Spanish firm Grupo Aranea have designed this apartment to sit on the roof of a house belonging to the client's mother. More »
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Núñez House by Adamo-Faiden
Argetinian studio Adamo-Faiden have installed a fabric tensile structure across the roof of this renovated apartment in Buenos Aires, Argentina. More »
Vol House by Estudio BaBO
Buenos Aires architects Estudio BaBO have completed an extension to a townhouse in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where a modern rectangular structure sits on top of the original early twentieth-century building. More »
Spiral House by Powerhouse Company
Copenhagen- and Rotterdam-based architects Powerhouse Company have completed a spiral-shaped extension to a house in Burgundy, France. More »
Nomiya temporary restaurant by Pascal Grasso
Parisian architect Pascal Grasso has installed a temporary, transportable restaurant on the roof of Le Palais de Tokyo museum in Paris. More »
Eiffel DNA by Serero Architects
Architects Serero have won a competition to temporarily remodel the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (via The Guardian). Update 29/03/08: we all got spoofed by this one. Seems the project is a fake. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »
Popstage Mezz by Erick van Egeraat
Twenty-First Century icons: yet another chapter from Marcus' book, Twenty-First Century Design. More »
Plasma Studio “parasite” in South Tyrol
Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us images and a description of Esker House, a new project in Austria's South Tyrol by London architects Plasma Studio.
The project consists of a timber and steel "parasite" structure placed on top of an existing house. The undulating form of the self-contained residential unit mimics the topography of the surrounding landscape. See the PDF file here.