Hair and Beauty Salon Kyurasu
This newly constructed hair salon, Kyurasu, was architecturally designed and built for a client who is an experienced hairdresser. One of the client’s requirements was to design a salon where all...
View ArticleApartment in Paris
The project is about the renovation and extension of an apartment located in Paris. The existing surface area, approximately 330 square feet, is totally rethought and completed by an extra space...
View ArticleMayfair House
Squire and Partners have completed a private house in Mayfair, London, featuring a striking bespoke leaf facade which mirrors an established Virginia Creeper on a facing building on Curzon Street. The...
View ArticleWitness Architecture and Infrastructure Stranded by California's Drought
How can a state bordered by an ocean have a drought? Well, thats not how weather works. California is currently experiencing an "extreme drought," according to the US Drought Monitor. In fact, upwards...
View ArticleDiva Down Under: Zaha Hadid Architects Designs a Trio of Gleaming Champagne...
Is there any stopping Zaha Hadid Architects? Having conquered vast swathes of Europe, the Middle East and China, the firm’s brand of parametric exhibitionism is now set to land on the riverfront of...
View ArticleCasa MT
This project concerns the extension of an existing detached house. The lot is nestled in the mountains of Valtellina Rhaetian, and bordered to the east by the bed of a small stream, bordered to the...
View ArticleBoosting Brain Power: Genius School Designs for the Present Day
It’s been suggested that subtle improvements to our built environment can dramatically boost performance. That’s the reasoning behind the cheerfully colored, comfy modular workspaces of Allsteel’s...
View ArticleMosa Scenes
Buy a range, own a concept. Dutch ceramic specialist Mosa is introducing the brand new tile collection, Mosa Scenes. A stylish and adaptable range, for the creation of fascinating scenes in an...
View ArticleWill the Gehry Construction Conglomerate Revolutionize How Architecture Is...
Gehry Technologies has changed the way we make complex buildings, and a new partnership with technology infrastructure provider Trimble could signal another big change in how we deliver architecture....
View ArticleRegiocentrale Zuid
Situated in Maasbracht, near the Dutch-Belgian border, this sinuous 2,000-square-foot office is a headquarters for the water traffic control of surrounding sluices, canals, and locks — all of which...
View ArticleSee the Future of OMA via the Firm's 4 New Partners
OMA announces four new equity partners to cope with a growing list of global projects.
View ArticleThe Barney Building
Long-time client Karbank Real Estate approached RMTA to generate design schematics for this 1968 commercial office building they were considering purchasing. Attracted to the mid-century character of...
View ArticleHow Russian Abstraction Triggered Zaha's Aha! Moment
The fluid, shiny curves of Zaha Hadid’s Heydar Aliyev Center or Galaxy SOHO are perhaps the aesthetic antithesis of Kazimir Malevich’s 1915 “Black Square,” an artwork that is exactly as its name...
View ArticleConsalez Rossi Casa FM
The project regards the complete renovation of a detached villa of 4,300 square feet and an extension of 17,222 square feet. The existing building is completely redesigned with the installation of...
View ArticleVilla Pecatu
Located on the reserved hilly limestone landscape of Pecatu, a beach resort in the southern peninsula of Bali, Villa Pecatu is a 9,690-square-foot private villa built on a 17,222-square-foot site...
View ArticleHow 3D Printing Saved This Frank Lloyd Wright Classic
Do you ever think that 3D printing holds a bright future for architecture, but in ways we aren't aware of yet? Does this new, digitally produced, open source world look less strategic and more...
View ArticleSouth Africa's Greenest Tower Is Cloaked Entirely in LEDs
Cape Town’s recently completed Portsidebuilding, now the city’s tallest, is much more than just a pretty glass facade against the breathtakingly scenic landscape of city, sky, mountain, and ocean....
View ArticleDear Jingumae Project
This is a conversion project that totally renovated a 25-year old office building, located on a back street of Omotesando in Tokyo, in order to facilitate commercial functions. The client requested a...
View ArticleElkhorn Centre
The development is designed primarily for commercial office use and the client’s desire to provide upper-end tenancies. This project is seen as a means of examining architectural rejuvenation and...
View ArticleHang Out in This Chic Fire Tower in The Mediterranean Forest
Firetowers are fun enough to climb when they are antique old crumudgeons from the New Deal. These amazing structures were built by the Citizen Conservation Corps in the 1930s, alongside the National...
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