Washington-based dbd Studio recently has completed an organic bookshelf specifically designed and built for a condo in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington DC, it stretched from floor to ceiling and overhead, and terminated at the existing bulkhead. + Project description courtesy of dbd Studio dbd Studio has recently completed a custom bookshelf specifically designed and built [...]

In Maracon, Switzerland, it is a beautiful and contemporary house by Swiss architectural practice Localarchitecture sitting in the Swiss countryside, it was designed to respect the morphology and scale of the other constructions in the village. The project is inspired from traditional architectural forms and codes and is reinterpreted to the use of the building and [...]

Dutch architect GROUP A recently has completed the interior design project for Aramco Overseas Company. + Project information courtesy of GROUP A The Aramco Overseas Company head office has recently moved into their new accommodation in The Hague. The new office, housed in an existing building from the eighties, needed to be fully refurbished. Following a selection [...]

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 [...]

Portugal-based Arquitectos Anónimos has designed the FFAT House located in Vila Nova Gaia, Portugal. two criteria led to the final solution: on the one hand, by using the urban plan statutory regulations restricting the perimeter and the possible location of the building; and on the other hand by manipulation of the interior space in relation with [...]

The NG House in St. Tirso, Portugal was designed by Arquitectos Anónimos to sit on the existing stone wall, the house is finished in wooden skin and full glass at both sides, creating a beautiful contrast on the materials. + Architectural concept courtesy of Arquitectos Anónimos Sometimes we dig up foundations only to cover them up again. [...]

VBM architects has designed the BSBO School in Halmaalweg Sint-Truiden, Belgium. The school was built to take care of mentally handicapped and autistic children, this is the good attempt of the randomized openings on the elevation which is the result of the program to stimulate the visual sensitivity of the children. + Project description courtesy of [...]

Coffou Cottage in Michigan City, Indiana, USA, was designed by Chicago-based Brininstool + Lynch with a simple structural system, and was enhanced by a horizontal wood rain screen of Western Red Cedar to privatize the entry sequence on the North, and a wall of operable glass on the South. + Project description courtesy of Brininstool + [...]

Bar House by New York based architectural firm Peter Gluck & Partners is located on a deep narrow valley, bounded by a river on one edge and a road on the other. The geometrical form designed to give a sense of floating across the valley, while providing the best view to the valley from the [...]

Mexico city based architect Pascal Arquitectos has designed the Galileo Apartments Building located in Polanco, Mexico. The combination of materials are used to achieve the degree of privacy to the residential units, meanwhile creating the variation of pattern on the facade. it’s façade achieves transparency and at the same time privacy by combining different cristal, [...]

Spanish architect Francisco J. del Corral del Campo recently has completed the semi-detached house – House Zafiro located in Huetor – Vega, Granada, Spain. Next to the low-lands (Vega) of Granada, still a rural zone with spread constructions, we propose a volumetric disintegration as an answer to the compact volumes of the new housing placed on [...]

Japan-based Miyahara Architect Office has designed the House TTN located in Tokyo , Japan. The house was designed to accommodate three families with independent kitchen unit, bathroom, and toilet. The main spaces are separated by outdoor common decks which also act as buffer zone between families. + Project description courtesy of Miyahara Architect Office, text by [...]

Inside out cabin by Norway-based firm Reiulf Ramstad Architects is located on top of the hill in Hvaler – Norway, overlooking the ocean and the horizon. The house was designed to harmonize with its surrounding, by the choice of the raw material and big glasses, it blurs the edge between inside and outside. + Project [...]

Steven Holl Architects has designed the Knut Hamsun Center located in Hamarøy, Norway. This is an historical museum for writer Knut Hamsun including exhibition areas, library, reading room, cafe and 230 seat auditorium. The concept for the museum, “Building as a Body: Battleground of Invisible Forces,” is realized from inside and out. Here the wood exterior [...]