architecture

The Naman Retreat Pure Spa is an oasis of tranquility and facilitates the five-star Naman Retreat, Danang. Fifteen stunning treatment rooms are endowed with lush open air gardens, deep soak bathtub and cushioned daybed built for two. Keep fit at the...

A simple but effective stepped rear extension for our sociable, book-loving clients. Budget informed structure and materials to create a light filled and unique design that has a transformative effect on everyday family life. This rear addition to...

The restaurant is on a prominent corner facing the recently restored Born Cultural Center, the old Mercat del Born.

Located in the heart of Sanlitun Beijing, Marina Residence is a Beijing Courtyard Residence in Tuanjiehu District, next to East Third Ring Road. The original site consists of a series of existing buildings with different heights and structures. In...

The project was realized on an empty plot on a charming village road in Anzegem, Belgium. The plot is situated on the transition from a typical piece of Flemish ribbon development to a detached, ?belle époque?-architecture, so it was vital that the...

This project is located around the edges of the water garden in the ZAC (joint development zone) Rives de la Haute Deûle. It extends from the refurbished Le Blan-Lafont factory and the Hegel quay, which runs along the Haute Deûle Canal. The quality...

Regardless of what field designers specialize in, they are capable of translating their ideas and fantasies into visible and tangible material. After all, a designer\'s principle is quite simple: If it doesn\'t exist, create it.

Can an architecture be a critique in its environment"Can an architecturebe an antithesis in its neighborhood"Can an architecture deconstruct a physical establishment"Then re-question the essence of living"

The V&A has opened a new room in its popular British Galleries dedicated to exploring notions of Britishness, through the lens of comedy. Opening 29 March 2019, at an extraordinary time in British life, Laughing Matters: The State of a Nation...

The New York Botanical Garden?s new summer exhibition, Brazilian Modern: The Living Art of Roberto Burle Marx, celebrates the influential Brazilian Modernist landscape architect, plant explorer, conservationist, and artist Roberto Burle Marx.

The project is located at the intersection of Lijiao Road and Zhenxing Street, Haizhu District, Guangzhou City, south of the Pearl River. Before the renovation, Daganwei Warehouse Area of Sinochem Group Guangzhou was used as raw material reserve and...

The Midnight Charette is an explicit podcast about design, architecture, and the everyday. Hosted by architectural designers David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, it features a variety of creative professionals in unscripted and long-format...

Paris, Lisbon and Shanghai-based practices Jacques Ferrier Architecture and Sensual City Studio have turned what could have been an ordinary ?office plus car park? into an opportunity to radically reassess the surrounding urban district of Xujiahui...

Today, improvements in glass processing technology have made it possible to render specific and effective solutions for a wide range of architectural projects. In fact, there are so many options available that it\'s almost necessary to research...

This space creation is designed for the Exhibition of Art and Design Education Projects organized by the Ministry of Education. Students can be guided through national education to cultivate aesthetic knowledge and enhance life qualify. Thus, the...

John Robertson Architects (JRA) has completed the refurbishment of Bracken House in the City of London on behalf of the building?s owner, Obayashi Corporation. Bracken House was designed by Sir Albert Richardson in 1959 as The Financial Times (FT)...

The project reflects the natural evolution of this typical lot of Montreal towards greater densification. Over the last 20 years, the architectural firm has transformed this typical Montreal lot twice: First, with the creation in 2000 of the Maison...

This existing late-Victorian villa, a protected structure, has been remodelled and extended to take advantage of the magnificent views out over Dublin Bay and Ireland?s Eye.

At the Zeeburgereiland in Amsterdam ANA Architecten designed a dwelling without rooms. The living functions are spread over the free floors and spatially connected through one open space.

The apartment was refurbished to fit a young couple with their two dogs. 

The 1,500 square meter office occupies and entire floor of the new Alon Towers in the heart of Tel Aviv?s business centre. Roy David Architecture was commissioned to design a space that reflected both the data-centred and feminine nature of the...

Now is your chance to build a house of cards from cards of houses with the Kickstarter campaign for the updated second edition of SCALA Architecture Playing Cards. Architectura a Contrapelo, an architecture and design team based in Seville, Spain,...

It is a medium size house project designed for a small young family. Located in a dense neighborhood of Bandung city, Indonesia. The design approach was to create a simple popular looking house with triangular shape facade.

