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Scandinavian Middle
This residence, consisting of a design office and a master bedroom, is the result of renovating a barn that once stored farming equipment. Located in a rural area about an hour's drive from Tokyo, the...
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Now This Is How You Renovate a Frank Lloyd Wright Icon
Chicagoland is no stranger to Frank Lloyd Wright's prairie house repertoire. From his first residential commission to the famed Robie House, Chicago and its suburbs are teeming with some of the...
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A Shrine in Chaos
This is a Shinto shrine built to remember the city’s origin, designed for the Water and Land art festival held in the city of Niigata. This shrine is located in a vacant lot between two bridges where...
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Hop Aboard This Vertical Train to the Stratosphere
Last year, architects like Diller Scofidio + Renfro and SHoP released futuristic proposals for a new Penn Station that would replace the widely-detested Madison Square Garden. But, while these...
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Blue Box
The three-section sports hall of BG/BORG Graz Liebenau – called Blue Box – should be seen as an additional module within the whole complex of the existing sports and school building, which functions,...
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Three House
Built on an irregular plot of approximately 22 by 62 feet, this house is located in the town of Boca del Rio, at the Port of Veracruz. Based on the concerns and needs of a family consisting of a...
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Casa Zii
This house is located in an area dense with buildings, facing the shores of Lake Iseo. The project started from a desire to exploit the potential of a place that was widely neglected; a mechanical...
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House of Blocks
This house is located in Ushiku City, Ibaragi Prefecture, about an hour by car from Tokyo. The exterior features a triangular roof with no windows on the front facade, to create an image of blocks...
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Yoo Panama Inspired By Starck
Yoo Panama is a luxury residential project located on Balboa Avenue, a spectacular strip bordering the sea that offers magnificent views of the bay and Panama City. The building is conveniently...
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Paddington Residence
Minimal and raw, yet textured and welcoming, the Paddington Residence is an exploration of space and materials for a rigorously contemporary family home in a historical setting. Beyond simply...
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Sky Highs and Financial Lows: How Skyscrapers Predict Economic Crises
Can buildings predict financial collapse? Barclay's seems to think so. Architecture is one of the most interesting ways to watch our political and cultural ambitions played out, so why couldn't it act...
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These 10 Sliced Houses are Residential Architectural Illusions
From suburbs to children's toys, the iconic image of the simple five-sided section of a house is ubiquitous, its skeuomorphic outline used in graphic design to denote the "home." Chances are, you can...
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Summer House
This project is located within the industrial area of Moscow. The client requested a multifunctional recreational area for the warm summer season, where he can bring his family, invite business...
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Why the High-Tech Chengdu Tower Represents the Future of Western Chinese Cities
The Chengdu Greenland Tower by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, stands as a 1,500-foot, supertall, mixed-use tower in Chengdu, an up-and-coming western Chinese city whose development is behind...
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Rear Window
In developing the concept of this building, the following questions were raised: How do you design a building that generates social ties rather than simply a social housing building? How do you create...
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These Nuclear Reactor Drawings Will Melt Your Brain
Nuclear power is a controversial topic. It is used in around 30 countries across the world, with extraordinary uses both transformative and devastating. The very first reactor, called Chicago Pile-1,...
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Short on Waterfront Warehouses to Convert, Baltimore Builds a Convincing...
From its perch on the Patapsco River, Baltimore’s popular Fells Point neighborhood draws shoppers and revelers who wander its cobbled streets, ogle its historic townhomes, and warm its microbrewery...
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Sterling Partners
Sterling Partners is a private equity firm that decided to bring their business philosophy of “inspired growth” to their work environment by relocating their headquarters to downtown Chicago from the...
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Nendo Designs Japanese-Scandinavian Fusion for BoConcept
Fusion, Nendo’s new furniture collection for BoConcept, makes use of ultra-clean lines and unadulterated materials in a way that speaks to the 19th-century Japanese influence on Scandinavian design...
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