barcelona-based architectcarles enrich has completed gallery-house, a residential renovation of an early 20th century apartment. the home is located in the dense urban district of gracia, barcelona. the architect has reformulated the historical property into a modern dwelling well-adapted to the mediterranean climate.

the new design ensures views to the exterior courtyard from all parts of the house

the home acts as a gallery that connects the street with the inner courtyards. a former storage room was repurposed into a music studio while the patio becomes a central circulation device in theplan.

a floating staircase acts as a central feature of the patio

the original dwelling was fragmented into small rooms connected through dark corridors with the outside. the buildings original envelope was altered through a selective demolition wherein 90% of the old tiles and bricks were repurposed. the colorful tiles of the pre-existing house were introduced into the circulation areas, kitchen and bathroom to preserve the material heritage of the home.

in the courtyard a structure made of steel profiles and ropes is introduced in order to make a seasonal porch

the second intervention proposes a main space based on the succession of different rooms connected by porticos defined by structural interventions in the load walls. with this intervention the visual depth of the house is enhanced and different circulations are granted. the inhabitants can enjoy views of the street and the inner courtyard from different rooms, blurring the boundaries between domestic and exterior spaces.

the seasonal porch improves climate conditions and allows the use of the patio during the hotter months

the architects utilized passive design techniques to ensure temperature control throughout the year. the patios offer great conditions of thermal regulation and natural lighting. the extension of the small courtyard in the center of the house and the sequence of porches offers a cross ventilation that helps to cool the apartment in the hottest months. furthermore, the reused brick is employed as a double faade, improving thermal inertia and acoustic insulation. a rainwater collection system has also been integrated which will be used to irrigate the planter that will grow into a pergola mixing wisteria with vine and jasmine.

the light internal structure creates a more flexible space for different functions

in a few years the planter will grow into a pergola mixing wisteria with vine and jasmine

the lighting within the home is further supported by passive design techniques

the satin finish of the mosaic offers a bright spot in the most interior areas of the house

the mosaic tiles from the former home preserve the material heritage of the house

the open circulation allows ventilation and a cool temperature within the home

the architects reused bricks and tiles from the pre-existing residence

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author: carles enrichcollaborators: adriana campmany, mary kaldiry, laure nicodstructure: masaad estructuraswood work: ifustaconstructor: pilar hocesgarden: teodoraphotography: adri goulaproject: 2015surface: 185 sqmwork: 2016-2017

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Huge windows and patios in this concrete house in Tel Avivshed natural light across the interior while also allowing the family full views of the surrounding garden.

The Suspended Patio House is located in a quiet neighbourhood of the Israeli city, and was designed by Ramat Gan-based3322 Studioas a space for the founders' own family.

They wanted the space to accommodate the changing needs of their young sons, and decided to make living spaces as open-plan as possible.

"For us, a house is a complex template that defines the living space but which, at the same time, allows flexibility according to changing needs," said studio founders Hila and Ran Broides.

The house is arranged around the voids in its boxy concrete frame. Living spaces are largely open plan, and are dispersed over the three floors with bedrooms contained to the highest level.

Voids were also created in the concrete floors to let light and air circulate through the property. On the ground floor, the facade facing the street has been lined with acid-etched glass creating a light box effect.

This floor incorporates the entrance space, guest bathrooms a wide staircase that "folds through the floors like origami". The double-height kitchen is visible from the first floor level, throughone of the voids.

Full-height glass doors open out onto the lower-level garden and outdoor roofed area, which has been planted with trees native to Israel.

"The house is interwoven with outdoor spaces on all levels with the intention of creating a feeling of space, to allow the entry of natural light and fresh air as well as visual interactions between the spaces," said the architects.

"Natural ventilation is achieved by opposing openings on each floor placed on the exterior facades and on the interior facades facing the patio on the first floor."

On the first floor, a terrace divides the building's street-facingfacade in half, and overlooks the driveway used to park a BMWIsetta.

"We wanted, through the terrace, to emphasise the human scale that is important to us in the spaces. The terrace reflects the terraces of the older buildings in the neighbourhood that were built in the 1950s," said the architects.

This floor is less open-plan than the rest of the house, as it contains the children's and parents' bedrooms, as well as two bathrooms and a small family room.

