Deezen

AUGUST 28, 2024

Opting for black on a facade can increase heat absorption and certain types of materials, such as charred wood as opposed to painted, can reduce maintenance and the need to refinish exteriors. The material covers both the exterior walls and roof, with warm-toned Brazilian Cumaru wood interwoven in select areas, such as entryways.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The finish line for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art may still be out on the horizon, but the exterior of the $1-billion project from Star Wars and Indiana Jones creator George Lucas is starting to take shape. We’re building an institution, a 200-plus-year proposition," Director Sandra Jackson-Dumont had said previously.

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Archinect

APRIL 5, 2024

Anchoring the home to the sloped landscape, the foundation terraces down the hill, going with the land. Inspired by traditional Kentucky barn materials with a modern upgrade, the home’s two towers feature an exterior vertical black shou-sugi-ban-rainscreen cladding paired with a galvanized metal roof.

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Archinect

MAY 9, 2022

Changes will be made to the building's floor plans, exterior elevations and roof. as well as its access, parking and landscaping. The proposed project, located at 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, increases the East Torrey Pines building from 94,200 to 97,140 square feet, while decreasing the future Salk Community Center.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The 30-meter-long structure with pitched roof rests on the masonry plinth, inserted into the landscape and points towards the mountainous view. Right next to it, lies Kvitfjell ski resort - one of the most renowned ski resorts in Norway, 50 kilometers north of Lillehammer.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Frame House transforms the existing barn house typology into a contemporary dwelling, redefined by strategic compositions of window frames on each new elevation and new structure extending from the existing gambrel roof construction.

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Housing Contemporary Exterior Renovation 240

Deezen

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Architecture studio Proctor & Shaw has topped a home extension with a steeply-angled roof clad with red pigmented zinc in East Dulwich, London. Deep skylights punctured into the roof draw daylight into the space below, while sliding doors seamlessly connect the interior with an outdoor patio.

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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

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Local studio Hopson Rodstrom Design placed a sawtooth roof on top of this black-clad apartment building with an interior courtyard in southern California. Located in West Los Angeles on a busy thoroughfare, the project is called The Jagger – named after the massive sawtooth roof that tops it.

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Roofing Interior Building Civil Engineering 131

Architizer

MAY 20, 2024

Utah is a land of striking contrasts and otherworldly landscapes, and its architectural identity is deeply rooted in the state’s history and culture. The 120-foot (35-meter) cantilevered roof to the west creates a covered exterior social space, shielding the west-facing glass façade from direct solar gain and glare.

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Landscape Building Exterior Design 124

Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Portland-based studio Hacker Architects has replaced an outdated lodge with a blackened wood -and-glass structure featuring elements informed by the volcanic landscape of Sisters, Oregon. The form and pitch of the roof match the slope of nearby Black Butte, while clerestory windows bring light into the space from all directions.

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Information Landscape Architect Civil Engineering 96

Deezen

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Providing a stopping point directly alongside the adjacent road, Mur Mur Lab designed the rest stop to be a new "gateway "onto this landscape. The two buildings house a reception and toilets level with the road to the west, and a cafe with a viewing terrace slightly elevated above the landscape on a stone base to the east.

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Landscape Glass Finishes Roofing 116

Archinect

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Interior and exterior building systems were restored and upgraded to achieve this goal. The addition contains a series of sustainable initiatives, including a daylit north-facing facade, a green roof, and a rain garden that allow the students to experiment with xeriscape and sustainable p.

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Landscape Restoration Students Sustainability 130

Archinect

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Starting from a single-floor heavy mass and a contrasting light roof, LOHA further articulated the mass by cutting into the form and creating a series of landscaped courtyards. After cladding the exterior with cement boards and minimal openings, LOHA utilized wooden slats in the courtyard spaces to materially define this formal move.

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Housing Utilities Architect Roofing 130

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 102

Architizer

JULY 9, 2024

Design Workshop , this year’s Jury selection for Best Landscape Design Firm in Architizer’s A+Awards , is internationally renowned for its dedication to creating projects that benefit clients, society and the well-being of our planet. With eight studios across the U.S.

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Firms Landscape Design Warehousing 111

Deezen

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Photographs have revealed the Casa de Vidrio greenhouse in Chile by architecture studio Max Nez Arquitectos , which hasvaulted roofs made of glass bricks. It's a subtle way of changing the relation between the horizons of the tropical plants compared to the exterior flora as visitors move around the perimeter."

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Glass Roofing Exterior Structure 74

Archinect

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The house is divided into three distinct volumes, each with a mono-pitched roof, referencing the proportions and forms of surrounding Edwardian homes. Internally, the design revolves around a spacious central double-height kitchen and dining area, positioned to open directly onto a newly landscaped garden.

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Housing Exterior Residential Roofing 130

Deezen

MAY 28, 2024

Weathering steel and accoya wood wrap the exterior of the Alta House, which was created by US studio Lever Architecture to embrace the "sublime mountain landscape". L-shaped in plan, the house consists of rectilinear volumes with flat roofs to prevent dangerous snow slides. Situated on a half-acre (0.2-hectare)

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Urban Design Associates

JUNE 28, 2024

Embrace Your Natural Surroundings Your modern mountain home should enhance the landscape by mirroring the natural lines and putting the fantastic views on display. Select Materials that Meld Modern mountain home exteriors should blend into the environment, so include local and reclaimed materials whenever possible.

