Architecture
Gimme Shelter by Rojkind Arquitectos for Ordos 100
Mexican practice Rojkind Arquitectos have designed a house for Inner Mongolia, China, based on traditional cave dwellings. More about Gimme Shelter by Rojkind Arquitectos for Ordos 100
Mexican practice Rojkind Arquitectos have designed a house for Inner Mongolia, China, based on traditional cave dwellings. More about Gimme Shelter by Rojkind Arquitectos for Ordos 100
Architects Takashi Seisho and Akinari Tanaka have completed a house in Hakodate, Japan, where triangular, concrete slabs in the facade mask views of neighbouring houses. More about Mizoe House by Takashi Seisho and Akinari Tanaka
Los Angeles architects Atelier Hitoshi Abe have sent images of their duplex home to be built in New Orleans for actor Brad Pitt's charity Make it Right. More about Hot Links Duplex by Atelier Hitoshi Abe for Make it Right
Italian designer Sergio Calatroni has converted the interior of an attic room in Milan for a group of musicians. More about Casa Leanza by Sergio Calatroni Artroom
A pavilion consisting of thatched, conical towers designed by MOS architects has opened outside the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York. More about Afterparty by MOS at P.S.1
Another project by recent Dezeen regulars Suppose Design Office: this time a house in Matsuyama, Japan, designed to offer a view of the surrounding scenery from every room. More about House in Matsuyama by Suppose Design Office
German architect Ole Scheeren of Office for Metropolitan Architecture has designed a skyscraper for Bangkok in Thailand. More about MahaNakhon by OMA
Bodegas Protos winery by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (above) is one of six buildings shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize 2009. More about RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist 2009
Dutch architects UNStudio have won a competition to design a dance theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. More about Dance Palace by UNStudio
Argentinian architects Adamo-Faiden have designed social housing for Buenos Aires that would be installed on top of existing homes. More about MuReRe houses by Adamo-Faiden
Indian architecture firm Cadence have completed a residence in Bangalore, India, which features cast-concrete external walls decorated with perforations. More about Out of the Box by Cadence
Dutch architect Ben van Berkel of UNStudio has unveiled plans for a 60-storey building with two towers in Hangzhou, China. More about Raffles City Hangzhou by UNStudio
Zaha Hadid Architects have designed a high-rise building for the center of Bucharest, Romania, which has a structural, lattice façade. More about Dorobanti Tower by Zaha Hadid Architects
Dutch architects MVRDV in collaboration with Madrid architect Blanca Lleó have completed a social housing project in Madrid, Spain. More about Celosia Residence by MVRDV and Blanca Lleó
New York architecture and design practice Axis Mundi have designed a conceptual alternative to French architect Jean Nouvel's design for a 73-storey tower next to the Museum of Modern Art in New York (see our previous story). More about Alternative Design for MoMA Tower at 53 West 53rd by Axis Mundi
Dubai architecture firm X-Architects have unveiled their masterplan for a sustainable urban development in the center of Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates. More about Al Nasseem by X-Architects
The National Stadium in Beijing by architects Herzog & de Meuron has been awarded the RIBA Lubetkin Prize - an award given each year to the best building by an RIBA member built outside Europe. More about National Stadium in Beijing wins RIBA Lubetkin Prize
New York architects Rafael Viñoly have completed a new East Wing extension to the Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio, USA. More about Cleveland Museum of Art East Wing by Rafael Viñoly Architects
Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a residence in Nagoya, Japan, featuring a room dedicated to plants. More about House in Nagoya by Suppose Design Office
Cloud Tower is a pavilion for open-air concerts in the grounds of a castle near Vienna, Austria, designed by the next ENTERprise - architects. Photographs are by Lukas Schaller. More about Cloud Tower by the next ENTERprise – architects