Building and Construction

No prizes for guessing where the Stairway House gets its name. This unusual project is located in Japan and serves as home to three generations of the same family, with the oversized staircase meant to help connect them.

Minimaliste has previously impressed us with its line of models that can withstand its country's harshest weather, and now the firm has completed its first home designed for family life. The Charme serves as full-time home to a family of four.

With its eye-catching glazing bulging out of a stone facade, the remarkable Galleria in Gwanggyo is one of the most striking buildings we've seen in some time. Designed by OMA, the department store was recently completed in Gwanggyo, South Korea.

Build Tiny recently completed a new home that gets its name from combining the names of the owner's two grandmothers. Family is a strong theme with the Daisy Vera Tiny House and the off-grid model also integrates an heirloom stained glass window.

Following its Pritzker Prize win, Grafton Architects isn’t creating another stone building as you might expect. Instead, the firm has designed a light-filled all-timber college research building that it hopes will highlight the versatility of wood.

It’s rare to see a firm as high-profile as Foster + Partners design a private home, but if the Dolunay Villa is any indication, this is a pity. It features an undulating timber roof and expansive glazing frames the view for those inside.

Assuming Vincent Callebaut's Rainbow Tree is actually realized, the greenery-covered timber tower will rise to an impressive height of 115 m. It will also feature significant sustainable design, including solar panels and wind turbines.

We’ve reported on shipping containers being used for lots of different projects, but CURA is an example that could save lives. It involves transforming the metal boxes into easily transportable intensive care units to treat patients with COVID-19.

Optinid has completed another of its tiny houses that sports a sunroof-style sliding roof. The Tiny d'Alexane serves as a vacation home and has no kitchen, but has a relatively spacious living room and a separate toilet and bathroom.

With its mixed-use Shenzhen Terraces, MVRDV aims to offer a pleasant escape from the bustle of urban life in skyscraper-filled megacity Shenzhen, China. It will also integrate sustainable design, including solar power and rainwater collection.

If you’d like to experience NYC from a different perspective, the Hudson Yards development now has a new attraction. Edge is situated 1,131 ft (344 m) above the ground and offers views of the surrounding city, New Jersey, and New York State.

Morphosis offers an interesting take on an office building with its Store Support Centre for Lululemon. If realized as planned, the Vancouver project will feature significant greenery and will be defined by its eye-catching energy-efficient facade.