Archinect

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

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.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Danish studio BIG has designed a curving folded roof informed by traditional Kosovan skirts for the Opera and Ballet Theatre of Kosovo in Pristina. The roof will be clad in photovoltaic tiles and a stone-paved public square will surround the building. The images are by Bloomimages unless otherwise stated.

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Deezen

MARCH 10, 2025

Czech studio Atelier Hajn has transformed a derelict 1970s stone hut into a metal-clad countryside getaway named Skylight Hut with a trapezoidal roof and warm, wood-lined interiors. The client really wanted to raise the building a little to incorporate an attic bedroom space," Atelier Hajn founder Martin Hajn told Dezeen.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The three-bedroom house by Nikjoo is located on a backland site tucked behind Stoke Newington's Church Street and was originally a parking space used by a convenience store to receive deliveries. On the ground floor is an open-plan kitchen, dining and living space that was given floor-to-ceiling glazing to let lin in natural light.

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Architizer

JANUARY 13, 2025

And when it comes to their office spaces, these companies are aiming for workplaces that push boundaries and reflect their forward-thinking values, often collaborating with some of the most renowned architects in the world. The project transformed a two-acre underused green space into a public park with gardens, playgrounds and dog areas.

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Deezen

MARCH 20, 2025

Today an English Heritage site, the many-layered Eltham Palace estate includes one of the UK's best-preserved examples of art deco interior design a house built for the wealthy Stephen and Virginia Courtauld between 1933 and 1936, designed by architectural duo Seely & Paget and dressed in the era's most cutting-edge styles.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The nearly two-year-old Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity has shared news of its arrival in a new permanent home in the San Francisco Bay Area that will consolidate its archival collection under one roof for the first time. A small gift shop bookends the experience. The Eames Institute says this is all vital to making it.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Andblack Studio has added a pre-school to the Bloomingdale International School in India "The design at Bloomingdale International School embodies the transformative power of parametric architecture by pushing the boundaries of education and rethinking how school spaces function," studio founder Jwalant Mahadevwala told Dezeen.

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Deezen

APRIL 13, 2025

Studio Saransh has self-designed Oasis The studios created five blocks on the site, surrounding a central, sunken courtyard. The walkways not only facilitate movement but also serve as communal spaces, encouraging chance encounters and fostering spontaneous collaborations among the studio's inhabitants," said the studio.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2025

Chinese studio Muda Architects has added a series of glazed commercial spaces topped with snaking rooftop walkways to the Lujiatan Wetland Park in Chengdu. Sinuous accessible roofs top the Lujiatan Wetland Park Commercial Service Center. It contains glazed retail spaces Slim columns support two curving rooftops.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2025

Studio Bua has completed a cabin in western Iceland Atelier Nyp is the latest addition to a cluster of former farm buildings on the remote site in Skardstrond that have been turned into a home, guesthouses and cultural spaces by Studio Bua , which has offices in London and Oslo. The photography is courtesy of Studio Bua.

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Archinect

MAY 28, 2024

million square feet of civic, office, and retail spaces above the existing train station, includes two pairs of towers connecting with a large landscaped central plaza area and a sculptural pavilion, each designed to resemble flower pedals and located at either end of the site. The project, which adds 3.2

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Completed in two phases, the 52,000-square-foot, three-building campus is a compelling physical space that inspires learning—one in which the outside and inside learning environments are seamlessly connected. The site’s rock-lined canyon is treated with reverence, with the school set back from its edge so as to not dominate it.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Since preserving views and landscapes was a key priority, the overall form of the project was developed to integrate the volumes into the land, blending them with the site’s slope. Access to the spaces is provided via an extensive staircase, which is considered an extension of the site itself.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 6, 2023

© Yipeng Lyu A central plaza area bifurcates the larger and smaller venues of the design while serving as the connective foyer of all three new spaces. All five buildings at the site are supported by just 22 columns that were fabricated off-site in two varieties.

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Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2025

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects and local studio Bureau Cube Partners are set to transform a paper mill in Belgrade , Serbia, into a museum with an elliptical roof informed by the scientific work of Nikola Tesla.

