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the front entrance to a modern home with large windows and doors on each side of the house

Mid-Century Elegance in Modern-Day Design There’s no doubt that one of the most distinct characteristics of a Stillwater home is the elegant butterfly roof. The origin of this design element dates back to the early 1930s and yet, it remains a prominent feature of modern architecture today. The original design of the butterfly roof was

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an architectural drawing shows how the roof is made

Completed in 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa. Images by Wieland Gleich, Luis Mira Architects & Plus Arquitectura. The Junior School building corresponds to the Phase 1 of the Blouberg International School in Cape Town. The site is located into a residential area...

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a house with a roof made of metal and surrounded by greenery on the outside

The client’s brief was they wanted a simple structure where one could feel connected to nature away from the hustle and dense fabric of the city. We aspired to achieve a cost-effective use of natural materials in their most simplistic nature. The house is constructed through a combined structural system; with load-bearing stone walls and an external frame structure in steel with a butterfly roof.

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an empty street in front of a building with large glass windows on the roof and sides

An abandoned airport terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was reborn as the TWA Hotel, a stylish stay that harkens on the romance of flying when it was still a novelty.

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