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Despite the challenges of a global pandemic, we’ve seen a host of superb architecture projects reach completion this year, from innovative social housing to creative performance spaces, 3D-printed homes, and even an otherworldly museum inspired by the … Continue reading The best buildings of 2021
Towers often taper into a point as they rise, but the CasaNova tower by Barcode Architects, turns this orthodoxy on its head and is defined by a triangular form that narrows at its base instead. The top-heavy building is currently under construction in… Continue reading Top-heavy triangular tower takes shape in Rotterdam
You could be forgiven for assuming that you’d need a CEO’s salary to live in one of Stefano Boeri Architetti’s enviable Vertical Forests. However, the firm’s latest tree-covered high-rise, which provides each resident with their own slice of nature in … Continue reading Tree-covered tower gives every resident a greenery filled balcony
MVRDV’s stunning facade for Bulgari’s flagship store in Shanghai, China, is designed to look like the building has a luxurious jade finish, however the glowing green exterior actually has far humbler origins: the firm created it using recycled glass bo… Continue reading Recycled bottles transformed into luxury store’s stunning green facade
Taking the overall form of a massive nomadic tent pitched in the Qatar desert landscape, the Al Bayt Stadium is yet another major stadium to be inaugurated ready for the upcoming FIFA World Cup soccer tournament being held in the country next year.Cont… Continue reading Qatar sports stadium designed to look like a huge nomadic tent
This year has been a bumper one for downsizing and, as 2022 fast approaches, we’ve chosen a selection of the most interesting, innovative, and well-designed examples of small living we’ve seen throughout the year.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, … Continue reading The best tiny houses of 2021
This year’s winner of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) House of the Year competition has been announced. The prestigious prize has gone to Alison Brooks Architects for its sympathetic work renovating and extending a stone farmhouse in G… Continue reading Britain’s best new home offers artful balance of old and new
Alongside the World Architecture Festival, the three-day World Festival of Interiors has also taken place in Portugal and the winner of the World Interior of the Year has been decided. The prize went to the Capsule Hostel and Bookstore, a radical renov… Continue reading Capsule hostel for bookworms named World Interior of the Year
The winner of the prestigious World Building of the Year prize has been revealed for 2021. CopenHill, by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), got the nod for its inspired combination of waste-to-energy plant and ski slope. The project was recognized on the final… Continue reading Combined ski slope and power plant named WAF World Building of the Year
Move over Shanghai Tower, a new megatall is under construction that will take your spot as world’s second-tallest skyscraper. Rising to an impressive height of 678.9 m (2,227 ft), the Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur has now officially topped out – that is,… Continue reading World’s second-tallest skyscraper pierces the sky above Kuala Lumpur