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This house in Barcelona by architect Santiago Parramón of RTA-Office is clad in slabs of basalt. More about House C by RTA-Office
This house in Barcelona by architect Santiago Parramón of RTA-Office is clad in slabs of basalt. More about House C by RTA-Office
Dezeen archive: Sturgess Architecture's glass viewing platform cantilevered over a Canadian glacier (above, top left) was our most popular story over the last week so we've grouped together all our stories from the Dezeen archives about viewing platforms and observatories. See all the stories »
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Dutch firm Hofman Dujardin Architects have completed this glazed villa in the Dutch countryside near Geldrop. More about Villa Geldrop by Hofman Dujardin Architects
This row of prefabricated houses with facades that look like numbers are by Japanese studio Mitsutomo Matsunami Architect & Associates.
More about Numbers House by Mitsutomo Matsunami Architect & Associates
Construction has begun on a large-scale housing development designed by Dutch firm MVRDV for Pune, India. More about Future Towers India by MVRDV
This apartment building by Austrian architects LOVE architecture is part of the ongoing redevelopment of the port of Hamburg, Germany. More about Baufeld 10 by LOVE architecture
Spanish firm Hoz Fontan Arquitectos have completed a new Faculty of Business Studies at Mondragon University in Oñati, Spain. More about Faculty of Business Studies of Mondragon University by Hoz Fontan Arquitectos
Austrian firms Franz Architekten and Atelier Mauch have completed this football training facility in Vienna for Fußballklub Austria Wien. More about Sports Hall in Vienna by Franz Architekten and Atelier Mauch
Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to design multistorey, prefabricated wooden housing for Kouvola, Finland. More about PUU-BO by BIG
Los Angeles architects Emergent have won a competition to design a sports centre and arena for the 12th National Games of the People's Republic of China, to be held in Liaoning in 2013. More about Civic Sports Center and 2013 National Games Arena by Emergent
Slovenian studio Arhitektura Jure Kotnik have completed this colourful extension to a Kindergarten in Ljubljana. More about Kindergarten Kekec by Arhitektura Jure Kotnik
Canadian firm Sturgess Architecture has designed a glass viewing platform to cantilever over a glacial valley in the Columbian Icefields of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. More about Brewster's Discovery Walkway by Sturgess Architecture
Japanese architect Yoshichika Takagi has completed this house surrounded by car parks in Akita, Japan. More about House I by Yoshichika Takagi
Norwegian architects RRA have completed this wood-clad nursery school in Oslo, Norway. More about Fagerborg Kindergarten by RRA
Here's a house with gardens on all three levels designed by Singaporean studio Guz Architects on Santosa Island, Singapore. More about Sky Garden House by Guz Architects
Here's a house in Osaka, Japan, by Yoshihara McKee Architects of New York and Tokyo. More about Minamikawa House by Yoshihara McKee Architects
Japanese studio Yutaka Yoshida Architect & Associates have completed this concrete family home in Hiroshima, Japan. More about House in Kohgo by Yutaka Yoshida Architect & Associates
Architects Ooze of Paris and Rotterdam extended this Rotterdam residence by wrapping a new faceted skin over the house's existing collection of buildings and extensions. More about Villa Rotterdam by Ooze
Here's another house in Sendai, Japan, by Apollo Architects & Associates (see their Edge House in our earlier story) that features a pointy overhang. More about Lift by Apollo Architects & Associates
This trapezium-shaped box sitting on four slanting legs is a garden playhouse by Slovenian firm Ravnikar Potokar. More about Tree House by Ravnikar Potokar