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The Lanes by Mole Architects
A 1960’s bungalow in Cambridgeshire is hidden behind a Siberian larch-clad extension with a row of gabled roofs. More about The Lanes by Mole Architects
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Thierry Henry rebuilds his home to fit four-storey fish tank - Daily Mail
Dezeen Wire: French footballer Thierry Henry has submitted plans to demolish and rebuild his £5.9 million home in north London to accomodate a four-storey-high fish tank - Daily MailThe existing house was designed in 1999 by British architect Sir Richard MacCormac, founder of British firm MJP Architects. You can see a couple of projects by MJP on Dezeen here.
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The Wall of Zudaji by 403architecture
Japanese studio 403architecture constructed the walls of this wooden shed using leftover materials from three earlier projects. More about The Wall of Zudaji by 403architecture
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House in Saitozaki by Case-Real
The open mouth of this steel-clad house in Fukuoka, Japan, by architects Case-Real reveals its interior to anyone strolling by. More about House in Saitozaki by Case-Real
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All Saints' Academy by Nicholas Hare Architects
A shiny copper chapel hovers above the entrance to this Catholic school in Gloucestershire, England, by London studio Nicholas Hare Architects. More about All Saints' Academy by Nicholas Hare Architects
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The Fosse by Designscape Architects
English architects Designscape have reversed the orientation of a country house in Bath by adding a prominent glazed entrance to its rear. More about The Fosse by Designscape Architects
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Wendy by HWKN
Architects HWKN have won this year’s MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program competition and will install a giant spiky structure that cleans the air in the courtyard of the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York. More about Wendy by HWKN
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House in Kokubunji by Suppose Design Office
Slideshow: overlapping openings in the walls and ceilings of this Tokyo house by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office create dozens of views between rooms. More about House in Kokubunji by Suppose Design Office
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Gimme Shelter! by Sebastián Irarrázaval and Hugo Mondragón
Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us photographs and a movie that he shot of the Chilean Pavilion at the Shenzhen & Hong Kong biennale of urbanism/architecture 2011, where objects usually found in disaster relief shelters were used as furniture. More about Gimme Shelter! by Sebastián Irarrázaval and Hugo Mondragón
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Folk in a Box by Cristina Monteiro
Performance venues don't get any more intimate than this. Folk in a Box provides just enough space for a single musician to play to an audience of one. More about Folk in a Box by Cristina Monteiro
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Artist Workshop by Carmody Groarke
Slideshow: one of Antony Gormley's sculptures appears to guard the entrance to the British artist's new galvanised steel workshop, designed by London architects Carmody Groarke. More about Artist Workshop by Carmody Groarke
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Taipei Performing Arts Center by OMA
Slideshow: here are the latest visuals by architects OMA of their designs for a performing arts centre that broke ground today in Taipei, Taiwan. More about Taipei Performing Arts Center by OMA
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Pabellon Ultraligero Centrifugo by Clavel Arquitectos
Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us these photographs and an extended movie showing how children playing on roundabouts generate electrical power to illuminate three twirling parasols at an installation by Spanish studio Clavel Arquitectos in a Shenzhen public square. More about Pabellon Ultraligero Centrifugo by Clavel Arquitectos
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Museum of Handcraft Paper by TAO
Slideshow: this cluster of asymmetric wooden huts houses a museum dedicated to the craft of paper-making in a mountainside village in rural China. More about Museum of Handcraft Paper by TAO
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Manifest Destiny! by Mark Reigelman and Jenny Chapman
Brooklyn artist Mark Reigelman and San Francisco architect Jenny Chapman have installed a wooden hut in an unusual city location – suspended on the side of a San Francisco hotel like a bird box. More about Manifest Destiny! by Mark Reigelman and Jenny Chapman
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Alpine Ski Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti
This scaly apartment block in alpine Slovenia appears to have had its corners sliced away to create triangular balconies. More about Alpine Ski Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti
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La Cros Factories by Díaz&Díaz Arquitectos
Slideshow: the stripped concrete skeletons of three former factories in A Coruña await conversion into public buildings by Spanish architects Díaz&Díaz. More about La Cros Factories by Díaz&Díaz Arquitectos
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Zap' Ados by Bang Architectes
Slideshow: French studio Bang Architectes has converted a former peanut factory in Calais into a skateboarding park with a bright orange mesh facade (photos by Julien Lanoo). More about Zap' Ados by Bang Architectes
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The Kimball Art Centre by BIG
Slideshow: architects BIG have won a competition to renovate and extend an art centre in Utah with proposals that will be built from railway sleepers reclaimed from the Great Salt Lake. More about The Kimball Art Centre by BIG
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House in Aoto by High Land Design
Japanese architect Masayoshi Takahashi of High Land Design has completed a house in Tokyo with a squared spiral staircase at its centre. More about House in Aoto by High Land Design