Designed jointly by Sinclair Knight Merz, Wilkinson Eyre and KSS, this first-of-its-kind recyclable basketball stadium will make its debut at the London games. But! Because if its strategic built-to-be-broken-down design, the 1,000 ton steel structure can be reused after the games are over! More »
Who needs Venice when you have a gondola in your courtyard? This modern concrete home in Bangladesh has a serene lagoon in the atrium, making it the kind of place you’d never want to leave. More »
Built almost entirely from sourced timber, the Tutukaka Beach House is a stunning, modern home, located about 2 1/2 hours outside of Aukland on the northwest coast of New Zealand’s Northland Island. More »
At the end of a long week, we’ve got lots of lovely things to show off. From a space-inspired lamp to the stairs in a renovated Apple store, these are the most beautiful items of the week.
Though the building looks like bloody shards of broken glass jumbled together, there’s more to it than its crystalline structure—it can be played like a musical instrument. Built by Coca Cola for the Olympics, anyone who visits the pavilion can remix songs by moving and touching. More »
This old mill in Eigeltingen, Germany isn’t just a relic of an ancient past, it’s actually a fully functional distillery. Seriously. You might not believe it but behind those doors hides a beautiful stash of alcohol More »
It’s easy to understand why the town of Järfälla, Sweden, chose Tham & Videgård‘s Double-Helix Tower as the winning design in a competition held to select an observation deck from which to watch the progress of on the Barkarbystaden urban development project, just west of Stockholm. More »
For its new Chinese headquarters, the industrial vehicle manufacturer Zoomlion commissioned for the building a special facade that actually moves and transforms, its two sets of steel-and-glass wings mounted on hydraulic frames. More »
This is the Hanoi Museum—in Hà Nội City, Vietnam—a beautiful 30,000 square meters building designed by gmp Architekten. I like the inverted pyramid design, but not as much I like its Guggenheim-ish spiral atrium inside. More »
Here’s a challenge—you want to build a house on the white sands of New Zealand’s scenic Coromandel Peninsula, but it’s an erosion zone with a requirement that all structures be removable. So what do you do? You put it on a sled. More »
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