Whether you think "architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness," like Frank Gehry, or that "architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all," like Harry Seidler, advances in materials and design continue to expand the architect's play book with buildings that reach for the skies and connect us to the earth.
You could be forgiven for thinking that an alien race had made its home in Macau, China, but this is actually the latest major work by Zaha Hadid Architects. Serving as a flagship hotel for a resort, its perforated form is wrapped in an exoskeleton that provides structural support.
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James Law Cybertecture, the firm behind the concrete tube micro-homes, is nearing completion on another unusual project called The Pad. Located in Dubai, the building's eye-catching design is intended to resemble an iPod in its charging dock.
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Concrete is an ubiquitous, often unremarkable, building material but in the right hands, it can be sculpted into truly special architectural works. Join us as we celebrate some of the best recent uses of concrete we've seen.
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Zaha Hadid Architects has an impressive back catalog of work and is responsible for some of the world's most ambitious architecture of recent years. However, the firm's latest project is, on the face of it at least, a bit of a head-scratcher.
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Over three decades, Kengo Kuma has risen to prominence through a thoughtful approach to traditionally-infused contemporary architecture. Here we take a look over the famed architect’s most magnificent creations, and put a few questions to the man himself about his influences over the journey.
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3 World Trade Center has been declared open for business in an official ribbon cutting ceremony. Standing on the same Manhattan plot as the original building destroyed in the September 11 attacks, the supertall skyscraper rises to a height of 1,079 ft (328 m).
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Stack Rock Fort has an interesting history. English statesman Thomas Cromwell originally proposed a fort on the site back in 1539, before losing his head to Henry VIII. It was built in 1852 and served to protect against invasion from Napoleon III. The dilapidated building is now on the market.
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Following an architectural competition, Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has been given the nod to head a 13.9 hectare (34 acre) development of Russia's largest shipping port, Novorossiysk. The project is due to begin construction in the second half of 2019.
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Together, David Toussaint and Kirsty Volz have more than 30 years of experience in architecture, but a recently purchased patch of land wedged in along a railway presented the couple with a new kind of challenge.
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Whether designing a new house or extending an existing home, Australia's Austin Maynard Architects' work is always interesting. The recently-completed King Bill is no exception, involving the renovation and extension of an old but fairly typical terraced house in Melbourne into something unique.
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