designboom

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The post chrysler’s new electric car halcyon can dim its glass roof for augmented reality stargazing appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. the driver of chrysler’s new electric concept car halcyon can also ask the vehicle to retract the steering wheel and pedals whenever they want to drive again.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This recently completed project located in the London Borough of Kingston Upon Thames is spread between two semi-detached Victorian properties which both sought to extend their roof spaces. The four dormers are joined together with a mansard roof which gives the illusion that the dormers are.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

American architecture studio SOM has completed the Schwarzman College of Computing, an eight-storey, glass-wrapped building designed to be a "collaborative nexus" on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge. The building is topped with a large green roof that helps with onsite stormwater management.

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The Spaces

APRIL 10, 2024

A weathered stone staircase connects each level of the house, and a glass-roofed garden room is at the rear. One of the more inspiring spaces is the gallery, crowned by a glass and timber barrel-vaulted roof with a neo-gothic stone balustrade.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A gridded facade made up of rectangular windows and glass fibre-reinforced concrete (GFRC) bars wraps the building and its rounded corners. Its facade was made by Rieder "The materiality and calming appearance of the glass fibre-reinforced concrete elements allow for a harmonious integration into the surrounding neighbourhood," said Rieder.

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designboom

OCTOBER 23, 2024

full-height glass panels and skylights integrate the interior with the surrounding landscape. The post undulating green roof conceals cocoon pre-primary school in india mimicking a hillside appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Chinese studio Offhand Practice has completed the Mei Yuan Cafe, a glass-walled pavilion in Shanghai that allows visitors to "immerse themselves" in the surrounding park. Frames for the expansive glazing are concealed within the roof and brick paving Shanghai-based Offhand Practice was founded by Yuan Yuan and Nie Xuan in 2018.

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Deezen

JUNE 27, 2024

London studio SPPARC has overhauled a Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse in Fitzrovia to create a homely four-story office featuring a honeycomb-shaped roof. It is illuminated by an array of skylights set in a hexagonal roof structure resembling honeycomb. On one side, it forms a lightwell for the basement.

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designboom

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

thanks to the large openings and the transparent roof, occupants can gaze out at the changing landscape all year long. The post sigurd larsen tops weekend home in german countryside with clear glass gable roof appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2024

Mexican studio COA Arquitectura has enclosed a winery outside of Guadalajara with a corrugated steel sawtooth roof and rammed earth walls. The main building is divided into two volumes A sawtooth steel roof covers the length of the facilities, lying exposed and uncovered by the stone walls on its far side.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The grey brick cheeks of the outrigger, which blend with the roof color, follow the same stepping logic, creating a tapered and textured effect. The existing roof tiles were retained and reused to minimize waste. The sizes of the stepping brickwork define the form.

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designboom

JULY 17, 2024

open living spaces rise up toward the peak of the dual-pitched roof to create lofty, double-height interiors. The post a glass house in the woods: 1i arquitectura’s modern dwelling is sheltered by tall trees appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

JULY 22, 2024

US architect Philip Johnson's Glass House annexe, the Brick House, has been restored and reopened following a 15-year closure in Connecticut. The structure serves as a guest house opposite the Glass House "For such a seemingly simple structure, the work required to preserve, protect, and restore the Brick House was extensive," said Stoner.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Wall-to-wall glass and a material palette informed by local vernacular define Zen House, a 33-square-metre micro home on stilts in Austria, completed by Czech studio Jan Tyrpekl. The glass micro home sits on a wooden platform made from glued-laminated timber, which is also utilised for the roof structure.

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Deezen

AUGUST 7, 2024

The Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art by Danish studio BIG , engineering firm Arts Group and architecture studio Front has topped out in China , with curved metal roofs designed as a "fifth facade". The stainless roof tiles form a true fifth facade." The photography is by Justin Szeremeta unless stated.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

There are simple rooms contained within the main volume, made entirely from concrete (walls, floors, ceilings, kitchen, some furniture) and on top, a large shaded living space under a corrugated roof supported on red oxide reinforcement bar trusses, again, drawing on the skills and materials available locally.

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designboom

OCTOBER 11, 2024

glass openings wrap around the house's corners infusing the extension in the garden setting. The post corten steel gable roof tops renovated garden shack by bloot architecture in the netherlands appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox has completed a terminal at Zayed International Airport in the UAE with an undulating roof informed by sand dunes and geometric patterns. The post KPF tops Abu Dhabi airport with undulating roof informed by sand dunes appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Victor Romero.

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Deezen

APRIL 29, 2024

Manica Architecture designed the multi-purpose recreational campus – featuring a stadium enclosed with a translucent roof – to bring a variety of concerts, community celebrations, and sporting events to the Windy City's downtown, to replace the Bears' current home at Soldier Field. The renderings were provided by Manica Architecture.

