Belgium architectural firm Compagnie-O architecten recently has completed the House Van Colen in Wingene, Belgium. The house is beautifully sited in the Flemish countryside with the minimum impact to the existing topography. Due to its condition, the living spaces was organized on the first floor which connected by a bridge from the street, while having [...]

IT-Fornebu Portal building is a winning project in 2004 designed by Norway-based architectural firm A-Lab, the project is recently completed to house the business and incubation centre for information technology companies. The main concept was to strip and divide the program into independent architectonic elements, clearly defined by function, in order to gain maximal flexibility and [...]

Milan-based architectural studio Piuarch has designed the New D&G Headquarters located in Milan, Italy. The facades of the building housing the showrooms are entirely glazed and feature a series of vertical, closely spaced louvers of opal glass. This membrane, made of glass, acts as a filter, softly diffusing the daylight through the building and serving at [...]

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 [...]

Australian landscape design firm ASPECT Studios has completed the Bondi to Bronte Coast Walk Extension in Calga Reserve & Waverley Cemetery, Sydney NSW Australia. The walk has been designed to traverse the cemetery by elevating the boardwalk above the Eastern cliff tops, this is to minimize the damage to the cemetery monuments and heritage walls [...]

Italian architect Giorgio Comoglio recently has completed the renovation of the Ex Sellerie, which is located in the area of the ex military arsenal in Turin, Italy. The task of the project is to increase the original building’s floor area and height. The minimal form of perforated steel envelope has been introduced to integrate the existing [...]

41 Cooper Square is the Advancement of Science and Art building for the Cooper Union designed by Morphosis Architects. The project has won the Best Green Design of 2009 Awards from the New York Construction. Built with sustainability goals, 41 Cooper Square is the first LEED certified academic laboratory building in New York City. For [...]

Norway-based firm Reiulf Ramstad Architects has designed a Trollstigen National Tourist Route Project located in Romsdalen – Geiranger Fjord, Norway. Trollstigen is one of the most popular tourist-attractions in Norway which is surrounded by the majestic mountains. The architecture is to be characterised by clear and precise transitions between planned zones and the natural landscape. [...]

Museum of Archeology in Vitoria is a competition-winning project designed by Spanish architect Francisco Mangado. We like to think of an archaeology museum as a compact jewel box concealing the treasure that history has entrusted to us piece by piece. But not any kind of history, or at least not the scientific history of [...]

It takes some time to get all the holes to line up on the invisible welded joins Charlie Davidson British designer Charlie Davidson has just finished his latest hand made piece entitled Is this the coolest chair ever made? Made from 2mm punched steel sheet, brazed together and powder coated. Based on a prototype for a plastic [...]

Olympic House and Park in is the offices of the Cyprus Olympic Committee and of all the National Athletic Federations, designed by Cyprus based Armon Choros Architektonikis. + Project description courtesy of Armon Choros Architektonikis The design for the Olympic House and Park sought to achieve an architectural composition that would give the fullest possible expression to [...]

Almost weightless (approx. 2.1kgs), designed by Junio Design which was established on 2007 by Jun Hashimoto. A chair that appears and disappears like a spider web, featuring 2000 welds. [...]

Composition Chair, by Japanese designer Kyouei design who will participate in the korea design week (korea). This chair is made of hard aluminum with 50kg weight. + Project description by designer, Kyouei design It was created by bending aluminium wire and crossing it one by one. No bolts or welding is used at all. The tools used [...]

A beautiful private house – Santa Ynez Residence, sitting atop a spectacular ridge with endless views over the Santa Ynez Valley, designed by Los Angeles architects Frederick Fisher and Partners.  This truly unique, modern masterpiece graces the landscape with its dramatic design and reflective soul, and is a striking example of the essence of subtle [...]