Architecture Archives

Helsinki Central Library Oodi by ALA Architects
This new central library in the heart of Helsinki, Finland, is topped with large open-plan reading room and consists almost entirely of public spaces. More
Sonoma weeHouse by Alchemy Architects
Sonoma weeHouse is a small, prefabricated home in California's Sonoma Valley based on Alchemy Architects’ original weeHouse. More
The Cloud Town Convention and Exhibition Centre by Approach Design
Approach Design designed this project in Hangzhou, China, to be different from most exhibition centres by opening it up with the intention to encourage public use. More
House in Akashi by Arbol
This minimalist single story house with three courtyards is located in a quiet residential area in the city of Akashi, Japan. More
The Glass Fortress by Archismith
The Glass Fortress is a sales office for a residential development in Bangkok, Thailand has been built using 20,000 glass bricks. More
XY Yunlu Hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang
XY Yunlu Hotel is a boutique eco-resort situated along the dramatic landscape of the Li River valley in the Guangxi region of China. More
Regional market in Dandaji by Atelier Masomi
This regional market provides the village of Dandaji in Niger with 52 enclosed stalls, using brightly coloured canopies to shade each of the separated lots. More
The Royal College of Pathologists by Bennetts Associates
This brick and concrete building in east London is the new headquarters for the Royal College of Pathologists designed by Bennetts Associates. More
Treehouse by Bo-Daa
Treehouse is a six-storey co-living complex with 72 units in the heart of the Kangnam, the start-up hub of Seoul, South Korea. More
Naidi Community Hall by Caukin Studio
This wooden cultural hall was built by Caukin Studio for a small village in Fiji to replace the previous structure that was destroyed by a cyclone in 2016. More
Pedestrian and cycle footbridge under the Adolphe Bridge by CBA Architects
This four-metre wide path for pedestrians and cyclists by architecture studio CBA hangs underneath the Adolphe Bridge in Luxembourg. More
Forsyning Helsingør Operations Centre by Christensen & Co
The new main building and operations centre of sustainable energy suppliers Helsingør Utility in Denmark is a sculptural cube clad in Corten steel. More
LocHal library by Civic Architects
The vast LocHal library and events space, designed by Civic Architects, Inside Outside and and Braaksma & Roos Architectenbureau, occupies a former locomotive shed in Tilburg, the Netherlands. More
Luum Temple by Co-Lab Design Office
Located in the jungles of Tulum, Mexico, the Luum Temple is an open bamboo structure that hosts yoga, meditation, workshops and other community gatherings. More
Red Cross Volunteer House by COBE
The Volunteer House is an extension to the Danish Red Cross headquarters by COBE that doubles as a public meeting place. More
The Forest BIG by Divooe Zein Architects
The Forest BIG is a mesh-covered educational events space located in a wooded area of the Shangri-La Park in Miaoli, Taiwan, where a theme park once existed. More
Rassvet Loft Studio by DNK Architecture Group
Rassvet Loft Studio is the conversion of a former furniture factory in central Moscow by DNK Architecture Group into a ten-storey apartment building. More
Mil Centro by Estudio Rafael Freyre
This restaurant by Estudio Rafael Freyre overlooks an ancient archaeological site in Peru, serving as a laboratory and a hub for experiments in local gastronomy. More
Vanke Design Community plot A4 + B2 by FCHA
These two sunken plots designed by architecture practice FCHA form part of the new Vanke Design Community in Shenzhen, China. More
Coal Drops Yard by Heatherwick Studio
Coal Drops Yard is a shopping complex by Heatherwick Studio containing shops and boutiques, located within the King’s Cross development. More
Kawakawa House by Herbst Architects
This two-storey house by Herbst Architects is located between a beach and a mountain slope in Piha, New Zealand. More
Tiny Tower by ISA
Although it measures only 38 feet in height, Tiny Tower by Pennsylvania architecture studio ISA is organised like a full-scale skyscraper. More
Casa Morgana by J Mayer H
This three-story brutalist house by German architecture studio J Mayer H consists of a stack of concrete blocks with mirrored walls. More
T Noie by Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates
Japanese architect Katsutoshi Sasaki designed this 102-square-metre house for his family in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture. More
V&A Dundee by Kengo Kuma
V&A Dundee, Scotland’s first design museum, was designed by Kengo Kuma to evoke the dramatic cliffs along the north-east coastline. More
Casa Campinarana by Laurent Troost
This concrete house in the Amazon features outdoor living areas and a swimming pool that are elevated above its forest surroundings. More
MLK1101 Supportive Housing by Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects (LOHA)
This social housing building in Los Angeles, California by Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects features a green roof and a community centre. More
