Moke Architecten Crowns Wooden Home in Muiden with Greenhouse
A stunning greenhouse, framed by a wooden pergola, crowns the top of this home in…
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Studio Gang Verde Tower in San Francisco
Studio Gang, a Chicago-based architecture firm, has completed the Verde tower, a striking 23-storey skyscraper…
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Wooden Louvres Create Seclusion by Keiji Ashizawa
Japanese architect Keiji Ashizawa drew inspiration from traditional Kyoto townhouses when designing the House in…
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Cubeinside’s Bait Ur Raiyan Mosque: A Modern Red-Brick Sanctuary
Cubeinside, a local architecture studio in Dhaka, has designed the Bait Ur Raiyan Mosque in…
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Villain House: A Concrete Replica of an Old Barcelona Townhouse
Architecture Office Claudia Raurell has replaced a dilapidated townhouse in Barcelona with Villain House, a…
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Hello Wood Designs Grass-Topped CLT House
Architecture studio Hello Wood has completed CLT House, a sunken residence near Budapest, Hungary. The…
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Mould Growing on Toyo Ito “Largest Wooden Building in Asia”
Gaia, a mass-timber business school at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, designed by Japanese…
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Casa La Escocesa: A Sustainable Metal-Clad House by DUB Arquitectura
Local studio DUB Arquitectura has created “Casa La Escocesa,” a metal-clad house featuring innovative “insulating…
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Locus Designs Makan Restaurant with Recycled Materials
Mexican design studio Locus has crafted the interior of Makan, a Singaporean restaurant in Mexico…
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Niceworkshop’s Neo-Naturalism Design for HaHouse Cafe
Niceworkshop, led by Hyunseog Oh, has reimagined HaHouse Cafe in Seoul’s Itaewon district, blending urban…
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Kona Village Resort: Reimagined by Walker Warner Architects
Winding pathways and thatched roofs made of recycled plastic are among the notable features of…
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Miller Apartment Building with Red Brick Facade
Dutch studio Martens Willems & Humblé Architecten has clad the Miller Apartment Building in Maastricht…
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Kengo Kuma Shrouds Seoul Museum in Cascading Aluminium Pipes
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has unveiled the Audeum audio museum in Seoul,…
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Galaxy Arch Completes Pavilion in Suzhou Industrial Park
Galaxy Arch has completed a pavilion in Suzhou Industrial Park, inspired by an old wooden…
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Origami-like roof tops timber home in Suffolk by Studio Bark
Studio Bark has added Water Farm, a timber-framed house, to a family farm in Suffolk….
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Urban Oasis in Okinawa: House in Nishizaki by Studio Cochi Architects
Thick walls of exposed concrete create a buffer from the surrounding city at House in…
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Terra Cotta Workshop in Vietnam by Tropical Space
Tropical Space, an architectural studio, has designed the Terra Cotta Workshop in Vietnam, featuring perforated…
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Concrete and Timber Blocks Shape House in Tsurumi-ku
FujiwaraMuro Architects designed House in Tsurumi-ku, a family home in Osaka, featuring a series of…
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Rising from the Water: A Flood-Resilient Pavilion by Yasmeen Lari
A circular pavilion crafted from wood and reed, created by students under the guidance of…
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Álvaro Siza Designs Angular Concrete Extension for Monastery of Leça do Balio
Historic Monastery of Leça do Balio in Porto features a dramatic angular addition added by…
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Kirigami House: A Paper-Inspired Masterpiece
Located at the Powder Mountain ski resort in Utah, Kirigami House is a visually arresting…
