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Forest Chapel by Hironaka Ogawa
Columns branch outwards like a grove of trees around the aisle of this wedding chapel in Gunma, Japan, by Tokyo architect Hironaka Ogawa (+ slideshow). More about Forest Chapel by Hironaka Ogawa
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Community In A Cube by FAT
An assortment of building typologies appear to be stacked on top of one another at this housing block in Middlesborough, England, by London architects FAT (+ slideshow). More about Community In A Cube by FAT
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Vivienda en la Moraleja by DAHL&GHG
Spanish architects DAHL&GHG designed this house in northern Madrid so that every room faces the garden (+ slideshow). More about Vivienda en la Moraleja by DAHL&GHG
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Wonderwall House by SO
Residents taking a bath or using the toilet are on show to swimmers in the pool at this brick and concrete house in Chiang Mai, Thailand (+ slideshow). More about Wonderwall House by SO
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House DZ in Mullem by Graux & Baeyens Architecten
This house in Belgium by Ghent studio Graux & Baeyens Architecten is broken down into cubic volumes that are staggered to let more light into each room (+ slideshow). More about House DZ in Mullem by Graux & Baeyens Architecten
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Frank Lloyd Wright house could be shipped from US to Italy
News: a house in New Jersey designed in 1954 by the influential American architect Frank Lloyd Wright could be sold and moved as far away as Italy in order to save it from flood damage. More about Frank Lloyd Wright house could be shipped from US to Italy
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Google reveals plans for vast new California campus
News: Google has teamed up with global architecture firm NBBJ to design a new 100,000-square-metre campus for San Francisco Bay, California. More about Google reveals plans for vast new California campus
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Auditorium Aquila by Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Architect Renzo Piano has replaced the auditorium destroyed during the 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy, with a flat-pack building comprising three wooden cubes. More about Auditorium Aquila by Renzo Piano Building Workshop
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Libeskind rails at architects who build "gleaming towers for despots"
News: Daniel Libeskind has spoken out against architects who create "morally questionable" buildings in undemocratic countries, calling on them to consider whether their projects are "legitimate". More about Libeskind rails at architects who build "gleaming towers for despots"
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Northern Nautilus by Takato Tamagami
Japanese architect Takato Tamagami used the golden spiral of the Fibonacci mathematical sequence to plan the twisted proportions of this house in Hokkaido, Japan (+ slideshow). More about Northern Nautilus by Takato Tamagami
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BIG & small House by Anonymous Architects
This tiny house in northeast Los Angeles by local studio Anonymous Architects contains only three rooms and is lifted off the hillside on a set of concrete pilotis (+ slideshow). More about BIG & small House by Anonymous Architects
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Hut In Woods by Yoshiaki Nagasaka
This suburban family house in Japan by architect Yoshiaki Nagasaka is pretending to be a cabin in a forest (+ slideshow). More about Hut In Woods by Yoshiaki Nagasaka
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Movie: Sliced Porosity Block by Steven Holl Architects
The second of two movies in this series about Steven Holl's Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu, China, is a walk through the spaces of the mixed-use complex. More about Movie: Sliced Porosity Block by Steven Holl Architects
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"This isn't just some iconic skyscraper" - Steven Holl on Sliced Porosity Block
New York architect Steven Holl describes how he designed the mixed-use Sliced Porosity Block complex in Chengdu, China, as a container for public space in the first of two movies by architectural filmmakers Spirit of Space. More about "This isn't just some iconic skyscraper" - Steven Holl on Sliced Porosity Block
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Zaha Hadid appointed to develop plans for new London airport
News: Zaha Hadid Architects has been appointed by the Mayor of London to help develop plans for a major new airport in the southeast of England. More about Zaha Hadid appointed to develop plans for new London airport
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Report unpaid architecture internships, says RIBA
News: the Royal Institute of British Architects has called on students to report companies offering unpaid architecture internships and said it "deplores any architects treating students this way". More about Report unpaid architecture internships, says RIBA
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Shard builders to construct world's tallest skyscraper
News: Mace, the British firm behind London's Shard skyscraper, has been selected to oversee the construction of the world’s tallest building in Saudi Arabia. More about Shard builders to construct world's tallest skyscraper
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House on Limekiln Line by Studio Moffitt
This gabled steel shed surrounded by crops is a self-sufficient farmhouse in Ontario by Studio Moffitt (+ slideshow). More about House on Limekiln Line by Studio Moffitt
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Kfar Shmaryahu House by Pitsou Kedem
Windows are hidden behind timber screens that fold back in all different directions at this family house in Israel by architect Pitsou Kedem (+ slideshow). More about Kfar Shmaryahu House by Pitsou Kedem
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Allowing greenfield development would "wreck" London – Richard Rogers
News: relaxing planning restrictions on the green belt would destroy London's vitality "even more surely than it would despoil the countryside," architect Richard Rogers has warned. More about Allowing greenfield development would "wreck" London – Richard Rogers