Architecture
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This temporary pavilion with reflective purple scales that shimmer in the breeze has been installed in Beijing by New York architects SO-IL. More about Flockr by SO-IL
This temporary pavilion with reflective purple scales that shimmer in the breeze has been installed in Beijing by New York architects SO-IL. More about Flockr by SO-IL
Frei + Saarinen Architects of Switzerland renovated this 100 year-old parish centre in Zurich by installing walls at all angles. More about Parish House St. Josef by Frei + Saarinen Architects
French architect Manuelle Gautrand has completed an extension to the Lille Métropole Musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut at Villeneuve d’Ascq in France. More about Lille Métropole Musée extension by Manuelle Gautrand
This three-storey house in Ekoda, Tokyo, has undergone a renovation by Suppose Design Office to create six apartments, including the transformation of a rooftop conservatory into a bathroom. More about House in Ekoda by Suppose Design Office
This multi-storey car park in Soissons, France, by Paris firm Jacques Ferrier Architectures has an undulating facade of vertical timbers. More about Les Yeux Verts by Jacques Ferrier Architecture
These brick-clad apartments in Utrecht, the Netherlands, by Dutch firm Bakers Architecten appear to float above a curtain wall of glazing. More about Het Zwarte Huis Bakers Architecten
Israeli firm Chyutin Architects have won a competition to build this museum that will bridge over a sunken garden in Jerusalem. More about Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem by Chyutin Architects
Architectural photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us his images of Tokyo Apartment by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, four house-shaped apartments stacked on top of each other. More about Tokyo Apartment by Sou Fujimoto Architects
This railway bridge in Choisy-le-Roi, France, by Jacques Ferrier Architectures of Paris conceals its supporting infrastructure behind perforated aluminium cladding. More about Choisy-le-Roi bridge by Jacques Ferrier Architectures
Japanese firm Takeshi Yamagata Architects have squeezed four buildings containing nine apartments onto a small suburban site in Tokyo. More about Apartment in Kamitakada by Takeshi Yamagata Architects
Photographer Nelson Garrido has sent us his photographs of a visitors' centre by Paulo Gomes that's nestled into the rock face at an archaeological site in Murça, Portugal. More about Interpretation Centre by Paulo Gomes
This pavilion with illuminated eaves was designed by Dutch firm MoederscheimMoonen Architects for two football teams in Rotterdam. More about Sports Pavillion by MoederscheimMoonen
The MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts by Zaha Hadid Architects has won this year's RIBA Stirling Prize for the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year. More about MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts by Zaha Hadid wins RIBA Stirling Prize
In anticipation of tonight's announcement of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2010 winner here are six videos about the shortlisted designs including the bookmaker's favourite, the MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome (above) by Zaha Hadid Architects. More about Movie: RIBA Stirling Prize 2010 shortlist
This holiday home by Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld comprises three perpendicular volumes built into a slope in Piracicaba, Brazil. More about Piracicaba House by Isay Weinfeld
Round windows in black and red are plugged into the facade of this wood-clad house by Australian firm Judd Lysenko Marshall Architects that sits on the outskirts of Melbourne. More about Ormond Esplanade by Judd Lysenko Marshall Architects
Polish firm Neostudio Architekci have added a timber-clad extension to this farm building in Poland to create a residence. More about Potasze House by Neostudio Architekci
This four-storey school in Tianjin, China, by Vector Architects has a series of irregularly shaped classrooms protruding from the facade on the first floor. More about County Elementary School by Vector Architects
London architects Studio Octopi have transformed this London terraced house into a combined gallery and living space by exposing the building's structure and introducing display cabinets. More about Gallery House by Studio Octopi
This house with an oversailing barrel-vault roof by Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates looks across the Seto Inland Sea in Hiroshima, Japan. More about House in Sunami by Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates