ArchDaily

APRIL 2, 2025

Among the many elements that make up a building, openings play a crucial role in connecting the interior and exterior, balancing privacy with transparency, and allowing the entry of natural light and ventilation. Read more

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Deezen

JANUARY 6, 2025

Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its design for an arts centre in Shaoxing It will comprise a series of venues including a 1,400-seat grand theatre, a 7,500-square-metre heritage museum and a 10,000-square-metre art gallery, unified by sweeping interconnected roofs that Zaha Hadid Architects said will provide a "highly recognisable silhouette".

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Deezen

MARCH 28, 2025

Other houses featured in our monthly roundup of the most popular residences published on Dezeen include a wooden-clad home arranged around a courtyard in the Netherlands and a pitched home in Scotland crowned with a red corrugated-metal roof.

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Dwell

MARCH 3, 2025

Photo by KKROM Services Photo by KKROM Services Photo by KKROM Services See the full story on Dwell.com: An Old Barn Roof in Central France Now Encloses Three Tiny Guest Suites Related stories: This Quirky Toronto Home Is Full of Geometric Cutouts and Natural Light Budget Breakdown: This $645K Austin Home Has No Use for Exterior Windows A Brutalist (..)

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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. Therefore, weathering steel, which ages gracefully over time, was selected as the primary material.

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Deezen

JANUARY 8, 2025

Exterior walls are clad in stucco Exterior walls are clad in stucco and offer an abundance of glazing. Buildings are topped with sloped roofs covered in abstract murals in blue and white, painted by local artist Victor Reyes. Rents range from $1,350 to $2,000 per month (1,069 to 1,584).

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Archinect

MARCH 6, 2024

View this post on Instagram A post shared by One River North (@onerivernorth) The scheme’s defining exterior element is a sharp carved opening midway up the tower, cutting through the upper section of the tower towards the roof. The opening will contain a network of footpaths and planting. View this post on Instagram.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The exterior of the building is punctured by numerous circular windows that were designed to funnel light and improve ventilation without increasing energy consumption. The theatre occupies the concave inner shell, which the studio says naturally amplifies the sound absorbed from the ocean. Nature is sacred, that's our belief.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

House XO has a structural steel frame surrounded by mango trees 3dor Concepts aimed to blend "natural beauty with industrial design elements" for the home's design, using an oversized steel frame to create loft-style spaces with high ceilings and full-height windows overlooking the surrounding garden. The photography is by Studio Iksha.

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Deezen

JUNE 12, 2024

Barrel-vaulted concrete roofs are supported by thick laterite walls at The Stoic Wall Residence in Kerala, India , completed by local studio Lijo Reny Architects. The L-shaped plan of the home is divided into four zones, beginning with a formal living area topped by a barrel-vaulted roof alongside an open parking area.

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Archinect

APRIL 16, 2024

Housed under an expressive timber canopy, the 237,000-square-foot building will serve as an experience center for the car brand Volvo, designed around “Scandinavian values of freedom of movement, access to nature, and openness and inclusion.”

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Archinect

MARCH 28, 2022

Two new images, updated from 2015 , show the concept design for the interior and exterior of the station. According to HS2, elements of the roof can be prefabricated off-site and installed using modular construction techniques. The station, itself, will span three levels, with ten 450-meter-long subsurface platforms.

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Dwell

JANUARY 13, 2025

The understated facade, with its low, shingled, asymmetrical roof over the two-car garage, blends into the surrounding rugged landscape. This subtle exterior offers just a hint of whats insidea circular home that gracefully follows the contours of the hill on which it sits.

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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. Under the angle of the standing seam metal roof, which stretches outward along the ridgeline to form an oblong diamond in plan, the concrete transitions to black wood.

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Deezen

MARCH 12, 2025

Granite class the exterior to evoke the craggy surroundings The multipurpose spaces of the cultural centre sit in a volume beneath the kindergarten's playground, with large windows overlooking another patio at the base of the site. It's about creating space for learning and culture without altering the land's integrity."

