A workplace like a luxury flat: with the new office of the financial company Horsley Bridge Partners, the Huntsman Architectural Group has created a working environment in San Francisco that focusses on work-life integration.
In Praia do Forte, Brazil, Sidney Quintela Architecture and Urban Planning have developed Casa Brise - a house in which the interior lives from its palm-rich surroundings. And vice versa.
The Quincha House by local architecture firm Base Studio is being built in the centre of Chile. With recourse to tried-and-tested construction methods and futuristic design, a house is being built that blends harmoniously into its environment while conserving resources.
A library has emerged on the east coast of Japan that is not only profound in terms of its book collection, but also its location. The Library in the Earth is located underground and conceals a spectacular wooden dome.
The Reef Restaurant on the Chinese island of Shengshan is a project by Benedetta Tagliabue that celebrates the sea and coastal landscape as well as cultural heritage. Local materials and wood are to play a key role.
Casa S stands out not only because of its spectacular location on the rocky coast of Chile. The family holiday home also stands out thanks to its unique design, which was modelled on a toy.
The THALLO Boutique Hotel complex in Zhangzhou, China, is not only impressive because of its exterior, which was modelled on a ship. The project is an impressive example of how architecture is integrated into mountainous surroundings in China.
The luxury fashion brand Jacquemus has come up with a unique concept for four of its stores in collaboration with AMO, OMA's sister company. A concept that ensures that the stores could not be more different and at the same time more similar.
The Rehmannia Root Crafts Exhibition Hall is dedicated to an important medicinal plant in traditional Chinese medicine. The well thought-out dome construction by Luo Studio is based on a cost-efficient structure made of standardised timber.
Sophisticated architecture is increasingly finding its way into the high mountains. In the Pyrenees, the Refuge de Barroude, a refuge designed by the architectural firm Snøhetta, is setting new standards for building in high alpine regions.
With the Liminal House in West Vancouver, McLeod Bovell has created more than just a detached house. He created a symbol of being neither here nor there. A symbol that goes completely against the traditional idea of living and its architecture.
The expanded US airport in Portland now boasts a gigantic wooden roof, in which its own forest grows. ZGF Architects were able to preserve most of the existing building and serve the common good by transforming the supply chain.