However, the openness and visibility to the lower levels is retained through a recess in the ground floor ceiling which allows for views over the kitchen.

The basement contains a children's play area and study. Also on this lower level, cacti preserved from the previous building that occupied the plot have been planted on a patio area.

Throughout the property, exposed concrete, steel surfaces and white walls are warmed by wooden parquet flooring.

When furnishing their home, Hila and Ran opted to use vintage furniture, such as the iconic Eames Lounge Chairand a butterfly stool by Sori Yanagi.

They were also keen to have bookshelves on each floor. In the basement, they line the concrete wall and in the living area a black aluminium bookcase displays art and architecture books collected by the couple over the years.

Other architects who have designed homes for themselves includeJohn Pawson, who created acharacteristically minimal space in London, andarchitect coupleGwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman, whose skinny Rotterdam residenceoccupies a narrow gap measuring just 3.4 metres wide and 20 metres deep.

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From left, Kelly Wentzlof, of Perrysburg, Ohio, Joe Wentzlof, of South Bend, Ind., Chloe Wentzlof, of South Bend, Ind., and dog Barkley wait to order on the patio at a Perrysburg restaurant Wednesday.

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Ohio restaurants may soon be able to welcome four-legged guests to their outdoor patio sections thanks to a bill in the General Assembly.

The legislation would ban state and local officials from enacting ordinances that prohibit dogs at outdoor patios. In an age when people make pets their constant companions, it only makes sense to let restaurants choose whether to cater to patrons who take their dogs along when they go out to eat.

The bill was prompted by a few recent cases in which restaurants promoted dog-friendly events at their establishments only to be warned by public-health officials that restaurant health regulations forbid dogs and other animals.

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But some health officials have expressed support for the bill as long as restaurants that want to welcome dogs follow a few common-sense rules. Dogs would have to stay outside on the patio only. Dogs would have to be well-behaved and would not be allowed on chairs. Restaurants would need to keep dog-waste cleanup kits on hand.

Restaurants that want to cater to patrons with dogs would have to take on more responsibility. They would have to make sure dog owners cleaned up after their pets and ask the owners of ill-mannered dogs to leave.

Allowing dogs in a patio dining area also would require restaurant staff to be vigilant about cleanliness. But, in general, dogs would not seem to create more of a cleaning challenge than small children dining with their parents.

Restaurants already have to manage the challenges of birds and other wildlife, along with passing traffic and weather, to keep their patio dining areas clean, so a few dog patrons are not likely to make this much worse.

The Michigan Legislature took up a similar measure earlier this year to loosen restaurant health-code regulations and allow dogs on patios. Lawmakers and the governors in both states should approve the bills and let restaurant patrons take mans best friend out with them for dinner.

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Restored modernist icon houses Harvard fellows

Wimbledon House is knownfor its bold, modular design and sunny, inside-out aesthetic, but when then-budding architect Richard Rogers designed the London home for his parents in the 1960s, he wanted to create a flexible living space that could shape-shift to suit their needs.

The steel-framed, prefabricated house with moveable partitions influenced Rogers later work on landmarks such as the Centre Pompidou but more than an architectural experiment, the home was designed for living, a space where his mother, who loved to cook, could host big gatherings around the dinner table.

So its fitting that one of the first events to be held in the home since it became a fellowship residence for Harvards Graduate School of Design (GSD) will be a talk examining the way food and cooking shape cities one focus of study by the fellows this year.

Rogers gave the home to GSD in 2015 to ensure the Heritage-listed propertys continued use as a residence and last month it was unveiled after restorations by architect Philip Gumuchdjian and landscape architect Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, M.L.A. 84.

The restoration wasnt Gumuchdjians first brush with the house. In 1980 while he was an apprentice, he was tasked with replacing the homes iconic yellow blinds and even then he was awed by the houses flexible design, which he describes as radical.

I recall it as a place full of serenity and aesthetic harmony, he said, a place of sunlight and of views into landscape.

Fast-forward to 2015 and Gumuchdjian presides over a firm whose challenge was to restore the modernist icon to its original state while modifying it for its new role as a research home for Harvard. Replaced were the roof, the asbestos-filled external walls, and the servicing; removed were recently added buildings and internal partitions.

