Deezen

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Triangular frames form a W shaped structure around a 1,200-square foot (112-square metre), two-storey dock. Both the main residence and cabin are clad in weathering steel "Coming to a point at the water's surface, the triangular frames that support the decks and roof create the sensation that the dock is balanced 'just so'," the team said.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Project Details: Location: Whakamaru, New Zealand Architect: DCA Architects of Transformation / @ dca_architects Footprint: 3,218 square feet Builder: HRC Construction Structural Engineer: No.8 The home has a simple pitched roof, unadorned, undecorated, and true to the existing woolshed standing on the property.

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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2025

Chilean studio Hebra Arquitectos has completed a house in southern Chile with native oak cladding and faceted roofs laid out along a V-shaped plan to provide the best views of a lake. The house rises two levels and is topped with faceted metal roofs. The photography is by Marcos Zegers.

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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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Deezen

MARCH 7, 2025

Architecture studio Loader Monteith has replaced a dilapidated farm building in Angus, Scotland , with a home finished with stone, black-painted pine and a red corrugated-metal roof. In this area of Angus, byres are typically unrendered stone buildings with pitched roofs," Mack continued. The photography by Jim Stephenson.

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Dwell

JANUARY 9, 2025

A ground and garage roof-mounted solar array provides approximately 85 to 100 percent of all energy needs. Post it here. By building most of the house off-site we were then able to help reduce disruption to the local community and road network as well as substantially reduce on-site construction time and material waste. "A

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Dwell

JANUARY 16, 2025

Externally it is expressed as a bright horizontal band of colored mosaic, becoming a continuous library inside; it is separated from the floor and the roof by two bands of special reflective glass blocks. The multi-faceted roof has a fully visible structure inside and expressed waterproofing seams outside.

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Dwell

MARCH 10, 2025

Given the spider-like sculptural roof and scuppers of the original, the home was already a complete thought, with no obvious solution of how to add to the composition, let alone double the interior square footage. Whenever possible, views through the space frame the iconic roof scuppers as they touch down to the ground.

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Deezen

APRIL 24, 2023

Iruarrizaga designed the 500-square-metre house with a timber-clad upper level that bridges two rectangular concrete structures. Bedrooms and en-suite bathrooms are located in the two concrete structures, which are separated by a covered outdoor space leading to a decked patio overlooking the lake.

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Deezen

MARCH 20, 2025

Partially embedded in a berm and with an overhanging roof, the primary entrance leads up to the wide workspace and communal areas. The plans were also reviewed by a group of architects and engineers, according to the Dykstra's, who are "Frank Lloyd Wright enthusiasts".

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Interior facades are wrapped in white stucco Structurally, the building consists of a concrete podium and steel-framed upper volumes. Other projects by LOHA include a Raleigh apartment building with a highly sculptural roof and a cedar-clad housing block in Detroit. Interior finishes include white-painted walls and wooden flooring.

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2025

In addition to its gabled form and visible timber-frame structure, Tudor influences also informed the layout of the home, with living spaces organised in a pinwheel around a central fireplace and concrete chimney. Eight Gables is topped by an interlocking hipped roof clad with Kentish peg tiles, in another reference to its local context.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Architecture studio Proctor & Shaw has topped a home extension with a steeply-angled roof clad with red pigmented zinc in East Dulwich, London. Deep skylights punctured into the roof draw daylight into the space below, while sliding doors seamlessly connect the interior with an outdoor patio.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A dark standing-seam metal roof rises into a steep gable and thin red, circular columns add asymmetrical pops of color around the exterior. Inside, the two blocks of the dogtrot have been split in half to form four pavilions that each house a separate function and open views in four directions. The photography is by Keith Isaacs.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The clubhouse has a bar overlooking the track The clubhouse, which has amenities including a swimming pool, driver-focused gym, treatment rooms, track-briefing area, concierge, restaurant, bar and a roof terrace sits at the end of the front row, next to the Becketts Grandstand and directly overlooking the circuit.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Canadian architecture studio Lemay has designed a chalet prototype with a sloped roof and extensive glazing using mass timber in Potton, Quebec. On the other side of the expansive glazing lies a double-height family room with a sloping roof set between the large V-shaped columns.

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Deezen

APRIL 22, 2024

The structure will serve as an educational building for the University of Kansas ( KU ) School of Architecture & Design in Lawrence, Kansas. It will have an all wood structure It will have chamfered edges on all of the corners, creating entrance canopies on the ground floor and terraces up top. The imagery is courtesy of BIG.

