Deezen

MARCH 24, 2022

Studio MK27 designed Vista House with a smaller envelope nested under a long gabled roof. The home is made up of a low-slung, gabled roof that is roughly 15 metres wide, 3.5 The outside of the structure is wrapped in eucalyptus staves, while the roof is sheathed in hand-carved wooden shingles.

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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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Deezen

JUNE 21, 2023

Local architecture firm In Situ Studio wrapped an art museum visitor centre in Raleigh, North Carolina with darkened steel and cantilevered a roof with an aperture over its patio. The roof features a rounded triangle roof opening made of aluminium. Cabinetry: Xylem, Inc.

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JULY 31, 2022

US studio Desai Chia Architecture designed a highly sculptural, waterfront home wrapped in concrete and charred cypress that has vaulted roofs resembling wings. Roughly rectangular in plan, the dwelling has cutouts, cantilevers and multiple sloped roofs that combine in a sculptural way. Desai Chia created "winged" roofs for the house.

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Deezen

JANUARY 12, 2024

A sawtooth roof, blue ceramic tiles and corrugated steel panels define this home in Madrid , Spain , designed by Ignacio G Galán and OF Architects. A roof terrace provides additional gardening and outdoor space for the couple. A sequence of cascading gardens wrap around the home, providing outdoor seating along with a small pool.

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Deezen

JULY 11, 2024

Wood was used for the structural system, and exterior walls were clad in materials influenced by the original home. Neutral hues feature on the interior "The exterior finishes of brick and stained wood are warm and subdued, matching the tone of the old house and blending into the landscape," the team said.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In turn, the team took an unconventional approach and created a single-storey, courtyard-style house with a solid exterior and no front yard. From glazed doors to roof cutouts, openings were carefully placed to maximise passing cooling during the year's hottest months and to provide a connection to the outdoors.

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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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Deezen

AUGUST 3, 2024

Upstairs, features include a built-in ladder that provides roof access via a skylight The home was refitted to be fully electrified, powered by a solar canopy from Brooklyn Solarworks on the roof, and is now net positive, according to the studio. The photography is by Naho Kubota.

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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

JULY 9, 2024

Over 5,000 industrial timber logs were used for the structure "The building continues long traditions of building with timber log in the area surrounding Tuusula Lake, including for example the lakeside villas of some of the national artists of Finland," Mikki Ristola, partner at AOR Architects told Dezeen. "It

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Deezen

JANUARY 2, 2024

The ADU is part of a family estate During the design process, they looked to farm structures that dot Sonoma Valley, many of which are dilapidated and have "their own strange elegance", the team said. Exterior walls are wrapped in Alaskan yellow cedar with a weathered finish.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Lumi Shala is covered in shiny copper shingles Designed to convey a feeling of lightness and connection to nature, the studio space is enveloped by a layering of bamboo forms, designed in collaboration with Kul Kul Farm , Bamboo Pure and structural engineering firm Atelier One.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The building is surrounded by generous walkways and a plaza "LOHA's Bellevue project eases this tension by weaving the essence of the neighbourhood into multi-family fabric through stepped facades, exterior spaces and public amenities." The photography is by Eric Staudenmaier.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Mork-Ulnes Architects has completed a single-family residence in Oregon with a dark exterior and interconnected spaces without corridors that was built using American-made cross-laminated timber. The shed roof – capped in standing seam metal – creates a series of narrow, slanted interior spaces. Contractor: Forest City Made.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2024

The cladding was made from recycled material The exterior cladding was selected for its cost efficiency, ease of installation, and ability to withstand hurricane-force winds and rain, which are common in the area. Project credits: Architecture: Tall Architects Interiors: Jill Dupre Structural engineer: Simpkins & Costelli, Inc.

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Dwell

APRIL 9, 2024

Located in Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula, the rambler-style home utilized the trees for the roof and a coffee table, too. The house is 1,700 square feet, and reaches into the landscape with a sheltering roof and screen walls to create usable outdoor spaces on all sides. Have one to share? Post it here.

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APRIL 2, 2024

Conventionally, the program would generate a low volume with a protruding dome, but to utilize the unique dome to create a strong interior space as well as a telling exterior form, the dome is given a focal position under a free form timber structure. The building opened in December 2023. Source by Elding Oscarson.

