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Step by Step: Exploring 12 Projects Featuring Staircase or Terraced Roof Designs

ArchDaily

© Rungkit Charoenwat Pitched roofs and terraced lots or hillsides are some of the oldest, yet still highly functional, solutions for rainwater dispersal, redirection, and erosion management. This has resulted in a rise in green roofs , passive insulation solutions, and more innovative uses of rooftops. Read more »

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3XN and GXN offer insights into unique roof design behind Sydney Fish Market

Archinect

With construction underway on the 3XN-designed Sydney Fish Market in Australia, the firm has offered an insight into the design of the scheme’s defining roofscape. When completed, the 700,000-square-foot building will be the largest fish market in the southern hemisphere.

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LLDS Architects tops self-designed home in Melbourne with curved plywood roof

Deezen

A curved roof and textured concrete walls characterise Northcote House in Melbourne , designed by local studio LLDS Architects for its founder partners. The key design goal is to create a house that supports compact, urban living while still addressing the laneway characteristic," they told Dezeen. "The

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Expansive roofs create indoor-outdoor spaces in concrete Indian home

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Indian practice Studio MOB has completed A House in the Farm, a modern farmhouse comprising intersecting concrete blocks and sheltered spaces to encourage indoor-outdoor living. Underneath the home's pitched upper roof, an accent wall coated in brickwork adds an earthy feel to the facade.

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Modular, Photovoltaic, Green or Blue Roofs: How to Choose the Best Waterproofing System?

ArchDaily

Image © Jakub Certowicz Among the "Five Points of New Architecture" formulated by Le Corbusier , terrace gardens figure as a way to take advantage of a building's so-called fifth facade, either as leisure areas or landscaping spaces. There are traces in Mesopotamia and vernacular architecture from Greek and Arab civilizations. Read more »

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Snøhetta designs hikers' refuge in Pyrenees mountains with swooping grass roof

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Architecture studio Snøhetta has revealed its design for Refuge de Barroude, a hiker stop with a curving form that will be nestled in the Pyrenees National Park in France. A bar and restaurant will open onto an outdoor terrace overlooking Lake Barroude, which Snøhetta designed to be protected from harsh winds by the sloping roofline.

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andblack designs prefabricated preschool with a distinctive undulating roof

Archinect

In Vijayawada, India , multidisciplinary design studio andblack design studio has delivered a unique preschool of organic forms and integrated landscaping that aims to reflect the school’s forward-thinking approach to education through its design. The courtyard reflects this as it ca.

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