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07-10-2015

Kouhsar Villa by Nextoffice: redevelopment of a house in Kordan, Iran

The new Kouhsar Villa by Nextoffice in Kordan, near the Alborz mountain range, is architecture on the border between geometry and organicism. The hermetic exterior opens into a dialogue with the landscape thanks to the new floor-to-ceiling facade in concrete and glass. The central void designed by Nextoffice, creates a dialogue between the two floors.

18-09-2015

Panoramic viewpoint and defence structure in Park Genoves, Cadiz

José Luis Bezos Alonso is the creator of an urban project with a split personality. In Cadiz, Bezos Alonso restores the link between an important green area and the Santa Barbara seafront, recuperating a panoramic viewpoint which is also an outer defence structure in Park Genoves, the city's historical public gardens.

31-08-2015

Port Ludlow Residence by Finne Architects

Port Ludlow Residence is a modern compact house of 230 square metres built on the wooded waterfront of the Puget Sound, near Seattle in the state of Washington, USA. The design, directed by architect Nils Finne, has a large glass and aluminium veranda which looks onto the water.

27-08-2015

CTBUH 10 Year Award Winner 2015, Santiago Calatrava, Turning Torso, Malmo, Sweden

The skyscraper Turning Torso in Malmö (Sweden), a residential tower in glass and steel designed by architect Santiago Calatrava won the 2015 CTBUH 10 Year Award.

25-08-2015

Triptyque Architecture + Philippe Starck, TOG Concept Store, São Paulo, Brasil

The architectural project for the TOG concept store in São Paulo, Brasil was designed by the firm of architects Triptyque Architecture under the artistic direction of Philippe Starck.

03-08-2015

François Leclercq et Associés Nelson Mandela International High School, Nantes

The Nelson-Mandela International High School, designed by the François Leclercq et Associés Architects Studio, recalls the naval shipyards of the industrial history of Île-de-Nantes, but at the same time offers a radical break with the traditional image of a steel and glass hangar, with a structure entirely in wood and glass.

16-07-2015

Marco Piva Interior design Hotel Excelsior Gallia Milano

Architect Marco Piva designed a new expansion for the Hotel Excelsior Gallia in Milan and a functional reorganisation of the whole complex.

15-07-2015

Hotel in Sofia: changing architecture by Lazzarini Pickering

A hotel in the Bulgarian capital city can change its façade, revealing its interior and then hiding it again as desired by the inhabitants. The hotel built in Sofia by Lazzarini Pickering maintains both continuity and contrast with the buildings around it.