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.
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has unveiled plans for a new primary school. Consisting of large vaulted structures that promise a pleasant and daylight-filled learning environment, the Lushan Primary School in Jiangxi Province, China, will also be built with help from an industrial robot.
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The CORE 9 prototype home is designed to not only be cost effective but also sustainably superior. It is part of one of Australia's first sustainable housing projects, which features 220 blocks of land where residents can only build a home that meets specific sustainable home design standards.
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Zaha Hadid designed a lot of high-profile buildings throughout her career, but only one private residence by the late starchitect has been completed to date. Named Capital Hill Residence, it's a remarkable-looking luxury house that features bedroom suites raised above the surrounding trees.
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Last month, New Atlas took the opportunity to explore just some of Amsterdam's modern architectural highlights, taking in museums, apartment blocks, bridges and bicycle parks along the way. We've put together a gallery of what we saw in a city at the forefront of contemporary building design.
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An accordion-style tower that is erected via helium balloon, a Shinto shrine-inspired tower complete with rice paddies, and a tower designed around fire prevention are the big winners of this year's eVolo Skyscraper competition.
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Arup and CLS Architetti's much-anticipated 3D-printed house has been revealed in Milan. While still just a prototype, the project looks like the most fully realized and livable 3D-printed house we've seen to date, with a larger, more complex design than other examples.
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High-profile Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has revealed plans for an unusual art installation/public viewing platform in the city of Den Helder, the Netherlands. Bringing to mind an oversized seesaw (or teeter-totter), the structure will gently rock backward and forward.
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The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) always puts an interesting spin on its projects. Such is the case with the firm's recently-unveiled Audemars Piguet Hôtel des Horlogers, which will enable guests to ski down its sloping zigzagging roof.
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While known predominantly for the flashy cars it dreams up, Pininfarina sure isn't afraid to put its creativity to use in other areas. Now its dive into urban architecture has returned a curvy apartment building in Brazil, which it bills at its first ever residential tower.
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The Royal Institute of British Architects hands out a number of awards across the year. Among these, it celebrates the finest creations in different parts of the UK through its regional awards. Let's take a look at the buildings currently battling it out for top honors in the nation's capital.
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