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The Center is a combination Central Kitchen, Instructional Farm, and Education Center that supports daily food production for every student in the Oakland Unified School District in West Oakland, California. The design of The Center by Palo Alto's CAW Architects features shaded outdoor spaces,... CAW Architects

Canadian landscape architect Claude Cormier died on September 15, 2023, at the age of 63. One month earlier, Cormier spoke with The Cultural Landscape Foundation for a forthcoming oral history project. Upon his passing, TCLF released a clip from the project in which Cormier revisits a... John Hill

A diminutive new studio for artist Richard Erdman is clad in corrugated Cor-ten steel, a reference to the older structures on the artist's working farm in Vermont. The material is also a pleasing contrast to the white Carrara marble pieces Erdman is known for. Birdseye answered a few questions... Birdseye

The masterplan for the regional center 'Huysmanhoeve' in Eeklo is based on the typical typology of the moat farm. This forms the fundament to develop the Huysmanhoeve as an open, flexible and multi-purpose gathering place. This project is about four buildings: two existing barns are renovated... ZOOM architecten

Buildner (formerly Bee Breeders) recently announced the winner of the Iceland Greenhouse Restaurant competition, awarding the first-place prize to architects Derin Kinacigil and Juan... Derin Kinacigil, Juan Franco

Qinchang Village Town Hall is the second phase of the Qinchang Village CPC Center Complex. It focuses on the introduction of small local businesses as well as cultural and recreational programs, including a store selling local farm produce and handicrafts souvenirs, a small café, a restaurant,... Studio 10

Sanya Farm Lab is a 4,000-m2, four-story exhibition space located in Nanfan High Tech District of Sanya, the southernmost city on tropical Hainan Island. The design combines the climate characteristics of Sanya, integrates the regional scientific and technological agricultural elements, and... CLOU architects

Whidbey Island, located in the Puget Sound north of Seattle, is a scenic island dotted by small farms. One such farm is the setting for a single-family residence designed by mwworks, whose design maintains as many trees on the site as possible. The architects answered a few questions about the... mwworks

In 2017 Mix Architecture was commissioned by Chun Qin Yuan Ecological Farm, north of Yizheng City, for the renovation of a sun shed. The farmer hopes to adjust its function with less input and use the banquet hall as its main function to maximize its benefits. Mix Architecture

JACOB’S LADDER is a new sculpture by Gerry Judah for Gibbs Farm Sculpture Park in New Zealand. Gerry Judah

Château St. Gerlach is an estate near Maastricht, situated in the middle of the hilly Limburg countryside: a unique complex with a luxury hotel, restaurant and spa. Mecanoo architecten designed an elegant pavilion which balances the historic buildings on the site. Mecanoo

Located on the edge of the Saclay Plateau and the Bièvre Valley, the HEC campus has a privileged location. The 138-hectare park features prestigious sports facilities, a vast forest area and a plateau inhabited by buildings from 1962 and designed by the architect René Coulon. Martin... Martin Duplantier Architectes

In the summer months, the Fallingwater Institute hosts residencies for adults and students interested in using "architecture as a tool for learning and personal transformation." Participants get... Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

The farm offers a new type of leisure activity for children and parents in Moscow, educating children about the natural world through direct contact with nature. The Urban Farm is set to be a major step in the development of VDNKh – including a completely new building (rather than a... Wowhaus

Princeton University's campus consists of nearly 200 buildings spread across 500 acres. This footprint and large building stock led the school to impose a voluntary carbon tax, which affects the design of new buildings. Accordingly, Studio Ma's design of dorms and townhouses for...

Belgium's DDS & Partners Architects has won the Milan Expo Horizontal Farm competition with a design that envisions part of the site for the 2015 Universal Exposition as a reinterpretation of the cascina, the traditional Italian farm. DDS & Partners Architects

Built in 1881, in Vermoim – Vila Nova de Famalicão, the Igreja Velha Palace was for many decades the mansion of an important farm, baroque style with two castellated towers and an attached chapel, the neo-gothic style S. Francisco de Assis chapel. Visioarq Arquitectos

If you want that your garden gives you the best of himself and do grow quality food, it ‘s obvious and fundamental to turn the entire food farm project towards the sun. So we didn’t want to use any artificial lighting to supply power to plant vegetable gardens and a maximum of diversity. ABF-lab Architects and Engineers

With the opening last month of the the Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling, the larger Sugar Hill Development is complete. The 13-story building designed by the firm of David Adjaye also consists of an early childhood center, 124 units of affordable housing, office... Adjaye Associates

With the opening last month of the the Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling, the larger Sugar Hill Development is complete. The 13-story building designed by the firm of David Adjaye also consists of an early childhood center, 124 units of affordable...

Construction of Antoni Gaudi's Basïlica de la Sagrada Famïlia in Barcelona has entered its last phase with the erection of six towers that will make it the tallest church in Europe at 172.5 meters (566 feet). John Hill

Chilean architect Smiljan Radić's design for the 2014 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion has been relocated to Hauser & Wirth's Durslade Farm in Somerset, England. John Hill

As Austin, Texas-based architect Vincent Snyder attests, at first glace the Ottmers Residence looks fairly traditional—recalling a barn or some other farm structure—but for its Hill Country context the architecture is quite modern. The house can be seen as rectangular box with a...