Architecture and design projects

About 200 km past the junction of the southern and northern Sichuan-Tibet routes from Chengdu to Lhasa lies the most spectacular part of the journey. Famous attractions such as the Bangda Grassland, Nujiang Grand Canyon, Ranwu Lake, and Laigu Glacier are scattered throughout the small town of Baxoi in eastern Tibet. The Nujiang River 72 Turns Canyon Scenic Area is locat...

The concept evolved from research conducted in 2021, which revealed a gap in the honeymoon market in Bali, where many couples seek privacy and exclusivity, yet few places truly accommodate the expression of their deepest desires. The Lovers was created to fill this gap, offering an intimate, sensual space while embracing sustainable design principles. At the core of The...

Herzog & de Meuron has completed a new Children's Hospital in Zurich – a project the studio hopes will become an important healing environment for its patients. The design, which was explored during the Royal Academy's recent Herzog & de Meuron exhibition in London, is set at the foot of the city's Burghölzli hill and contains an acute-care hospital and an adjacent resea...

Commissioned by the fourth generation of the Martínez Zabala Family, Foster + Partners has designed a major extension and refurbished the existing facilities at the winery. In line with the practice's unique vision and as one of Bodegas Faustino's organizational pillars, sustainability is integral to the project with a new visitor center that has been designed as a 'Plan...

Jewel Box is a small-scale but high-impact project by Californian architecture practice Red Dot Studio. The scheme, located in the State's Redwood City, came with a brief that outlined the extension of a classic 20th-century gem – a rare, late example of Prairie School architecture (a style made popular by Frank Lloyd Wright). Step inside Jewel Box by Red Dot Studio The...

AZL Architects recently completed the Jinling Art Museum, a project commissioned by China Overseas Real Estate for its Nanjing Jiangnan Jiuxu development. The design challenge was significant, as the architects were tasked with creating a space that not only serves as an art museum but also encapsulates the rich urban history and cultural traditions of Nanjing. The theme...

The house belongs to architects Rebecca Rudolph, a principal at local studio Design, Bitches, and Colin Thompson, who works at Gensler. The married couple both graduated from SCI-Arc in 2000. The same year, the couple bought a bungalow in LA's Atwater Village neighbourhood for around $150,000 (£11,711). The 500-square-foot (46-square-metre) house was rundown and sat on ...

Named Tianjin 4A Sports Park, the project eschews the common idea of a park as an open green space and offers locals in Tianjin a densely packed and multipurpose activity area. According to Ballistic Architecture Machine (BAM), the design draws on the historic plan of the ancient town of Yixing, which previously occupied the site but was relocated during the constructio...

Project name: ARK Club Project Location: Chengdu, China Project Area: 800m2 Interior design: VGC Design Architecture design: VGC Design Completion Time: January 2024 Chief Designer: Michael Chen Detailed designer: Ding Fei Project Management: Wen Ming Project construction: Zhejiang Construction Decoration Group Co., Ltd. Structural design: Luanlu Structure Landscape desi...

The home has been designed as a series of concrete cylinders with open arches, exposing the interior to the outdoors and creating areas for outdoor moments. Due to the different round shapes, the home has a rooftop terrace and a swimming pool that curves around the home and underneath the terrace. The swimming pool has steps that follow the pool’s curve, both inside an...

Designed to "become one of the great stadia of the world", the stadium is set to be built in the city of Benslimane, around 40 kilometres from Casablanca. Planned to host games during the upcoming 2030 World Cup, it will be the world's largest football stadium if completed with a capacity of 115,000. "The Grand Stade Hassan II will be a truly iconic, landmark venue for...

It is a first-of-its-kind institute and the only International School in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, that has: in its core value a vision to provide education that is unconventional by standards; in its heart to go beyond what other pre-schools in the region provide; and in its brief to bring a paradigm shift in early education through thoughtful architectural de...

The company, which now mainly handles Chinese herbal medicines along with a variety of healthy food products, will operate a café offering chai and shaved ice based on Chinese herbalism along with a corner where medicine can also be purchased. The interior design is based on: Creating an open and free atmosphere that is easy for anyone to enter. Carefully dismantling t...

The ground floor of the building was conceived as an open space, without walls or railings, with active façades with shops and restaurants, thus promoting interaction and connection with the urban environment. With 16 floors and 850m² of area per floor, the single tower features 4.68m from floor to floor, providing a large and ventilated spaces for its users. One of the...

The Aquatics Centre emerges as a curved wooden sculpture from the Grand Paris landscape, combining technical innovations with the highest environmental credentials. With its clever configuration, limited need of materials and energy under an ultra-thin hanging roof, France’s largest urban solar farm, the arena will host 5.000 spectators for water polo, diving and artisti...

Heatherwick Studio unveils a rippled hourglass-shaped design for Hanwha Galleria, the famed shopping center in Seoul. The proposed design features two symmetrical crystalline buildings with illuminated atria and plant-filled rooftops. Their undulating glass facades create a soft, glistening effect during the day. This design emerged from a competition aimed at reimaginin...

Situated on a site that only four decades ago was densely forested, Solar Trees Marketplace is the first step in returning green to greater Shanghai and mitigating the effects of urban sprawl. From the outside, the tree-like building is a symbolic gateway to the expansive masterplan that prioritizes pedestrian activity, parkland, and nature in an increasingly urban envi...

Located on a remote farm in Hainburg an der Donau, the home was designed for clients who wanted a compact space that was open to the surrounding landscape, which includes a grove of mature trees and a newly planted orchard. "The building was designed based on a request for a unique experience in nature, where it's possible to relax, sleep and debate around the fire," sa...

