SHoP unveils US Embassy offices for lush site in Bangkok
New York firm SHoP Architects has designed an irregularly stacked office building for the US Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. More
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Irregularly stacked volumes form The Source Hotel by Dynia Architects
Shifted floor plates and slanted elements lend an off-kilter appearance to a boutique hotel in a Denver art district, designed by US firm Dynia Architects. More
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Martins Lucena uses slatted wood and tile screens to let the breeze into IF House in Brazil
This concrete coastal house in Brazil was designed by locally based Martins Lucena Architects to capture prevailing breezes and minimise solar heat gain. More
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Offset concrete boxes form Casa 2I4E retreat for a couple and their dog in Mexican landscape
Monterrey-based studio P+0 Arquitectura has wrapped concrete terraces and staircases around this residence to make the most of its setting among wooded mountains in Mexico. More
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EYRC Architects' Spring Road house steps down wooded California hilltop
Stacked boxes wrapped in terracotta and glass make up this house near San Francisco, which US studio EYRC Architects has designed to serve as a "tranquil retreat from urban life" for an entrepreneur. More
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Bloco Arquitetos creates all-white House of Courtyards in BrasÃlia
Brazilian studio Bloco Arquitetos has designed a spacious family home comprising irregularly stacked boxes, which form a series of courtyards and terraces. More
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Behnisch Architekten overhauls business school at Portland State University
German firm Behnisch Architekten has renovated a 1970s urban academic building in Oregon, and created an addition that consists of "shifting" wood-clad boxes and a glazed atrium. More
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Massive white boxes turn LA warehouse into offices by FreelandBuck
Hollow cubes help to transform a large industrial building into offices for a production company in Los Angeles, completed by local studio FreelandBuck. More
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Chris Price's black TreeHaus staggers down wooded hill in Utah
Dark-stained cedar planks cover a series of volumes that are stepped and rotated down a slope in a Utah forest, forming a house for architect Chris Price and his family. More
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Akihisa Hirata stacks concrete boxes to create "futuristic and savage" Tree-ness House
Japanese studio Akihisa Hirata Architecture Office has completed a mixed-use building in Tokyo featuring a jumbled composition of concrete rooms that create spaces for small balconies and gardens. More
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OMA stacks green glass boxes to create BLOX architecture centre on Copenhagen waterfront
An architecture centre, co-working space and apartments are housed within a development of stacked glazed blocks by OMA, which creates a "knot" around a busy intersection in Copenhagen. More
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Sou Fujimoto unveils designs for Swiss university centre made of stacked cubes
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has designed a learning centre for the University of St Gallen in Switzerland, which will comprise a stack of glass cubes held within white frames. More
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Frank Gehry updates The Grand mixed-use development for Downtown LA
Architect Frank Gehry has again revised plans for the towering complex opposite his Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, which will finally begin construction this autumn. More
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Arquidromo stacks white cubes to form Mexican house on angled plot
A cluster of white volumes rise above the dark concrete entrance of this house in Monterrey, which was designed by local studio Arquidromo. More
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Endorphine connects white boxes with black frames to create homes at Slovakian golf resort
Slovakian studio Endorphine has completed a pair of houses at a golf resort near the village of Hrubá Borša, featuring living units that are combined either horizontally or vertically to create different layouts. More
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Stacked volumes form Los Angeles hilltop home by Aaron Neubert Architects
Three black boxes stacked on a steep lot in Los Angeles form this residence by Aaron Neubert Architects, and create outdoor living spaces without needing to use any additional land. More
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Isay Weinfeld reveals irregularly stacked tower block for São Paulo
Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld has designed a tower for São Paulo comprising four irregularly stacked volumes fringed with greenery, which is expected to complete later this year. More
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Moon Hoon uses diagonal beams to brace stacked-box house on Jeju islandÂ
South Korean architect Moon Hoon has completed a concrete house on the island of Jeju, featuring cantilevered boxes stacked on top of each other and braced by diagonal reinforced-concrete beams. More
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Huge porthole windows bathe Melbourne apartments with natural light
Circular windows dominate the staggered brick facades of this apartment block designed by Australian practice BKK Architects for the Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe East. More
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Galvanised steel panels cover irregularly stacked volumes of Japanese townhouse
Yuichi Yoshida & Associates has completed a house in the suburbs of the Japanese city of Kanazawa with pared-back interiors and an irregularly layered structure that challenges the area's housing typology. More
