Whether you are getting a roof built from scratch or choosing a new roof for your already existing home, there are a bunch of different materials that are readily available and worthy of consideration for your new roof. These materials include wood, asphalt, composite shingles, concrete, as well as slate, and clay tiles.
Photography
LaLetizia, Toa Heftiba (Cover image)
The dwelling is designed for a young Deaf family, who desired an expanded open plan that incorporates Deaf-Space, creating ample transparency throughout the home, where vision and touch are a primary means of spatial awareness and orientation.
Project name
Edgewood House
Architecture firm
Terry & Terry Architecture
Location
Palo Alto, California, USA
Photography
Bruce Damonte
Principal architect
Alex Terry, Ivan Terry
Design team
Alex Terry, Ivan Terry, Mike Start
Interior design
Terry & Terry Architecture
Structural engineer
Don David Double D Engineering
Landscape
Terry & Terry Architecture
Construction
Maor Greenberg, Greenberg Construction
Material
Wood, Metal, Glass, Concrete
Typology
Residential › House
The Iranian Architect & Interior designer Milad Eshtiyaghi has envisioned a series of bubble houses in the jungles of New York, USA.
Project name
Bubble Houses
Architecture firm
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio
Location
New York, New York, USA
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Visualization
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio
Typology
Residential › House
Completed in 2014 by Singapore-based architecture studio Aamer Architects, ''Railway House'' is a semi-detached home located in Singapore. As a typology, the semi-detached house is often perceived as a Siamese twin, reluctantly conjoined to its symmetrical other via a single party wall. The desire to challenge such a notion drives the parti of this...
Project name
Railway House
Architecture firm
Aamer Architects
Location
Singapore, Singapore
Photography
Sanjay Kewlani / Skewedeye Pte Ltd
Principal architect
Aamer Taher
Design team
Aamer Taher, Rayson Kan
Collaborators
Jasni Ngahtemin, Rayson Kan, Albert Yeo
Interior design
Aamer Architects
Civil engineer
JS Tan Consultants
Structural engineer
JS Tan Consultants
Environmental & MEP
Workshop ID & Build
Landscape
Nyee Phoe Flower Garden
Lighting
Luxlight Pte Ltd
Visualization
Aamer Architects
Construction
Workshop ID & Build
Material
off-form concrete, timber
Typology
Residential › House
LIBRA Architekci: Biophilia is a term that was popularized in the 1980s by Edward O. Wilson, a scientist Harvard University. He says that we have an innate sense of community with the world nature, which is essential for our proper functioning, acts as a healing factor, promotes concentration, calming, restores the desired balance. Modern architect...
Project name
BIOPHILIC House
Architecture firm
LIBRA Architekci
Location
Częstochowa, Poland
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray
Principal architect
Klaudia Korzonek-Kowalska
Visualization
Exterior : b1design.pl, Interior : Kateryna Rudenko
Typology
Residential › House
The Indian architecture firm Wallmakers led by Vinu Daniel has recently completed Jack Fruit Garden Residence, a single-family home that largely constructed with CSEB (Compressed Stabilised Earth Blocks) and Rammed earth walls.
Project name
Jack Fruit Garden Residence
Architecture firm
Wallmakers
Location
Vengola, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
Photography
Anand Jaju, Syam Sreesylam
Principal architect
Vinu Daniel
Material
CSEB (Compressed Stabilised Earth Blocks) and Rammed earth walls with strategically placed openings for cross-ventilation, Brick
Typology
Residential › House
UNA arquitetos / UNA barbara e valentim: Built on the top of Serra da Mantiqueira, about 200 km from São Paulo, the house was implanted in a clearing in the middle of a dense forest, between a hillside and a stream. The house is divided into two parts, a semi-buried platform, which defines an internal patio around the social area and a suspended vo...
Project name
Mantiqueira House
Architecture firm
UNA arquitetos: Cristiane Muniz, Fábio Valentim, Fernanda Barbara, Fernando Viégas. now partners at UNA barbara e valentim
Location
São Bento do Sapucaí, São Paulo state, Brazil
Principal architect
Cristiane Muniz, Fábio Valentim, Fernanda Barbara, Fernando Viégas
Collaborators
Ana Paula Castro, Bruno Gondo, Carolina Klocker, Eduardo Martorelli, Igor Cortinove, Jimmy Liendo, Joaquin Gak, Marcos Bresser, Marie Lartigue, Marta Onofre, Pedro Ivo, Roberto Galvão, Pedro Ribeiro, Rodrigo Carvalho PereiraUNA barbara e valentim
Structural engineer
Cia de Projetos, Heloísa Maringoni
Environmental & MEP
Pessoa e Zamaro, Marcelo Zamaro
Lighting
Lux Projetos, Ricardo Heder
Construction
Aum Construções, Eduardo Corrêa da Fonseca
Material
Wood, Concrete, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
In today’s article, we are going to tell you a few tips that you need to follow if you intend on building your own house. Building a house is no easy undertaking, we assure you. It can take years to complete and can cost thousands, if not tens of thousands, of dollars. Not only that, but one mistake and you may have to go back and start entire chun...
Photography
Capri23auto (Cover image), user32212 from Pixabay
