Roofing
AA students' Big Shed Assembly Workshop
Architectural Association students demonstrate the potential of low-value local timber
Canopy for Roman site, Cartagena, Spain by Amann Cánovas Maruri Architects
Madrid-based Amann Cánovas Maruri Architects has completed a new canopy for an archaeological site in Molinete Park in Cartagena, south-eastern Spain.
Inca public market, Mallorca by Charmaine Lay and Carles Muro
Charmaine Lay and Carles Muro have created a radical new public market building for the city of Inca in Mallorca, which wraps the town square up on to the roof of the building.
Living With Lakes Centre, Sudbury, Canada
A new sustainable lakeside research lab in a landscape damaged by nickel mining is 77% more efficient than conventional building
Castell d’Emporda restaurant by Concrete Architectural Associates
An innovative Corten steel parasol roof structure provides protected outdoor space for diners at this Spanish restaurant.
Velvet Mill rooftop pods by David Morley Architects
David Morley Architects’ conversion of a Bradford landmark for Urban Splash introduces innovative zinc-clad rooftop structures.
Royal Opera House production workshop
Thanks to Nicholas Hare Architects, Covent Garden now has a facility fit for producing world-class sets.
Steel structure of Zaha Hadid's Aquatics Centre
With its clear span of 120m and tricky geometry, the roof of Zaha Hadid Architects’ Aquatics Centre is one of the most complex structures in the London 2010 Olympic Park.
Rogers Stirk Harbour’s Santa Maria Del Pianto Metro Station, Naples
The practice designed a doubly curved hyperbolic paraboloid canopy roof formed from a lattice of steel plates that tilts back to create the entrance to the metro
Adam Khan’s wetlands centre floats between land and water
The design of the Brockholes Wetland Nature Reserve buildings in Lancashire draw inspiration from the villages of Iraq’s Marsh Arabs
Foster & Partners’ Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre
Foster & Partners is working on its latest project, the Khan Shatyr, in the unforgiving climate of Astana, Kazakhstan’s capital
Primary school library by Kéré Architects
This building in rural Burkina Faso makes innovative use of clay pots in its ceiling to aid lighting and ventilation
The Souk, Abu Dhabi Central Market, by Foster & Partners
An opening roof allows rain to fall on an internal tiled square in this ambitious modern reinterpretation of the traditional Middle Eastern souk.
King’s Cross station, western concourse
John McAslan & Partners’ refurbishment of King’s Cross station reveals its full Victorian glory once more
Las Arenas Bullring, Barcelona
A “floating” domed roof takes centre stage as Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ redevelopment of Barcelona’s 1890s bullring nears completion.
Jean Nouvel’s Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum
The museum’s 183m domed roof has taken months of workshops and modelling to achieve its floating structure and intricate perforated pattern
Tim Ronalds’ Sevenoaks School centre raises the roof
A high pitched roof of honey-coloured Douglas fir on this new performing arts centre meet both visual and acoustic requirements
Adam Khan Architects broadens its outlook
Adam Khan Architects has extended and refurbished the New Horizon Youth Centre for homeless young adults near London’s Euston Station
