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Located on the research campus of the Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart, Germany, the Centre for Virtual Engineering (ZVE) specializes in the investigation of different multidisciplinary work flows. …

Without being allowed to use even one nail in the walls or flooring of this protected building, architecture firm GXN has created a functional and inspiring food lab for the famous restaurant NOMA. …

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When I first saw the façade of the Law Street House, I thought it wouldn’t be a project that interested me, because I’m not a fan of dark, industrial style.  I was surprised and delighted to find that the closed metal exterior gave way to a…

On the hillside of the Dolomites in Italy, at the edge of a residential area, Dolomitenblick is a unique structure that hosts six holiday homes.  Designed by Plasma…

S1 is the completely self-sufficient modular high-altitude dwelling by LEAPfactory.  LEAP stands for Living Ecological Alpine Pod, of…

Tube houses have been a staple in Vietnam for 200 years.  Initially, the homes had interior courtyards and light shafts, but as the city grew the houses became smaller, with stuffy and dimly lit interiors.  With the stunning tube home, Stacking Green, architect Vo…

Vertical gardens are great, but often require specific structural foundations and hydroponics in order to function.  The Structural Technology Group of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) has developed and patented a…

Early 17th century Fort de Roovere is surrounded by a moat and was originally built without a bridge.  Yet, as part of a recent restoration program, it required the addition of an access bridge.  Out of respect for the fort’s original island status, Netherlands-based…

Espacio Talca takes an emptied Chilean prison and turns it into a viable public space for arts, sports, politics, and retail.  The winning proposal was created by a team of architects that includes Guillermo Hevia García,…

Nestled in Chester County, Pennsylvania, this “Hobbit House” was built by architect Peter Archer (of Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd.) based on…

The Miami Chapel, a Catholic Church devoted to the Mexican Virgin Our Lady of Guadalupe, derives its corrugated form from the pleats of Our Lady of Guadalupe’s cloth.  The architecture is the work of…

We’re excited to announce that we recently finished the first phase of a project that has the potential to effect major change in the South San Francisco area. We’ve told you about our work with Shorenstein, a great development firm with properties throughout the country (read here) and we recently were approached by their team to work with them again on their Oyster Point Business Park project.…

Having studied cities for many years, I've found that reconciling new and existing architecture is quite a daunting task. It is particularly difficult in urban areas where buildings are in such close proximity to one another. While there are many reasons for this circumstance, a…

This graceful, curved structure is a dwelling designed by Atelier Tekuto, and constructed using their unique Earth Bricks.  Traditional cement…

The Jewel Box, designed by Indian firm SDeG, accommodates administrative office space and – rather appropriately – retail space for precious stones.  The design…

Wilson Meany Sullivan, Federal Realty and WRNS Studio team up on LEED Gold certified office in San Jose.

We’re often approached by developers who are in the planning stages of a major project, and need our help to visualize their ideas. In a way, we’re virtual storytellers, because we take seed of an idea, and show what the possibilities of it could be.

That’s what we did with Lot 11 at Santana Row, a 220,000-square-foot commercial office building in…

The People’s Meeting Dome is a dynamically deconstructed geodesic dome.  The design by architects Kristoffer Tejlgaard and Benny Jepsen was created for the…

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With a look that is reminiscent of a giant warped lego, the House in Kohoku by Torafu Architects is a simple one-storey home with a loft space.  The roof is composed of three “tubes,” each topped with a window.  The…