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Located in King's Cross, Sydney, this restaurant and bar was designed by Durbach Block Architects and won this year's AIA NSW Chapter Sir Arthur G. Stephenson Award for Commercial Architecture. The four story building was completed in September 2009 and includes the aforementioned ground…

This is a superb concept by Aedas. This project challenges the unyielding verticality of the skyscraper and allows for a more free expression of the typology. An obviously difficult and structurally problematic design, I hope we begin to see more of these ideas put forth so that our dense urban environments can form architecture in new and interesting ways.…

This is a great little house by NDM Architects. As the name suggests, the architecture is a series of loops that fold in and around each other to form each space of the house. Several cantilevers are also utilized to provide shade for the terraces above the swimming pool. The lower living spaces are quite exposed to the outside, making the distinction between interior and exterior less apparent.…

The Vitra campus has become a growing conglomeration of architecture by the most famous contemporary architects including Frank Gehry, SANAA, Tadao Ando, Alvaro Siza, Zaha Hadid Nicholas Grimshaw, Buckminster Fuller and Jean Pruve. The latest addition, the VitraHaus, was designed by award winning duo Herzog & de Meuron. This work continues their exploration of variations on traditional…

Suppose Design Office has built a rather unique, albeit primitive design for a home in Hiroshima. Utilizing the pyramid form, the design is intended to provide areas of increasing privacy as one moves from the common/living space below to the bedrooms above. The architecture appears to be on stilts to allow for light to flood the lower level through the strip windows lining the base.…

This zero carbon elevator lift was exhibited at the London Festival of Architecture. This elevator is run by solar power and water and is used to transport wheelchair users up the previously inaccessible Duke of York steps. This invention is one of the first of its kind, but hopefully it will spur many more types of sustainable contraptions.…

This visitor center by Alsop Architects was designed as a temporary(two year) structure. The purpose of the project was to exhibit the regeneration strategy for the rundown dockland quarter of the city. Juxtaposed to the Victorian Pierhead Building, this project illustrates how historic and contemporary architecture can complement and enrich the other. Figuratively, the new structure acts as a lens with which…