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The canal area in Brussels is famous for its industrial heritage, but today we are witnessing the integration of housing units within this urban fabric. On the former site of the BPost building, Stephane Beel developed a master plan for a vierdeel. Toward

In Ouled Merzoug, a small earthen village near the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, a piece of land was offered by the community to the recently founded women’s association AFOM (Association des Femmes d’Ouled Merzoug). Within the postgraduate certificate Buil

THE HOUSE FOR A CRAFTSMAN The Avala House is a residence situated in a pastural landscape on Avala mountain near Belgrade in Serbia. The house is a case study on how design effort can turn sufficiency into a desirable form for living. The open frame The h

Vopuštěném areálu bývalé vojenské raketové základny na Kladensku dokončilo studio architekta Petra Hájka svoji nejnovější realizaci – krematorium pro domácí zvířata Věčná loviště. Na objekt ukrytý pod zemí upozorňuje rozměrné zrcadlo zasazené mezi náletové křoviny a plané růže terénního valu.

The original bungalow was built by a social housing organization called

The most representative and archetypical Thai construction are called Salaa ศาลา. They are scattered mainly in rural areas, and comprise a simple pitched roof, often with lateral extensions, that protects an elevated surface from the ground. They are she

In 2017, MAD Architects was commissioned to design a kindergarten next to a senior citizens’ apartment in Beijing, reflecting the client’s

Centuries ago this park and its villa formed part of a hamlet called Klingelbeek. In the early part of the twentieth century the villa was turned into a monastry. An allotment garden, a ruin and natural pond remains to to this day and forms part of the ne

This project for the restructuring of Skanderbeg Square is the result of an international architecture competition won by 51N4E in 2008. The competition's proposal, conceived in collaboration with Albanian artist Anri Sala, reorganizes Tirana's central sq

The town of Pélissanne is an ancient fortified city located in the heart of Provence in France. The new media library takes place in the historic Maureau Mansion, built in 1642 and set in the heart of an urban garden. The building is thus part of a rich l

Gare Maritime, once Europe’s largest railway station for goods on the Tour & Taxis site in Brussels, has been transformed into a covered city with a mixed program of working and shopping and plenty of public space to relax. Under impressive steel roof

In the context of the Rüttenersch housing estate of same-style houses, this building was planned in 1929 by architect Wilhelm Fleisch on behalf of the city of Dornbirn. It was extended to the north garden side in 1935 by the Cartellieri family by an extra

The Antwerp Education Council project is a leading example of sustainable design in several areas: The project concerns the conversion of an existing building. This was stripped down to the concrete structure. A new, highly energy-efficient facade was the

Sinking the new sports and event hall for the Saint Margaret High School was a rational decision both in the regards of space and environment. The considerable size of the hall is reduced by more than half, so the surroundings are less disturbed, while th

Made up of several constituent parts, this building mediates at the joint between the hetero- geneous block perimeter development with its typical fire walls and the large, meandering late modern structures dating from the Sixties and Seventies. The new b

A townhouse is entirely renovated for a new composed family. Only the front part is preserved. A relatively heavy programme and a north-facing rear facade require a well-considered compact stacking. The classic dark core is lit up by means of a void. A co

More compact living is necessary. Including in the suburbs. A plot on which there used to be a single-family house is divided into 2 plots. Within the austere constraints of the municipality's regulations, we strive to create architecture that is modest a

Face, Pool, Two Towers and Ruin Exhibition Year ︎ 2019 Outcome ︎ Site-specific collaborative project Location ︎ Veszprém,...

Ejler Bille’s Parking House introduces a human scale to the infrastructural facilities that (still) occupy our cities. The ambition has been to transform parking houses from being mere functional necessities for cars, into attractive places for people and

Baracco + Wright Architects in collaboration with Linda Tegg

Notre-Dame du Haut (English: Our Lady of the Heights; full name in French: Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut) is a Roman Catholic chapel in Ronchamp, France. Built in 1955, it is one of the finest examples of the architecture of Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbus

This is a space installation of outdoor public art group exhibition, which is exhibited in

Decommissioned in 1993, the former Zeche Zollverein became UNESCO World Heritage industrial monument in 2001 and a new masterplan developed by OMA was completed in 2010. The re-furbishment of the former Kohlenwäsche followed, as well as the Zollverein Cu

Japanese studio Takeru Shoji Architects has completed Hara House, a village home designed to look like a tent.

The 32 projects selected exhibit an architecture of primary (architectural) elements, straightforward geometries and proportions. Each proposal exhibits potential for growth by aggregation, simple repetition, or various strategies of extension, infill, an

A simple gabled form glad in corrugated metal encloses a porous series of internal and exterior spaces at this house near Tsukimiyama Station in Kobe by Tato Architects.

Peter Besley - Couldrey House, Brisbane 2020. Photos © Rory Gardiner. [[MORE]]