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.
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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The USA is often associated with all things big: cars, food and buildings – everything seems larger than life in that part of the world. However, with its 2018 Small Project Awards, the American Institute Of Architects honors projects that, despite their size/budget, are monuments to superb design.
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Artist Olafur Eliasson's studio recently completed its first major architectural work, Fjordenhus (or Fjord House). Rising out of a Danish fjord like a sculpted modern take on a castle, the building is arranged into four converging cylinders and is defined by its remarkable brickwork.
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Each year, the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat celebrates the world's grandest towers with its Best Tall Building awards. Claiming top honors in 2018 was a red and green skyscraper in Singapore, with two converted silos and conjoined New York towers rounding out the winners’ list.
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Eindhoven, the Netherlands, looks poised to become something of a 3D-printed architecture boom town. Following the construction of a 3D-printed bridge in the city, a total of five rental homes made using the cutting edge tech are now planned too.
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Russian firm DublDom recently installed an off-grid cabin in Kandalaksha, Russia, that sleeps up to eight people. Located north of the Arctic Circle, the remote area features a harsh landscape. Owing to these challenges, the cabin had to be delivered in sections by helicopter.
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British artist Alex Chinneck has been distorting and twisting the physical world into surreal and mind-bending permutations for nearly a decade now. His latest work returns to the more humble world of indoor sculpture after five years of extraordinary large-scale work.
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The municipality of Nacka in Stockholm is moving ahead with rail extensions and real estate developments as it prepares for an impending population boom, and an offbeat new tower is set to become a symbol of its new modernity and growth.
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We initially covered Snøhetta's ambitious design for Europe's first underwater restaurant back in late 2017. The high-profile firm has now revealed that the appropriately-named Under is, well, under construction in Norway's southernmost tip.
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This enviable luxury residence in Porto Feliz, São Paulo, Brazil, was designed by Studio MK27's Marcio Kogan, with Lair Reis. It opens up to the outside with operable glazing and is topped by a concrete roof that's covered in greenery and designed to blend in with its landscaped garden.
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