NEXT Architects creates rippled facade for Fuzhou apartment block
Rippled facades create curved balconies for the residents of this apartment building completed by NEXT Architects in the Chinese city of Fuzhou (+ slideshow). More
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Zaha Hadid and Daniel Libeskind build a community of 650 homes in Milan
Angular balconies and timber panelling characterise these housing developments by architects Zaha Hadid and Daniel Libeskind, both located in Milan's fast-growing City Life district (+ slideshow). More
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A Room with a View by MeesVisser is an Amsterdam home overlooking the IJ river
Each floor of this timber-clad family home on an Amsterdam peninsula features wide windows and steel-framed balconies, offering views out over the IJ river (+ slideshow). More
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UNStudio completes first buildings for new Singapore university campus
Dutch architecture office UNStudio has completed the first two buildings of a major new university campus in Singapore, designed as a seamless network of rooms, balconies and courtyards (+ slideshow). More
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Tripod installation by LIKEarchitects is all stairs and balconies
Portuguese studio LIKEarchitects has created a steel structure for Porto from a series of stairs and balconies, in celebration of the two architectural elements the designers consider crucial to the city's vernacular (+ slideshow). More
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Live-work block in Japan by Kouichi Kimura features a steel-plated facade
Japanese architect Kouichi Kimura chose grey steel sheets for the exterior of this office and apartment building in Shiga, giving it an armoured appearance (+ slideshow). More
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Kouichi Kimura's Cozy House is a family home in a busy Japanese neighbourhood
This grey-rendered house was designed with strategically placed windows to create privacy for residents in a densely populated area of Japan (+ slideshow). More
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Duggan Morris uses simple brickwork and golden steel for canalside housing
The zigzagging rooflines, handmade-brick walls and golden balconies of these Greater London housing blocks by Duggan Morris Architects are all references to the canalside setting (+ slideshow). More
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Heatherwick's textured-tower university building completes in Singapore
Designer Thomas Heatherwick has completed a university building in Singapore made up of 12 towers that resemble giant parsnips (+ slideshow). More
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Zalewski Architecture imagines spiral walkway strung between high-rise buildings
Bored with the dismal view from the office window, Polish studio Zalewski Architecture envisioned a grassy suspended walkway that would allow them to take a stroll without leaving the building. More
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Fala Atelier guts Lisbon apartment to create bright open-plan home
Porto studio Fala Atelier has overhauled the layout of a cramped flat in Lisbon, adding sliding doors that connect each room to a central living area and small balcony. More
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Metal-clad housing by Joliark features flush detailing and boxy balconies
Galvanised steel panels create fuss-free facades for the blocks of this Stockholm housing complex by Joliark, concealing all gutters and tidying away window frames. More
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Hundreds of cubes front Julien De Smedt's Gangnam housing block
JDS Architects used staggered balconies to create a cascade of cubes across the facade of this Seoul officetel – a kind of housing and workplace hybrid typical in South Korea (+ slideshow). More
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Rough-sawn pine used to build low-cost Hostal Ritoque in Chile
Chilean architects Alejandro Soffia and Gabriel Rudolphy were set a strict budget for this seaside guesthouse complex, so they used standard dimensions to get as much value as possible out of their building materials (+ slideshow). More
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Angled openings create balconies across the facade of MORA apartments by ADNBA
Angled window reveals and balconies interrupt the smooth limestone facade of this apartment building in Bucharest, Romania, by local architects ADNBA (+ slideshow). More
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Studio Gang joins rising tide of architects building in Miami
News: Chicago-based Studio Gang is following in the footsteps of OMA, Herzog & de Meuron and Zaha Hadid by becoming the latest architect to design a residential building for Miami (+ slideshow). More
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Ministry of Design's 100PP joins a wave of "edgy and interesting" buildings for Singapore creatives
World Architecture Festival 2014: Singapore's creative industries are moving out of the central business district to more affordable light-industrial areas, says architect Colin Seah, who has recently completed a layered workplace building in the Pasir Panjang neighbourhood (+ slideshow). More
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ECDM Architectes extends Parisian apartments with wavy balconies
The curving balconies of this housing scheme by French studio ECDM Architectes create a rippling outline and provide each flat with outdoor space (+ slideshow). More
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Antonini Darmon's housing in Nantes presents a patchwork of solids and voids
Solid panels, perforated screens and recessed balconies create a patchwork of varying transparency on this tower that rises up from one side of a mixed-use development in Nantes, France, by Antonini Darmon Architectes (+ slideshow). More
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Christophe Rousselle adds reflective balconies to Zac de la Marine residences
Shiny metal balconies and sun shades project outwards from the banded facades of this apartment building by architect Christophe Rousselle in the Parisian suburb of Colombes (+ slideshow). More
