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'Ikigai'-inspired Orchid Pavilion design invites contemplation near Oaxaca

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Photo credit: Jaime Navarro Photo credit: Rafael Gamo By prioritizing three design imperatives (functional simplicity, sustainable materials, and the primacy of sanctuary), the CCA says they were able to establish space that helps support its client's mission of fostering arts engagement with the community while simultaneously giving back to nature.

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Project Mingde uses "cascading" roofs on Chinese nursery to recycle rainfall

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Non-profit Project Mingde has unveiled Duling Educational Centre, a staggered complex topped with roofs that help recycle rainfall into clean water for schoolchildren in rural southern China. The solution was three buildings of varying heights with roofs that channel rainfall into a lotus pond. The photography is by Jin Weiqi.

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Southern hemisphere's largest timber roof tops Sydney Fish Market

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The 200-metre-long roof canopy above the Sydney Fish Market, designed by architecture studios 3XN and BVN , has been completed. Located on Blackwattle Bay, the building will combine a fresh seafood market with shops, restaurants, community spaces and a seafood school under the largest timber roof in the southern hemisphere.

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Atelier Apeiron tops arched cultural centre with terraced roof garden

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The 142,560-square-metre building in China's southern city of Zhuhai contains a library, theatre and museum , all topped with a terraced roof garden. The building is topped with a stepped-down terrace roof The stacked rooftop creates three platforms, offering stunning views to the surrounding nature, and green space for community activities.

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This double-curved roof house by Mecanoo is covered in slick multicolored tiles

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Mecanoo has designed a distinctive residence with a striking double-curved roof and ceramic tile-covered façade in Schoorl, a village in northern Holland. Called Villa BW, it spans three floors, with an additional level within the hood of the roof. Image: Ossip van Duivenbode, courtesy Mecanoo.

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ADEPT and LYTT Architecture elevate lookouts within Amager Nature Park

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A series of viewpoints clad in charred-timber shingles have been perched throughout the largest nature park in Copenhagen by Danish studios LYTT Architecture and ADEPT. Located along a stretch of coastline east of the capital city, the 35-square-kilometre Amager Nature Park contains a mix of wetlands, marshes and areas of forest.

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2.5 million feet of timber used to construct roof on ZGF’s Portland airport expansion

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The defining feature of the main terminal project, set to be completed in 2025, is a new lattice roof formed by 2.5 ZGF’s answer was a singular terminal building housed under one undulating, mass timber roof, accompanied by an interior strategy which prioritized biophilic design, interior landscaping, daylighting, and natural materials.

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