Bellbird Retreat // Steendijk
Location: Killarney, Queensland, Australia. Architect: Steendijk. Bellbird Retreat is a weekend getaway located in a beautiful rural setting. The building is designed to blend in with the natural environment and create a connection to the surrounding landscape. Sustainability was a key consideration in the design, with features such as rainwater and electricity harvesting and passive […]
Huli Creative Industrial Park Urban Design // FCHA
Location: XIAMEN, China. Architect: FCHA. The Huli Creative Industrial Park in Xiamen aims to become a national state-level cultural industry demonstration zone by integrating the goals of “Park + scenic area + community into one” with the development orientation of “creativity + tourism”. The core area of the creative industry park covers 1.35 square kilometers. […]
Svobodny Strategic Master Plan 2030 // Strelka KB with Karres en Brands
Location: Svobodny, Russia. Architect: Strelka KB with Karres en Brands. The town of Svobodny in Russia has suffered from economic decline since the closure of its core heavy industry enterprises in the 1980s. However, construction of two major gas chemical ventures has begun, which is expected to make up 91% of the town’s economy and […]
Interface Headquarters // Perkins+Will
Location: Atlanta, United States. Architect: Perkins+Will. Interface, Inc., a modular flooring company, designed a new corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, with a focus on sustainability and biophilic design. The existing 1960s-era building was deconstructed, and almost 90% of the interior and exterior materials were diverted or recycled. The new design incorporates the conceptual metaphors of […]
Deep Forms of Nature-based Solutions: Meishe River Greenway and Fengxiang Park, Haikou, China // Turenscape
Location: Haikou, China. Architect: Turenscape. The Meishe River in Haikou City, China, has suffered from water pollution for decades due to sewage and non-point source pollution from urban and suburban runoffs. In 2016, the Haikou government commissioned a landscape architect to lead the mission of recovering the mother river. The project includes a major park, […]
Castle Cove House // TERROIR
Location: Castle Cove, Australia. Architect: TERROIR. The history of single-family houses in Sydney has been marked by an evolving approach to the relationship between the landscape and residential house design. This has been particularly evident in the steep and spectacular landscapes around the inner harbor, where houses have been designed to take advantage of the […]
Work, Meet and Dream! Designing Workplaces to Inspire Youth // DP Architects
Location: Singapore, Singapore. Architect: DP Architects. DP Architects designed the new premises for Heartware Network, a registered charity youth organization in Singapore. The design goal was to create a space where youths can gather, interact, and participate. The project explores how design can be used as a powerful tool to reach out to the youths […]
The building 12 // Shenzhen Cimax Design Company Limited
Location: Shenzhen, China. Architect: Shenzhen Cimax Design Company Limited. The old lakeside house, which was once used by leaders in the 1970s, has been transformed into a private office club by a designer. The building is situated just 7 meters away from the water, and the designer aimed to create a lot of gray space […]
PVH Campus // MVSA
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands. Architect: MVSA. The European Headquarters for Calvin Klein & Tommy Hilfiger in Amsterdam is the first building in a new campus development for PVH, the parent company of the two fashion brands. The campus is made up of three buildings, each with a different focus and function, but united by a maritime […]
Amadeus // REBDESIGN Rebecca Luisier
Location: Verbier, Switzerland. Architect: REBDESIGN Rebecca Luisier. The author was given the task of renovating two apartments into a single penthouse with the look and feel of a high-end alpine chalet. The resulting contemporary condo features clean lines, warm colours, and a masculine palette. The entrance features a Chinese sculpture of the Princess of Love, […]
Vanke Villa Sanya // BLVD International
Location: Sanya, China. Architect: BLVD International. Vanke Villa Sanya is a luxurious resort manor located at the foot of Luobi Mountain. The villa integrates Eastern poetic elegance with Western innovative technology to create an ideal life that praises life and worships nature. The space is designed with individualized materials in a uniform gray and white […]
MACTAN CEBU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL 2 // Integrated Design Associates Limited
Location: Cebu, Philippines. Architect: Integrated Design Associates Limited. The Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) in the Philippines is the second largest airport in the country. To meet the growing traffic demands, a new Terminal 2 for international traffic is being built to supplement the existing Terminal 1, which will be converted to domestic use when T2 […]
Krossmark Corporate Office // Shaili Banker Architects
Location: Ahmedabad, India. Architect: Shaili Banker Architects. The corporate office in Ahmedabad is located in an industrial area and is adjacent to one of its manufacturing sheds. The building’s architecture plays a crucial role in providing a better work environment due to the poor air quality in the area. The building’s plan is perforated, with […]
77 Market Street, Sydney // fjmt
Location: Sydney, Australia. Architect: fjmt. The proposed development is a 32-storey mixed-use building that includes repurposing existing vehicular access and basement levels for shared car parking and services, conservation, refurbishment and fit out of the existing 10-storey heritage building for retail and commercial office uses, and construction of a 22-storey tower above the heritage item, […]
Civic Culture Center of Xianyang, Shaanxi Province // Original Design Studio
Location: Xianyang, China. Architect: Original Design Studio. The Civic Culture Center of Xianyang is a large complex located in Xi’an Province, designed to provide exhibitions and activities for the local people. The design starts with three crucial points. The first point is to go back to a planning based on human scale instead of a […]
Trend Island – THE BIG BANG OF CREATIVITY // Blank Architects
Location: Moscow, Russia. Architect: Blank Architects. Trend Island is a department store in Moscow that offers a beauty zone, accessories for home and leisure, coffee shops, children’s zones, and a lecture hall. It is a platform for creativity and communal space for young brands to debut and grow. The first stage of the space was […]
MDR Truss Campus // Rapt Studio
Location: Marina Del Rey, California, United States. Architect: Rapt Studio. The Bradmore Group, a private equity real estate firm, approached Rapt to transform six industrial buildings into a cohesive multi-tenant campus. Instead of converting the property to multi-family units, they chose to establish office space that caters to young, up-and-coming creatives. Rapt completed a comprehensive […]
The Cinema Complex at the District Docklands // NH Architecture
Location: Melbourne, Australia. Architect: NH Architecture. The new Entertainment complex in Docklands’ Village precinct is a multi-cinema and mixed-use structure located on a challenging prawn-shaped site. The project is situated amidst existing vertical infrastructure, elevated walkways, and contiguous structures. The brief required the project to rejuvenate the existing commercial complex and become transformative within its […]
Arrowtown House // RTA Studio
Location: Arrowtown, New Zealand. Architect: RTA Studio. The Arrowtown House is a private residence located in the Wakatipu basin, surrounded by the Southern Alps. The house is designed as a series of pavilions that blend into the landscape, following the contours of the land. The clients, who are artists, wanted a house that was both […]
Helmholtz Diabetes Center München // HDR Inc.
Location: Munich, Germany. Architect: HDR Inc. The Helmholtz Diabetes Center in Munich is a new building dedicated to diabetes research, located on the Helmholtz Zentrum München campus. The building consists of two rectilinear forms connected by a central spine, with glazed walls and vertical louvers to allow natural light while mitigating solar gain. The south […]