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“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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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