Buildings

by Aisha Capulong Designed by OODA, the stunning Ndarja is set to stand in Albanian capital Tirana as an ode to nature within the confines of a metropolitan A departure from monotonous city formats, Ndarja is a masterpiece designed by […]

by Amy Peacock A web of glass and carbon fibres envelops Texoversum, a university building for textiles that architecture studios Allmannwappner and Menges Scheffler Architekten have created in Germany. Located in the city of Reutlingen, Texoversum forms part of the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iBIizTKmZ8 Zaha Hadid Architects references migratory birds for Zhuhai art centre by Lizzie Crook Video by Kevin Zhen Photo by Virgile Simon Bertrand Four angular wings with steel canopies form Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre, which British studio Zaha Hadid Architects has completed on […]

The bright yellow HAUS 1 becomes a key addition to Atelier Gardens in Berlin, part of an ever-evolving, sustainable masterplan by MVRDV by Harriet Thrope Image credit: Schnepp Renou Atelier Gardens, a six-acre creative film and community impact campus in […]

by Ben Dreith Photo by Tim Hursley LA architecture studio Gehry Partners has completed the extension of media company Warner Bros’ headquarters in Burbank, which juxtaposes two distinctive facade styles. Called Second Century Burbank, the Gehry Partners-designed complex contains additional offices and studios for the […]

by Amy Peacock Photo by Nicolas da Silva Lucas French architecture studio Atelier 9.81 has designed a tower of staggered concrete blocks for a harbour master’s office and lookout building on the Calais coastline. Forming part of the Calais Port 2015 expansion plan, the 38-metre-tall tower comprises four […]

TEXT MONISHA SIVANESAN IMAGES COURTESY OF NS BLUESCOPE MALAYSIA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THREE SUPERIOR ROLLFORMERS, BLUESCOPE PRESENTS THE FINEST MEDIUMS TO NOT ONLY UNEARTH A DESIGNER’S PROMISING CAPABILITIES BUT MATERIALISE A HOMEOWNER’S ULTIMATE DREAM HOME TOO. In an age where ingenuity, creativity and originality are customarily praised […]

by Jon Astbury photograph by Xiangzhou Sun Beijing studio Trace Architecture Office has placed a concrete cafe and guesthouse “like giant rocks” on the edge of a cliff on Jiming Island in Weihai, China. Embedded into the landscape, the Cliff Cafe cantilevers out towards the […]

by Tirthika Shah photograph by Bharath Ramamrutham Indian studio Malik Architecture has turned a 144-year-old ice factory in Ballard Estate, Mumbai, into the IF.BE contemporary gallery. The renovation, led and funded by Malik Architecture, aimed to preserve the ex-industrial space, which is in an area where the majority […]

by Amy Peacock photograph is by Marco Cappelletti  Dutch studio OMA has completed its first major public building in the UK, Aviva Studios, designed to provide flexible event space for Manchester-based arts and music company Factory International. Located along Manchester‘s River Irwell, OMA claims the 13,350-square-metre project […]