
“Vertical village” built almost entirely of wood to rise in Paris
Sou Fujimoto, Nicolas Laisné and Dimitri Roussel have won a competition to design a striking new mixed-use development...

This reverse pyramid is a green urban community in the skies of Paris
The 127 residential units on the top of this bold building may be the world’s first village built out of bio-based...

Giants of Japanese architecture design prototypes for houses of the future
Shigeru Ban's Open House with Condensed Core proposes that plumbing water and waste could be funneled through the...

World-famous architects design seven stunning bus stops for a tiny Austrian town
Part architecture and part sculpture, BUS:STOP takes the humble transit hub to new heights--literally. Sou Fujimoto's...

Sou Fujimoto’s latest masterpiece in Japan spreads its branches like a real tree
The key element of Fujimoto’s “Omotesando Branches” is its makeup, developed in collaboration with ARUP engineers,...

SANAA's layered museum wins Budapest gallery competition
SANAA's proposal is a building the roof of which is comprised of several overlapping curved planes which, according...

Removable Stacked Metal Cubes Filled With Plants Find Balance in Paris
Sou Fujimoto, who designed the 2013 Serpentine Gallery in London, just completed the Many Small Cubes installation...

Sou Fujimoto's Spindly Bus Shelter in Austria Deemed Unsafe by Authorities
Sou Fujimoto’s delicate-looking bus shelter in Krumbach, Austria was just shut down by authorities who deemed...

Smiljan Radic's 2014 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion Opens in London
Chile-based Smiljan Radic Studio just unveiled the 14th Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London. The studio's innovative...

Sou Fujimoto's Tree-Inspired Tower Sprouts Balconies Like Leaves
The city of Montpellier launched its ambitious 12-building "Folies" competition in hopes of enriching its 21st...

Sou Fujimoto's Solo House is a Geometric Forest Bathed in Natural Light
The house is meant to be built using untreated wood and the irregular lattice creates a blurred boundary between...

Sou Fujimoto's Modular Outlook Tower is Cooled by Indoor Waterfalls
Sou Fujimoto's Outlook Tower is designed for a site at the end of a large avenue in Doha, Qatar. "From afar, the...

Zaha Hadid's Spaceship-Like Olympic Stadium in Tokyo to Be Scaled Down
Zaha Hadid has been asked to redesign her winning proposal for the new Tokyo National Olympic Stadium due to its...

EXPO Colony: MoMA PS1's Pop-Up Mini Civilization Hosts Artists in Recycled Trailers and Tents
Part of MoMA's EXPO 1 series exploring "ecological challenges in the context of the economic and socio-political...

Sou Fujimoto's Nebulous 2013 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion Opens to the Public in London
Sou Fujimoto is the 13th—and youngest—architect to be invited to design a summer pavilion for the garden, which...