Springhill House by Lovell Burton
This house clad in galvanised steel panels by Lovell Burton references surrounding hay sheds on a disused agricultural paddock north west of Melbourne. More
Smith Residence by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
Smith Residence is a holiday home located on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, that consists of three pavilions. More
Galaxia by Mamou-Mani Architects
Galaxia is a spiralling wooden pavilion that was the main temple at Burning Man festival 2018 in the Black Rock City desert, before being set on fire. More
North Melbourne Terrace by Matt Gibson Architecture + Design
North Melbourne Terrace is the renovation of an inner-city heritage-listed Victorian Terrace house in Australia for a family of five. More
Cork House by Matthew Barnett Howland, Dido Milne and Oliver Wilton
Matthew Barnett Howland, Dido Milne and Oliver Wilton used cork blocks to build this house on a small island in the River Thames in Berkshire, England. More
House on the Great Wall by MDDM Studio
Located in a mountainous area near the Great Wall of China, north of Beijing, this extension transformed a storage space into a four-bedroom house. More
Evans Tree House by Modus Studio
Evans Tree House in Hot Springs, Arkansas was designed by American firm Modus Studio as an interactive educational experience for children. More
The New Brick Tectonic by Muñoz Miranda Architects
This housing project by Muñoz Miranda Architects is located on a beach in Malaga, Spain. More
Wild Coast Tented Lodge by Nomadic Resorts
Wild Coast Tented Lodge is a 36-tent safari camp by Nomadic Resorts located on the southern tip of Sri Lanka, adjacent to Yala National Park. More
UCCA Dune Art Museum by Open Architecture
UCCA Dune Art Museum in Qinhuangdao, China is a network of subterranean concrete galleries designed by Open Architecture. More
Ayla Golf Academy and Clubhouse by Oppenheim Architecture
The Ayla Golf Academy and Clubhouse takes inspiration from the dunes and mountains of the surrounding desert, as well as from ancient Bedouin architecture. More
Adventurous Global School by Orient Occident Atelier
This school in Battambang, Cambodia by Orient Occident Atelier is enveloped in a grid-like structure to create a versatile and flexible learning space. More
Alfa Omega School by RAW Architecture
Built by RAW Architecture in just six months, Alfa Omega School is raised up on stilts to deal to with its swampy site in Tangerang, Indonesia. More
Oasis Terraces by Serie Architects and Multiply Architects
The 27,000 square metre community centre and terraced garden in Punggol, Singapore by Serie Architects contains health, retail and communal facilities. More
Under – Europe’s first underwater restaurant by Snøhetta
Under, Europe's first underwater restaurant, is a 34-metre-long monolithic concrete tube that plunges from a craggy shoreline on Norway's southern coast. More
Manshausen 2.0 by Stinessen Arkitektur
Manshausen 2.0 is the addition of three new cabins and a sauna to the Manshausen Island Resort, located in the Steigen Archipelago off the coast of northern Norway. More
A Room for Archaeologists and Kids in Pachacámac by Studio Tom Emerson and Taller 5, PUCP
A Room for Archaeologists and Kids, designed and built by 45 architecture students from Zurich and Lima, provides shelter for archaeologists in Pachacamac, Peru. More
Star Engineers Factory and Administrative Building by Studio VDGA
This 40,000 square-foot campus in Hanoi, Vietnam contains both offices and a factory for Star Engineers. More
Exoskeleton House by Takt Studio
This renovation of a 1950s brick bungalow by Takt Studio in the foothills of the Illawarra mountains in Australia involves an extension with a sloping roof. More
Entre Pinos by Taller Hector Barroso
Entre Pinos is a housing development with terracotta-coloured walls in a forest near the Mexican town of Valle de Bravo, comprising five houses. More
LC 710 by Taller Hector Barroso
This four-storey apartment complex in Mexico City has warm-hued concrete walls inside and out. More
G-Lab by TC Plus
The G-Lab is a family home in Belgium that has been opened up by architecture studio TC Plus to create a laboratory for communal living.
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Ha House by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Ha House is a private residential project for a three-generation family located in an emerging area in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. More
Stepping Park House by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Facing a park and located in a new residential area of Ho Chi Minh City, Stepping Park House incorporates plants throughout. More
Viettel Academy by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Viettel Academy is an educational centre within a training campus near Hanoi, Vietnam by Vo Trong Nghia Architects. More
Rong Cultural Centre by ZAV Architects
This cultural centre overlooking the Persian Gulf on the island of Hormoz in Iran consists of two red cement-clad domes connected by a long set of steps. More