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30-01-2017

YUUA designed a house in Tokyo only 1.8 metres wide

The Japanese refer to long, narrow lots as "eel’s beds". On one of these, YUUA Architects and Associates built a whole house, accepting the tough challenge of making life pleasant in a building only one metre and eighty centimetres wide.

25-01-2017

Dattner Architects and WXY architecture + urban design Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage and Salt Shed

The Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage and Salt Shed designed by Dattner Architects and WXY architecture + urban design have been presented with AIA New York’s Honor Award.

16-01-2017

Francisco Pardo Havre 77 Mexico City

The Havre 77 project in Mexico City by architects Francisco Pardo and Julio Amezcua is an interesting example of a project in an existing built area and a demonstration of how "empty spaces" in the urban fabric can be reclaimed, if “empty” spaces are defined as entirely or partially vacant spaces left behind by wars or disasters.

29-12-2016

Piuarch Amber&Art Flagship Store in St. Petersburg

Jewels are exhibited like works of art in the first Amber&Art flagship store, designed by Piuarch, located in the famous home of the merchant Antonov in the historic centre of St. Peterburg, built in 1824 by architect Domenico Adamini.

23-12-2016

OMA Faena Forum, Faena Bazaar and Park - Miami Beach

OMA’s project for the Faena District in Miami Beach was inaugurated recently. Three separate buildings, the Faena Forum, Faena Bazaar and Park, are linked by public spaces with views over the Atlantic Ocean offering the city a dynamic art, culture and design district.

20-12-2016

DS House: Olivier Dwek’s pseudo-symmetries

Olivier Dwek believes we have an ancestral instinct to seek perfect symmetry, but an excess of symmetry bores us. The Belgian architect designed DS House to look symmetrical even though it isn’t.

16-12-2016

KAAN Architecten's new De Bank building in Rotterdam

De Bank, the name of the building containing KAAN Architecten's new headquarters in Rotterdam, recalls the building's original function as the former headquarters of the Nederlandsche Bank. It is located in the heart of the city, on the banks of the Meuse River by the Erasmus Bridge, and another KAAN Architecten project, the Education Centre at Erasmus University Medical Centre.