The Beam by MVRDV and de Alzua+
Dutch office MVRDV and French architects de Alzua+ have won a competition to re-masterplan the French town of Villeneuve d'Ascq and are proposing a building that cantilevers over a motorway. More
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Aggrenad hotel by AND
Korean architects AND imagined this hotel on Geoje Island as a hand of outstretched fingers, with rooms and balconies pointing out in different directions (+ slideshow). More
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Nest and Cave House by Idis Turato
The trend for extreme cantilevers continues with this house in Croatia by architect Idis Turato, where one floor dramatically overhangs the other. More
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Wine Museum in Lavaux by Mauro Turin Architectes
Swiss studio Mauro Turin Architectes wants to celebrate the history of the Lavaux wine-making region in Switzerland by cantilevering a museum from the side of a mountain (+ slideshow). More
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Busan Cinema Centre by Coop Himmelb(l)au
Architects Coop Himmelb(l)au have completed a film and theatre centre in South Korea with a steel and glass cantilever that's wider than the wings of an Airbus A380 (+ slideshow). More
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Porsche Pavilion by HENN
German architects HENN have created a streamlined pavilion with a curled-over steel roof for car brand Porsche at the Autostadt theme park in Wolfsburg (+ slideshow). More
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View Hill House by Denton Corker Marshall
One storey hangs precariously over the other at this isolated hilltop house in Australia by architects Denton Corker Marshall. More
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Huludao Beach Exhibit Centre by META-Project
Beijing architects META-Project have completed an exhibition centre at the beach of a former fishing village in China that is now developing into a summer holiday destination (+ slideshow). More
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Baeza Town Hall by Viar Estudio
Patchy timber shields the glazed upper storeys of this extension to a historic town hall in southern Spain by architects Viar Estudio. More
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House in Senriby Shogo Iwata
Slideshow: the cantilevered upper storeys of this house in Osaka by Japanese architect Shogo Iwata hover above a driveway. More
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Northface by Element
The top floor of this periscope-like wooden house in Stavanger, Norway, cantilevers northwards towards the sea. More
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Observation Tower by UNStudio
Dutch architects UNStudio have designed a concrete observation tower to cantilever into the sky above a nature reserve in the Netherlands. More
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Phinney Modern by Elemental Architecture
The top-floor living room of this Seattle house projects across the garden in a twisted cantilever. More
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Moscow School of Management Skolkovo by Adjaye Associates
Here are some photographs of the Moscow School of Management by architect David Adjaye, where four buildings precariously cantilever over a large circular base. More
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GMS Grande Palladium by Malik Architecture
Pointed cantilevers project above an office block that is sandwiched between a corporate complex and a slum in Mumbai (photographs by Edmund Sumner). More
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The Periscope by VW+BS
London studio VW+BS have designed an office building for Singapore that resembles a giant periscope. More
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House 20 by Jolson
Australian architects Jolson have completed a house in Melbourne where cantilevering concrete slabs appear to balance on top of a bronze garden wall. More
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Special feature: alarming cantilevers
Here's a round-up of all our stories that feature buildings with alarming cantilevers. See all the stories »
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NHow Hotel Berlin by NPS Tchoban Voss
Extreme cantilever alert! A four-storey block with a mirrored underside juts out from the top of a Berlin hotel, 25 metres above the ground (photos by Roland Halbe). More
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Grifols Academy by TWO/BO Arquitectura and Luis Twose
TWO/BO Arquitectura and architect Luis Twose have converted a sixteenth-century Catalan house into a business academy for a pharmaceutical company. More
