We're suckers for a well-made concrete home here at New ... fingered client's wishes for maximum garden space in a cramped plot by installing a green roof and large plant-covered ramps.

Designed by Pargade Architectes, the Espace Bienvenue building in Marne-la-Vallée, near Paris, features a 200m rippling concrete roof. "Our aim was a continuous garden," says founder and lead ...

Rather than relying on curtains to achieve privacy, the intention was to design ... the roof terrace. Its exposed frame complements the industrial feel of the interior, which features raw concrete ...

Rooftop gardens and ... lower levels with the roof while crossing through the spaces that lead there. Located on a very small plot of land, the house features a bare concrete facade with minimal ...

while the roof garden is supported by concrete. “During the design process, our thinking was to make the details and materials very simple, with nothing customized except for the centrally ...

The concrete ceiling forms the sloped roof garden and open terrace to the main ... SCA did landscape design and plant selection in conjunction with Fytogreen. Native plantings and seasonal flowers ...

"The project engages with its site by blending contemporary design elements with ... are provided on the stepped roof The underside of Split Garden's sweeping concrete roof creates a dramatic ...

As a vivid example of how concrete can be used with a lowered ... Courtyards between the two buildings feature contemplative gardens. The flowing design evokes a modern veranda — a place to ...

A wave-like roof formed of earth-toned concrete ribbons shelters a patio ... practices of mud architecture and courtyard houses, our design approach was grounded in history and equally modern ...