architecture

Wrapped in vertical stripes of Corten® steel street-side, with vast expanses of floor-to-ceiling glass and cantilevered windows overlooking the forest behind it, a modern house sits quietly in the corner of a cul-de-sac in Durham.

Fantastic collections of architectural sketches are always welcomed because that is how you learn, how to inspire and improve yourself. It is good to make as many sketches as you can in order to practice and to improve your skills. Also, the more...

Located in Stonington, Connecticut, this modern farmhouse was designed in 2016 by Dessa Lea Productions. Photography by Kelly M. Shea Visit Dessa Lea Productions

Siriphat is a female dormitory, located in the dormitory zone nearby Mahidol University. The land area is limited to utilize only a half, and leaving a half for future expansion, so the land area is narrow rectangular shape and face the narrow side...

The campus of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz is located close to the city centerin Palais Meran, the former residence of Archduke Johann, dating from 1841. Together with MUMUTH, the university?s house of music and concert hall...

The proposal comes from the client\'s requirement to generate a visual insight throughout the house by way of an indoor patio, ensuring that its function is not only decorative but also practical. The solution was to...

Swedish architecture firm Bornstein Lyckefors Arkitekter has designed a house ultra modern entirely in wood. Located to the east of Gothenburg and close to the Stora Kåsjön lake, this villa has been built adapting to the natural environment. The...

Situated on 1.5 acres of raw volcanic land within an exclusive resort community in Hawaii, the custom 9,100 square foot home serves as an oasis from the unforgiving Hawaiian sun. The contemporary residence is designed to capture amazing views of the...

This beautiful mountain apartment is located in Andorra. Photography by Jordi Miralles

The village lounge in Shangcun is a renovation project from the ruined courtyard into a public space, providing leisure and multi-used space for both local residents and tourists. The project is marked by the government as an exercisable and...

This article was originally published by Common Edge as "Architecture, Aesthetic Moralism, and the Crisis of Urban Housing."

Unbelievable fails and mistakes will surely leave you astonished. Firstly, the reaction may be laughter and unbelief, but in fact, these fails can be very serious and with some serious consequences. As you can see on the pictures, they can be...

This industrial container house located in Ecuador, was designed in 2015 by Daniel Moreno Flores. Description by Daniel Moreno Flores The memory The projects in which we get involved come as an answer to the...

Ark of Light city exhibition hall, which covers an area of 950? (floor area, with the site area of 20000?), is located at the commercial core of Lijia new area, the riverbank of Jialing River and the new center of Chongqing, next to the only...

Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter has released images of a new hotel located in the northeast of France. Breitengach Landscape Hotel links the beautiful French countryside and culture with modern lodging through a combination of amenities. The main...

New images of the Jean Nouvel-designed National Museum of Qatar have been released, as construction continues in Doha ahead of its projected December 2018 opening. The architectural concept for the scheme has been inspired by the desert rose, and...

Go back in time to the past, in the Japanese store arcade, a woman with a baby sling stood in front of a store counter to juggle with store work and housework. There was a kind of margin it allows others to step into private of the house. We think...

The Two-in-one House is a calm piece of architecture resting on the steep and dynamic landscape of Ekeberglia in Oslo.

It was an early morning in Chelsea, and men in suits were standing around the street, ushering in guests into a dark, 12,000 square-foot exhibition space at the XI gallery. Inside, the room was lit by a centerpiece installation of the New York City...

The #NaveIndustrialRX (#RXFactory) project started with the operation of a radioactive source for the steel industry. Safety was the main concern of the client, not only because of the radioactive source but because of the building itself. The first...

This modern seafront residence located in Spain, was designed in 2016 by JLE Arquitectos. Photography courtesy of JLE Arquitectos Visit JLE Arquitectos

Guesthouse-connecting people with the hart of hospitality and Japanese citron Mr. Kenkichi Nakano, who worked as an amateur photographer in Kito village, Tokushima prefecture, was loved by many people, Unfortunately, he came down with illness, but...

