Architecture
Livsrum Cancer Counselling Centre by EFFEKT
A cluster of seven house-shaped buildings makes up this cancer care centre in Næstved, Denmark, by Copenhagen firm EFFEKT (+ slideshow). More about Livsrum Cancer Counselling Centre by EFFEKT
A cluster of seven house-shaped buildings makes up this cancer care centre in Næstved, Denmark, by Copenhagen firm EFFEKT (+ slideshow). More about Livsrum Cancer Counselling Centre by EFFEKT
Concrete canopies shaped like leaves shelter the rooms of this house in the coastal town of Alibaug, India, by SJK Architects (+ slideshow). More about The Leaf House by SJK Architects
Weddings and parties take place inside halls framed by stone, timber and bamboo at this events building for a Vietnam hotel by Vietnamese firm Vo Trong Nghia Architects (+ slideshow). More about Kontum Indochine Wedding Restaurant by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Ornate wooden screens shroud one side of this theatre in Wuzhen, China, while the other side is shielded behind angular brickwork fins (+ slideshow). More about Wuzhen Theatre by Kris Yao and Artech Architects
News: Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki has gathered a throng of designers including Toyo Ito, Sou Fujimoto, Kengo Kuma and Riken Yamamoto to oppose the design of Zaha Hadid's 2020 Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. More about Japanese architects rally against Zaha Hadid's 2020 Olympic Stadium
Balconies covered in tropical plants and contoured surfaces based on rock formations surround this Singapore hotel by WOHA, which topped the hotels category at the Inside Festival awards last week. More about PARKROYAL on Pickering by WOHA
This L-shaped wooden house by Dutch studio Pasel Kuenzel Architects sits at the water's edge on an artificial island in Amsterdam. More about Urban Villa in Amsterdam by Pasel Kuenzel Architects
Beijing studio MAD has revealed new photographs of its hotel shaped like a giant horseshoe at the edge of Taihu Lake in Huzhou, China (+ slideshow). More about Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort by MAD - more photos
This small white building on the edge of the Danube River in Vienna was designed by Austrian studio Share Architects for use as a holiday home or party venue. More about Bathing Hut by Share Architects
This winery by Melbourne studio Folk Architects is embedded into the side of a hill in Australia's Yarra Valley winemaking region (+ slideshow). More about Medhurst Winery by Folk Architects
This house in Hyogo, Japan, by local architect Shogo Aratani is made up of overlapping concrete slabs that accommodate an interior of staggered floors and ramped corridors (+ slideshow). More about House in Hyogo by Shogo Aratani Architect & Associates
A hotel shaped like a giant horseshoe by Ma Yansong of Beijing studio MAD is set to open later this year on the edge of a lake in Huzhou, China. More about Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort by MAD
A cluster of five gabled cabins make up this summer retreat in northern Denmark by architects Powerhouse Company (+ movie). More about Village House by Powerhouse Company
News: OMA has completed the Shenzhen Stock Exchange - a skyscraper with a skirt at the heart of the city's Central Business District (+ slideshow). More about OMA completes Shenzhen Stock Exchange
This wooden holiday house by Swedish studio Max Holst Arkitektkontor is perched on the edge of a gorge in Vindö, an island on the Stockholm archipelago (+ slideshow). More about Holiday House Vindö by Max Holst Arkitektkontor
Corten steel columns alternate with floor-to-ceiling glass to bring stripes of light and shadow into this funeral home outside Barcelona by Spanish firm Batlle i Roig Arquitectes (+ slideshow). More about New Funeral Home in Sant Joan Despí by Batlle i Roig Arquitectes
Here are the first photographs of Zaha Hadid's Library and Learning Centre at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, which opened last week in the city's second district. More about Library and Learning Centre in Vienna by Zaha Hadid Architects
This engineering research facility at the University of Debrecen, Hungary, by NAPUR Architect has a steel-panelled facade that can fold open to let daylight penetrate the laboratories inside (+ slideshow). More about DEM Power Engineering Demonstration Centre by NAPUR Architect
A pattern of bronze leaves covers the facade of this house in Mayfair, London, by British architecture firm Squire and Partners (+ slideshow). More about Mayfair House by Squire and Partners
This house in Józefów, Poland, has randomly positioned windows each framing different views of the surrounding trees (+ slideshow). More about House in the Woods by hayakawa/kowalczyk