Looking for a Compound? Here’s a Geodesic Getaway in the Sierra Foothills
Surrounded by forest, the funky ’80s residence underwent a complete, studs-out renovation over the past three years.
Büro Ziyu Zhuang creates UFO-shaped gallery in grassland in Inner Mongolia
Büro Ziyu Zhuang has created Prairie Ark, a public gallery resembling a flying saucer that has touched down on grassland in Inner Mongolia.
YNAS uses timber-framed canopies to reconnect Japanese home with the outdoors
YNAS has renovated and extended a traditional timber home in southern Japan, opening up its interiors and adding corrugated metal canopies.
"Parametricism is a technophile triumph of fetishised process over outcome"
Parametricism is not what humanity needs from architecture in the 21st century, writes Catherine Slessor.
A 1970s Italian brutalist villa outside Milan
Francesco Castiglioni's concrete family villa in Cusano Milanino is a restrained study in Italian brutalism, now newly on the market.
Kuma&Elsa arranges Japanese apartments around translucent "huts"
Kuma&Elsa has renovated the top floors of an apartment block in Japan, creating "huts" at its centre that re-create a traditional engawa.
Futuristic Home with Detachable Rooms
Futuristic home, built by architect Ed Niles in 1992, nestled among the trees in Malibu, California.
Rock’n’House, Hudson Valley, New York
“Everything I design is meant to connect individuals to one another, to themselves, and to the cosmos” – architect Christian Wassmann.
Patek Philippe Grand Complication
This new grand complication was created explicitly for connoisseurs of striking watches. It stands out with its open architecture that allows the minute repeater mechanism including the hammers and gongs to be admired in action while the watch is being worn on the wrist.
Casa RC, Barra da Tijuca, Brazil
Open and transparent spaces composes the Casa RC, a architecture design of PKB Arquitetura in partnership with Salt Arquitetura.
Tungestølen Hiking Cabin, Norway
Situated in Luster in the western part of Norway on a small plateau overlooking the beautiful Jostedalen glacier, Tungestølen comprises a constellation of pentagonal tourist cabins designed by Snøhetta for Luster Turlag, a local branch of the Norwegian National Trekking Association.
Kö-Bogen II, Düsseldorf, Germany
Giving back as much green as possible to the city is a task that ingenhoven architects have been working on for decades and across different climate zones.
Nuwa House, Jongno-Gu, South Korea
Nuwa is located in Nuha-dong, Seochon, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Seoul. It is the oldest village along with Bukchon and was the residence of the royal family, scholars, and the middle class since the Joseon Dynasty.
The Buhais Geology Park Interpretive Centre, Sharjah, UAE
The site features an abundance of marine fossils from over 65 million years ago, spectacular mountain ranges and ancient burial sites from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages.
EP House, Bragança Paulista, Brazil
The highlight of the EP House is the well-defined and balanced use of geometric forms. The wide spaces are visually connected and they are all opened to the exuberant nature of its surroundings.
IKEA Mars Desert Research Station Living Pod
Situated in southern Utah, the station comprises seven elements: a greenhouse, solar observatory, engineering pod, science building, robotics observatory, and a domed, two-floor living habitat nicknamed The Hab.
Balenciaga x Harry Nuriev Discarded Clothing Couch
Harry Nuriev creates a couch filled with Balenciaga clothes for Miami Art Basel.
Brumma House, Guateque, Colombia
Casa Brumma is located between the Guateque municipality, Boyacá, in the area better known as the Tenza Valley.
Retina House, Santa Pau, Spain
This architectural object transforms its relationship with the environment as the seasons change in the riverbank vegetation filter that accompanies it, but also from the varying expression of its gaze, which enjoys the landscape protected from the sun when it raises its eyelids.
1300 Beverly Estate Drive
In a quiet neighborhood minutes from the heart of Beverly Hills sits 1300 Beverly Estate Drive, a palatial, three-story hillside retreat that boasts panoramic views of the city below and ocean beyond.
Soho Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA
Soho Warehouse, a members’ club for east la’s creative community, set in Downtown Los Angeles.
King, Toronto, Canada
Located at the meeting point of three 20th century neighborhood parks, BIG, Westbank and Allied propose a mixed use development with a public plaza that will create a new center for the community while connecting the various pedestrian pathways that crisscross the area.
Energy Plant, Copenhagen, Denmark
CopenHill, also known as Amager Bakke, opens as a new breed of waste-to-energy plant topped with a ski slope, hiking trail and climbing wall, embodying the notion of hedonistic sustainability while aligning with Copenhagen’s goal of becoming the world’s first carbon-neutral city by 2025.
Hood River Residence, Oregon, USA
Located on the northern slope of an extinct volcano, the Hood River Residence rests at the transition between the agricultural valley and the forested hillside of Hood River Valley.
The Winnwood Residence, Dallas, Texas
A new 4,600 SF, single-story, a single-family contemporary residence that gives the owner the sense of living in the outdoor landscape year-round.
Beijing Daxing International Airport
Developed to alleviate congestion at the capital’s existing airport, Beijing Daxing will be a major transport hub for the region with the world’s fastest-growing demand for international travel and is fully integrated within the country’s expanding transport network.
The Twist, Kistefos Sculptural Park, Norway
Traversing the winding Randselva river, BIG’s first project in Norway, The Twist, opens as an inhabitable bridge torqued at its center, forming a new journey and art piece within the Kistefos Sculpture Park in Jevnaker, Norway.
My Dream Wedding Boutique, Shanghai, China
In order to create the conception of unexpectedly entering a time and space, Nong Studio used materials to invert the interior and exterior spaces.
MOMA Lotus Resort, Jiuhua Mountain, China
The building does not disappear into the nature in the form of debris; it is placed on the water in a complete form, as if to integrate the scenery of the four seasons into the courtyard, or let the architecture and landscape, heaven and earth integrate to feel the changes of four seasons.
Sol House, Pelluhue, Chile
Sol House is located off the coast of Pelluhue, one of the growing popular beaches of the southern scepter of Chile.
The Skyscape Rooftop House, Khet Chatuchak, Thailand
The rooftop location is an interestingly unique context that sets this project apart from other housing designs. By WARchitect Architects.
White House, Auckland, New Zealand
The house is designed as a progression of spaces which move from the south-facing entry towards the north-facing living areas, which open out dramatically to the sea, Rangitoto Island and Takapuna Beach.
Gateway to Space
Virgin Galactic opens the doors to its Gateway to Space building in Spaceport America.
Off-White™ “HOME” Collection
Collection is broken out into three categories — “CERAMICS,” “BED,” and “BATH.”
Villa Pernoi, Lagos, Portugal
The view becomes immersed in the intense green of the surrounding area, in the wide sweeping bay of Lagos and in the changing tides of the Alvor estuary.
Tramonto Residence, Los Angeles, USA
Nestled in the Pacific Palisades foothills, the Tramonto Residence is a contemporary single-family home which integrates the natural beauty of an adjacent state park.
Grotto Sauna, Ontario, Canada
The blue waters of Lake Huron, located north of Toronto, complement its majestic surroundings and offer a dream-like location for a retreat.