The American Institute of Architects Committee on Architecture for Education has announced the winners of this year?s Education Facility Design Awards. The eight winners and two merit honors were awarded this year?s best educational facilities that...

This is a project to reinvigorate the space of an old hospital and assist the vulnerable teenagers to regrow.

In this case of redesigning the interior of a chalet, we were asked to intervene in an existing awarded building and revisit the idea of mountainside design, in order to counterbalance the dynamic design of the existing exterior with a new adequate...

Bernard Tschumi Architects has been awarded one of the largest university commissions in France, with the design and build of a ?283 million ($350 million) state-of-the-art educations and research center at the Université Paris-Sud in Saclay, just...

This inspiring residence located in Australia, was designed in 2016 by COSO Architecture. Photography by Luc Remond Visit COSO Architecture

The brief was to design a new home on the site of the previous- lost in the Christchurch Earthquakes. A home that could house the client\'s large art collection and desires to challenge local architectural conventions. The result is a cabinet of...

The 4-story residential house is built in a 110 sqm gap between two houses in the center of Pfullingen. As a result of the small gap everything is built with pre-fabricated concrete components.

The dream of universal affordable housing has been an idea tried and tested by architects throughout history. From the wacky Dymaxion House by Buckminster Fuller, an imagining of how we would live in the future, to mail-order houses able to be...

The Chicago Tribune Tower is at the center of a $1 billion development seeking to bring over 700 residential units to the city center. Developers CIM and Golub have unveiled a proposal which would see the redevelopment of the neo-Gothic tower into...

The property was on a low hill, and the client wanted the brand new residence in the familiar environment.  The east side was a steep slope with the open front, and his top priority was the ?dwelling space with the living room with the extensive...

The challenge of designing a house with a tight budget and space constraints, together with the essential duty of responding correctly to the requirements of the user, is sometimes one of the most challenging and motivating tasks an architect can...

Located in Rio Acima, state of Minas Gerais - Brazil, in a hilly site with a slope of approximately twenty meters, the 500m² residence is implanted in a single floor, which integrates the exterior landscape. The room’s distribution...

This beautiful beach style residence located in Madrid, Spain, was designed in 2018 by Kubikoo Estudio. Photography courtesy of Kubikoo Estudio Visit Kubikoo Estudio

There is a variety of users at a people\'s court, including but not limited to judges, lawyers, suspects, general public, and even pedestrians. The architectural design of the court building is thus influenced by the wills and demands of these...

The "Redondo" is the last of a row of four buildings built at the beginning of the 20th century in the center of Coimbra. Its cylindrical shape responds to the oblique cross between two streets, and gives the building a certain singularity...

Generali Tower is within the CityLife masterplan that has redeveloped Milan?s abandoned trade fair grounds following the fair?s relocation to Rho Pero in 2005.

Situated in Southport, Australia, this contemporary residence was designed by Western Select Products. Photography courtesy of Crib Creative

In approaching this project, we desired a modest and respectful impact to the land, with an emphasis on intuitive functionality and aesthetic clarity.

The bridge over the Songyin River links the two villages of Shimen and Shimenyu. The existing stone masonry bridge with its characteristic arches comes from the 1950s and is today closed to vehicles. With the renovation and upgrading of the bridge,...

Miami\'s Brickell neighborhood has seen a boom of skyscrapers in recent years, dubbing it a ?mini-Manhattan." Soon, Miami will really be able to stake this claim with its own version of Daniel Burnham\'s famous Flatiron Building. Located in...

Saving Cultural HeritageSuperimpose designed an exhibition centre for Changzhi, a third tier city in Shanxi Province of China. Under the prevailing economic and urban transformation in China, Changzhi faces suburbanisation, which is effecting into a...

Located in Chongqing, China, this beautiful asian-style residence was designed by by NNS Design. Description by NNS Design ?Let it be a unique design in Chinese style? was the first idea when we received the project....

From ceramic tiles and metal sheets for roofs to wooden decks and floating cement tiles for roofing, roofing materials not only contribute to the drainage and protect the lower layers from solar radiation and wear, but also have an important...