Shenzhen Crystal Island by OMA and Urbanus

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Dutch architects Office for Metropolitan Architecture and Chinese practice Urbanus have won a competition for a new cultural centre and transport hub in Shenzhen, China. (more…)

Farewell Chapel by OFIS Arhitekti

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Slovenian practice OFIS Arhitekti have completed a chapel next to an existing graveyard near Ljubljana in Slovenia. (more…)

Za-Koenji Public Theatre by Toyo Ito

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More images from Dutch architectural photographer Iwan Baan: this time the Za Koenji Public Theatre in Tokyo, Japan, by Japanese architect Toyo Ito. (more…)

Nestlé Application Group Querétaro byRojkind Arquitectos 2

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Dutch architectural photographer Iwan Baan has sent us images he has taken of Nestlé’s laboratory in Querétaro, Mexico. (more…)

Mirage by Kjellgren Kaminsky Architects

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Swedish architects Kjellgren Kaminsky have completed Mirage, a new dance hall in Falsterbo, Sweden. (more…)

Prince Charles Wins the Anti-Modern Battle, Gets Richard Rogers Removed

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You’ll recall back in April when the starchitects of the world banned together to fight off the anti-modern force that is Prince Charles, who was actively trying to convince a developer not to follow the plans laid out by Richard Rogers. But even though they had assembled as an impressive of a team as ever there were impressive teams, it apparently wasn’t enough to fight off the Prince, as it was announced this weekend that Rogers designs have now been totally scrapped, with the developer now hunting for a new, less-modern architect to work with on the project. This, of course, has made a good number of architects livid, particularly Rogers, whose gigantic multi-million pound project has just gone up in smoke:

He later told the BBC: “If he wishes to live in an era which no longer exists, then that’s up to him but whether everybody else has to live in that era, I don’t know…”

“Why is he different to anybody else? Is he an architect? No. Has he some professional knowledge? No. Does he have a passion? Fine, he can join the rest of the people who have a passion.”

Sapphire Gallery by XTEN Architecture 2

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Los Angeles practice XTEN Architecture have completed a gallery perched on top of an art collector’s house in Los Angeles. (more…)

soft tile by elena goray

I create soft feelings by using hard materials.For me 3D surface,which was inspired by the pattern of the Chesterfield Chair,i use porcelain that appe..

The High Line by James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro

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Section 1 of the High Line, a 1.5 mile long park on an abandoned elevated railway, opened earlier this week in New York. (more…)

the peep show : cabinet of curiosity

Best described as experiential packaging design, the peep show is an interactive experience of work created by {the group}, a collective of emerging d..