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by Shivangi Buch May 22, 2023
Designed by Tokyo-based CUBO Design Architect, the whimsical Japanese vacation home resembles a circus tent, fostering seamless interaction between humans and vehicles.
by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar May 06, 2023
The intentional neighbourhood designed by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple on Powder Mountain, Utah is a prime example of residential architecture designed within a larger societal framework.
by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Mar 25, 2023
Antwerp-based Studio Okami creates a modern home wrapped in reflective aluminium, glass, and concrete.
by Dhwani Shanghvi Mar 14, 2023
The restoration project in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh is a reaction to the local climate, topography, and cultural influences of the Kullu Valley.
by STIRworld Mar 06, 2023
haascookzemmrich STUDIO2050 designed the Rapunzel Visitor Center in Legau for organic food producer Rapunzel Naturkost, with a floating roof and a ‘braided’ spiral staircase.
by Sunena V Maju Feb 13, 2023
At their latest sauna design for the resort facility, SANA MANE in Naoshima, Japan, Kengo Kuma and Associates designed a mollusk-like organic structure in layers of wood.
by Samiksha Chaudhary Feb 02, 2023
In a narrow plot in Tokyo, 'A Japanese Manga Artist’s House,' with a sloping facade, elements of constructivism and deconstructivism, ties tangible daily life to a sense of fiction.
by Jincy Iype Jan 23, 2023
The Valle San Nicolás - Clubhouse designed by Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos is articulated as a low circular volume made of sustainably sourced wood, ‘like a boat anchored in the water.’
by Jincy Iype Dec 03, 2022
The timber-clad spa and hotel sits on a vine-covered, scenic hill in France, as a dedicated venue for exploration of wine and wellness, and evoking what the French call Art de Vivre.
by Nadezna Siganporia Nov 29, 2022
A modern, bunker-like holiday home by award-winning architect Stacey Farrell allows for the rugged topography and wilderness to lead the stealthy design.
by Jerry Elengical Nov 26, 2022
Comprising four stone masonry-clad volumes linked by swooping hyperboloid roofs, the cultural complex in Zibo, Shandong Province, China, blends traditional and modernist references.
by STIRworld Nov 24, 2022
Titled À table, “the French call to sit down together at a table”, Ghotmeh’s lightweight, timber Serpentine Pavilion is conceived as a common ground for meaningful human interaction.
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 Sunena V Maju Oct 13, 2022
At LDF 2022, the One Tree project by SCP brought together a group of designers, artists and craftspeople to create different pieces from parts of the same ashwood tree.
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 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 15, 2022
Inspired from the whimsy of Harry Potter novels, a house designed in a 'familiar vernacular' in the Detroit suburb, sits hidden in its lush context.
by Ayushi Mathur Aug 31, 2022
Lining along a seven-mile stretch, the lifeguard towers draw inspiration from the Art Deco style that rendered the design history in Miami Beach.
by Jincy Iype Aug 12, 2022
Gleaming as a "solitary diamond" amid a lush, undulating Swedish vineyard, Restaurang Äng ensnares senses as a stimulating interplay of architecture, food, wine, interiors and art.
by Anmol Ahuja Jul 25, 2022
Erected as a porous bamboo and wooden pavilion in Bangladesh, the restaurant pavilion by Two Fold Studio champions vernacularity, sustainability and essentiality in architecture.
by Jincy Iype Jul 21, 2022
Group of Architects crowns this lakeside restaurant in China with a choreographed cluster of pyramidal frustums, its form an abstracted geometry of the metasequoia trees growing on site.
by STIRworld Jun 23, 2022
Fritz Hansen collaborated with Henning Larsen to create the wooden and polycarbonate pavilion for 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen, based on Nordic architecture and designed for disassembly.
by Jincy Iype Jun 22, 2022
STIR reflects back on the idiosyncrasy of The Exchange, Kengo Kuma & Associates’ first completed project in Sydney, Australia, through the eyes of Yuki Ikeguchi, Partner, KKAA.
by Jincy Iype May 04, 2022
Taller Alberto Calleja drew from the Mexican vernacular for Casa Malandra, articulated as two rectangular forms converging at their centre, carrying simple materiality of wood and concrete.
by Devanshi Shah Apr 29, 2022
Located in Kyoto, and designed by Mandai Architects, the restoration of this private residence preserves the home's community presence while adding contemporary elements.
by Jincy Iype Mar 25, 2022
With The Railway Farm, Grand Huit and Melanie Drevet Paysagiste merge agriculture with affordable housing and create jobs for the vulnerable sections of the Parisian district.
by Anmol Ahuja Mar 17, 2022
Spanning a narrow water body in Gulou Waterfront Resort, this latticed wooden structure is defined by intricate joinery and a definitive callback to the region’s cultural roots.
by Jincy Iype Feb 17, 2022
Questioning our ways of consumption, Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP discuss their Kamikatsu Zero Waste Center - an architecture shaped with trash and a Japanese town’s memories.
by Zohra Khan Feb 10, 2022
Khiankhai Home & Studio for a Thai furniture brand is an expression of wooden architecture that ties itself to the context and presents a contemporary compositional approach to craft.
by Jincy Iype Jan 29, 2022
Pedevilla Architects used salvaged spruce and stone pine for CiAsa Aqua Bad Cortina, an all-wooden, alpine family home built sans chemicals, adhesives, treatments and tech solutions.
by Jincy Iype Jan 27, 2022
Free flowing yet strict, the Nantong Urban Agricultural Park tourist service buildings by Z-One Architects features three distinct, ovoid figures adorned with light wells and skylights.
by Zohra Khan Jan 25, 2022
Previously documented in a short animated movie, Rafal Barnas and Boguslaw Barnas present the transformation of an old homestead into a modern residential manor in Poland.
by Jincy Iype Jan 08, 2022
With the midnight dark wood pavilion, LIN Architecture explores how one reacts to space and nature, its form focusing on human behaviour, proxemics and ergonomics.
by Jincy Iype Nov 25, 2021
The Hospitality Center by Megabudka in Russia draws visually from local architectural heritage and contemporary design, articulated as a set of ebony-clad geometric volumes.
by Jincy Iype Oct 25, 2021
Conceived as “a wooden vessel floating in the Bay Area,” the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics arena is set for permanent use as an exhibition hall.
by Jincy Iype Sep 23, 2021
Dorte Mandrup’s climate research and visitor centre sits light on a glacial and rugged Greenlandic bedrock, its twisting form like “a snowy owl’s flight through the landscape”.
by Jincy Iype Sep 15, 2021
aoe's Guilin Lebei Homestay Hotel features raised wooden pods linked by a winding walkway strewn within a scenic site in Guilin city, with a flowing creek and greenwood for company.
by Jerry Elengical Jul 06, 2021
Cartier's storefront in Shinsaibashi, comprising over 2,500 handcrafted Hinoki cypress modules, connects with both Japanese craft traditions and French brand's luxury aesthetics.
by Jincy Iype Jun 21, 2021
3XN’s Lemvig Klimatorium is a waterfront climate centre designed with a limited budget and ecological footprint, made distinct with a wavy wooden pocket on its skin.
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