Bunjil Place // Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp
Location: Narre Warren, Melbourne, Australia. Architect: Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp. A modern example of civic and community development is Bunjil Place. This type of public structure is inclusive and hybrid, reflecting and embracing our diversity rather than being a single use or single facility that often divides and separates a community according to interests, education, or […]
Northwestern Ryan/Walter Athletics Center // Perkins+Will
Location: Chicago, USA. Architect: Perkins+Will. By transferring several of its practice and academic support facilities from their previous distant location to the northern end of its campus, Northwestern University hoped to integrate its student-athletes into the university community better. The 40,000 sqm athletic centre adds space to the university’s current building to fulfil recreation demands […]
Nahil Farm House // Ardh Architects
Location: Al Ain City, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Architect: Ardh Architects. The Nahil Farm House is a modern one-story structure situated in the middle of a farm with a palm tree plantation in Al Ain City, United Arab Emirates. In order to give the design more authenticity, the arches were restored to the modern environment and […]
World of Volvo // Henning Larsen
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden. Architect: Henning Larsen. World of Volvo is based on the Swedish idea of “Allemansrätten,” which refers to the fundamental right to nature that all people have: the freedom to move about in any place (public or private) while showing respect for the environment and other people. This principle—which is now more than […]
The renovation of Souk-Al Mubarakiya // Pace
Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait. Architect: Pace. Souk Al-Mubarakiya is a location of interactions, pedestrian walkways, lodging options, places where people gather, shop, and dine, and where we may experience a sense of Kuwait’s past and culture. The Kuwait Municipality hired Pace in 2021 to analyse, plan, and oversee the beautification of the Souk Al-Mubarakiya neighbourhood. […]
A Farewell to Sanheyuan // CYS.ASDOA
Location: Taipai, Taiwan. Architect: CYS.ASDOA. A 99-year-old abandoned Sanheyuan that is now standing on the property will soon be destroyed to make way for a brand-new housing development. Before the new residential complex was built, we were asked to create a temporary welcome area. Within the Sanheyuan’s original courtyard, a new model home for the […]
Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen // MVRDV
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Architect: MVRDV. The world’s first openly accessible art storage facility is located at Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen. The goal was to create a facility that would be as hospitable as possible and make all of the target audiences feel welcome. It was categorically not intended to turn into a second museum, […]
Ourânia Building // Studio MK27
Location: São Paulo, Brazil. Architect: Studio MK27. Ourania is a modest structure of 9 stories and 8 roomy flats in So Paulo, close to the Vila Madalena district’s artistic community. It enjoys a lovely view of a green valley where the sun sets because it is located on a higher altitude of the area. Because […]
Flowing Cloud Township Villa // More Design Office
Location: Qinglongwu, Tonglu County, China. Architect: More Design Office. Qinglongwu, a Tonglu centennial village, is where Flowing Cloud Township Mansion is situated. In 2017, MDO received a request to remodel six pre-existing village homes so they could be used as guest cottages, a reception area, a bar, and a restaurant. MDO’s concept was to transform […]
Toranomon Hills Station Tower // OMA
Location: Tokyo, Japan Architect: OMA. This ambitious mixed-use project’s location is in the Toranomon Hills “Global Business Center,” close to Kasumigaseki, the main hub of Japan, and next to ARK Hills, a lifestyle and cultural hub. Roppongi Hills, the “Cultural Heart of Tokyo,” and Azabudai Hills, the “Modern Urban Village,” are adjacent. The tower will […]
The Hayesbery // Woods Bagot
Wanchai connect // DCMStudios Limited
Location: Hong Kong, China. Architect: DCMStudios Limited. CONNECT WAN CHAI was Created as an exciting vision for the future of Hong Kong, one that is influenced by the New York High Line and a new generation of initiatives that are centred on people and the community in major cities across the world. With the declaration […]
Victoria Square – Stage 1 // Kavellaris Urban Design
Location: Footscray, Australia. Architect: Kavellaris Urban Design. The subject site is advantageously positioned near a significant transportation and infrastructure network, 4 km outside of the heart of Melbourne. It is at the fringe of a sizable abandoned industrial park. At Vic Sq, a new hybridised urban renewal project, the opposing suburban and urban scales and […]
Ariana Event Hall // Daneshgar Architects
Location: Vienna, Austria. Architect: Daneshgar Architects. The demand for a contemporary event hall has been met in Lake-City Aspern (Aspern Seestadt), northeast of Vienna, which is undergoing one of the biggest urban development projects in all of Europe. The ARIANA Event Hall positions itself as a place of assembly outfitted with distinctive architecture and the […]
MAP Museum of Art and Photography // Matthew & Ghosh
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Architect: Matthew & Ghosh. With the opening of the MAP Museum of Art & Photography, housed in a cutting-edge facility in South India’s capital city of Bangalore, in February 2023, one of India’s outstanding collections of South Asian art will be made public. Bangalore-based architects Mathew & Ghosh created MAP’s iconic […]
Otto Buildings // Guevara Ottonello Architects
Location: Maldonado, Uruguay. Architect: Guevara Ottonello Architects. Otto Uno and Otto Dos, two 8-story buildings each housing 36 flats, make up the project. Design brief To produce a design that was committed to the city, the environment, and society was the project’s primary goal and greatest challenge. the creation of social housing units with a […]
Meadowbank Schools // Woods Bagot
Location: Meadowbank, Sydney, Australia. Architect: Woods Bagot. With integrated but separate primary and high schools, Meadowbank Schools is a brand-new state institution serving 2,600 students from the ages of 5 to 18. The school is a component of the New South Wales Government’s urban schools programme, which provides inner-city settings with high-density multi-level structures. The […]
Memorial of Everyman // Wutopia Lab
Location: Shanghai, China. Architect: Wutopia Lab. The Monument of Everyman, a homage to all the common people who carried out brave deeds in dire circumstances, was created by the design team from an abandoned water tower. The designers’ attention was drawn to a moving incident about plugging leaks with one’s body while discussing the project’s […]
Ajman Cultural District // Verform & DMI
Location: Amjan, UAE. Architect: Verform & DMI. Imagining a new Ajman The Ajman Cultural District is where tradition and modernity, culture and sustainability, and the past and present, collide. As a number of architectural initiatives to transform the city of Ajman have been revealed, a stroll through the city will soon become a voyage through […]
Catch // Stiff+Trevillion
Location: Whitstable, England. Architect: Stiff + Trevillion. This new construction house, which is located on the North Kent shoreline outside Whitstable, is inspired by old-fashioned fishing huts and boat sheds and incorporates local materials and textures to blend in. The upper level of the home is divided into two different, single-story, timber-clad forms that assist […]