MVRDV to upgrade historic French city with modern, ecological design
France’s historic Bordeaux World Heritage Site is getting a modern ecological refresh thanks to prolific Rotterdam-based...
8 natural Feng Shui winter cures for the home
When it seems like winter is dragging on, purifying our homes with new energy may be just the cure. In Feng Shui,...
HAO’s repurposed Wood Shed mimics Taiwan’s forest landscape
The building envelope’s tree-like silhouettes were inspired by the cypress forests of Alishan National Park,...
C.F. Møller Wins Bid to Design Environmentally Conscious Herningsholm Vocational School in Denmark
Located in an existing campus cluster of educational buildings, the approximately 50,000 square foot Herningsholm...
Old Gun Supply Store in Arizona Transformed Into Community-Friendly Creative Center of Scottsdale
Michelle Biely bought a property in downtown Scottsdale, Arizona that operated as a gun supply store for over 50...
Brilliant SunBeamer Skylight Reflects Daylight Exactly Where You Want It
The new SunBeamer skylight is a clever and surprisingly simple daylighting solution that directs sunlight exactly...
Toronto's Peter Gilgan Centre is a High-Tech, Eco-Friendly Research Lab Devoted to Sick Kids
Lead photo by Swire Chin Diamond Schmitt and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) celebrated the...
Café Botanical Creates a Direct Connection with Iceland's Akureyri Gardens
Akureyri's city council commissioned Kollgata Arkitektur to create a café for the gardens to celebrate the city's...
House in Yamasaki is an Energy Efficient and Naturally Daylit Greenhouse Home
The House in Yamasaki is a 119 sm (1,280 sq ft) home in Japan located in a new residential area built on what used...
Zaha Hadid's Light-Filled LEED Silver Galaxy Soho Opens in Beijing
The new Galaxy Soho project is a 330,000 sq m commercial complex that includes office, retail and entertainment...
Renzo Piano's Daylit Astrup Fearnley Museet Opens In Oslo
The Astrup Fearnley Museet is a new contemporary art museum on the edge of the water in Oslo, Norway and part of...
Stripe House is a Brightly Lit Urban Live/Work Townhouse in The Netherlands
Stripe House by GAAGA is located in a new urban planning area of Leiden where clients can develop their own houses....
UC Irvine Contemporary Arts Center is Finely Tuned to Southern California's Climate
The Contemporary Arts Center is UC Irvine's most recent addition to the Claire Trevor School of the Arts and includes...
El Caracol Kindergarten by Demos Arquitectos is a Modular Mini-City in Colombia
The kindergarten's main entrance is similar to a city street lined with galleries such as offices and meeting rooms....
Falcon-Inspired Qatar National Pavilion Lands at Rio+20
The Qatar delegation to Rio+20 hired Grimshaw Architects to design a temporary pavilion for the United Nations...