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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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Santa Cruz Architect

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Santiago Calatrava, born on July 28, 1951, in Benimmet, Valencia, Spain, is one of the most celebrated architects and engineers of our time. Known for his innovative approach that seamlessly combines structural engineering with artistic expression, Calatravas works have left an indelible mark on the global architectural landscape.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Local studio Hopson Rodstrom Design placed a sawtooth roof on top of this black-clad apartment building with an interior courtyard in southern California. Located in West Los Angeles on a busy thoroughfare, the project is called The Jagger – named after the massive sawtooth roof that tops it.

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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. The structure is technically hybrid, with the wood affixed to a series of six-foot-deep (1.8 metres) – and 5,000 plants.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

A spiralling cable-net roof modelled in the image of a Fibonacci sequence tops a new public greenhouse designed by Canadian studio KPMB Architects in Winnipeg. KPMB Architects developed the design in partnership with Architecture49 and Blackwell Structural Engineers.

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Dwell

JANUARY 2, 2025

Updating insulation was critical, of course, but so was preserving the historic structure with the materials and construction techniques originally used to build it. The replacement of the roof tiles allowed for the integration of external insulation, making all the structural elements of the framework visible from the inside.

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Deezen

JUNE 6, 2022

Francois Verhoeven Architects has completed a house in a Dutch village featuring a roof with three sloping sections that incorporate skylights , sedum and concealed solar panels. Villa K2 features a multi-pitched roof. Read: Villa SG21 is a monolithic blackened-wood house topped with a turfed roof.

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e-architect

APRIL 8, 2025

The rhythmic quality of the sawtooth roof to the new bridge structure is both lyrical and rational. The pitched roofs to the north integrate an extensive solar array with high level windows at its peak to capture the changing light throughout the day. The use of CLT allows for large spanning timber structures with minimal steel.

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Dwell

APRIL 21, 2023

The homeowners created the structures using stones collected on-site to connect their rural residence to the land. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here. The clients erected and filled the gabion walls themselves.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The roof mirrors the angles of the surrounding mountain range Adjacent to existing professional and practice soccer fields used by a local league, Aidia Studio constructed a 6,973-square metre (75,056-square foot) building with a heavy, pigmented concrete base and a lightweight metal shade structure.

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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

MARCH 10, 2025

The staircase climbs to the cantilevered sleeping space and bathroom on a mezzanine level and then to a small roof patio created by the sloped interior ceiling. The photography is by Csar Bjar.

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Dwell

APRIL 10, 2025

Project Details: Location: Matanzas, Chile Architect: Gonzalo Rufin Arquitectos / @ gonzalorufin Architect: Felipe Toro Footprint: 861 square feet Builder: Constructora Guay Guay Structural Engineer: Jorge Argandona Photographer: Pablo Casals / @ pablocasalsaguirre_works From the Architect: "In the middle of a mountainous sector surrounded by forests (..)

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The tan, gable-roofed retreat has equally rugged interiors with OSB walls and polished concrete floors. At first glance, Scout appears as a collection of interconnected forms, its pitched roof rising from a bunker-like base of corrugated steel. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Dwell

JULY 9, 2024

A living roof is heavy; managing the extra weight requires careful consideration in its design. To pull off a sculptural green roof—and the 2,500 square foot, off-grid-ready weekend getaway tucked beneath it— it helps to have an international design firm at your disposal.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Located on a 35-acre (14-hectare) property near the town of Wilson, the home was envisioned as a series of "tectonic structures" set within a diverse ecosystem.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Behind the elegant dark wooden façade and bold aesthetics are particularly progressive engineering strategies that imbue the structure with remarkable resilience: the building was designed to withstand the force of possible avalanches. However, there is more to the design than meets the eye.

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Deezen

JUNE 28, 2024

Webb Yates worked with The Stonemasonry Company to create a frame made from cored cylinders of waste limestone joined together with tensioned steel rods, aiming to showcase stone as a modern, low-carbon structural material. We wanted to have a really broad net of people together under one roof to make for a more dynamic show."

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Dwell

APRIL 2, 2024

A new tw0-story structure on the rear lane contains the bike and garden storage, laundry area, bathroom, and a studio space. The roof to the living space is densely planted and its concrete structure provides enough depth for the plants to thrive. Post it here.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The first-floor planning is more compact with a circulationspine connecting the four bedrooms and bathroom.Each room enjoys full width and height openings onto densely-planted roof gardens that growfeverishly undersloping fiberglass privacy screens. Post it here. In terms of materiality, the red brick was selectedto respond to context.

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