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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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Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2025

The museum is located on an artificial lake in Hangzhou Named Yohoo Museum, the building has an undulating roof design that takes the form of two interlocking rings. The museum is entirely clad in a glass facade and roof that was informed by jade, a rare gem stone in China.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2025

The theatre's design features a sawtooth roof The building's exterior is wrapped in handmade Venetian brick and tiles that were crafted from the same clay to create a unified facade. This solidity is counterbalanced by chamfers and corbelled brick details to add texture. "We

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The ground floor's smaller sacred space is seamlessly connected to the exterior square; an extrovert hall apt for social purposes, from coffee to flea markets," they added. Natural wood and white walls form the primary palette throughout the building, with the hall's seating finished in earthy brown and green tones.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The house seeks a deliberate connection between all its spaces, with respect to the functional relationship of interior and exterior areas and experiences. The main concept for the interior of the TM House aims at the best framing and greater (controlled) exposure to sunlight.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Perforated aluminium screens envelop the exterior of Darlington Public School in Sydney , Australia , which has been redesigned by architecture studio Fjcstudio. Behind it, a rectilinear volume hosts the school's spaces and is topped with a sawtooth roof.

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Architizer

JANUARY 13, 2025

Apple Park By Foster + Partners , Cupertino, California Apple Park reimagines the workplace as a connection between architecture and nature. Natural light floods the interior through eight atria, creating open, collaborative spaces that flow into landscaped courtyards.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 8, 2024

The gently sloping roof of Casa Suna is punctured by several small, round skylights that pull light into the bathrooms and bedrooms, while a roof terrace above the living area provides panoramic views out towards the mountains.

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Architizer

MARCH 4, 2025

This design approach in addition to placing openings strategically along the buildings faade, also offers an abundance of natural light, despite the narrow footprint. The surrounding urban context is made of small houses, factories and office buildings, thus forming narrow empty spaces fit for construction with limited natural light.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Located in the village of Wigginton, the four-bedroom family home replaces a former stable block on the site, which is in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Alongside the house, a small garage includes a solar array on its roof, which fulfils almost all of the home's energy needs in tandem with a ground-mounted array.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

We have always believed that architecture can transform and repair environments, helping us to relate to our surroundings, nature and each other," said SANAA. Its shifting white volumes, which are wrapped in a layer of aluminium mesh, are designed to ensure each gallery receives natural daylight.

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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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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2025

Chilean studio Hebra Arquitectos has completed a house in southern Chile with native oak cladding and faceted roofs laid out along a V-shaped plan to provide the best views of a lake. The house rises two levels and is topped with faceted metal roofs.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2025

Local studio Gonzalo Bardach Arquitectura has created a concrete woodland house with a ramping green roof near the coast outside Buenos Aires , Argentina. Be The ground slopes up to form a green roof, which also bridges the pavilions over a large central space that holds the kitchen, dining, and living rooms.

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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

MARCH 2, 2025

The gaps between the columns, as well as those between the columns and the roof, create a sense of permeability, allowing natural elements wind, sunlight, scent, and sound to flow through," he added. This openness invites visitors of all backgrounds, regardless of faith or belief, fostering reflection, care, and a sense of community."

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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. It's home, one that interconnects you with nature while having as low an impact as possible on it," Lemay said.

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Deezen

MARCH 3, 2025

Natural light travels into the building through skylights The wooden arches and soaring ceilings were designed to pay homage to the wooden arches from China's Song dynasty. Studio Ruan Xing added skylights to let in natural light and create dynamic shadow plays as the light travels through the arches.

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Deezen

APRIL 13, 2025

Bedrooms and bathrooms on the upper levels are also bathed in natural light thanks to the extension's large windows and the addition of skylights where possible. The firm previously designed offices for technology company Slack in Toronto , where a trail of rainbow-coloured cables match brightly hued walls and seating.

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Architizer

MARCH 20, 2025

The roof truss follows a spiraling, interlocking system, creating a self-supporting dome without the need for complex joints. This exposed system allows natural light to reach deep into the interior while aluminum fins control glare and heat.

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Deezen

AUGUST 8, 2024

Canadian studio Appareil Architecture has created a wooden , light-filled mountain house with a single-pitch roof in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. The sloped monumental roof is raised on a colonnade of rectangular wooden columns The team designed the house with a bold form that expresses its structure. metres) cathedral ceiling inside. "We

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Deezen

DECEMBER 23, 2024

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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