architecture

In the mountain city of Chongqing, there is such a middle school that integrates individualized educational thinking into the campus environment. It is like a spaceship that landed on the earth out of nowhere. The conflicting and inclusive traits...

HW Studio\'s office is located where just recently were the wood drying ovens of Señal furniture factory owned by Don Shoemaker, one of the most important Mexican furniture designers of the 20th century. When the factory closed, the ovens...

Located in the district of Porto, in the Village of Lousada, the Interpretation Centre of Romanesque is located in an area that is an expansion of this village marked by a strong relationship with an urban square called Pra- ça das Pocinhas and with...

WERK and Snøhetta have been selected as the winners of the maritime center competition on the harbor of Esbjerg, in Denmark. The proposal puts in place a glowing building entitled Lanternen or the Lantern, a new addition that will gather communal...

Designed in 2017 by Arnau Estudi d?Arquitectura, this inspiring concrete two-story house is located in Santa Pau, Spain. Description An old red Massey Ferguson like Grandpa Joan’s still works the land. In this fast-paced...

In re-planning, this former traffic hub from the 1970s as part of the general redevelopment of the ring around the old city, new potentials for streets, urban mobility, and public spaces emerged. The freestanding pavilion on Europaplatz marks the...

Nestled behind an unassuming face of granite and glass, this 2-storey brick structure conceals a mesmerising view; offering a glimpse into the garden of Singapore?s former Command House. Situated on a long plot, the "Viewing Back" house...

In recent years, people started to regain interest in a movement that dates back to the last century; a movement, first introduced during the 1940s and 1950s, through the works of Le Corbusier and Alison and Peter Smithson. With monolithic...

Wherever there is a center, there is by necessity a periphery. This in itself should not generate any headlines; we live in a world of centers, and peripheries that continually stretch those centers, whether it be politics, countries, or societal...

Last October, a guitar-shaped hotel, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, was inaugurated in the city of Hollywood, Florida. Float4, an award-winning Montreal-based agency specializing in the integration of digital experiences in the physical...

This modern farmhouse located in Rolling Prairie, Indiana, has been recently designed by Linc Thelen Design. Description This couple purchased a second home as a respite from city living. Living primarily in downtown...

The user of this space is an orthodontist who has been researching malocclusion for a long time. Located at Dongtansunhwan-daero 127-5, this place is naturally designed according to her background and characteristics. We have 16 upper and lower...

Text by Laura Ragazzola. The South Tyrolean practice leverages the incredible nature at the heart of Tirol, Austria, to design a contemporary and ?stirring? building. The glass and cement are in constant dialogue with the environment?s morphology,...

Heatherwick Studio has released their latest images for the 1,000 Trees Development in Shanghai. Dating back to August 2019, the images showcase the construction progress of the 300,000-square-meter project, with the near completion of one of two...

How to design a family house in a rural area of the 21st century, preserve the best traditions and add the best features of contemporary architecture" Our answer to this challenge is a rural house J, which is a contemporary interpretation of...

Recently completed by Bourgeois / Lechasseur Architectes, this two-story private house is located in St-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada. Description During the last three decades, the quiet village of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli known for its...

The result of a dynamic partnership between the YMCA of Hamilton|Burlington|Brantford and Wilfrid Laurier University, the Laurier Brantford YMCA revitalizes the City of Brantford as a hub for community health, recreation and wellness. The two...

Tradition, modernity. The industrial building synthesizes the essence of the company that resides in its interior. The design is characterized by differently sized gable roofs, covered by an undulating skin of black aluminum. The building’s...

Airbnb is changing the way we experience buildings and cities. Founded in 2008, the digital platform utilizes technology to enable real-world experiences, and in turn, aims to create a world where you can feel at home anywhere. With its own in-house...

The house is situated on a lush and west-facing site with views towards the outer parts of Oslofjorden. The plot is characterized by forest-like areas along its outer edge, many tall pine trees, and a gentle slope towards the northwest. Early on in...

On Fogo Island at an altitude of 1800 meters, amidst the crater of the volcano, lies a village of about 1200 inhabitants which live on the fringes of legality, occupying State-owned land where agricultural activities are organized and carried out,...

The ?HUMANSCAPES HABITAT- is an applied research and demonstration project of Sustainable and Integrated Urban Living Project? for benchmarking in habitat as a course correction for a sustainable and harmonious mode of development which is an...