[Wimbledon] is not just an iconic, flexible machine for living nor simply a historic experimental building that foretold the architects future work, he said, it was also a home with a unique memory, patina, and aura.

The garden was completely re-created. Longstaffe-Gowan, a 1984 grad of GSD, strove to restore the original balance of the 1960s composition to better reflect the architects original intentions. Wimbledon is a total work of art, he said. The house, gardens, and interiors were conceived in concert to form a unified whole.

In addition to serving as the residence for the Richard Rogers Fellowship, the Wimbledon House will provide the GSD a new venue for lectures, symposia, and other events bringing together scholars and practitioners from London, Europe, and around the world.

One of the first events to be hosted at the house this fall explores the way food and cooking shape cities, which seems apt considering the central role of food and cooking in Rogers life his wife, Ruth, runs a Michelin-starred restaurant, and presented a lecture about food at Harvard last fall. One of the six inaugural fellows, GSD alum Jose Castillo, is studying cooking and eating through cultural, ecological, and political lenses, probing connections between urban food economies and forces like climate change and migration.

This application of design thinking to broad global questions exemplifies the work GSD hopes to stimulate, especially through the Richard Rogers Fellowship. Other projects by fellows this year will focus on public and affordable housing as well as citizen-driven revitalization efforts in cities.

The fellowship, launched in October, is inspired by Rogers commitment to cross-disciplinary investigation and social engagement as an architect, urbanist, author, and activist and is dedicated to advancing research on a range of issues key to shaping cities social, economic, technological, political, and environmental.

Each year, six fellows will be awarded a three-month residency, travel expenses to London, and a $10,000 cash prize.

To learn more, please visit the Richard Rogers Fellowship website.

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By Tim Boothroyd, Manager of Product Consulting and Residential Statistics, Dodge Data & Analytics

U.S. residential roofing activity is expected to achieve another year of growth in 2017. This contrasts with the relative weakness that occurred between 2006 and 2013, as the residential new construction roofing market floundered. According to Dodge Data & Analytics research in the residential new construction and replacement markets, roofing demand rose to 156.7 million squares in 2016 and is forecast to rise an additional 4% in 2017. A relatively stable roofing replacement market, coupled with a strengthening new construction market, buoys a positive market outlook.

Asphalt roofing continues to be the dominant material, occupying 77% of the overall share of activity in 2016. However, metal roofing persistently gains share, attaining 12% overall as more homeowners choose that material for roofing replacement. Rounding out the shares of material are clay and concrete roof tile, wood shakes and shingles, and flat/built-up roofing, each with a share of the market in the low single digits nationally. Asphalt material continues with exceptional strength in the new housing market, while it has diminished slightly in recent years for roof replacements with the advancement of metal roofing. Indeed, the Dodge research shows a growing number of consumers are focusing on longevity and environmental concerns as they make this important investment in their home.

Geography plays an important role in roofing material as well. Homes built in warmer, southern climates have different needs than those in northern colder climates. Additionally, protection against severe rain and wind or snow can also play a part. Asphalt material continues to dominate across all geographies, with highest concentrations found in the West North Central and Mountain regions with 90% share and greater. More interesting patterns emerge in alternative materials. Metal roofing is growing moderately throughout the United States, with the highest concentration happening in the East South Central region, including Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Conversely, clay and concrete tile roofing materials are non-existent in most northern areas, but gain notable market share in Southern California and Arizona.

Finally, reflective roofing and Energy Star certified roofs are also making strides in the residential market. Commonly referred to as cool roofing, these products reflect a portion of the suns rays allowing for lower building cooling costs. Expectedly, predominantly warmer climates tend to have a higher concentration of these products with Dodges research showing Texas and Louisiana showing growth in the new construction market. Colder North Central U.S., including Nebraska and the Dakotas, has a lower propensity for the application of cool roofs in housing.

Overall, the Dodge Research & Analytics study shows many interesting aspects of the residential roofing market. Activity has continued to pick up after the lows occurring since the Great Recession of the late 2000s. Top level U.S. demand is worth noting as the industry has shown some modest shifts in material based on longevity, durability, and energy efficiency.

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