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Located in the leafy suburb of Higgovale, set below the iconic Table Mountain, House Invermark overlooks the city and harbour of Cape Town. Forty seven years after receiving a medal for excellence, House Invermark has been awarded a prestigious Commendation from the Cape Institute for Architecture (CIfA), in recognition of noteworthy contributions to architecture. More
Construction works have begun on Zaha Hadid Arhitects‘ Bora Residential Tower in Mexico City. Commissioned in 2015 by Nemesis Capital, a Mexican company committed to building new communities of the highest standards, the tower is within Santa Fe, an important business district in the west of Mexico City with a rapidly growing community that includes […] More
KAPSARC (King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre) is a non-profit institution for independent research into policies that contribute to the most effective use of energy to provide social wellbeing across the globe. KAPSARC develops policies and economic frameworks that reduce the environmental impact and overall costs of energy supply and enable practical technology-based solutions […] More
Located within the established streetscape of St Kilda Road, the design enables residents to make full advantage of its excellent location within Melbourne. The fluid forms of the façade define large balconies for each apartment and spectacular views of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Port Phillip Bay, Albert Park and skyline of the Central Business District. More
Designed by Ben van Berkel / UNStudio, CapitaLand’s new Raffles City is a sustainable urban hub for living, working and leisure located in Hangzhou, one of China’s most picturesque cities. It forms the eighth Raffles City development in China. More
ODOS Architects London Studio has recently completed Slack’s new central London workspace. The space is a reflective and calm penthouse oasis perched in the rooftops above historic central London streets. More
A nine-story office building of 25,000 m2 is completed on Bertha-Benz-Straße as a fourth and final component of the “Lehrter Stadtquartier”, directly south-west of Berlin’s main railway station. The building is in direct dialog with the three other volumes of the ensemble, for which clear master planning directives were given in terms of the buildings’ […] More
Luigi Rosselli Architects designed the new Twin Peaks house, built on the bones of a solid 1970s Rose Bay home with an existing single roof ridge to the front and a substantial addition to the rear under a new second roof ridge. Designed with a modern language of sharp edges, abstract forms, robust cantilevered canopies and […] More
Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed the spectacular temple in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo. A 13.5 metres tall statue of the buddha, sculpted 15 years ago, is concealed within a hill covered in 150,000 of lavender plants. Under the hill are a a 40-metre tunnel and a rotunda embracing the statue. See more after the jump: More
The architects Paolo Iotti and Marco Pavarani from Iotti + Pavarani Architetti, together with a group of designers from Artecna have designed the new operations headquarters of Reale Group in Turin, Italy. The architecture defines a contemporary insertion in the heart of the historical centre: a new construction that represents a significant replacement project achieved without […] More
Discover this contemporary office building, located next to the ancient southern gate to the city of Seoul, the Namdaemun Market, designed by Mecanoo Architects. The market’s history and regional traditions informed the design for a contemporary office building, connecting past and present. Maximising the land allocation, the slim 14-floor building sits elegantly on a corner plot […] More
Discover Jinwan Aviation City Research and Development Centre (China) winning proposal by 10 Design. Located in one of the prime locations along the Jinshan Lake, the buildings will become an incubation platform for start-up companies and entrepreneurs, providing support, resources and networking opportunities for young businesses. Our proposal for the Industrial Service Center site is designed […] More