Magazine

The residential development at Chilestieg in Rümlang, Switzerland looks like a set of shimmering crystals embedded in lush green surroundings. be baumschlager eberle

Hugh Broughton Architects has completed a new gallery on the Welbeck Estate in Nottinghamshire. Hugh Broughton Architects

In a narrow time frame of just 21 months, a four-storey institute building has been both designed and built for the University of Saarland, creating a gatehouse situation for the eastern entrance of the University. Veauthier Architekten

Architectural quality and sustainability permeate two rental apartment blocks in solid wood in Fristad, outside Borås in Sweden. The buildings are based on the concept "Wood right through" for the municipal housing company FRIBO. Tengbom

The new city hall in Deventer unites the old historical city hall with a new city office. The new building complex is located at the ‘Grote Kerkhof’ and extends as far as the ‘Burseplein’. Neutelings Riedijk Architecten

Built in Caraquet village, les Jumelles are two small sister constructions link in order to create a single family holiday house oriented towards the grandiose scenic view of the Baie-des-Chaleurs. YH2

La Mantilla answers the functional mix programme defined for the mixed development zone Jacques Cœur in Montpellier. With an approximately 32,000 m2 surface area, it provides shops, restaurants, housing, a student residence, offices and a public car park. Jacques Ferrier Architecture

The installation conceived by Migliore+Servetto Architects, B&B Italia / The Perfect Density, identifies the concept of density as the narrative fulcrum to celebrate the 50th anniversary of B&B Italia. Migliore+Servetto Architects

This home is partially sunken into a bluff where a wooded site meets the ocean. The living spaces within span the overlap between the forest and water’s edge – form and detail exploring the tension between the natural and the man-made. Leroy Street Studio Architecture

The House in the Woods project site was an interesting challenge for the working team Officina29 Architetti, where the strong, powerful presence of oak trees and the sloping terrain imposed the design that blurs the boundary between building and land Officina29 Architetti

This luxury hot spring resort is built around the hilltop of Luo Fu Shan, in Sichuan Province. AIM Architecture

Interior designer Martine Brisson designed a spacious, balanced patio for two people with a deep passion for contemporary design. The project won the award for best home terrace at Quebec’s Grands Prix du Design 2015. Martine Brisson

Daniel Libeskind has unveiled the design for The Kurdistan Museum in Erbil, Iraq. The building will become the first major center in the Kurdistan Region for the history and culture of the Kurdish people. Studio Libeskind

At the end of 2015, A+M was invited to enter a two-stage design competition for a new station of the legendary Moscow Metro. A+M won Stage I. Shown below is the Stage II proposal, driven by A+M’s search for meaning and beauty in everything that is common, ubiquitous, always in plain... Austin+Mergold

Located in Saint-Louis (Alsace, France) in the "Three Borders" region and in the inner suburb of Basel, the "Forum" dedicated to replace the old "Palais des fêtes" of the town, is a cultural facility designed to host associative, sporting and cultural events.  Manuelle Gautrand Architecture

An old household rubbish tip in the middle of an industrial zone swept by dynamic east-west flows (trains, cars, barges, river, wind) defines the vibrant setting of the technical centre for the Public Waste Collection Service and its Support Department. atelier arcau

Inspired by the work of Parley for the Oceans and their collaborative work with Adidas, and G Star Raw and Pharrell Williams using recycled ocean waste to create innovative products, SPARK’s beach hut is fabricated from discarded plastic collected from the beaches and seas of South East Asia. SPARK

GRAFT has designed a single-family house and two semi-detached houses, all of them environmentally friendly buildings that join mobility, energy and health.  GRAFT

The house is organized within one meandering form made of natural stone, creating three volumes with an open space interwoven between them. Marion Regitko Architects

KAAN Architecten signs the Supreme Court of the Netherlands: Distinguished and functional, hard and ethereal, rough and refined: the new home of the highest court in the Netherlands exhibits a tight relationship between openness and security. KAAN Architecten

MASS Lab has been named one of the four finalists in the Nordic Built Cities Challenge Competition in the Faroe Islands, for the construction of a masterplan in an area of ​​over 45,000 square meters. Mass Lab

Giardini in Silence: Metamorphosis in between art and architecture RAAAF, Marcel Moonen

The plot is located in a green ring around the historic city center. The building occupies half of the plot, the other half being used as a park. Menis Arquitectos

A Beam of Light on Vorob’evi Hills Architects of Invention

MoederscheimMoonen Architects recently presented the definite design for a new multi-tenant building next to Utrecht’s new Central Station. The building has been commissioned by Klépierre Retail Development. Part of the Hoog Catharijne shopping centre, the future building is commonly... MoederscheimMoonen Architects

The guiding principles of these student halls of residence were standardization, self-regulation and a maximization of internal space. Hamonic + Masson & Associés

The residence was built on a site that looks up Himeji Castle in a historical district in Himeji, Hyogo. Waro Kishi + K.ASSOCIATES

The Titus brothers reached out to MH Architects to explore the concept of a new winery facility located in Napa Valley in 2012. The client’s stated goal was to express the spirit of Titus Vineyards wine through the architectural components of the winery design. MH Architects

An intimate and cozy housing estate in Mikołów located on the quiet outskirts of the city. The project includes twelve houses. Zalewski Architecture Group

The new sports centre, La Taule, designed by the architectural firm Microclimat, embodies the vision of a former Olympic athlete and participates in the revitalization of Waterloo, in the Eastern Townships. Architecture Microclimat

This nursery school in Sakura, Chiba was planned to accommodate 60 pupils. Seiyu-Kai, a local social welfare firm specializing in elderly care facilities approached us for this project. The overarching concept for this plan started with an idea: "a nursery school is a large house." Yamazaki Kentro Design Workshop

Implanted on a large agricultural estate, the house is built in the middle of the property’s vineyard on an almost flat terrain adjacent to a cork oak forest. blaanc

DES Architects + Engineers (DES A+E) just completed the Moffett Place High Garden — a two-acre rooftop park — in the heart of Silicon Valley. It is one of the largest elevated parks ever completed in the region. DES Architects + Engineers

Greatwall Construction recently hosted a tenancy signing ceremony of the new Greatwall Office Complex in Wuhan. 10 DESIGN

Situated along a major highway just south of Bangkok en route to the resort town of Pattaya, the design of the facade for the Central Plaza Rayong facade explores the potential of the facade to provide a visually engaging and seemingly kinetic appearance to attract the attention of passers by.  Synthesis Design

This modern ski chalet was designed as a weekend retreat for a family with school age children. Sited on the steep slope of a former ski hill, Mont-Jasper, near the village of Saint-Donat. RobitailleCurtis