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Archinect

MARCH 13, 2024

On Monday morning, several Chicago news outlets reported that the Bears want to form a public-private partnership with the park district to build a stadium and renovate part of Chicago’s lakefront museum campus to add more public space. For now, the Bears' new Soldier Field proposal is expected to cost $2 billion.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Aiming to attract more public activity to the site, Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC are renovating the Victorian exhibition halls and building outdoor space with bars and restaurants on its roofs. It was working quite well as an exhibition space, but was offering nothing else to the local community," Postma told Dezeen. "It

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Deezen

APRIL 17, 2025

The primary house was designed to be as small as possible, limiting the use of space and material. The site had some history of land-slips, so it made sense to design a lightweight, fine pavilion that ran along the edge of the site rather than doing any large cut or fill type earthworks," said director Dom Finlay-Jones.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Delugan Meissl has transformed a disused steelworks in China Before it was remodelled into the Expo Park in 2010, the inner-city site was occupied by a coal-fired power plant and steelworks. As part of the overhaul, Delugan Meissl Associated Architects (DMAA) was required to retain an industrial factory on the site.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

A "single unifying canopy" links the four volumes of Jinji Lake Pavilion, designed by Danish studio BIG as a nod toits tree-planted site in Suzhou, China. Overlooking Jinji Lake, the 1,200-square-metre building contains four metal-clad public spaces , arranged around a central courtyard where locals can gather.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 24, 2024

It is most widely known as land-sculpting and is an increasingly alluring practice, since it creates environments that blend harmoniously with nature while maximizing space and avoiding urban sprawl. Part of the site was also converted into an agricultural landscape through the use of specific hydraulic systems and vegetation.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 31, 2024

German studio GMP Architekten has refurbished and extended Alsterschwimmhalle, a swimming pool in Hamburg with a distinctive double-curved concrete roof. In addition, the limited range of sports facilities had a negative impact on commercial viability, and there was no space within the building for expansion."

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Deezen

OCTOBER 16, 2024

"Chowdhury Walk is part of Hackney Council’s programme to build new council homes on small sites, providing eleven two-storey terraced houses on a former garage site," said Astrid Smitham, jury chair and 2023 Neave Brown Award for Housing winner.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Architecture studio Snøhetta has begun work on the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library , releasing the first construction images as well as renderings of the building's green roof that appears to merge with the landscape. Limited exhibitions will begin to take place late next year, with full completion slated for July 2026.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2025

If approved, it will contain two office buildings , retail space, a hotel and 520 homes 40 per cent of which will be designed for social and affordable rent. Legal and General secured the site for the Bristol Temple Island project in 2021.

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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. Known as El Mirador, the 2023 house measures 230 square metres (2475 square feet) and serves as an "ode" to the site's preexisting landscape. The back of the house is solid concrete.

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Archinect

AUGUST 12, 2024

It follows the site’s topography, ascending towards the new extension. This site arrangement provided the architects an opportunity to develop something unique for the institution. Image: Vinay Panjwani The line between spaces for playing and learning is blurred. The courtyard reflects this as it ca.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2025

The underside of the doughnut-shaped roof is clad in wooden slats The hyperbolic shape of the roof accommodates the site's intense rain and sun, directing rainwater into natural streams down the side of the canopy. A small third wedge floats under the rise of the roof and holds a combined laboratory and library space.

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Archinect

JANUARY 27, 2025

A stepped, sloped roof floats in the city, enclosing a comfortable workplace This project is a new Tokyo branch office for Ishida, a long-established manufacturer of scales headquartered in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The 205-square-metre dwelling was designed for a client with a background in the steel industry and is located on a site surrounded by large mango trees in the coastal town of Tanur. Interior spaces at House XO were designed to have a minimal appearance "Material choices focused on sustainability and efficiency.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Find out more about Vocabolo Moscatelli Photo by Keishin Horikoshi/SS Tokyo Hotel Rakuragu, Japan, by Kooo Architects Squeezed between two buildings on a site of just 83.5 square metres, this Tokyo hotel's constrained space inspired its distinctive design.

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Deezen

MARCH 18, 2025

London studio Proctor & Shaw has used thin timber battens to clad this house extension in Peckham, which is crowned by planted roofs and a tiered allotment. Named Hope Villa, the project both updated and expanded a previous side extension to the home, which occupies a narrow site between terraces and infill housing.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

A dark grey roof shaped like an armadillo's shell peeks out behind a row of terraced houses on Station Lodge, a home in southwest London designed by local architectural studio Lacey & Salkytov. But inside the main space is extraordinary. The outside of the house doesn't reveal much", said Salkytov.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The Taisugar Circular Village (TCV) provides 351 rental homes surrounding an urban farm, eco-pond and waste management area, allowing all of its residents' basic needs to be provided on-site. This effect is further emphasised by sloped roofs and slight rotation of each building, which also contributes to more dynamic facade fronts," it added.

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2025

Architecture office Studio Wok has transformed a disused technical building at QuadroDesign 's headquarters in northern Italy into an artist residency, with living and sleeping areas accommodated in its unusually shaped roof. A second set of stairs leads to a small seating area, housed in an existing concrete walkway near the top of the roof.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Located in the village of Gashora in Rwanda , the student housing forms part of an off-grid agricultural university , where there are various education spaces including a building with a zigzagging roof. Another building dedicated to the teaching of trees and vegetables is defined by a row of overlapping roof planes.

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