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by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar May 16, 2023
Designed by Espacio 18 Arquitectura, the residence is infused with light-bathed minimalism, journeying through concrete volumes, striking a balance between public and private spaces.
by STIRworld Apr 18, 2023
The proposed design for the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development in Liberia is inspired by the architectural form of the palava huts.
by Jincy Iype Mar 11, 2023
To renovate a 60-year-old home in Japan, Ohta repurposed its original doors and window frames by creating an aesthetical collage, and as elements forming the staircase handrail.
by STIRworld Mar 09, 2023
Emerging out of a juncture of nature and city, the ultra-sinuous OCT Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre in China is informed by the idea and aesthetic of naturally occurring forms.
by Sunena V Maju Mar 07, 2023
The new Insectarium in Montréal aims to rethink the relationship between humans and other living organisms, through the amalgamation of nature and architecture.
by Jincy Iype Mar 02, 2023
Designed as a 'house within a house,' Casa Vista by Studio MK27 rests atop a 46m tall cliff in the seaside town of Trancoso in Brazil, made conspicuous with its theatrical horizontality.
by Sunena V Maju Mar 02, 2023
In their attempts of bringing in natural light, ventilation and vegetation, ODDO architects create CH House as a modern take on the traditional tube houses of Vietnam.
by Sunena V Maju Feb 15, 2023
Earthscape Studio crafted a farmhouse in Kerala that disguises itself as an extension of its surrounding nature through the use of vernacular construction and local materials.
by STIRworld Feb 10, 2023
Inspired by a 'floating feather,' the new Terminal 3 is set to accommodate 22 million passengers, becoming the biggest air transportation junction of Changchun city in China.
by Jincy Iype Jan 28, 2023
Articulated in the stillness of stone, the monastic and poignant Monastery Accommodation Stella Maris by Semerano Architecture Workshop reveals itself in choreographed pieces.
by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Jan 26, 2023
Japanese design firm Nendo uses glass and greenery to create Sumu Fumu Terrace, a communication lounge catered to the new age of home marketing for home builder Sekisui House.
by Sunena V Maju Jan 25, 2023
RDAI-designed Hermès flagship store at Madison Avenue narrates the tale of the brand’s Parisian roots and American dreams, in a dialogue of traditional and modern strokes.
by Sunena V Maju Jan 24, 2023
Nanjing Art Center by Studio Link-Arc employs sinuous geometries and parametric architecture to shape a metallic form, promoting technology in the Nanjing New Town.
by Dhwani Shanghvi Jan 24, 2023
Designed by Mathew and Ghosh Architects, the house, located in Coonoor, invokes the pre-colonial landscape—through a deliberate revival of the native Nilgiri.
by Jincy Iype Dec 01, 2022
The “inward-looking” Cool House is designed by SRDA with a propensity to cool itself, as an architectural response to the dry, arid region of Bharuch in Gujarat, India that it calls home.
by Jincy Iype Nov 21, 2022
MUDA-Architects follows a theme of "reading in nature" for this lakeside bookstore in Chengdu, China, with its dynamic yet austere form emulating a book falling from the sky.
by Jincy Iype Nov 01, 2022
PMA Madhushala attempts a sensitive take on vernacular Indian architecture with the Gadi House, its perforated brick and stone skin enveloping multiple petite courtyards inside.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Oct 29, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky interviews the founders of Only If, about their new home, Narrow House – more than a building, less than a manifesto, and an extension of urban policies.
by Zohra Khan Oct 26, 2022
Abandoned since 1970, the Argo Brewery in downtown Tehran gets a new identity as an arts incubator for the Iranian city, featuring age-old exposed brickwork and new floating roofs.
by Zohra Khan Oct 21, 2022
The Kerala-based architect crafts an indigenous building technique using soil and granite waste to design Flintstone6 - a two-bed cottage in southern India.
