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Step by Step: Exploring 12 Projects Featuring Staircase or Terraced Roof Designs

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© Rungkit Charoenwat Pitched roofs and terraced lots or hillsides are some of the oldest, yet still highly functional, solutions for rainwater dispersal, redirection, and erosion management. This has resulted in a rise in green roofs , passive insulation solutions, and more innovative uses of rooftops. Read more »

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Designs of world's largest soccer stadium with distinct tented roof in Morocco unveiled

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The stadium will inhabit a 100-hectare site in the town of El Mansouria, which is about 24 miles north of Casablanca. This is evident through the stadium structure being situated beneath a grand tented roof. The roof is made from an aluminium lattice. The roof is made from an aluminium lattice. Each platform stands r.

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Construction underway of major timber roof for ZGF’s Portland airport expansion

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As we reported last year, the ZGF -designed expansion will include a roof formed of 2.5 New images of the scheme by roof installers Mammoet show components for the timber roof being moved into place on the construction site. million feet of timber. The next set.

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3XN and GXN offer insights into unique roof design behind Sydney Fish Market

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Image credit: 3XN The building’s undulating roof is described by 3XN as “an integral aspect of the fish market’s iconic design” as well as being key to its overall sustainability strategy. When completed, the 700,000-square-foot building will be the largest fish market in the southern hemisphere.

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LLDS Architects tops self-designed home in Melbourne with curved plywood roof

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A curved roof and textured concrete walls characterise Northcote House in Melbourne , designed by local studio LLDS Architects for its founder partners. Slotted into the site of a former car park measuring 4.6 Slotted into the site of a former car park measuring 4.6

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Snøhetta designs hikers' refuge in Pyrenees mountains with swooping grass roof

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Located along the Haute Route des Pyrénées hiking trail that follows the French and Spanish border, Snøhetta designed Refuge de Barroude to blend into the surrounding mountainous landscape with a shape informed by the site's topography. The images are courtesy of Snøhetta.

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Swooping roofs of Beijing Art Centre evoke the site's granary history

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Architecture studios Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Perkins&Will have completed a multi-functional art centre in Beijing , referencing the shape of a granary that once occupied the site. The roof design was informed by a granary that once stood on the site The centre is comprised of three buildings defined by their swooping roof structures.

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