Zaha Hadid Architects’ undulating riverside promenade doubles as a flood barrier in Hamburg
Zaha Hadid Architects has raised both the cultural cachet and the storm surge barriers in the German city of Hamburg...
Curvaceous bicycle bridge brings new life to Copenhagen’s harbor
Copenhagen has once again cemented its title as the best bicycle city in the world with the completion of the Lille...
MAD’s ethereal Yiwu Grand Theater will “float” on Zhejiang waters
Beijing-based architectural firm MAD Architects has won a competition for Zhejiang’s Yiwu Grand Theater with...
LEED Gold house reveals maritime charms
When a family with a love for boating purchased property on the Chesapeake Bay in Annapolis, Maryland, they turned...
OMA unveils designs for zigzagging residential towers in Brooklyn
OMA’s New York office has unveiled striking designs for the Greenpoint Landing mixed-use towers—two dramatically...
Solar-powered home embraces Hudson River views and aging in place
Wanting to reconnect with the outdoors after decades of living in Manhattan, a couple nearing retirement asked...
Henning Larsen completes award-winning Wave apartments in Denmark
Copenhagen-based Henning Larsen Architects has completed The Wave, a striking wave-shaped apartment complex that...
3XN unveils a sustainable redesign for the Sydney Fish Market
Danish design practice 3XN has revealed its competition-winning redesign for the Sydney Fish Market, a waterfront...
Colorful raised gardens bring greenery and shelter to the Thames riverfront
Cities across the world are reclaiming their waterfronts - and that includes London, where a series of verdant...
UNStudio completes a marina with a luxe yacht-like clubhouse in China
UNStudio’s Asia office recently completed the Keppel Cove Marina & Clubhouse, a massive waterfront complex...
Built on a budget, this elegant Dock Building glows like a lantern in Vancouver
Tight budgets typically pose one of the biggest challenges in design projects. But as Michael Green, CEO and President...
Zaha Hadid Architects wins bid to masterplan Russia’s largest port
Zaha Hadid Architects has won the Admiral Serebryakov Embankment competition, an international masterplanning contest...
Designers envision innovative affordable housing for Sydney
The Sydney Affordable Housing Challenge, organized by Bee Breeders, calls for ideas that try to solve the affordable...
Shimmering Solar Arch to generate power for a post-industrial Connecticut town
A giant gleaming arch clad in solar panels is set to transform the waterfront of downtown Willimantic. This spectacular...
Henning Larsen to revitalize Brussels region with rooftop farming and co-housing
A post-industrial region in Brussels will find a new lease on life thanks to the vision of Henning Larsen Architects....
Kengo Kuma’s competition-winning aquatic center connects land and sea in Copenhagen
Kengo Kuma & Associates beat out the likes of BIG and 3XN Architects in a design competition for a new waterfront...
Snøhetta completes fish market inspired by Arabic calligraphy in Oman
Most fish markets are dirty, exciting, and loud—a place of business, not of elegance. But Snøhetta challenges...
Toronto’s waterfront to undergo major futuristic redesign thanks to Google’s Sidewalk Labs
In collaboration with Sidewalk Labs, a start-up created by Google to "accelerate innovation in cities around the...
MVRDV unveils plans for the biggest urban development project in Scandinavia
MVRDV and BSK Arkitekter have grand plans for Gothenburg, Sweden. The two architecture firms just unveiled Magasin...
Ecosistema Urbano envisions bioclimatic domes for Florida’s West Palm waterfront
This green masterplan for the West Palm Beach in Florida will include the first public bioclimatic domes in the...
10 landscape design projects that turned neglected spaces into incredible parks
Landscape architects frequently work to transform areas that contain industrial and toxic waste, infrastructure...
World’s first Nordic Eco-labelled apartments completed in Copenhagen
The world’s first Nordic Eco-labelled project just wrapped up construction in one of Copenhagen’s most desirable...
Petal-shaped stations and rapid transport pods are an elegant green mobility solution for Dubai
Metrino is a futuristic transportation system designed for Dubai that ferries passengers throughout the city in...
Corals at Keppel Bay combine the best of luxury and sustainability
The project features buildings clad in glazed, white aluminum and glass panels, which create a rhythm accentuated...
Urban farming, food markets and parks replace banks and parking lots in this masterplan for Amsterdam
The project offers a solution to some of the issues plaguing the city center which is crowded with tourists, suffers...
After going viral, this unbelievable cliffside home is becoming a reality
It's official: the beautiful and bizarre house-in-a-cliff known as Casa Brutale is actually being built. We reported...
EDP Foundation’s elegant Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology opens in Lisbon
The facade of the structure was made of 15,000 three-dimensional, crackle-glazed ceramic tiles that reference Lisbon's...
Massive food hall may come to South Bronx waterfront thanks to a controversial developer
In a move that many are criticizing as the next wave of gentrification in the South Bronx, Somerset Partners founder Keith...
Renowned prefab Makoko Floating School arrives in the Venetian lagoon
The three-story structure was conceived in collaboration with the Makoko waterfront community. Slightly adapted...
OMA unveils designs to transform iconic RFK Stadium-Armory campus from pavement to sports park
Events DC, the official sports authority and convention of the city, revealed two OMA proposals—the “North-South...