CCY Architects nestles Meadow House in mountain valley outside Aspen
CCY Architects designed this home in the mountains of Colorado to be built largely below grade to reduce its impact on the surrounding natural landscape. More
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Dezeen Debate newsletter features a community centre by Sou Fujimoto
The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features Sou Fujimoto's design for a community centre in Japan. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now! More
Sou Fujimoto unveils Japanese community centre covered with bowl-like roof
Architect Sou Fujimoto has revealed the design for a community centre topped with a bowl-like roof in the town of Hida, Japan. More
Gluck+ covers Hollywood Hills home with an angular roof
A faceted roof on slender columns tops this home by Gluck+ in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills neighbourhood, covering the residence "like a parasol". More
CEBRA disguises Skamlingsbanken Visitor Centre as "part of the overall landscape"
Danish architecture studio CEBRA has raised the ground up to hide a visitor centre at Skamlingsbanken, a historic hill that has hosted key democratic events in Denmark. More
Kirkland Fraser Moor tops chalk-walled house with CLT arch
UK studio Kirkland Fraser Moor has created a contemporary house named Ashraya in Hertfordshire, England, which is topped by a cross-laminated timber arch. More
Sanjay Puri Architects designs Indian university with accessible stepped green roof
Mumbai studio Sanjay Puri Architects has designed a building for Prestige University in India that will feature a stepped green roof punctuated with courtyards. More
CF Møller Architects hides "invisible villa" in Norway under green roof
Danish studio CF Møller Architects has nestled a concrete villa into a shallow hill on a Norwegian farm, creating a pair of stepped terraces with views of the nearby Oslofjord. More
KRADS completes green-roofed Icelandic holiday home overlooking Lake Thingvallavatn
This holiday home designed by architecture office KRADS features large openings that frame views of Iceland's Lake Thingvallavatn, and a turfed roof to help it blend in with its natural surroundings. More
After Party unveils characterful creek-side home in Lithuania
Vilnius-based studio After Party has completed a creek-side house in northern Lithuania featuring a pink kitchen, a planted roof and a terrace that slices through the building. More
Giorgi Khmaladze Architects encloses Tbilisi coffee factory in folded concrete
A coffee factory and offices in Tbilisi, Georgia, has been built in a geometric concrete shell topped by a green roof by local studio Giorgi Khmaladze Architects. More
Shma Company designs Bangkok home for family and forest of 120 trees
More than 20 different plant species grow in Forest House, designed by landscape architecture practice Shma Company to fit the largest possible amount of greenery into a small urban plot. More
Dal Pian inserts bright orange staircase in São Paulo office building
A bright orange staircase and patches of vegetation are visible from the outside of this São Paulo office building, which Brazilian studio Dal Pian designed for a beauty company. More
Casa Carmen's green roofs merge with hill and forest in Colombian neighbourhood
Architecture studio OA+ has threaded a path through this adobe brick and wood house in Envigado, Colombia that leads from its entrance to woodland at the rear. More
Green roof blends Brazilian house by Studio Arthur Casas with nearby golf course
Brazilian architecture firm Studio Arthur Casas has used grass to top this holiday home in Brazil, comprising two interlocking volumes that face a golf course. More
BMI Group showcases blue and green roofs that double as water reservoirs and gardens
Dezeen promotion: research conducted by Europe's largest roofing and waterproofing company BMI Group reveals the opportunities presented by "active" blue and green roofs. More
MAD tops Shenzhen cultural park with "monumental stones"
Architecture studio MAD has unveiled its design for the largely subterranean Shenzhen Bay Culture Park museum complex, which will be topped by two pavilions designed to look like groups of large stones. More
Heatherwick Studio designs plant-filled Maggie's Centre in Leeds
Grassy gardens top the Maggie's Centre for cancer patients built by Heatherwick Studio in the grounds of St James's University Hospital in Leeds. More
Green roof and charred wood blend Atelier Villa into Costa Rican jungle
Czech architecture studio Formafatal has used blackened wood, perforated aluminium panels and a green roof to form this low-lying holiday home in Costa Rica. More
Grassy hill forms skylight over RDHA's Springdale Public Library near Toronto
A hill-like green roof with a skylight helps to blend this public library by Toronto architecture firm RDHA into its grassy surrounds. More