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Here’s Why You’ll Want a Living Green Roof on Your Home

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Image: Feldman Architecture Colorful-foliage plants are framed by a gravel border to create a living roof that needs little rain or water. Image: RAAarchitects Urban green rooftops A jungle rooftop in hot and humid Singapore cools the outdoor area considerably. The garden can be enjoyed from the rooms on the second floor.

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Complex Residence Encouraging Family Interaction: Casa 31_4.

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

According to the description provided by the architects, all spaces contain elements of the past, often manifested as objects of intrigue: the sloping floor, the barge scrolls on the front fence, the roof tiles, the chimney as water collector and the up-cycling of former building elements such as decks, gates, architraves and furniture.

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Week of October 5th, 2020 – School Building Design and Architecture

Architectural Ceramics

From stunning colors and communal spaces in Singapore, to a unique green-turf wrapped campus outside of Spain, CNN shows it all off. Check out #3 in Singapore and tell us you wouldn’t enjoy rolling down those green roofs after finishing your hardest final!

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Open Social Spaces Defining A Modern Family Home - Freshome

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Then heading up to the marvelous master bedroom via a cantilevered Patagonian Walnut timber staircase looking down to the pool deck below. Colorful Family Home in Taiwan Inspiring Social Interaction. Bold Colors Defining Playful Family Apartment In Warsaw. The color palette c [.] -->. Collect this idea. Collect this idea.

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Self Sustainable Weekend Retreat by Branch Studio Architects

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Singapore-based archit [.] -->. Boora Architects designed the Oregon Coast Beach House as a set of two different-sized volumes linked by a large covered deck. Bold Colors Tastefully Displayed by Laight Street Loft in New York. Sustainable Stereoscopic Weekend House With Contrasting Details. Branch Bookshelf. advertise here.

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