by STIRworld Oct 20, 2022
Henning Larsen imagines Ørestad Church as a timber clad, “modern monument” for Copenhagen, referencing a grove of trees with a clearing; the proposal is expected to be realised by 2026.
by Nadezna Siganporia Oct 17, 2022
Kyvik House, a private home in Kullavik, Sweden, by Sjöblom Freij Arkitekter consists of three distinct parts held together by a rigorous exposed wood structure.
by Sunena V Maju Oct 15, 2022
In the deserted field of Lithuania, AEXN architects etches Crematorium The Tumulus in the form of a burial mound covered with white linen.
by Jincy Iype Oct 14, 2022
Ma Yansong conceived the first completed building of the Quzhou Sports Park in China as a “piece of land art”; upon completion the complex will be the world’s largest earth-sheltered one.
by Sunena V Maju Oct 12, 2022
In São Paulo, Studio Guilherme Torres etches cuboidal volumes for a country home that aims to reconnect with nature amid the Atlantic Forest.
by Nadezna Siganporia Oct 06, 2022
Splinter Society combined contemporary extensions and dark elements with the heritage features of a worker’s cottage in Melbourne, Australia.
by Dhwani Shanghvi Sep 29, 2022
Kabelovna Studios, located in a suburb of Prague, is a cohesive amalgamation of a 20th century factory building and contemporary inserts, both celebrated individually.
by Zohra Khan Sep 23, 2022
A brutalist concrete volume nurtures a lush landscape spine in this suburban villa for a joint family, designed by New Delhi-based architects Britta Knobel Gupta and Amit Gupta.
by Jincy Iype Sep 20, 2022
With fluted black concrete exteriors, Rojkind Arquitectos arranges Pasiddhi House in Mexico as an elevated, “snake-shaped” series of bridges and volumes above a living, central garden.
by Zohra Khan Sep 19, 2022
A lush garden atrium nestles the medical core of the Albert Einstein Education and Research Center in Brazil, creating channels of surreal invitation and discovery.
by Afra Safa Sep 03, 2022
Logical Process Office won Iran's prestigious Memar Award for 'A House in Jolfa District', a gem hidden among the dense and ancient texture of the Christian district of Isfahan, Iran.
by Sunena V Maju Sep 01, 2022
Amruta Daulatabadkar Architects (adaa) designs the Ramai Boys Hostel in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, with the minimalism of Indian architecture to portray spaces encouraging interaction.
by Jincy Iype Sep 01, 2022
Wóolis, an austere Mexican residence by Arkham Projects is conceived as a circular observatory, its geometric, subtle being drawing from Mayan architecture and heritage.
by Sunena V Maju Aug 29, 2022
Winning the competition for a mixed-use complex, MVRDV proposes the Oasis Towers extending an integral dialogue between nature and the urban fabric of the Jiangbei financial district.
by Jerry Elengical Aug 29, 2022
On a pentagonal corner plot in the Ōta Ward of Japan’s capital, this two-storey home maintains the privacy of its users while offering abundant natural light and insulation.
by Zohra Khan Aug 22, 2022
The Greek wellness resort overlooking the Aegean Sea reveals a series of pared-back clustered spaces and expansive portals that resonate with its rugged landscape.
by Sunena V Maju Aug 22, 2022
After winning the international competition for the design of the Novartis Pavillon, AMDL Circle's circular structure takes shape as a self-powered art installation in Basel, Switzerland.
by Sunena V Maju Aug 06, 2022
The Indian architecture firm Charged Voids designs a compact granite office in Mohali, a satellite city of Chandigarh, reflecting a sense of tranquility through its materiality.
by STIRworld May 25, 2022
Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, RCA's new Battersea campus is a manifestation of the institute's transformation to a STEAM-focused post-graduate university.
by STIRworld May 21, 2022
In the heart of Tanglin’s affluent residential area in Singapore, Wallflower Architecture + Design etches a tropical narrative through the Water Garden House.
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