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01-02-2016

Casa Vasco Nunez de Balboa: ISMO’s interpretation centre

Jerez de los Caballeros is a town in Extremadura, Spain, with thousands of years of history behind it. ISMO Arquitectura planned the redevelopment of the house where explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa was born for use as an interpretation centre, aiming to make it an integral part of the museum-town.

20-10-2015

Trabocco, a Room Over the Sea by Studio Zero85

Pescara, Italy. The Adriatic coast is home to the “trabocco”, a traditional "fishing mechanism" consisting of a wooden platform extending out over the sea. Studio Zero85 transformed one of these traditional constructions into a habitable room, giving it a new function and a new image.

06-10-2015

Connekt: a coffee shop that makes Holland a better place

Connekt Café was created in the boiler room of Delft University, in the Netherlands, by Ateliers Interior & Architecture. A coffee shop in high-tech style that brings the authorities, cultural institutions and industries together to promote sustainable mobility in the country.

23-09-2015

PARC Architectes new façade for the Gigogne Building, Paris

The PARC Architectes studio has adapted a typical Parisian building for the contemporary needs of interior comfort and lighting.

18-09-2015

gmp has completed the SOHO Fuxing Lu urban district in Shanghai

The gmp (von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects) architects’ studio has announced the completion of SOHO Fuxing Lu, an entire city block in the heart of Shanghai.

08-09-2015

Architecture from plants: Barry Cox’s tree church

In Ohaupo, New Zealand, Barry Cox spent four years of his life growing a very special garden and creating a Tree Church out of five different tree species and his own know-how.

01-09-2015

Study the shapes: Sorel Residence by Naturehumaine

The Canadian architectural studio Naturehumaine, directed by Stéphane Rasselet, constructed a house with a very unusual shape. Sorel Residence, which takes its name from the place it is built in, is a perfect example of the geometric disruption of shapes.

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.