New High-Speed Rail Station in Spain: To be Designed by Foster + Partners

Architecture and design studio, Foster + Partners, has won an international competition to design Ourense AVE Station in Spain. Here's their concept. Continue

EASTERN Design Office: Seeing Opportunities in an Unwanted Site

This is how Anna Nakamura and Taiyo Jinno from the EASTERN design office makes an abandoned corner in an industrial area, into an interesting architecture design that the town's people can enjoy. Continue

BIG Renovates Transitlager in Switzerland: Tailoring it for Creative Businesses & Workshops

The existing 18.000 m2 Transitlager built in the late 1960s is to be renovated and extended by up to 7.000 m2 for residential and arts related purposes. The architecture studio that will do the job is BIG. Continue

EASTERN Design Office’s New Creative Project: The Keyhole House

EASTERN design office has once again accomplished a creative architecture based on a simple concept. This time they have designed a house that symbolizes a key. Continue

How designLSM Puts Together a Sophisticated Interior Design that Fits Waldorf Hotel’s Image

designLSM were asked by their client Hilton to redevelop the reception within the Waldorf Hotel. The design team’s mission was in essence to add sophistication and glamour into the reception’s appearance as the Waldorf Hilton is internationally known for these two things. Continue

17 Business Models For Creatives at Home

Here are 17 businesses you can start from home, if you are creative enough! You can use Peter Drucker's creative imitation strategy if you fancy one of these businesses. Continue

Maier S. Coop. International Competition for the Design of Vehicle Interiors

The company Maier S. Coop. has organized the “Fourth Maier S. Coop. Design Competition”, an international competition for the design of the color and trim area of vehicle interiors. Continue

How Blacksheep took Their Stylish Design Focus to Create the New Restaurant Galoupet’s Interior

To establish the new restaurant's gourmet design, Blacksheep studio adapted their design style into the making of Galoupet's interior. Below you can follow the design elements they used to accomplish this stylish look. Continue

BIG’s New Project: Hedonistic Sustainability – The Idea that Sustainability is not a Burden

BIG will be working with a Waste-to-Energy Plant project for the clients Amagerforbraending after winning first prize in an international competition by an unanimous judge panel. Continue

Find out How Architect Pascal Grasso Designed a Rhythmic Apartment Interior in Paris

Pascal Grasso Architectures took on a promising project that consisted of a private client, an apartment in the center of Paris on an about 280 m² area and a large terrace. He wanted to create a dynamic interior for the project and this is his final design. Continue

Stairscraper: Focusing on Individual Needs in a Collective Whole

Nabito’s ongoing project, the Stairscraper, will be built in Abu Dhabi, EAU, as it is the 2010 project winner of the Total Housing Competition. Below you will find the idea and description of their winning concept. Continue

This is How Foster + Partners Took On Their First Winery Project

This project is Foster + Partners first winery, called Bodegas Portia and located in Faustino Group in the Ribera del Duero, one of Spain's foremost wine-producing regions. Continue

Announcing N+B Architects’ New Environmental Project

Establishers of N+B Architectes, Elodie Nourrigat & Jacques Brion along with associated architect Julien Wafflart have completed the new Center of Technical Services, located in La Grande Motte City, France. Continue

This is one of Eastern Design’s Latest Projects, Built in Kyoto

EASTERN design team are keeping their hands busy with exciting projects this year and Gion-Machiya is one of these newcomers that has not yet been built. Continue

These are the Design Tactics Studio LOOP Use to Create More Space

A family in Chiba, Japan, wanted a spacious house in a narrow urban area. By studying the local zoning and planning laws of the site: Studio LOOP came up with the idea of structuring an eleven-meter high residence with an irregular pitched roof for the family. Continue

Here is 3XN’s Winning Concept for Their Landmark Project in Sweden

In a recent competition, for the Swedish clients at Svea Fastigheter, these known design companies took part: 3XN, BIG, Wingårdhs and Tham & Videgård. Continue

How SHH Gave the Marchant Antique Store a New Identity

SHH's task was to give the S Marchant & Son Antique Store (that hadn't been refurbished in 20 years) a more contemporary look, to refresh the company branding and to rationalize the building’s space plan, thereby increasing the display / gallery area. Continue

Displaying Projects Effectively in a Cool Showroom in Tokyo

Spinning Objects by TORAFU ARCHITECTS
This is a renovation project for a hotel fixture showroom. The showroom displays a huge amount of goods and if the numbers are ever increased, the space is designed to be spatially and visually pleasing. Continue

Water as an Interface: Playing with Illusions

Showroom by Héctor Serrano Studio for the leading Bathroom brand Roca. The space shows the results of the International Design Contest, Jump the Gap 2009 at 100% Design London. Continue

Living and Working in the Same Building

The S Clinic by Office of Kenji Tagashira was not the easiest project in the world to construct as it’s located in the core of Osaka. Continue

A Generation of Change: Cinema Project Positioned on a Historical District

"Le Sélect" Cinéma, by AIR Architecture. The district in which "Le Sélect" Cinéma is located, is a historical one, placed in front of the Fontainebleau Castle which was ordered by the young François Ier and is also known for having been the place where Napoleon bid farewell to his soldiers before leaving for Saint Helen. Continue

Hotel surrounded by Nature

One of the local residents at Gudbrandsjuvet, is building a landscape hotel. The idea emerged at another site, Aurland, but it was never realized there. Continue

Building Displaying Digital Messages

Mauresque Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Córdoba. This architecture catches solar energy during the day. On the building’s façade you can spot moving messages on the golden skin and also other animated information. Continue

Master Planning with a Rich Historical Context

Grangegorman Master Plan by Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners/DMOD Architects. This master plan creates a campus for Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) and Health Service Executive (HSE) by responding to the site’s rich historical context and strengthening connections to the existing urban fabric. Continue