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Deezen

JULY 11, 2024

The yard was re-landscaped as part of the renovation The yard was re-landscaped as part of the project, which has come to be called Loyal Captain. Wood was used for the structural system, and exterior walls were clad in materials influenced by the original home. A Knotty Bubbles pendant by Lindsey Adelman hangs overhead.

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Materials Housing Contractor Roofing 128

Deezen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Instead of simply making different buildings, and paving and planting the spaces between them, there was the opportunity to craft an unexpected three-dimensional urban landscape on many levels, where citizens of the city can promenade and meet each other," he continued. The photography is by Qingyan Zhu.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 1, 2024

California-based studio Donaldson + Partners has designed a circular house partially embedded in the landscape with large concrete parabolic arches in Montecito, California. On the lower level are a game room, library, and theatre.

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Housing Landscape Exterior Art 132

Deezen

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Named Casa Suna, the 700-square-metre home sits between the sea and mountains in La Ribera, and has been finished in a palette of pale stone and timber in order to visually complement the surrounding, sandy landscape.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2024

The renovation included removing interior walls and flattening a gable roof "As architects, we must rethink the impact of replacing a piece where it can be re-functionalized. The team kept much of the bottom half of the house intact, removing interior walls and flattening its original gabled roof.

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Glass Renovation Contractor Roofing 140

Deezen

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Its design was informed by local vernacular architecture The building is divided into several gabled -roof volumes, with a glazed connector at the centre. It is clad in cedar shingles and salvaged wood Along the street elevation, the team added a flat-roofed volume crowned with an aluminium trellis.

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Housing Structural Engineering Exterior Interior 139

Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Irregularly placed square openings puncture the thick concrete exterior of SV House in Portugal , recently completed by architecture studio Spaceworkers. Internally, these openings focus on framing pieces of the distant landscape, or even the sky, avoiding the surroundings punctuated by houses." The photography is by Fernando Guerra.

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Housing Exterior Windows Landscape 141

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

MARCH 7, 2024

US studio Boyd Architects has wrapped a house in standing seam metal and pine boards and articulated each form with a vernacular hip roof in Summerville, South Carolina. The silhouette created by the asymmetrical roofs in this project animate the otherwise unremarkable street." The roofs have no overhang.

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Architect Roofing Zoning Exterior 129

Deezen

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Sou Fujimoto has added a visitors centre to a historic site in Reims Fronted by a centralised courtyard, the centre is built from local soissons stone and topped with an asymmetrical, wooden roof, which is defined by a sweeping curve designed to reference "the roundness of a champagne bubble".

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Housing Roofing Site Landscape 136

Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2024

Red Box exhibition centre is made from red concrete An angled cut-out at the front of Red Box forms the main entrance, lit by a circular roof opening and finished with a patterned wooden door. From the exterior to the interior, people may experience almost another world inside the red stone," the studio added.

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Deezen

JUNE 24, 2024

The ground-floor extension comprises three blocks topped with green roofs and wrapped in white brick, chosen to match the white-stucco exterior of the existing building. The landscape scheme was about exploiting the opportunity of a 35-metre-deep plot," said Proctor.

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Housing Roofing Zoning Interior 141

Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Located within a hilly landscape near Lake Lugano, the house was designed to showcase non-traditional building materials and features a timber structure as well as metal and cork cladding. Topped with a pitched roof, the open space features timber panelling along the lower halves of the walls and is brightened by a white-painted ceiling.

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Home Roofing Finishes Housing 143

Deezen

JANUARY 2, 2024

Their original, steeply sloped roofs are now drooping into low-slung structures, peeling apart, allowing in unexpected puddles of natural light, and revealing fragments of their interior framing to the outside elements," the team said. Exterior walls are wrapped in Alaskan yellow cedar with a weathered finish.

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Information Building Architecture Roofing 124

Deezen

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Mexican studio Elías Rizo Arquitectos has balanced a concrete house with a steep gabled roof on a hillside in Tapalpa, Mexico near Guadalajara. Known as El Mirador, the 2023 house measures 230 square metres (2475 square feet) and serves as an "ode" to the site's preexisting landscape.

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Roofing Site Housing Landscape 116

Deezen

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Charred timber clads the exterior of Somers House Aiming to create a weather-resilient exterior, Kennedy Nolan clad the home almost entirely in timber that was charred using the Japanese Shou Sugi Ban technique. The spatial arrangement supports privacy and separation but makes coming together effortless and celebrated."

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Home Exterior Landscape Housing 133

Deezen

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Chinese studio Atelier Xi has completed a visitor centre for Qiaochengbei Park in Shenzhen , using weathering steel and grass roofs to blend two pavilion-like structures into the landscape. The west building features a series of trapezoidal structures that are either cantilevered, embedded, or placed on the ground," he added.

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