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Irregularly stacked boxes: page 4

  • MVRDV used pixellated forms to make DNB Bank "human and approachable" says Winy Maas

    Winy Maas of MVRDV explains how his design for a "big building composed of mini units" created a headquarters for Norway's DNB Bank interspersed with indoor and outdoor meeting places, in the penultimate movie from our exclusive series (+ movie). More

    Amy Frearson | 20 August 2015 | 4 comments
  • Werner Sobek's Y1 House comprises two stacked blocks on top of a former sand mine

    This house in France's Massif Central region features a lower storey inserted into a disused sand mine and a glazed upper storey offering views of the surrounding volcanic landscape (photos by Zooey Braun + slideshow). More

    Alyn Griffiths | 17 August 2015 | 5 comments
  • NEXT Architects uses terracotta and granite for housing complex on China's Min River

    NEXT Architects chose both ribbed terracotta and smooth granite to clad the buildings of this housing development in China, which are stacked to maximise views over a nearby river and mountains (+ slideshow). More

    Jessica Mairs | 12 August 2015 | 3 comments
  • Nestlé Waters' Beirut office is top heavy to allow space for trucks to pass by

    The top two floors of this office for Nestlé Waters in Beirut projects out by 15 metres to create a clear route below for trucks to access the warehouse next door (+ slideshow). More

    Luke Tebbutt | 31 July 2015 | 1 comment
  • ARX Portugal completes whitewashed concrete market that connects streets above and below

    Spiralling staircases connect stalls on different levels inside this concrete market building as well as creating a route between two districts in the Portuguese town of Abrantes (+ slideshow). More

    Alyn Griffiths | 22 July 2015 | 4 comments
  • Ole Scheeren's Vancouver skyscraper will offer a "new typology for vertical living"

    Architect Ole Scheeren has unveiled his first solo project outside of Asia – a Vancouver skyscraper that will feature a series of offset apartments protruding from the facade in a cluster of irregularly stacked glass boxes (+ slideshow). More

    Anna Winston | 12 June 2015 | 16 comments
  • BIG unveils replacement for Foster's Two World Trade Center design

    BIG has unveiled designs for Two World Trade Center, confirming that the skyscraper's original architect, Foster + Partners, has been ousted (+ slideshow). More

    Jenna McKnight | 9 June 2015 | 78 comments
  • Höweler + Yoon's Bridge House accommodates three generations of a family

    The trio of stacked blocks that make up this Virginia residence by Höweler + Yoon Architecture are arranged in a bridge-like formation, providing three generations of a family with separate living spaces (+ slideshow). More

    Jessica Mairs | 9 June 2015 | 3 comments
  • Parisian nursery by Samuel Delmas consists of a pile of irregularly stacked boxes

    This Paris nursery by French architect Samuel Delmas looks like a pile of stacked boxes, featuring a facade of aluminium louvres and colourful enamelled glass (+ slideshow). More

    Jessica Mairs | 8 June 2015 | 2 comments
  • New Pinterest board: irregularly stacked boxes

    Architects are increasingly taking regular volumes and stacking them askew to create striking new forms. Well-known examples include SANAA's New Museum in New York, which resembles a pile of wedding presents, and OMA's De Rotterdam, which looks like an arrangement of upended shoe boxes. We've collected together the best examples of this trend from the pages of Dezeen and pinned them to a new Pinterest board.

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    Ross Bryant | 31 May 2015 | Leave a comment
  • Christian von Düring completes a house designed to function like a bridge

    Tasked with designing a house that doesn't take over its whole site, Swiss architect Christian von Düring created a timber-clad upper storey that straddles two smaller ground-level structures (+ slideshow). More

    Alyn Griffiths | 17 May 2015 | 4 comments
  • 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

    Jessica Mairs | 12 May 2015 | 3 comments
  • Steinmetzdemeyer stacks wooden blocks to form low-energy office building

    A pile of timber-clad volumes with windows positioned to make the most of views and natural light form this energy-efficient office building for an ecological centre in Luxembourg (+ slideshow). More

    Alyn Griffiths | 10 May 2015 | Leave a comment
  • OMA wins Amsterdam RAI hotel job with stacked-triangle design

    Dutch design firm OMA has been appointed to design a new hotel for the huge Amsterdam RAI exhibition and events complex. More

    Anna Winston | 30 April 2015 | 2 comments
  • Three-winged 36SML House by Levenbetts has a driveway carved through its middle

    A driveway cuts through one wing of this three-pronged house in New York state, which is topped by a roof terrace with amphitheatre-style seating (+ slideshow). More

    Jessica Mairs | 26 April 2015 | 2 comments
  • Concrete Maison Le Cap house features mirrored glazing to reflect the seaside scenery

    Four concrete boxes make up this holiday home by Paris architect Pascal Grasso, which nestles into a verdant hillside on the southern coast of France (+ slideshow). More

    Alyn Griffiths | 17 April 2015 | 8 comments
  • Sameep Padora's Lattice House is an Indian holiday home wrapped by wooden screens

    The stacked horizontal volumes that make up this house in Jammu, India, are clad in vertical timber battens to regulate the amount of sunlight that enters (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). More

    Alyn Griffiths | 15 April 2015 | 24 comments
  • Grillagh Water House by Patrick Bradley is made up of four stacked shipping containers

    A balcony shaded by steel fins projects from the upper storey of this house in Northern Ireland, which architect and farmer Patrick Bradley built using four used shipping containers (+ slideshow). More

    Alyn Griffiths | 11 January 2015 | 18 comments
  • Coloured boxes and plants cover the latest Sugamo Shinkin Bank by Emmanuelle Moureaux

    Trees sprout out of the rainbow-coloured cubes that make up the facade of this bank in northern Tokyo – the fourth building that architect Emmanuelle Moureaux has designed for Sugamo Shinkin (+ slideshow). More

    Amy Frearson | 7 January 2015 | 2 comments
  • Halifax library by Schmidt Hammer Lassen comprises four stacked blocks

    Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects stacked up cuboid volumes with different dimensions and cladding finishes to create this library in Halifax, Canada (+ slideshow). More

    Alyn Griffiths | 15 December 2014 | 10 comments
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