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Atelier Apeiron tops arched cultural centre with terraced roof garden

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The 142,560-square-metre building in China's southern city of Zhuhai contains a library, theatre and museum , all topped with a terraced roof garden. The building is topped with a stepped-down terrace roof The stacked rooftop creates three platforms, offering stunning views to the surrounding nature, and green space for community activities.

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KPF completes twin skyscrapers for Ziraat Bank Headquarters in Istanbul

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According to the studio, timber was used to "create a sense of intimacy" in the auditorium, which has a series of waving roof panels designed to improve acoustics. Additionally, spacious, landscaped roof terraces provide shared outdoor space equipped with seating space.

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David Kohn Architects curves University of Oxford college building around three-sided quadrangles

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Stone gargoyles and grotesques feature on the buildings' rooflines The Main Quad has an undulating timber-frame roof topped with polygonal anodised-aluminium roof tiles.

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Zaha Hadid Architects references magnetic forces for Serbian mill conversion

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UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects and local studio Bureau Cube Partners are set to transform a paper mill in Belgrade , Serbia, into a museum with an elliptical roof informed by the scientific work of Nikola Tesla.

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Dorte Mandrup team unveils Nunavut Inuit Heritage Center with rock and turf-covered roof

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” The winning team included Dorte Mandrup, Guy Architects, LEES+Associates, Adjeleian Allen Rubeli, EXP, Pageau Morel, Altus Group, and indigenous consultants Kirt Ejesiak and Alexander Flaherty.

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5468796 Architecture adds "floating" office floor within preserved pumphouse

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Offices were suspended inside the pumphouse Office space and a restaurant fill the steel-and-glass structures, which have polished concrete flooring and open up directly to the original industrial roof and its new skylights, providing the structure with plentiful natural light.

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Architectural Pioneering Consultants uses local materials for school in Tanzania

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Intersecting blockwork walls and an overhanging zinc roof characterise Simba Vision Montessori School in rural Tanzania by local studio Architectural Pioneering Consultants. Architectural Pioneering Consultants had three principles for the construction of the school. All our material choices were maxed out for performance.