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2012 in architecture marked a year of significant global projects that continued to push the boundaries of design innovation, material experimentation, and environmental consciousness. From landmark cultural institutions and Olympic venues to forward-thinking residential developments, the buildings completed in 2012 reflect the profession’s deepening engagement with sustainable architecture, digital fabrication, and context-sensitive design, bridging the ambitions of 2010’s architecture with emerging trends in urban development and adaptive practice.
Herzog & de Meuron’s Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill is organized around a single-story, 613-foot-long volume, with a studio-derived section featuring continuous north-facing skylights. Two flanking gallery wings and…
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Amidst the densely woven urban landscape of northern Seoul, where traditional hanok architecture and cultural heritage define the city’s texture, SO–IL’s Kukje Gallery intervenes with a design that neither retreats…
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Gardens by the Bay was a monumental addition to Singapore’s urban landscape, a vision realized to enhance the green footprint of one of the world’s most densely populated cities. At…
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Completed in 2012, Tom Ford’s Ranch, designed by Japanese Architect Tadao Ando has a serene Japanese aesthetic that blends surprisingly well with the 24,000-acre ranch arid terrain of Santa Fe,…
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Completed in 2012 by Japanese Architects Takeshi Hosaka, the House in Byoubugaura is a three-story single-family dwelling in a small plot of just 60 m2. Curve wood walls are used…
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The Chishui Cemetery Memorial Hall designed by West-line Studio was added in 2012 and it is located on the northern side of the main cemetery axis, on a Danxia stone…
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The Water and Cherry House, designed by the esteemed Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, is a private single-story residence located in Eastern Japan. Drawing inspiration from traditional Japanese temples, the design…
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The Bait Ur Rouf Mosque in Bangladesh is a stunning example of modern Islamic architecture designed by Marina Tabassum and completed in 2012. The mosque, located in the residential area…
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The Kamoi Museum, designed by Japanese Architects TNA and completed in 2012, is an old factory renovation for the KAMOI-KAKOSHI paper company in Japan. With a history of nearly 100…
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This residential House in Japan by Studio Velocity Architects introduces a whole new relation between floors interrelating each area with different elements. (photos by Kentaro Kurihara).
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This white residential House in Toyokawa, Japan was designed by Kentaro Kurihara and Miho Iwatsuki from Studio Velocity Architects introducing a rhomboidal plan shape that allows trees to thrive creating pockets of lush forest in suburbia. (photos by Kentaro…
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The Green Edge House, designed by the renowned architectural firm mA-style Architects, is located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. This innovative residential project is a stunning example of the firm’s commitment…
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This theoretical project by Japanese architects Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop reconsidered how people can live in a Local Community. Local Community Area Technical Information Today’s system of government is…
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