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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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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Photo is by Alan Tansey To create visual continuity, the team aligned the roof ridges of all six volumes. The roof planes vary, however, contributing to the home's sculptural look. Photo is by Alan Tansey Roofs and outer walls are clad in a grey rainscreen made of charred accoya wood.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The load-bearing structure, with its vertical square columns rotated 45 degrees and diagonal reinforced concrete pillars, "is the house's identifying expression and at the same time the one that organizes it spatially," the team told Dezeen. The sea-facing facade is composed of floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors in thin white frames.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

We chose to utilize a dark cedar exterior to ground the home within the surrounding dunes and a contrasting natural cedar to accentuate the point of entry. 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

JANUARY 22, 2024

HGA has created a pair of mass-timber buildings at Bowdoin College in Maine While different in size and colour, the buildings have asymmetrical pitched roofs that "play off each other from different vantage points". Both buildings also have mass timber frames, wooden interior finishes and brick facades. The photography is by Michael Moran.

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Deezen

AUGUST 23, 2023

New York-based studio O'Neill McVoy Architects has created a grey stucco house with a Z-shaped plan and an upward-pitched roof in Houston. We saw the neighborhood's 6/12 roof pitch requirement not as a restriction, but as an opportunity to play with steep roofs in new ways to shape space and volume," the team said.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Due to its location on the edge of the Česky Kras nature reserve southwest of Prague, the project was required to visually blend in with the local vernacular, with regulations specifying a simple gable-roof form with rounded eaves. Meanwhile, the roof is lined with traditional tiles called bobrovka.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The exterior has a variety of slopes, cutouts, and openings Exterior walls are wrapped in white corrugated steel , and a multi-faceted roof is covered with standing-seam metal. The form and massing respond to surrounding buildings, from the existing mill houses to new, two-storey residences. The photography is by Keith Isaacs.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Instead, the studio "planned a new independent structure outside the existing structure," Unemori Architects team member Keita Komori told Dezeen. Unemori Architects deliberately chose the wood as it matches the existing structure. Large windows let the light in. The photography is by Atelier Vincent Hecht.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2023

The exterior walls were clad in cedar wood The three-bedroom home "creates a sense of containment and release in the landscape." The project's exterior material palette references the surrounding agricultural area with whitewashed cedar siding and an aluminium standing-seam roof. The photography is by Keith Scott Morton.

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Deezen

AUGUST 4, 2023

Black wood and asphalt shingles clad the exterior of the Polker housing block by architect and developer SinHei Kwok, who took cues from historic "pyramid cottages" while conceiving the project. Of particular note are the district's "pyramid cottages", so named for their distinctive hipped roofs. The photography is by Roehner + Ryan.

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Dwell

JUNE 15, 2022

Each of its three structures—a residence, artist’s studio, and bath house—features a catchment with a reservoir system that purifies harvested rainwater. The main residence takes the form of a pavilion that allows for outdoor use year-round, with over two-thirds of the building footprint dedicated to covered exterior space.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The interior features a C-shaped plan An exterior staircase – shaded by a black partition lattice made of local purple rosewood – leads up to a roof terrace with 360-degree views. Rogelio Rojas Castro Structural engineering: Ing. Project credits: Architect: Susana López González, RED Arquitectos Collaborators: Arch.

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Dwell

MARCH 24, 2023

The common area space is the central axis of the house, while the rest of the programmatic elements (bedrooms, bathrooms, laundry, and roofed parking area) are distributed in the two volumes perpendicular to them. For the exterior cladding, a vertical grid of brushed pine was designed, which functions as a lattice in the roofed parking area."

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

The exterior is a rugged pine to blend in with surrounding nature. The cedar table on the roof terrace is foldable and features brass handles, so it can be stowed away when the occasion calls for dancing. "The Big Branzino was hand built by master carpenter Leif Persson at Kungsör Shipyard in Sweden.

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Deezen

JUNE 20, 2023

Located in the neighborhood of Lavaca, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the design had to adhere to Historic Design Guidelines that required a front porch, specific roof profiles, window proportions and materials. The design dissolves the transition to the exterior and focuses on light and natural ventilation.

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Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2024

Supported by the internal concrete walls, this allows a small light gap to be created between the facade and the roof. The visitor centre houses a display space and auditorium Inside, the wood-lined auditorium and visitor facilities sit at the centre of the space behind poured concrete walls that mirror the appearance of the exterior.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

First, the roof ridge was located in the center of the volume, to allow for the highest interior space. The exterior facade was covered in cypress in a natural tone, while the same wooden plywood used as a part of the wall structure was kept on the interior walls and ceiling. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Black-painted larch shingles cover the exterior of this artist's studio in London, designed by local architecture practice Archer + Braun. Utilising shingles to clad the walls and roof was influenced by Archer + Braun 's co-founder Sarah Braun's exposure to the architectural vernacular of rural villages in the Alps," said the practice.

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