This house fits in a reduced budget and combines the function of the building as a second residence with seasonal rentals. They try to minimize the takedowns taking advantage of the preexistences so that, with the minimum changes, it is intended to…
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House 1016 by Raúl Sanchez architects. Photograph by José Hevia
Under the leading 'Transform and Rethink', Hu Yue Studio proposes a rehabilitation of the traditional courtyard houses of China. , full_html
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Light and harmony in the new design center of Figueras, Miriam Castell's team combines warm materials such as wood, to breathe new life into the old warehouse, which is enhanced with the wide natural light that dominates the space, painted in its…
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New Design Centra Figueras, by Miriam Castells. Photograph © José Hevia
Varde Museums, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, and Tinker Imagineers celebrate the opening of TIRPITZ – a sanctuary in the sand that acts as a gentle counterbalance to the dramatic war history of the site in Blåvand on the west coast of Denmark. , full_html
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Tirpitz Museum Blåvand by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group. Photograph © Laurian Ghinitoiu
The trinity College in Coimbra was desfigured and damaged by its successive occupants and most of the building has been unoccupied for decades; it was severely ruined., full_html
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Renovation of the Trinity College - European College by Aires Mateus. Photograph © Nelson Garrido
YH2 Architecture study has carried out the construction of this small refuge without cutting trees and without heavy machinery, respecting the footprint of the existing building., full_html
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La Colombière by YH2. Photograph © Francis Pelletier
Wutopia Lab has been in charge of the reform of the studio of the artist Li Bin. The artist had two studios located just a few meters away and wished to change the use of the first studio to the second. The first studio has been reused as its own…
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Plain house by Wutopia Lab. Photograph © CreatAR
Apple Flagship Store in Washington D.C.’s Historic Carnegie Library, it is official. The plans to create an Apple store in Washington, are moving forward, thanks to the approval of the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB)., full_html
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A rendering showing the exterior of Carnegie Library with Apple as a tenant
After four years, it has been announced the completion of one of the key architectural elements at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, the teak window walls. The project completed in 1965 and designed by the architect…
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Salk Institute for Biological Studies by Louis Khan. Photograph © Elizabeth Daniels / Courtesy vía The Getty Conservation Institute
From the storage container to the urban focal point, the rehabilitation of the old silo, "The Silo" by COBE, in an apartment building is part of the transformation of the "Nordhavn" of Copenhagen, a vast post-industrial harbour area, currently being…
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The Silo, by COBE Architects. Photograph © Rasmus Hjortshøj