The new Second Home in Hollywood, holLA, is a collection of several recipes and ingredients of a California Cocktail. HolLA lays in East Hollywood on a 90,800 square feet site with two existing buildings, of which we have to maintain one with two...

SNKH studio from Yerevan has been selected to design the Garage Screen summer cinema for the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, Russia. The museum invited promising architecture firms to present their vision of temporary architecture and...

Situated in an ordinary unplanned neighbourhood in Sarajevo, the Half House is a new studio extension and refurbishment of the ground floor of a typical Bosnian ?family house?. The Half House has been designed for a wheelchair user and his wife. The...

Did you know that... When working on the project of GUM, an iconic shopping center on the Red Square, the team of architects were only given three months to complete with one key condition - to preserve the architectural harmony of the main Russian...

Villanueva Residence is a custom home that was designed and built for a young growing family in 2018. The project is located in Morningside, a single family neighborhood in Miami with a beautiful character, defined by its prominent trees, abundant...

Taihang Village is located in Qinba Mountains with pleasant weather and serene view. With the growth of tourism, the local government hopes to build a communal place for locals and tourists to share. The construction land is limited in the mountain...

Wood is a very easy-to-work material, allowing professional and amateur builders to manufacture simple objects and structures without major problems. However, when thinking about larger-scale housing or buildings, it\'s important to take...

Located on Lize Road in southwest Beijing, Leeza SOHO tower anchors the new Fengtai business district - a growing financial and transport hub between the city centre and the recently opened Beijing Daxing International Airport to the south. The new...

Recently designed by Lugerin Architects, this modern minimalist apartment is located in Kiev, Ukraine. Description The apartment of 140 square meters is located in the residential complex Sonyachna Brama in Kiev. On the...

Bjarke Ingels Group have unveiled their design for The Portico, a 53,500-square-meter development on the last two remaining plots of the CityLife masterplan in Milan, Italy. CityLife presented the proposal with two individual buildings connected by...

Architecture as the media between human and environment, is always reconstructing the relationship between them. Under the context which real-estate as one of major driving force of modern China?s urbanization, the mission of architect is to let...

Right in the heart of the governmental administrative district of central Tokyo there is a 160 square meter retreat of pure sensual delight, a small but intensely crafted manifesto for an architecture that luxuriates in a hyper-aestheticized...

The highest outdoor observation deck in the western hemisphere is set to open in March of 2020 in New York City. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), the Edge cantilevers 80 feet from the 100th floor of 30 Hudson Yards. At a record-setting height of...

4 Hudson Square is Walt Disney?s new headquarters in the Big Apple, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM). Located in the Lower Manhattan district, in the neighborhood of Hudson Square, the project will create a space for the...

The condition of the field is one of the most important variables of the project. Even if it is a good looking field in the exploration, it is rare for an architect to understand the limitations and limitations behind it, draw a conservative base of...

The Future Architecture Platform has issued its 5th Call for Ideas asking multi-disciplinary creatives who work on transformative projects and ideas for the future of architecture to apply for participation in the 2020 European Architecture Program....

Gensler collaborated with the architectural teams of Manica Architecture and Kendall/Heaton Associates on the new home for the NBA Champion Golden State Warriors, Chase Center. This 18,000-seat, 450,000 square foot arena is the anchor for an...

This spacious brick residence recently completed by Marian Lozano Lladó is located in Boadilla del Monte, Spain. Description Solar located on a slight slope facing the morning sun. Access street by the east...

The development zone at La Pelousière in Saint Herblain benefits from an excellent location between city and countryside. Nature encompasses the site and our project takes full advantage of its rolling topography and wooded environs. The approach to...

In the Japanese housing industry, it is common to break old houses and build new ones. The number of new housing is expected to decrease significantly and the used housing market is expected to be activated. We thought it would be important to...

In recent years, the Sharon Plain underwent a dramatic transformation, and its small villages were reinvented as communities that mix agriculture, orchards, and suburban private houses. At the same time, spatial planning, land parcellation, and...

Intervention is a reactive architecture faced to the hostility of urban conditions in the site and to the scheduled mechanism proper of a lifestyle inherited from the 20th Century modernity. An impersonal crossway with high traffic volume is...

Located in Oak Ridge, California, this inspiring private residence has been redesigned by Olson Kundig Architects. Photography by Russell Abraham Visit Olson Kundig Architects Visit Alward Construction