Star Palace Accesses the Magic Void Space
A grand realization from UNStudio. The firm itself specializes in architecture, urban development, and infrastructure. The department store known as Star Place, resides in Kaohsiung,…
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Steel in the Desert
Continuing our meme of unconventional homes, we direct your attention to Blank Studio’s Xeros Residence. Completed in 2005, this house uses its location in Phoenix, Arizona,…
Luxury HiRise with Diamond Like Facade
As we progress into advancements in architectural and engineering extremes designer Dinesh Doshi felt it important the Z10 Tower remain on the cutting edge and…
Miami Dade College is a Super Building
Located at Biscayne Boulevard and NE 5th Street in downtown Miami, the Campus Center for Miami Dade college looks like something out of OMA’s handbag….
Suspended Over Water
Do you want to take the ultimate lunch break? Forget the Gehry’s tad-overdone (sorry) Conde Nast cafeteria in New York City; head to Bangkok to the Octospider….
All of Berlin in a Single Credenza
Presenting the defining moment in Credenzoligy. This credenza is made to read like a novel, telling the story of the history of the structures that…
My Entire House be Rearranging Itself, Grid-wise
I just saw an episode of Futurama where instead of the elevator moving though the building, the entire building moved when the button was pressed….
Modern Additions in not so Modern Homes
The Grafton Crescent project replaced an existing dilapidated small lean-to rear extension with a new glass extension at ground floor level and new timber and…
Leave the Children at Home; this is Adult Business
Kids, you have to stay here: your father and I are going to the park to play on the adult playground …?! “Big Kidz” athletic…
Living in 129 Square Feet, Sovhus 4:12
The Sovhus 4:12 , measuring in at a tiny 129 square feet (12 square meters), is small in all dimensions. But its design power is undiminished…
Nesting Doll House
House N is a new house in Oita, Japan , by one of our favorites, Sou Fujimoto Architects. The house is a series of nesting boxes, another departure from…
Sherwood Forest’s Fantastic Treehouse
London-based architects Make created the winning design for the Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre (yes, that Sherwood Forest ). Their solution makes this little installation in Madison Square Park look really weak. In fact, Make…