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Posted on April 5, 2017

Cylindrical headquarters for motorcycling federation features dramatic sweeping staircase

New FIM Headquarters in Mies by Local Architecture Slender metal columns support the offset concrete roof of this cylindrical office block designed by Local Architecture for the International Motorcycling Federation on the outskirts of Geneva. Read more
Posted on April 4, 2017

Copenhagen’s Experimentarium features a helical staircase and cladding based on fluid dynamics

Experimentarium by CEBRA Danish studio CEBRA has redesigned a science centre in Copenhagen, adding a shimmering copper-clad staircase that represents the structure of a DNA strand. Read more
Posted on April 3, 2017

NORD Architects’ Copenhagen hospice aims to provide “a unique place for the final journey”

A Good Place to Die by Nord Architects Copenhagen studio NORD Architects has completed a hospice for palliative patients in the heart of the Danish capital, with golden facades featuring curving cutouts that surround quiet courtyards. Read more
Posted on April 1, 2017

Anahata’s pared-back house in western India features facade designed as “a piece of art”

Padival House by Anahata The sculptural facade of this house in the Indian city of Belgaum comprises staggered blocks containing rooms that extend out from a central plant-filled courtyard. Read more
Posted on March 30, 2017

House in Mukainada is a Hiroshima home that straddles a circular path

House in Mukainada by FujiwaraMuro architects Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects has completed a house in Hiroshima, featuring a circular concrete and wood path that loops through both the building and the garden. Read more
Posted on March 29, 2017

Smartvoll adds sculptural concrete staircase to loft apartment in old Salzburg tank station

Loft Panzerhalle by Smartvoll This loft apartment in a former tank station in the Austrian city of Salzburg features a sweeping concrete staircase and a glass shower cubicle that cantilevers over the living space. Read more
Posted on March 27, 2017

DRDH completes elderly home in Belgium featuring pared-back finishes and open-air courtyards

London studio DRDH Architects has built an apartment complex and social centre for elderly people in Aarschot, Belgium, featuring simple materials, communal courtyards and few bold splashes of colour. Read more
Posted on March 26, 2017

Angled walls and fissures break up mass of concrete office building by Vtria Architects

Municipal Water Supply in Lamia, Greece by Vtria Archtiects The concrete walls and roof of this headquarters for the Greek city of Lamia's Municipal Water Supply are interrupted by voids and fissures that carve out different routes through the building. Read more
Posted on March 25, 2017

Concrete volumes cantilever and twist to provide mountain views from South Korean holiday resort

U Retreat by IDMM Architects This cluster of holiday apartments in South Korea's Gangwon region feature angular concrete and glass volumes that thrust outwards from a sloping site to ensure optimal views. Read more
Posted on March 25, 2017

Jan Sofka takes cues from Japanese home for rural residence near Cape Town

House in Noordhoek by Sven ten Bokkel Huinink Stone, brick and wood introduce subtle textures to this house near Cape Town, which was designed by architect Jan Sofka to resemble a Japanese home spotted on Dezeen. Read more
Posted on March 24, 2017

Enclosed courtyards frame views of trees and sky at house in a Japanese forest

It is a Garden house by Megumi Matsubara & Hiroi Ariyama Architects Megumi Matsubara and Hiroi Ariyama arranged this house in the forest near Karuizawa around five courtyards to provide views of vegetation both inside and outside the building. Read more
Posted on March 23, 2017

Layered cladding emphasises stacked arrangement of L’eau Design’s mixed-use block in Seoul

Matryoshka by L'eau design The stacked volumes that make up this multipurpose building in Seoul's Gangnam district are clad in various materials and diminish in size like the components of a nested Russian doll. Read more
Posted on March 13, 2017

House L27 by dIONISO LAB is arranged around a curving courtyard in northern Portugal

Straight walls are in short supply at this house in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, which curls around the edges of a curving cobbled courtyard. Read more

Posted on March 13, 2017

Rob Hootsmans adds serrated glass extension to stone-clad Dutch courthouse

Architect Rob Hootsmans has renovated a 1970s courthouse in the Dutch city of Zwolle and added a "transparent and approachable" extension featuring sawtoothed glass facades. Read more

Posted on March 12, 2017

Anako Architecture completes “fortress-like” concrete house in an Alpine town

This robust concrete house in the Swiss town of Savièse steps down the side of a hill and contains rooms lining internal patios that look out towards the nearby mountains. Read more

Posted on March 11, 2017

Cousins & Cousins adds laminated timber and glass extension to brick house in Hackney

A spiralling steel staircase connects the living spaces inside this timber and glass extension to a semi-detached property in north London. Read more

Posted on March 10, 2017

Rudy Ricciotti sinks Rivesaltes Memorial Museum in furrow at former French military camp

Rivesaltes Memorial Museum by Rudy Ricciotti

This museum on the site of a former French military and internment camp near Perpignan comprises a 240-metre-long concrete block with large openings puncturing its gently inclined roof. Read more

Posted on March 9, 2017

Conjoined glass and steel tubes form Fuksas Studio’s concert and exhibition venue in Georgia

Tbilisi Music Thether and Concert Hall by Fuksas

These images show the tubular forms of a music theatre and exhibition hall by Studio Fuksas, which is nearing completion in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. Read more

Posted on March 5, 2017

Daylight filters in through the roof and walls of Bangladeshi mosque by Marina Tabassum

Bait Ur Rouf Mosque, Dhaka, Bangladesh by Marina Tabassum A colonnade, a group of light wells and perforated brickwork allow light and air to reach the prayer hall of this mosque in Dhaka, which is one of winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016. Read more
Posted on March 4, 2017

Córdoba Cultural Centre features an undulating roof that people can walk across

A twisting tower signals the presence of this cultural centre and historical archive in Argentinian city Córdoba, which features a huge sloping public square on its roof. Read more

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