MVRDV completes massive, mountain-like vertical village for 5,000 residents in India
A mountain-like residential development has risen in Pune — India’s eighth largest city and one of the fastest-growing...
Zaha Hadid Architects completes highly complex Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre
Zaha Hadid Architects completed the Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre, a striking mixed-use facility...
Modern rammed earth home embraces the desert landscape
Named after the way light bounces off of its angled walls and ceilings, Dancing Light is an award-winning dwelling...
LOT-EK upcycles 140 shipping containers into an apartment complex in South Africa
A massive, modular residential building has risen in Johannesburg, South Africa with aims of revitalizing Maboneng...
MAD Architects to transform an ancient Chinese courtyard into a kindergarten with a “floating roof”
Beijing-based design practice MAD Architects has broken ground on the Courtyard Kindergarten, a striking adaptive...
A gloomy house is revived as a modern solar home built of recycled materials
A dark and gloomy, non-insulated dwelling with zero views to speak of has been dramatically transformed into a...
An ancient Jaipur palace property is transformed into a modern restaurant
New Delhi-based, multidisciplinary design practice Studio Lotus has transformed a portion of Jaipur’s lavish...
A modern home in India stays naturally cool without AC
When Surat-based architect Ankit Parekh of Parekh Collaborative was asked to design a family home in the central...
Garden-facing timber home uses highly efficient SIPs to minimize waste
When asked by a long-time friend to build a garden-facing retirement home in Hobart, Australia, Brunswick-based...
This rammed earth home in India uses recycled materials throughout
When a family of six approached Indian architectural practice Wallmakers for a low-cost home, the architects saw...
An old warehouse is rehabbed into chic apartments in Montreal
A former industrial warehouse in Montreal has been reborn as an airy and modern residential development thanks...
BIG completes low-income “Homes for All” project in Copenhagen
Beautiful yet affordable design-led apartments have been quickly completed in the northwest part of Copenhagen...
This breezy, green-roofed home in Singapore embraces nature from all angles
Whereas many modern buildings in Singapore rebel against the country’s tropical climate with air-conditioned,...
An energy-efficient modern church references Utah’s mining history
Salt Lake City-based design practice Sparano + Mooney Architecture designed a church for West Valley City, Utah...
MVRDV introduces a psychedelic blend of art and architecture in Paradise City
Dutch design firm MVRDV recently completed its latest project: The Imprint, an art-entertainment complex near Seoul’s...
Frank Gehry tops Facebook HQ expansion with a 3.6-acre rooftop park
Facebook recently unveiled a peek inside MPK 21, its newest campus building designed by Frank Gehry and built in...
Eco-friendly AgriNesture buildings promote agriculture and job growth in Vietnam
Although the majority of Vietnam’s population relies on agriculture, rapid industrialization and a skyrocketing...
Lush greenery grows in and around this breezy Indian home
When LIJO.RENY.architects was tapped to design a modern house for the town of Tirur in the southern Indian state...
This gabled home wraps around an existing pine tree in Mexico
The magnificent pines of Mazamitla, Mexico are more than just scenic background for this single-family home—one...
This weekend home in Mexico blends in with the forest landscape
Mexican architecture firm AM30 Taller de Arquitectura has inserted a site-specific weekend home into a forested...
Historic warehouses transformed into a swanky boutique hotel in New Orleans
New York City-based architecture and interior design firm Stonehill Taylor tapped into New Orleans’ storied past...
Eco-conscious Birkenstock HQ in Melbourne targets carbon-neutral status
A two-story heritage building in Melbourne has been remade into Birkenstock Australia’s new headquarters, an...
Foster + Partners-designed Apple Store glows like a paper lantern in Macau
Foster + Partners has unveiled a new Apple Store in Macau — and it’s very different from the all-glass buildings...
LEED Platinum housing for the homeless takes over a formerly vacant L.A. lot
Los Angeles-based design practice Michael Maltzan Architecture has transformed a vacant suburban lot into the...
Award-winning Hungarian home combines old-world charm with modern style
Hungarian architects András Varsányi, Péter Pozsár and Norbert Vas have given the traditional Hungarian farmstead...
Abandoned NYC warehouse is reinvented as LEED Gold-certified apartments
A new apartment complex infused with nature has taken root in New York City’s concrete jungle. Local design firm...
Frida Escobedo’s 2018 Serpentine Pavilion unveiled in London
Mexican architect Frida Escobedo has unveiled this year’s Serpentine Pavilion—a dark and porous envelope that...
Casa Bruma’s blackened concrete pavilions create a serene retreat in Mexico
Architects Fernanda Canales and Claudia Rodriguez completed a unique weekend home that consists of nine pavilion-like...
Dark basement transformed into a chic and light-filled bistro
A poorly lit basement space has undergone a tremendous transformation at the hands of Italian design firm Studio...
Daylit studio and courtyard breathe new life into a 1940s house in Seattle
A new studio and courtyard inspired by ancient Chinese housing design maximize the potential of this 1940s residence...