Sebastopol Residence by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop in Sebastopol, California, USA

Sebastopol Residence by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop in Sebastopol, California, USA

Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects have designed a home in Sebastopol, California. Surrounded by an amazing landscape with lots of redwood trees and meant for two graphics designers, the Sebastopol Residence has an eye for details. Decks located at either end of the house open onto paths that lead to the pool on one side and [...]

February 8th, 2012In Houses and Residential

Fabbrica Restaurant by Tjep in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Fabbrica Restaurant by Tjep in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Designed by Dutch design studio Tjep, this exciting interior is for the Fabbrica restaurant in Bergen. The wooden seating booths line one wall of the Bergen dining room, featuring suspended tabletops and chandeliers. Fabbrica struck us as the most convenient name for this new Italian restaurant. Fabbrica meaning factory in Italian, we envisioned the canteen [...]

February 7th, 2012In Hotels and Restaurants

La Minoterie by TANK Architectes in Roubaix, 59, France

La Minoterie by TANK Architectes in Roubaix, 59, France

La Minoterie was designed by TANK Architectes. This building located in Roubaix, 59, France. The project deals about the rehabilitation of an old flour-mill and an industrial building in lofts along the canal of Roubaix. The structure was in very bad shape, and is now open to let the natural light enlighten the flats. The [...]

February 7th, 2012In Houses and Residential

Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies by Krueck & Sexton Architects in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies by Krueck & Sexton Architects in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Krueck & Sexton Architects created Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies to accommodate 400-seat multi-use theater, college classrooms, library, permanent and temporary exhibition space. This building located in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Spertus, set in the Historic Michigan Boulevard District designed by architects such as Burnham and Sullivan, resembles an exquisitely cut diamond placed into the great wall [...]

February 6th, 2012In Educational Buildings

Conesa 4560 Building by Adamo-Faiden in Argentina

Conesa 4560 Building by Adamo-Faiden in Argentina

Young Argentinian architects Adamo-Faiden have completed a new residential building. This building located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The recently renovated Mackenna square, located in the Saavedra neighborhood, was chosen as the location for this building. A context contained by the surrounding constructions around it, and a dense vegetation interrupted in front of the plot for [...]

February 6th, 2012In Houses and Residential

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Administration & Information Centre by Aedas in Suzhou, PRC, China

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Administration & Information Centre by Aedas in Suzhou, PRC, China

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Administration & Information Centre was designed by Aedas. This building located in Suzhou, PRC, China. The Administration & Information Centre is situated in a beautiful environment inside Suzhou Industrial Park, where there is a harmonious coexistence of the city’s rich cultural traditions and its rapid economic development with convenient traffic. It has [...]

February 5th, 2012In Educational Buildings

Tucson Mountain Retreat by DUST design build in Tucson, Arizona. USA

Tucson Mountain Retreat by DUST design build in Tucson, Arizona.  USA

This is the project Single Family Residence in Tucson, Arizona and estimated completion at 2010. This house was designed by DUST design build. The home attempts to preserve as much of the land as possible as a way to hold on to the “history and mysteries of the Sonoran Desert.” Users must walk through [...]

February 5th, 2012In Houses and Residential

House by extrastudio in Lisbon, Portugal

House by extrastudio in Lisbon, Portugal

Background of this design is to conciliate all the preservation and zoning restrictions with a new program without compromising the original masterplan principles. This building was designed by extrastudio, located in Lisbon, Portugal. The project’s strategy is the outcome of a fundamental question – How to conciliate all the preservation and zoning restrictions with a [...]

February 5th, 2012In Houses and Residential

House Karlsson by Tham & Videgård Hansson in Tidö-Lindö, Västerås, Sweden

House Karlsson by Tham & Videgård Hansson in Tidö-Lindö, Västerås, Sweden

House karlsson by tham & videgard hansson arkitekter is a family home situated on the northern coast of the lake mälaren in central sweden. In this house, the Swedish barns and warehouse architecture can still be seen. It is set in a former recreational area where, in recent years, most of the small weekend houses [...]

