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Tea House by Archi-Union
Concrete walls twist up through the interior of this tea house and library that Shanghai architects Archi-Union have constructed in the backyard of their studio. More about Tea House by Archi-Union
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Gamma by Factory Fifteen and Unknown Fields
This movie by architectural film studio Factory Fifteen depicts an imagined post-nuclear landscape where researchers are attempting to use fungal technology to soak up radiation that has infected cities around the world. More about Gamma by Factory Fifteen and Unknown Fields
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Designed in Hackney: Batemans Row by Theis and Khan Architects
Designed in Hackney: today's instalment in our Designed in Hackney series is Bateman's Row, a Stirling Prize-nominated home and studio that architects Theis and Khan designed for themselves in Shoreditch. More about Designed in Hackney: Batemans Row by Theis and Khan Architects
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Hermitage Plaza by Foster + Partners
Slidehow: architects Foster + Partners have been granted permission to build two 320-metre-high towers beside the Seine, just outside Paris. More about Hermitage Plaza by Foster + Partners
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Competition: four Moleskine architecture monographs to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with stationery brand Moleskine to give away four architectural monographs from their new series of books called Inspiration and Process in Architecture. More about Competition: four Moleskine architecture monographs to be won
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Papstbühne Freiburg by Werner Sobek
Slideshow: our second project this week by Stuttgart architects Werner Sobek Design is a huge cantilevered altar that was temporarily constructed in Freiberg, Germany, for the pope’s visit last year (photographs by Zooey Braun). More about Papstbühne Freiburg by Werner Sobek
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Recreational Island House by 2by4-architects
Slideshow: Rotterdam studio 2by4-architects designed this gabled summer house so the walls of one corner fold open. More about Recreational Island House by 2by4-architects
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Megalomania by Jonathan Gales
This movie by Jonathan Gales of architectural animation studio Factory Fifteen imagines the whole of London as a construction site, caught in a state of change that could mean dramatic decay or intensive development. More about Megalomania by Jonathan Gales
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Haus D10 by Werner Sobek
Slideshow: the glazed walls of this pavilion-like house in southern Germany are sandwiched between a roof and plinth that mirror one another (photographs by Zooey Braun). More about Haus D10 by Werner Sobek
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D-Apartment by Spacespace
Slideshow: none of the elongated rooms inside this curvy apartment block in Osaka are more than two metres wide. More about D-Apartment by Spacespace
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M Building by Stephane Maupin
Shiny corrugated metal clads the two cascading stacks of apartments that make up this block in Paris by architect Stephane Maupin. More about M Building by Stephane Maupin
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192 Shoreham Street by Project Orange
The two storeys that London architects Project Orange have added to the roof of a redundant brick warehouse in Sheffield look like another building stacked on top. More about 192 Shoreham Street by Project Orange
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Rieteiland House by Hans van Heeswijk
Slideshow: while the face of this waterside house near Amsterdam is cloaked in perforated aluminium, the rear is entirely glazed so that residents can watch the sun setting. More about Rieteiland House by Hans van Heeswijk
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House-dT by Daijiro Takakusa
Slideshow: one huge window stretches across the black facade of this house overlooking the bay in Osaka. More about House-dT by Daijiro Takakusa
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Noun 1. Unavailability by Gartnerfuglen
Recently established Norwegian architecture studio Gartnerfuglen have created a mobile fisherman's hut with walls of ice, where a single inhabitant can isolate themselves from modern technology. More about Noun 1. Unavailability by Gartnerfuglen
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House in Iizuka by Rhythmdesign
A small wooden dining table at the heart of this house in Fukuoka, Japan, is overlooked from every other room. More about House in Iizuka by Rhythmdesign
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Volksbank Gifhorn by Stephan Braunfels Architekten
The subtly different proportions of two concrete gables fronting a bank building in northern Germany create the illusion that one side is fatter than the other. More about Volksbank Gifhorn by Stephan Braunfels Architekten
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Trunk House by Paul Morgan Architects
Forked tree branches framing this house in southeast Australia were intended by architect Paul Morgan to resemble the sun-bleached kangaroo and sheep bones scattered around the surrounding woodland. More about Trunk House by Paul Morgan Architects
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University of Applied Arts Vienna by Wolfgang Tschapeller
Austrian architect Wolfgang Tschapeller has won a competition to overhaul the University of Applied Arts Vienna with proposals that include facade-climbing staircases and giant balloons. More about University of Applied Arts Vienna by Wolfgang Tschapeller
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Hôtel de Police / Charleroi Danses by Ateliers Jean Nouvel and MDW Architecture
Slideshow: French architects Ateliers Jean Nouvel and Belgian studio MDW Architecture have collaborated on designs for a new police headquarters on a former police cavalry site in Charleroi, Belgium, which now also accommodates a dance school. More about Hôtel de Police / Charleroi Danses by Ateliers Jean Nouvel and MDW Architecture