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‘Haat Beat’ was the starting point for this design competition entry in 2005. Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation had invited entries for a Dilli Haat in Janakpuri, a massive site with a large residential audience, in a part of Delhi that had very few places to go... Archohm

Waverly Residence, located just south of Jean-Talon Street in Alexandra-Marconi district is the result of the idea of creating a very modern living place for wealthy clients in this up and coming neighborhood. MU Architecture

For us this is a very special project not only because the design has been made in close dialogue with the owners, but also because it has been fully built by the owners themselves. Bekkering Adams Architecten

In their design for the very first children's museum in Bulgaria, New York's Lee H. Skolnick Architecture and Design Partnership (LHSA+DP) designed a simple, L-shaped glass volume that is pierced by three faceted objects, what they refer to as "mountains."...

The new entrance hall at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum opened to the public on 5 September. "Work to move our main entrance to Museumplein has gone very well," says director Axel Rüger. Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates, Hans van Heeswijk Architects

Industrial Architecture. A building within another. When designing a car service building the main challenge is to organize two very different functional programs. SAU taller d'arquitectura

The IGN and Météo France Geosciences Center is a major renovation operation permitting the transformation of a 1980s block into a Very High Energy Performance (VHEP) building with a surface area of 15,900 sm. Architecture Patrick Mauger

After a very fast construction period of only two months a spectacular new pavilion shines in the heart of Rotterdam. Mei architects and planners designed this new McDonald's pavilion on Coolsingel Rotterdam. Mei architects and planners

With this project for fifteen new classrooms serving year seven to high school, the challenge was to place a new five-story contemporary classroom building in very close proximity to some of the oldest school buildings in Brisbane.

The building was originally an old wooden shed in very poor condition – a strong candidate for demolition. The challenge was to find ways to develop and optimize the spaces within a volume that could not be modified due to planning by-laws. Chevallier Architectes

In recent years, architectural practice has undergone deep transformations. In countries with a strong artisan tradition, as is the case of Spain, the old model of studying architecture that could lead to being in charge of projects of very different scales has been substituted by vast...

The MIPIM Awards, which honor "the very best of the real estate industry," have shortlisted 40 finalist projects from 22 countries in 11 categories, including a Special Jury Award for the first time. John Hill

This home for a family of five is located on Amami Oshima Island, midway between Kyushu and Okinawa in southern Japan. Although the lot is close to both ocean and mountains, its immediate neighborhood is built up with three-story apartments. Architect

How a building expresses the functions that it houses is just one of the many considerations architects need to take into account in the design process. Very few contemporary buildings make bold statements derived from function, but Arquitectonica's design for FIU's School of...

All states are at the mercy of natural elements to some degree, but none as much as Alaska, the 49th state and the only one entirely north of the 49th parallel, which forms the U.S. border with Canada. The harsh and sometimes dramatic effects of Mother Nature were the inspiration for...

The form and construction of the Harvest Pavilion at Common Ground High School in New Haven, Connecticut, may be simple, but the result is a very appealing building whose character changes during the day and when open or closed. This responds to the pavilion's various uses: It serves to...

This is a small home located on the border of a residential neighborhood and a forested area where development is restricted. Because the lot is lower than the road facing it, access is via a bridge leading to an entrance on the second floor. The shape is nearly cubic, with a triangular terrace...

The influence of Kazuo Shinohara (1925-2006) on Japanese architecture can be seen in the work of Toyo Ito, Kazuyo Sejima and numerous young studios. However, Shinohara's work is scarcely known in the West, in large part due to the very tight control that the architect exerted over the...