Posts Tagged ‘roof tiles’

The beauty of clay roofs

25.06.2012

Leisure resort on the fringe of the Bay of Bengal [...]

Energy efficiency for everyone

10.08.2010

The 22 houses handed over in 2009 in the district of Les Toits de la Corvée in Saint-Dié des Vosges (FR) have been awarded with the quality mark for low energy buildings (BBC-Effinergie). The quality of this project shows that environmental protection and social commitment are not mutually exclusive. [...]

Sandcastle moored in the dunes

11.06.2010

In the dunes of the Belgian coast, architect Koen Steenkiste built a house that immediately evokes the image of a boat. This resemblance sprang from the irregular shape of the building plot. The location against the side of the dune also offered the opportunity of constructing a cellar with a garage. [...]

Living/working accommodation at the Duiker, Sneek (The Netherlands)

09.03.2010

The house that architect Julius Bosma works and lives in with his family speaks a language of clear shapes, simple use of materials and austere details, making it a conspicuous point of calm in the richly varying architecture of Sneek’s De Oudvaart district. The design comprises a union of a rectangular black brick tower with a barrel vault that is covered in clay roof tiles. [...]

Prague’s Barrandov film studios

03.03.2010

Prague’s Barrandov studios are as important to Czech cinema as Hollywood is in America. The work of Hans-Paul Architects proofs that even large practical buildings need not look monotonous or boring. The main feature is an unusual façade of Koramic Migeon Actua. [...]

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