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Phoenix Observation Tower

The 420-foot tall mixed-use Phoenix Observation Tower is poised to become the headline destination in the Valley of the Sun in Arizona. The design by BIG has been nicknamed "The Pin," and…

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Palais des Congrés

The traditional grey world of convention center buildings is flipped on its head by the multi-colored glass facade of the Palais des Congrès in Montreal. Five-foot by 12-foot glass panels in pink, orange, yellow, green, and blue line the west side of the…

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Added by Springer on March 19, 2013 at 12:45pm — No Comments

The Art Gallery of Alberta

Designed by Randall Stout Architects, the Art Gallery of Alberta sits in downtown Edmonton, Alberta on Sir Winston Churchill Square. The original museum was an undersized 1960s brutalist concrete…

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The Sant Francesc Convent

Originally built in Catalonia the early 1700s by Franciscan priests, the Sant Francesc Convent was sacked in 1835 and was left to deteriorate for over 150…

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The Vault

Located in the trendy Wynwood Design District of Miami, The Vault is a high-tech art storage facility with concierge-level services for art collectors. Services will include a…

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Added by Springer on March 12, 2013 at 11:30am — No Comments

Isolée

Set on a four-legged base to give it a minimal footprint, Isolée is an ecologically friendly retreat from the world. The design by Netherlands based firm Tjep…

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Added by Springer on March 11, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

Garden Tree House

From the time she was a young girl, the family's daughter played in the yard and climbed its two trees. As an adult, she and her husband wanted to build and live in an extension on her parents' home. Instead of simply tearing out the trees that stood next to the home for 35…

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Added by Springer on March 8, 2013 at 1:10pm — 1 Comment

Quai de la Graille

Completed in August 2012, Quai de la Graille is the work of French firm R2K Architectes. This fascinating structure is an apartment building in…

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Added by Springer on March 7, 2013 at 9:00am — No Comments

NANJING SIFANG ART MUSEUM

The new Nanjing Sifang Art Museum sits at the gateway to the Contemporary International Practical Exhibition of Architecture. Rising from the landscape of the Pearl Spring, the museum by…

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Cube Tube

Cube Tube consists of an office building and a restaurant in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China. With the requirement to design a distinctive landmark with good natural lighting and an open, airy feeling,…

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Stuart Weitzman Flagship Store

The interior design for the Stuart Weitzman flagship store evolved from the concept of shoes as a delightfully anticipated gift. Milan based architect Fabio…

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Added by Springer on March 4, 2013 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Berlin Urbanism Bubbles

The starting point of this project came from the ongoing conflict over one of the most attractive pieces of fallow land in Berlin: the Spree riversides located between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. Drawing on the spatial partitioning strategy of a Voroni diagram, elements from differing social demands…

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Added by Springer on February 28, 2013 at 12:00pm — No Comments

House on the Other Side (House in Muko)

On the edge of a residential area where the road curves sits the House on the Other Side by Japan’s FujiwaraMuro Architects. The house in Muko City, Kyoto is inhabited by two married…

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Added by Springer on February 26, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

Melkwegbridge

The Melkwegbridge is designed by NEXT Architects in collaboration with Rietveld Landscape and is located in Purmerend, the…

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Lighthouse Tower

Lighthouse Tower is a proposal by Mikou Design Studio that marks the entrance to Rio de Janeiro. It is intended to be the poetic embodiment of its surroundings: the lush tropical…

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Added by Springer on February 22, 2013 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Bloom

Bloom is an architectural research installation by DOSU Studio Architecture displayed at the Materials and Application Gallery in Los Angeles. Made primarily out of a smart…

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Added by Springer on February 21, 2013 at 12:00pm — No Comments

House vvdb

At the request of the architect, Belgian firm dmvA has refurbished Jan Van den Berghe’s home for his daughter. Built in the eighties, House vvdb is…

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Added by Springer on February 20, 2013 at 12:48pm — No Comments

House of Cedar

Situated in Osaka, Japan, House of Cedar evokes the feeling of being in a forest. Japanese practice Suga Atelier developed a new structural system for the house that uses wooden framing and steel bolts. The result is an open, warm atmosphere…

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Added by Springer on February 19, 2013 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Sunwell Muse Kitasando

Sunwell Muse Kitasando is the office building and showroom for a textile planning and trading company. Since the company had been focusing on female apparel, the architecture by…

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Added by Springer on February 11, 2013 at 4:11pm — No Comments

Daewon Park Observatory

Daewon Park Observatory is the futuristic proposal by Changki Yun (Kyungam Architects Associates) for Kyeonggido Sungnam, South Korea. The concept for the design was "cloud 360," a nebulous…