Reconstruction of A Townhouse in Zurich, Switzerland by idA Architekten.Originally built in 1983, this apartment building in Zurich has been given one hell of a face-lift by idA architects. Bit of a whack commission in the first place, the building has been re-modeled to accommodate six three-bedroom...
Cafe With Volcanic Stone Walls in South Korea by Platform_A.Located on the once volcanic Jeju island, South Korea, Platform Monsant is a crafted expression of its landscape - a sand-less island littered with deep earthy red boulders spewed forth from another age. Platform_Aâs newly built...
Zinc-Clad Midden Studio in Scotland by Studio Weave.Slowly nestling itself into Scotlandâs western coastline, Midden Studio is this alien life form, bizarrely celebrating allusions to its Scottish, coastal context. Developed in response to the clientâs long-standing relationship to...
Cultural Center La Gota: Tobacco Museum by Losada GarciĚa in CĂĄceres, Spain.Get ready for todayâs doozy-of-a-building guys â a tobacco museum. Yeah you read that correctly, the Cultural Centre La Gota has been designed around the tobacco plant. Inspiring conceptual design to façade detailing, the tobacco...
The Great Wall of WA by Luigi Rosselli Architects.Located at Mindaroo Station up in the Pilbara in Northern WA, Luigi Rosselli Architectâs created a series of 14 separate residences for the mining magnate Andrew Forest. Tunneling into the sand dune, each one of the 14 residences is...
The Snake by François Roche/ New Territories in Paris, France.If youâre ever lacking a bit of that artsy-edge in your design lives, only look towards Paris, France. For better or worse, you can trust the Parisians to explore and blur the boundary between art and architecture. Although Iâm...
Fab-Union Space by Archi-Union Architects // Shanghai, China.As more designers play with, experiment and adopt new technologies and create new techniques to implement them, this brave Chinese jewel starts revealing a future face of architecture that is frankly, pretty cool. Springing up in...
Selected Works by Strategic Design Studio OeO.Hold on to your pants guys. Today Iâm shedding a little light on one of the most talented design studioâs Iâve come across in years. Big call right? Just wait! Established in 2003 OeO is the mythic offspring of super strategist and...
Nanchang Insun International Cinema by One Plus Partnership.Today Iâm sharing with you guys a quirky little number from Chinaâs Book City, Nanchang. Completed by One Plus Partnership in 2013, the design of the Nanchang Insun International Cinema uses the conceptual relationship between the book...