February 5th, 2012In Houses and Residential

Red Diamond by Chiasmus Partners in Beijing, China

Red Diamond by Chiasmus Partners in Beijing, China

Architects Chiasmus Partners have converted a former factory into a dance centre and theatre. This building located in the Dongcheng district of Bejing, China. With the intention to emphasize the public character of the new dance center, the concept was to make the courtyard an outdoor “theater” – a public space that would revitalize the [...]

February 3rd, 2012In Museums, Culture and Libraries

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Oslo International School by JVA in Oslo, Norway

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Oslo International School by JVA in Oslo, Norway

A great multicolor striped facade was part of an expansion of The Oslo International School by JVA. The refurbishment and extension of an existing 1960s school building provides a cost effective solution to the changing needs of an educational establishment. Oslo International School is a private school with about 500 children from more than 50 [...]

The Eyelid House by Fiona Winzar Architects in South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia

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The Eyelid House by Fiona Winzar Architects in South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia

fiona winzar architects transformed a typical victorian terrace home into a contemporary residence with an
eye for sustainability. The rear addition to this inner city Victorian terrace is a contemporary design that features a roof form that has been manipulated like a eyelid to prevent any overlooking from the three-storey neighbouring giant.
Turning this tight and [...]

Lateran University Library by King Roselli Architetti in Rome, Italy

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Lateran University Library by King Roselli Architetti in Rome, Italy

King Roselli Architetti have designed Lateran University Library located in Rome, Italy. The Lateran University Library in Rome found itself unable to cope with the growing number of books and the increasing requests from users. This resulted in the decision to create a new building to house a large, public reading room with annexed archives, [...]

Miami Art Museum by Herzog & de Meuron in Miami, Florida

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Miami Art Museum by Herzog & de Meuron in Miami, Florida

Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, Miami Art Museum new home will work in concert with its natural surroundings to enhance the museum experience, and has been designed to achieve silver LEED (leadership in energy) certification. The new Miami Art Museum will be located in Museum Park, a redeveloped downtown waterfront facing Biscayne Bay and [...]

Zuidkas project by Paul de Ruiter in Amsterdam

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Zuidkas project by Paul de Ruiter in Amsterdam

Zuidkas project was design by Paul de Ruiter architecture. Located in Amsterdam. The sustainability strategies achieved by adopting green house principle, building’s orientation, functional organization, re-use of rainwater and etc. The Zuidkas, an experimental project commissioned by the Government Building Agency, challenges architects with an imaginary office building of over 11,000 square meters in Amsterdam [...]

Acoustic Barrier by ONL in Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Acoustic Barrier by ONL in Utrecht, The Netherlands

Acoustic Barrier designed by ONL Architecture and located in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
The architectural-urban planning project Hessing Cockpit in Acoustic Barrier is innnovative in several seperate fields:
1. Urban planning innovation
The design integrates a building volume in an acoustic barrier. ONL has defined a few clear design rules, which are specified in the SPVE [urban planning design [...]

Whale Beach House by Neeson Murcutt Architects in Sydney, Australia

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Whale Beach House by Neeson Murcutt Architects in Sydney, Australia

Located in the south-east fold of a steep, thickly vegetated hillside, below a towering escarpment, and looking out along the beach to Careel Head, the Whale Beach House by Neeson Murcutt Architects is your dream weekend getaway. This is amazing design.
Whale Beach House is located in the south-east fold of a steep, thickly vegetated hillside, [...]

Davies Alpine House by Wilkinson Eyre Architects London, United Kingdom

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Davies Alpine House by Wilkinson Eyre Architects London, United Kingdom

Designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects, this new Alpine House at Kew provides a sustainable, energy-efficient growing environment for a world-renowned collection of alpine plants located in London, United Kingdom. Davies Alpine House is high-tech glasshouses of Kew in the tradition of the innovative that provides a balanced, sustainable design, energy-efficient growing environment for a world-renowned [...]