Micro Yuan’er House Renovation / ZAO Architects
Designed by ZAO/standardarchitecture in 2014, this small-scale Beijing project enriches bonds amongst communities and revives Hutong life.
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Designed by ZAO/standardarchitecture in 2014, this small-scale Beijing project enriches bonds amongst communities and revives Hutong life.
Continue readingFránek Architects, a leading international architectural firm, has recently celebrated the completion of a distinctive observatory building near the quaint cottage Slaměnka at Dolni Morava, in the heart of the…
Continue readingCordoba is famous for its courtyards, and once a year during the festival de “Los Patios Cordobeses,” private houses all over the city open up their courtyards to the public…
Continue readingTo be modern is not a fashion, it is a state. It is necessary to understand history, and he who understands history knows how to find continuity between that which…
The Casa das Histórias Paula Rego was designed by the architect Eduardo Souto de Moura. The building uses certain aspects of the region’s historical architecture, which is here reinterpreted in…
Continue readingAnd suddenly there’s an interior and an exterior. One can be Inside or outside. Brilliant! And that means – equally brilliant! – this: thresholds, crossings, the tiny loop-hole door, the almost imperceptible transition between the inside and…
Stephan Zirwes is a German photographer who was awarded third place in the Sony World Photography Awards in the category of Architecture with his work “Pools”. For years, he has specialized…
Continue readingIn Tokyo, Architect Kengo Kuma was chosen to design Pigment, an art-supply shop like no other. With more than 4,200 pigments as well as 600 paintbrushes and 50 types of…
Continue readingThe K Valley House designed by Herbst Architects in a farm near Auckland, New Zealand, has been mainly constructed from recycled materials and fittings. The house was designed for a couple in…
Continue readingIn Iiyama, Nagano, Architect Kengo Kuma which recently won the National Stadium for the 2020 Olympic Games, was chosen to design the Natyura Cultural Hall. This community complex features two…
Continue readingThe Great Mosque of Djenné, a magnificent structure located in the bustling city of Djenné, Mali, is considered to be one of the greatest examples of Sudano-Sahelian architecture. Dating back…
Continue readingThe Japanese Architect Shigeru Ban was among the designers chosen for the Réinventer Paris competition. The competition asked for proposals to revive 23 sites throughout the city of Paris. Shigeru ban submitted a design for an…
Continue readingTerunobu Fujimori’s playful and imaginative approach to architecture is vividly displayed in his design of the Nemunoki Museum of Art. This distinctive building, with its humpbacked form, was envisioned by…
Continue readingThe shabonos (also known as xaponos, shaponos, or Yanos) are the traditional communal dwellings of the Yanomami tribes of Southern Venezuela and northern Brazil. They are circular communal buildings with…
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