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Boxhome

Boxhome is a 19 square meter dwelling with four rooms that cover the basic functions of living: kitchen with dining space, bathroom, living room, and bedroom. Norwegian architecture firm Rintala Eggertsson…

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Added by Springer on May 23, 2013 at 3:15pm — No Comments

Heart of the District

Architecture and design firm Zaarchitects received 2nd prize for their hotel design in New York called Heart of the District. Instead of using the hotel to separate…

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Added by Springer on May 21, 2013 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Asian Cairns

Asian Cairns is a proposal for Shenzhen, China by architect Vincent Callebaut. With Shenzhen and Hong Kong growing together to total approximately 20 million…

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Added by Springer on May 20, 2013 at 6:06pm — No Comments

House in Sayo

A narrow space winds through the center of the House in Sayo by FujiwaraMuro Architects. As it moves through the home, it transforms its function from relaxation to study to reading to…

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KAUST Breakwater Beacon

The KAUST Breakwater Beacon has become a symbol for the…

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Added by Springer on May 15, 2013 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Rock It Suda

Rock It Suda is the name of the pension - or weekend getaway - created for the bassist of the Korean band by the same name. Instead of the typical form of a European…

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Dome House in Thailand

On a large organic mango farm in the countryside of northeastern Thailand, Steve Areen built his own Dome House. The home is constructed of…

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Added by Springer on April 22, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

Hollenbeck Replacement Police Station

The Hollenbeck Replacement Police Station was designed to exemplify the station's efforts to create an open, community-serving police force. It also honors the community's tradition of artistic expression, and strengthens the…

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House & Garden

House & Garden is a five-storey residence in Tokyo designed by Ryue Nishizawa, one half of Japanese architectural partnership…

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Golden Moon Pavilion

The Golden Moon is a temporary architectural structure built for the 2012 Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Wonderland. The pavilion by local firm LEAD explores the…

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Ozeanium for Zoo Basel 2nd Prize

Architecture firms HHF and Burckhardt+Partner were awarded second prize for their…

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Za Koenji Public Theater

Za Koenji Public Theater is the work of Pritzker Prize-winning architect Toyo Ito. Located in the Suginami…

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Added by Springer on April 10, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

Edgeland House

Edgeland House sits on a rehabilitated brownfield site, an effort to heal the scars of the site's industrial past. It raises awareness about the diminishing natural landscape by creating a balance between the industrial zone on one side and the…

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Added by Springer on April 9, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

Montaña Mágica Lodge

Montaña Mágica Lodge is located within the Huilo Huilo Private Natural Reserve in Chile. Its unique volcano-like shape is covered in stone partially overgrown by greenery, and spews water from its…

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Added by Springer on April 8, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

MoMa Tower Alternate Design

Axis Mundi offers a conceptual alternative to the MoMA Tower in New York, New York, one of the largest skyscraper projects in one of the most overbuilt parts of…

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Added by Springer on April 4, 2013 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Wall House 2

Wall House 2 is an extraordinary intersection of architecture, cubist painting, and surrealist sculpture. It employs the vocabulary of Le Corbusier in the way it explores the relationship between inside and outside.

Architect…

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Added by Springer on April 3, 2013 at 11:53am — No Comments

The Leaf Chapel

The Leaf Chapel is a small wedding chapel tucked into the grounds of the Risonare Resort in Kobuchizawa, Japan. Architecture firm…

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Added by Springer on April 2, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

House 77

House 77, in the very center of "Bairro Norte" in Póvoa de Varzim shares the city's memories and revitalizes a rich legacy of fishing and the sea. Designed by Portuguese firm dIONISO…

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Added by Springer on April 1, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

Havøysund Tourist Route

Located in the extreme north of Norway, in a land of inhospitable beauty, the Havøysund Tourist Route aims to be as timeless as the…

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Added by Springer on March 29, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

The Orange Cube

The Orange Cube is a vibrant 6,300-square-foot structure on the edge of the Saône River in a converted industrial zone in Lyon, France. Surrounded mostly by grey buildings, the bold design by Paris-based architecture practice Jakob +…