White paper colored with children’s vitality
Dorr Kids Playground MAUM studio The white space only serves as a background and a stage. Children are the main characters who will draw color and bring life to the space. The...
Architecture
The Podium opens, allowing the public to visit the roof
The Podium, Netherlands MVRDV Wednesday June 1, the mayor of Rotterdam Ahmed Aboutaleb opened The Podium in a ceremony at Het Nieuwe Instituut(HNI). Designed by MVRDV, the 29-metre-high platform makes the roof...
The play of ceramics that grows ripe over time
Graphic OONN No windows are found on the exterior facing the surroundings. It arouses curiosity about what secrets are hidden inside the white, curved exterior walls. As it is located in a...
Kinetic Glasshouse gently opens and closes like a flower
Glasshouse and Silk Route Garden, UK Heatherwick Studio Heatherwick Studio’s latest project explores kinetic design in the setting of a National Trust’s Woolbeding Gardens, part of a historic estate in West Sussex....
An innovative mixed-used building borrows elements from traditional Thai architecture
Baan Puripuri Home Office, Thailand baan puripuri Situated in a dense residential neighborhood of Bangkok, Baanpuripuri’s new three-story home office project reinvents the typical urban townhouse by aiming to create a vertical...
A new pavilion for Dreispitz using circular principles
Loggia Baseliana Pavilion, Switzerland isla architects For the inaugural Architekturwoche Basel, Switzerland, Mallorca-based architecture studio isla - winner of the competition for the Basel Pavilion - presents Loggia Baseliana, an urban passageway...
A coherent and legible renovation of a historic stables and hotel
Hotel Maestoso , Slovenia ENOTA The Lipica Stud Farm, Slovenia, was founded in 1580 by the Habsburgs to raise Andalusian horses; the Karst, where the farm is located, is similar to Spain...
A safer, more accessible way to Norway’s major natural landmark
Vøringsfossen Waterfall Area, Norway Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk Arkitektkontor Vøringsfossen is the largest waterfall in Norway and has been a tourist attraction since the early 1800s. The waterfall can be seen from several lookout...
A house that frames a mountainous backdrop
Hilltop House, Japan FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects Hilltop house was built at the apex of a manmade hill that was generated during a land development project at the foot of a mountain. The...
Soap making as spatial sequences
Fantasy Babble Factory Renovation, China Supercloud Studio Yangpu RiversideThe Shanghai Yangpu Riverside development is a 5.5km stretch of well-preserved former industry. Prior to the 1940s, over 300 enterprises were located here. Since...
