Australian architectural firm Marcus O’Reilly Architects has designed a beach house in Sorrento on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula in Australia. + Project description courtesy of Marcus O’Reilly Architects The Colour of Tea Trees Marcus O’Reilly Architects has carefully designed a low key, site responsive beach house in Sorrento on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula in Australia. The timber clad structure [...]

Nocios Apartment House by Lithuania-based architectural firm Paleko ARCH Studija is located on Nocios St. in Vilnius. This is a four levels apartment building with a level of basement carpark which features the rhythmic openings on the facade. Building forms a new way of interpretation of historical Lithuanian architecture. One more “vila” in dense vilas district [...]

Norwegian firm Kristin Jarmund Architects recently has completed the Gjerdrum Secondary School, which was the 1st prize project in the invited competition in 2007. + Project description courtesy of Kristin Jarmund Architects The project won 1st prize in an invited competition the autumn of 2007. With very few adjustments the competition project was realised. The roof is shaped [...]

The Netherlands-based GROUP A recently has completed the ‘Student Housing Tower Blok 1‘ in Presikhaaf, Arnhem, the Netherlands. The building is situated on an isolated location and surrounded by nature, it built to act as a landmark in Presikhaaf area. The facade will be covered in paneling with a slightly differing finish, creating a subtle pattern. [...]

Mexico-based architecture firm Plataforma de Arquitectura recently has completed 151 SA project. + Project description courtesy of Plataforma de Arquitectura The project was conceived from the will of building a space of multiple relationships between interior and exterior, maintaining the intimacy of two design studios. The program is defined by the spatial needs of an architecture studio [...]

Parisian architect Pascal Grasso and artist Laurent Grasso has designed and installed the Nomiya Temporary Restaurant on the roof of the « Palais de Tokyo » museum. The restaurant only allows twelve people to dine in with a panoramic view over the Seine and the Eiffel tower. + Project description courtesy of Pascal Grasso Nomiya : Temporary [...]

Bazil-based architectural firm CHN arquitetos has won the International Public Competition for the Architectural Project of the Exploratory Science Museum – Campinas, Brazil. The surface of the facade is created from the idea of infinity: a reference to the essence of its form, recognizable from its cosmological scale to its most minimal. CHN arquitetos + Project description courtesy [...]

German architect Ecker architekten has designed a Community Center located in Zimmern, Germany. The project was awarded Beispielhaftes Bauen (2007) and guter Bauten (BDA 2008). + Project description courtesy of Ecker architekten Built to house cultural events in a town with active club membership, this hall also hosts sporting events and seasonal festivals. A composite use required [...]

Media Island Wifi Pavilion at Miguel Hernandez University Campus in Elche (Alicante) Spain, designed by Moho Architects, with an organization of a central courtyard surrounded by functional spaces, while maximizing the natural daylighting and ventilation. + Project description courtesy of Moho Architects The idea of the project is the construction of an exportable concept of wifi-media pavilion [...]

Spain-based architect S-M.A.O. Sancho-Madridejos Architecture Office has designed a winery located in Picon, Ciudad Real, Spain. The design approach of the winery is to harmonize with the surrounding of low environmental impact, therefore the south facing symbolic façade attempted to be risen from the ground and allowing a dialogue with the wineyard. + Project description provided [...]

This golden structure is a temporary pavilion designed by Germany practice architect modulorbeat, use of striking color for perforated skin has successfully drawn our attention, while creating a new street images to the city. + Project description below provided by architect, modulorbeat switch+, a golden pavilion for sculpture projects muenster 07 The switch+ information centre, a temporary structure [...]

Los Angeles practice architect Morphosis (led by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne) has designed the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology, located in Pasadena, California. The Cahill Center conceptually acts as an astronomical instrument, pierced by a vertical volume, tilted its lense to maximize the penetration of natural daylight [...]

Germany-based architecture and planning firm Behnisch Architekten has designed a very large public aquarium in the German city of Stralsund – Ozeaneum German Oceanographic Museum. The new museum is an open structure flooded from all sides by light, similar to the way stones in the sea near the water’s edge are flooded by the surrounding [...]

Los Angeles based architect Studio 0.10 Architects has designed a house - Mush Residence for a small family in Los Angeles. Vertical spatial organization in relation to circulation is the key feature for Mush Residence. + Project description provided by architect, Studio 0.10 Architects A single-family residence designed for a couple and set in a postwar subdivision, [...]