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designboom

JANUARY 19, 2024

the design incorporates a raised atrium and a strategically positioned roof skylight. The post glass block surfaces by studio heech enclose brick structure in seoul appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

AUGUST 31, 2024

Belgian studios NU Architectuuratelier and Archipelago have created a visitor centre for the Meise Botanic Garden near Brussels that is topped by a shingle-clad vaulted roof. Read: Henkai Architekti clads mountain visitor centre in wooden shingles Sheltering the remainder of Green Ark is a concrete roof that doubles as a terrace.

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Deezen

AUGUST 15, 2024

American studio ZGF Architects has completed an expansion to the main terminal at Portland International Airport, installing a massive mass-timber roof that was prefabricated to keep the airport operational. Many of the plantings were configured as "hanging gardens" with vines hanging over large expanses of glass to dampen the light.

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Deezen

MAY 22, 2024

Indian studio Kiron Cheerla Architecture has completed Pott House, a home in Hyderabad topped by a lantern-like roof that draws light and natural ventilation into its interiors. At night, lights inside glow outwards through the roof to create a lantern-like effect. The photography is by Vivek Eadara.

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Deezen

MARCH 8, 2024

Architecture studio SO-IL has unveiled designs for the Williams College Museum of Art in the Berkshires , which will be topped with a tent-like cross-laminated timber roof. The undulating cross-laminated timber roof will be laid atop these volumes, unifying them below. It is punctuated by glazed openings dispersed along its facade.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Architecture studio Snøhetta has completed the Far Rockaway Library in New York, which is wrapped in fritted, orange ombre glass covered with thin, white script by Brooklyn artist José Parlá. The post Snøhetta wraps Queens library in orange ombre glass covered with script appeared first on Dezeen.

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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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Deezen

MAY 31, 2023

A sweeping, grass-topped concrete roof creates an artificial hill to conceal the Gurdau Winery in the Czech Republic , which has been designed by local practice Aleš Fiala Studio. Where the sloping roof meets the ground, it blends with a series of winding concrete walls supporting planters around a paved patio.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

An oversized stepped roof that doubles as an "amphitheatre for the city" tops BBT Hilltop, a burger restaurant in Kuwait City designed by architecture studio TAEP/AAP. Above, the overhanging roof provides additional seating as well as a flexible events space that TAEP/AAP designed to be used for outdoor cinemas, parties and concerts.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2023

Specht Architects has designed a symmetrical glass pavilion in The Berkshires in Massachusetts that was created as a residence and a place to showcase antiques. The axial approach includes replanted natural grasses The roof extends to create a 15-foot (4.5-metre)

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The Spaces

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Solar energy and water are harvested on the cabin’s flat roof and stored on-site, making the home fully self-sustainable. A floating steel fireplace heats the living room and creates a dramatic focal point, while the interior celebrates craftsmanship with exposed wood throughout.

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Contemporist

JUNE 4, 2024

RHAW architectures has designed a home in The Netherlands, that has a sloped roof and is made of timber, glass, and concrete.

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Deezen

JANUARY 12, 2024

Infrastructure consultants AECOM and Spanish architecture studio Luis Vidal + Architects have created a terminal for Boston 's Logan Airport capped by a long, bright-red roof. On the opposite side, where the gates are, the face of the structure is mostly glass. Its corners taper to sharp edges that "cut through the sky with precision".

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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2024

Tokyo-based studio Klein Dytham Architecture has designed a bookstore wrapped with an undulating steel roof resembling "outstretched arms" in Nagano, Japan. Concave wooden eaves designed to "evoke the highland terrain" extend beyond the glass facade to shelter an external terrace. The photography is by Nacasa & Partners.

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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

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

It has a rectangular form surrounded by concrete steps "We introduced a rectangular interior glass space that is embraced by a circular concrete amphitheatre," said the studio. At the back of the building, it reaches roof height to allow guests to access a rooftop deck. The photography is by Rungkit Charoenwat.

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Deezen

MARCH 25, 2024

An inverted-pitch roof and angular brick cladding characterise the Butterfly House extension, which architecture studio The DHaus Company has added to a terraced home in north London. It is distinguished by its inverted-pitched roof, or butterfly roof, which references the surrounding 19th-century architecture and inspired the project's name.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

A narrow skylight cuts through the sculptural shape, letting a streak of natural light into the glass-and-wood home. It’s a sunny morning in Normandy, and the light is beginning to peek through the trees, glimmering across the curved metal roof of Isabelle and Patrice Girard-Donnat’s home.

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