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

How Eastern Design Planned Their New Architecture for Dragon Beard

Image is important to our clients, not an empty architecture no matter how extravagant. The Japanese sneaker brand, Dragon Beard, asked Anna Nakamura+Taiyo Jinno at the EASTERN Design office to design an office/residence at a slope located in Takarazuka city of Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. 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

This is How 3XN Has Positioned a New Savings Bank in Denmark

Strategy does not solely require a different way of thinking but an entirely different approach to life. The Middelfart Savings Bank is characterized by a dramatic roof scape, which will be putting the Danish town on the island of Fyn on the architectural map and simultaneously provide a new public space for local citizens. Continue

Find out what José Marini Bragança has to Offer the International Competition of Ideas

The Fundación Arquitectura Contemporánea is holding a Competition for Ideas for the construction of its future head offices and the San Pablo block in Cordoba, Spain. Continue

Feel the Creative Energy in Milan with MOOOI at the Salone del Mobile

From the 14th to 19th of April, you can find the brand, Moooi, at the showroom in Milan for the 49th Edition of the world's most famous furniture fair, Salone del Mobile. Continue

Mind Your Behaviour: Introducing Insights into 3XN’s Vision

By putting much focus on the experience of their architecture, and the way in which people behave, 3XN has developed a unique position in the Danish market, and are also growing into the international field. Continue

Discover the Strategy Behind the D-Void Towers

The Reuben Street Apartments project uses a strategy of an articulated landscape of 1-2 stories with residential towers of 12+ stories. Envisioning this strategy into the surrounding void facilitates, the protection of the adjoining residential enclaves and the re-making of the urban node. Continue

Whatcom Museum: An Invitation to Engage in Art

Lightcatcher at the Whatcom Museum, by Olson Kundig Architects, with Jim Olson as the Principal Design Architect, opened to the public on November 14, 2009. Continue

3,000 High-End Units in Chongqing’s Central Business District

Chun Sen Bi An Masterplan & Housing in Chongqing, China is situated just west of Chongqing’s newly developing Central Business District: This 13.8-hectare (30-acre) site has views to the south across the Jialing River to central Chongqing. It's currently in design. 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

Do it Yourself Fitting System

What if you could have your won "portable", well the Terrain Vague, by Architectures David Tajchman, is a house that can be placed everywhere, any way. Continue

Transparent Plexiglas Creating Unforgettable Shoe Store Experience

Visiondivision decided to design one specific shoebox that can be multiplied and stacked into nearly any form, allowing different store-layouts, but at the same time being easily identifiable as a Mangrolia Shoe store. Continue

Contemporary environment in a 70s architecture

Treasury General of the Hérault, MONTPELLIER, France by Elodie Nourrigat & Jacques Brion - N+B Architects. The main stake in this operation is to create, within an architectural envelope the 70s, the contemporary working environment and to bring a quality of space answering the current needs. Continue

Mexican Pavilion for the Universal Expo Shanghai 2010

The pavilion’s design (designed by SLOT Studio) is born from the idea of representing Mexico through its traditional elements which haven’t been exploited in these kinds of fairs. Continue

2010 Shanghai Expo Hong Kong Pavilion Concept Design

The theme of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo is “Better City, Better Life”, and the special theme for the Hong Kong Pavilion is “Hong Kong - a city with unlimited potential“. Continue

The Evolution of the Routemaster

Welcome back represents the evolution of the iconic Routemaster. An innovative vehicle combining the best of the past with the best of now. This London Bus is a sustainable vehicle using a Hybrid Diesel-electric Drive System. Its smaller size also means less weight so less fuel compsumption is required and less exhaust emissions are produced. Continue

Futuristic Aerial Metro Station in Miami

Fluid Miami is an aerial metro station concept proposal for a new station in downtown Miami. The concept is designed by architect David Tajchman. Continue

Experimenting with the Nature of Performing Art: Buffer Space

Commissioned by the FRAGMENTAL MUSEUM to envision an urban outdoor structure/installation experimenting with the nature of performing art spaces, OFF and EXYZT. Continue

Slits Replacing Windows

This house is made "only" by slits, there are no windows. The wall of 105 m lengths with 60 slits surrounding the site realizes the architectural space in this narrow and long site. No other architecture has ever been realized by such a method. Continue

The Aim of the Game: Albert Abut

Albert Abut, the Principal Architects of TRIPLE A ARCHITECTS PLANNERS was twelve years old when he decided to become an architect. He also started sailing with dinghies at this age. Continue

Listen To Your Inner Voice: Naoki Terada

Architect Naoki Terada, the principle of TERADA DESIGN ARCHITECTS took interested in design as a child, due to the fact that his father is a graphic designer. Continue

8 Linked Towers Forming an Urban Experience

The 220,000 square meter pedestrian-oriented Linked Hybrid complex, sited adjacent to the site of old city wall of Beijing, aims to counter the current urban developments in China by creating a new twenty-first century porous urban space, inviting and open to the public from every side. Continue