Award-winning architect Tatiana Bilbao spoke in an interview released by Louisiana Channel about her frustrations with today?s concept of sustainability in architecture. Living in Mexico, which Bilbao describes as a ?country with no resources,? she...

The new high school in Boulogne - Billancourt occupies a virtually triangular plot of land between Rue de Meudon and Traverse Jules Guesde. Its point is on Place Jules Guesde square, and the high party wall of an apartment building forms the third...

The didactic block of the Federal University of Ceará campus in the municipality of Crateús is the second building of the set provided by the master plan of this academic unit, following the administration block that is also the...

The new house stands in the ruins of an old country Galician house in the Lugo Province. All the original stone walls and facades were kept maintaining the character of the original building, the interior was totally renewed to make it luminous and...

The commission was to design a studio for a ceramist, along with a house for her young and growing family. The project had to relate these two programs in order for them to have enough control of one over the other, but at the same time have enough...

In 1957, Arne Jacobsen put the finishing touches on the Munkegaard School in Gentofte. In 2009, the iconic school was restored to original detail and modernized to accommodate new, interdisciplinary courses and differentiated teaching.

Built in 1965, this old building located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, was redesigned in 2014 by Block Architects. Description by Block Architects This house was in an old terrace next to an apartment built in 1965. The owner works...

Kaeng Krachan Library is a project located on the rural part of Thailand, among the surrounded by shady tree and peaceful nature of Petchaburi Province. The initiation of this project started from the owner wanting to build a public library as a...

Architecture practice zU-Studio has created a proposal for a floating pavilion in Amsterdam\'s historic shipyard. Designed atop an old Dortmunder Ship, the project was made to be a sculptural object that creates connections between cultures. The...

From the beginning of the design process, the abundant preserved Atlantic Forest surrounding the site guided the decision. In a fortunate coincidence, the most beautiful views are guaranteed by positioning the house environments facing north,...

This pavilion is an extended part form existing house. Its main function is sport facilities which consist of swimming pool, fitness, sauna, bathroom, outdoor shower, service area and parking.

Design practice Studio Precht has created a series of truncated timber treehouses for eco-building start-up Baumbau. The concept was created by Chris Precht and his wife Fei Tang Precht as a family of modular houses that are shaped by playfulness....

Redesigned in 2017 by Blee Halligan Architects, this inspiring barn B&B is located in Aldeburgh, United Kingdom. Description Aldeburgh is the nearest town to our site, a beautiful place on the Suffolk Coast in the East of...

Inspired and guided by the excellence that his work has been winning since his first participation in CASACOR São Paulo, Nildo José, a prodigy architect who in only five years of office has already consolidated as one of the main...

Most of the world\'s population today live in large, vibrant, energetic and sometimes chaotic cities. This is why, usually, when we think of taking some time off from our responsibilities and daily routines we picture ourselves lying in virgin...

Uber Elevate and Related Companies have unveiled their Foster + Partners-designed vision for a future Skyport in Santa Carla. The 240-acre site illustrates the benefits aerial ridesharing could provide for the Bay Area and other cities in the future.

BESIX and the Andermatt Swiss Alps development is transforming the traditional Swiss Alpine village of Andermatt into one of the world?s finest year-round destinations; boasting some of the best alpine and off-piste skiing facilities in Europe and...

There?s no doubt that architects spend a lot of time in front of a desktop, be it virtual or three-dimensional. In fact, although this statistic is not exclusive to architects, the average time a person now spends sitting down per day is 7.7 hours;...

Past, Present, Future is an interview project by Itinerant Office, asking acclaimed architects to share their perspectives on the constantly evolving world of architecture. Each interview is split into three video segments: Past, Present, and...

Loft interior design for an urban and cosmopolitan life in the center of Madrid, Spain, by In Out Studio. Photography courtesy of In Out Studio Visit In Out Studio

ARCHSTUDIO transformed a small individual building situated in an old hutong neighborhood of Beijing. Due to historic reasons, there are many individual buildings in Beijing\'s old districts, apart from traditional courtyard dwellings (Siheyuan)...

Why don?t architects often consider the ethics of what they do" Thomas Fisher?s new book, The Architecture of Ethics, digs into this topic in great depth and with engaging insight. At the recent AIA convention in Las Vegas, I sat down with...