasa & Partners.

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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. A stepped walkway built into the ramp-like roof form leads up from the entrance to a shaded outdoor living space. Photography is by Niveditaa Gupta.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Glass bricks create a light meeting room. The adjacent meeting room is enclosed in glass brick walls, which Zetteler had requested to allow for light to flow through the space. "I I sourced some Czech glass bricks with graphic linear mouldings for a contemporary edge," Drakeford explained. "I Photography is by Taran Wilkhu.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Roofs are one of the most defining elements of architecture. As the most iconic roof form, the gable is the result of intersecting roof pitches. Looking closely at glass gabled roofs across diverse typologies, we’ve gathered a collection that showcases novel and iconic designs. Modern Countryside Villa.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

An oversized thatched roof shelters the geometric concrete forms of this house in Vietnam, which has been completed by local architecture studio Kientruc O. Named Thu House, the 877-square-metre dwelling in Ho Chi Minh City is designed for a client who wanted a home that would evoke their childhood in the countryside.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Architecture studio 3dor Concepts used a giant sloping roof to cover all three levels of this house in Kerala, India , which features an internal courtyard garden that can be opened up to the outdoors. A giant sloping roof covers the House of Noufal. The floors of House of Noufal follow the slope of its roof.

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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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Deezen

OCTOBER 10, 2024

VATRAA 's aim for the project was to minimise the introduction of new materials where possible, so it reused the old extension's bricks and stained them grey to match the home's slate roof. The garden, designed by VATRAA and planted by the client, becomes part of the interior."

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Deezen

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Neuhäusl Hunal opted for curved translucent glass partitions in place of doors to divide the interior spaces and create a sense of openness and fluidity. Three U-profiled glass partitions were then used to enclose a cloakroom, storage space and kitchen, while the remaining floor space can be used flexibly.

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Deezen

APRIL 6, 2024

For this prototype, which is located in Olst, Woonpioniers created a small house comprising a two-storey volume topped with a mono-pitched roof. It was interesting to go deep about what we thought was truly important to us and therefore how we wanted to live," Ruben Stellingwerf, who was one of the clients, told Dezeen. "We

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Deezen

MAY 10, 2024

Chilean studio Hebra Arquitectos has completed an elevated home with steel pilotis and a V-shaped roof, aiming to create a building that "floats in the middle of the forest". It was commissioned during the pandemic as a second home for the client The design team had multiple goals for the project.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 15, 2024

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 photography is by Iwan Baan unless otherwise stated.

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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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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 14, 2023

A single concrete column supports the walls and roof of this house by Japanese studio IGArchitects, creating a flexible interior that can be opened up to the surrounding landscape. Like an opened umbrella, the roof and walls [of the home] are extended from the only column," explained IGArchitects.

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Archinect

AUGUST 15, 2023

RIOS led the architecture, landscape, and masterplanning for the 11-acre campus to meet this client’s goals for blending the neighborhood’s rich legacy with modernness for today’s leading creative companies. Inspired by the glass stages of the 1920s, Harlow seamlessly integrates into its historical setting.

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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

APRIL 22, 2024

Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti has completed Frame House, a family home in Ljubljana clad in red-brick tiles that play on the area's pitched-roof buildings. This shelters a paved entrance patio intended as a place for the client's children to play. OFIS Arhiteki is led by Oman and Spela Videcnik.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Named Timjan, the extension was designed by Johan Sundberg Arkitektur to contrast the style of the existing villa, which dates back to the 1920s but has been frequently renovated by the clients in the past. The big modern glass surfaces reflect the surroundings and can sometimes almost be invisible."

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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 original house was clad entirely with cedar shingles both inside and out: the walls, roof, and ceilings. The client described it as living inside a tree.

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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

JULY 16, 2024

Raised on a concrete plinth, the geometric home accommodates three generations of the client's family and is topped with a roof pitched in various directions to form multiple peaks. Inside, rooms and corridors wrap around the courtyard with those directly bordering it featuring floor-to-ceiling glazing.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Birds, butterflies and trees are considered co-owners of Labri, a glass house in Vietnam designed by local studio Nguyen Khai Architects & Associates. It is named Labri and is positioned alongside a pond "We asked ourselves what it would feel like to live under one roof with our botanic friends," the studio told Dezeen. "It

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Architecture studio Society Particular has completed Skybowl, a rooftop extension to the Hisense Plaza mall in Qingdao , China, formed of a glass hall and amphitheatre-style terrace. Therefore, we had to devise a solution that was both time and cost-efficient, yet compelling enough to sway our client's original request."

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2024

On the opposite wall, an organ is built into the exposed concrete, while narrow stained-glass windows are set within deep, faceted reveals on the southeast side. Read: Nicholas Burns nestles concrete chapel within grounds of Portuguese estate "The 12 funnel-shaped, stained-glass windows serve as metaphors of nature," said Eunsok.

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Deezen

MAY 7, 2024

Chinese studio More Architecture used a large zigzagging roof to shelter Floating Hotel, which is dramatically positioned among the bamboo forests and mountains of Dachangping, China. We wanted to create a large roof that brings people together, and allows them to enjoy the wonderful surroundings in which the hotel is set," he added.

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Deezen

MARCH 27, 2022

Blackened wood and large stretches of glass form the exterior of a 1970s home that has been renovated by American studio Anacapa Architecture. Working closely with the clients – an opera singer and a talent manager – the architects focused on interventions that would open the house up to the environment. Photo is by Erin Feinblatt.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The 205-square-metre dwelling was designed for a client with a background in the steel industry and is located on a site surrounded by large mango trees in the coastal town of Tanur. The durable deck-sheet roof offers thermal insulation, completing the modern industrial aesthetic while ensuring energy efficiency."

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Deezen

JULY 23, 2022

Combining a dwelling for its dog-loving client with a care centre, salon and hotel for pups, the Bangkok-based firm designed Dog/Human House using subtle changes in scale to create spaces that are tailored to both species. Short concrete columns at the bases of the roofs support the structures and are accessible to dogs.

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Deezen

APRIL 19, 2023

PJCArchitecture has completed a micro-home in Napoles, Ecuador with two brick forms connected by a glass bridge that relies on passive heating and cooling. The studio sourced local brick, steel, concrete and glass as the home's primary materials. The photography is by Juank Paredes.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 31, 2023

US studio Kinneymorrow Architecture has completed a pitched-roof house on a family farm in western Massachusetts that is designed to "sit well with the existing utilitarian buildings". The house is topped with a pitched roof enclosing a rectangular plan The parents are Emily, a veterinarian, and Jeremy, a butcher and chef.

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