Zaha Hadid Architects’ sports center shoots for sustainable design

Following an international architecture competition, a proposal from Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has been selected for a huge new sports complex in Hangzhou, China. The ambitious project will feature a focus on sustainable design and be centered around… Continue reading Zaha Hadid Architects’ sports center shoots for sustainable design

Extraordinary zipper-like exterior shades mixed-use high-rise

Though it’s officially named the RKM 740 Tower, J Mayer H’s recently completed mixed-use high-rise building is undoubtedly destined to be better known by its more interesting nickname of the Zipper, coined due to its eye-catching shading exterior.Conti… Continue reading Extraordinary zipper-like exterior shades mixed-use high-rise

City block-sized supertall skyscraper completed in Manhattan

Following four years of construction, Foster + Partners’ massive US$4 billion 50 Hudson Yards is now finally complete. The supertall skyscraper takes up the footprint of an entire city block in Manhattan, New York City, and reaches a height of 308 m (1… Continue reading City block-sized supertall skyscraper completed in Manhattan

City block-sized supertall skyscraper completed in Manhattan

Following four years of construction, Foster + Partners’ massive US$4 billion 50 Hudson Yards is now finally complete. The supertall skyscraper takes up the footprint of an entire city block in Manhattan, New York City, and reaches a height of 308 m (1… Continue reading City block-sized supertall skyscraper completed in Manhattan

City block-sized supertall skyscraper completed in Manhattan

Following four years of construction, Foster + Partners’ massive US$4 billion 50 Hudson Yards is now finally complete. The supertall skyscraper takes up the footprint of an entire city block in Manhattan, New York City, and reaches a height of 308 m (1… Continue reading City block-sized supertall skyscraper completed in Manhattan

Sustainable sand dune and holey roof feature in 2022 architecture awards

The annual Architecture MasterPrize (AMP) offers a superb opportunity to check out a wide range of projects from around the world. Featuring everything from landscape projects to towers and high-end homes, 2022’s highlights include an energy efficient … Continue reading Sustainable sand dune and holey roof feature in 2022 architecture awards

Baluchon squeezes full-time home and office into tiny 20-ft-long frame

The latest tiny house design to come from French firm Baluchon measures just 6 m (20 ft) in length. However, despite this compact size, the Milanda packs everything necessary to serve as a comfortable full-time residence to its owner in northern France… Continue reading Baluchon squeezes full-time home and office into tiny 20-ft-long frame

Flowerpots and cereal boxes among the crazy ideas becoming Airbnb homes

The results are in for Airbnb’s OMG! Fund competition and the home ideas are just as wild as expected. From a house shaped like a flowerpot to another that looks like a solar-powered cereal box, a hundred off-the-wall designs are now getting a chance a… Continue reading Flowerpots and cereal boxes among the crazy ideas becoming Airbnb homes

Energy efficient housing forms rocky outcrop on the riverside

Following the completion of its award-winning Valley development comes another project by MVRDV that’s defined by an impressive mountain-like exterior. Ascension Paysagère has been partly built to the exacting Passivhaus green building standard and fea… Continue reading Energy efficient housing forms rocky outcrop on the riverside

Stepped housing will absorb CO2 with large number of trees and shrubs

Following the success of its revolutionary Bosco Verticale, Stefano Boeri Architetti has done more than most to help popularize the current trend of covering buildings with trees. Its latest project sees the studio return to this so-called “Vertical Fo… Continue reading Stepped housing will absorb CO2 with large number of trees and shrubs