CEBRA has designed the centres for Vjosa National Park – Europe's "first wild river national park" – which was established in 2023 to preserve 13,000 hectares of the Vjosa River region. The aim of the project is to create immersive spaces for knowledge sharing and ecotourism. "The main intention of our architectural idea is to illustrate how a wild river interacts with...

Located in the fast-growing suburb of Broadmeadows on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, Meadows Primary School was given funding to upgrade its existing facilities to accommodate an extra 200 students by 2020. Working with a tight budget and an accelerated construction timeline, Project 12 Architecture – alongside Meadows Primary staff, the ...

Sophisticated and luscious interiors are not often associated with gym typologies, however a new development in Brisbane’s inner-city suburb of Newstead eschews the typical tropes. Briefed to create a luxurious design for all things health, fitness and recovery, the team at ACME have lifted the bar of what one usually expects from a workout space. Offering a full suite o...

Studio Amaro is like a “warm hug,” said its designer, Wendy Bergman, of Bergman and Co. While the newly opened 100-seat venue in Melbourne’s Windsor does indeed radiate a friendly, cosy ambience, it also conjures feelings of nostalgia. Corduroy lounges, walnut finishes, dim lighting, orange window decals and chocolate-coloured tiles are reminiscent of an establishment bo...

When we first visited this site for design, the gentle shallow slope under the road was covered with white snow, waiting for the barley seeding, which was supposed to be in the coming spring. The sea we saw standing at the coastal roadside was attractive quite differently than the commonly known west beaches were. When we visited the most lucrative cafe in the vicinity w...

The majority of the residential and educational buildings in this area were built post-war, and are distributed within an intensive green space reminiscent of an urban park, which lends this mixed-use environment a distinct atmosphere. Starting in the early 1970s, the university campus was built in several phases with explicitly late modernist characteristics. A dormito...

Located within the heart of a residential neighborhood in Al-Masayel, Kuwait, the mosque embodies a harmonious integration of traditional elements and modern interpretations, creating a spiritual and functional space for the local community. The central design concept draws inspiration from the Moqarnas, a distinctive Islamic architectural element that balances the load...

In 2016, KENGO KUMA LABORATORY at the University of Tokyo began creating a master plan for new environmentally-friendly cities based on the theme of water entitled the “Itomachi Project” in close cooperation with partners in each locale. Workshops have been conducted with local residents, individual architectural competitions have been held for young architects, and the ...

Named Atelier Chabot, the scheme saw the transformation of an existing duplex into a single-family home featuring curated furnishings themed around play. “On a mission looking to change the lives of their family, the owners were trying to decide whether to take a trip around the world by sea or to purchase a home,” the team explains. “This project combines both of those...

The Buitenverblijf Nest house takes the idea of a 'folly' and gives it a nature-inspired take, with its oversized birdhouse form and whimsical love-nest nods. A structure of its typology is defined, as its architects i29 explain, as 'a non-conventional structure that serves an artistic or playful purpose'. The Nest does just that, tucked away as it is in a peaceful, ve...

Edelman, the global communications firm, has unveiled its new London headquarters, courtesy of architecture practice Gensler. The space, designed with a creative practice in mind, is set in Francis House, within a 1900s warehouse, and brings together its industrial rawness and open spaces with colour accents, warmth and flexibility that befits the 21st century. Edelman...

The newly opened Northcote Aquatic Recreation Centre (NARC) in Melbourne is a community leisure centre that wants for nothing when compared with the finest hotel pools. The facility, which has just opened its doors to a design by locally based architecture studio Warren and Mahoney, marks a departure for aquatic centres of its kind. Northcote Aquatic Recreation Centre ...

Known as Casa VJC Iporanga, the 660-square-metre summer retreat is located in a residential condominium complex in Guarujá, roughly 100 kilometers southeast of São Paulo on the Atlantic coast. The home was completed in 2023 by the Brazilian team of DB Arquitectos, which is lead by architect David Basto, and Marina Salles Arquitectura e Interiores, which previously renov...

Situated on Maluan Mountain, the centre by Line+ Studio was wrapped by glass openings – "maximizing transparency" to offer expansive views of the landscape, nearby seaport and Shenzhen city. "The unique site of the station sets the stage for a truly unique atmosphere in the design," the studio said. "The design brief emphasized functionality and identity, with the goal...

AOA Architects designed one of the four homes with an octagonal shape and central courtyard while another, named the Round House, has a semi-circular end. The remaining two dwellings and the communal building have rectangular floor plans and differ from each other by their roof shape. The communal building has a mono-pitch roof and one rectangular house has a regular g...

The original 90s house had wild geometry, such as octagon-shaped rooms and triangular spaces, however, the client wanted a home of simple forms and rustic textures, like the ones in the Northern California community of Sea Ranch. For the exterior, the studio reconfigured windows as well as the siding, which wraps around the house to simplify its form and provide privacy...

The home has been designed to take advantage of the long and narrow lot, with the layout divided into two interconnected forms. Upon arrival at the home, there’s a path that leads alongside one side of the home and guides visitors to the front door. One area of the home contains day rooms and host bedrooms, while the other houses utility rooms, a gym, as well as guest ...

Tramo is a restaurant is ilocated large industrial space previously used as a mechanical workshop and small bar called ̈Garaje Hermético ̈, an icon of the Madrid nightlife scene. The large space is was initially constructed as a warehouse in the early 1950s. The remarkable original feature is a beautiful roof structure, formed by slender concrete and steel cable trusses...