Tokyo house bridges the rooftops of a dental surgery and garage
Japanese architect Kunihiko Matsuba has balanced a small white house over the flat rooftops of a dental clinic and garage near Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
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Ole Scheeren's The Interlace envisioned as "a blatant reversal" of tower-block housing
World Architecture Festival 2014: architect Ole Scheeren has revealed more about the motivations behind The Interlace, an "important prototype" for housing where horizontal buildings are stacked diagonally across one another to frame terraces, gardens and plazas (+ slideshow). More
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Glass boxes cantilever from the concrete core of Tatiana Bilbao's Bioinnova university building
A stack of large glass boxes forms this biotechnology facility at a Mexico university by Tatiana Bilbao (+ slideshow). More
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Three stacked volumes comprise Hectaar office building by CAAN Architecten
Boxy steel-clad volumes cantilever in different directions to provide alternating views from inside this office building in Roeselare, Belgium, by Ghent studio CAAN Architecten. More
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Stacked concrete volumes frame entrance to House M by Estudio Aire
Argentinian office Estudio Aire rested concrete volumes on top of each other to create a shaded overhang at the entrance to this house for an artist (+ slideshow). More
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Architect-designed bus stops in Austria photographed by Hufton + Crow
These new shots by British photographers Hufton + Crow document the seven extraordinary bus shelters created in a tiny Austrian village by architects including Sou Fujimoto, Smiljan Radić and Wang Shu (+ slideshow). More
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Protruding glass boxes offer ocean views from Russet Residence by Splyce Design
This Vancouver house by Canadian studio Splyce Design comprises a stack of glazed boxes set into a hillside, designed to maximise ocean views and create terraces on all three levels (+ slideshow). More
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Stacked Melbourne apartments designed by B.E. Architecture to feel like separate houses
Australian office B.E. Architecture used different cladding materials to help these two apartments in Melbourne feel more like individual houses (+ slideshow). More
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Australian guesthouse by Whiting Architects made up of staggered concrete and timber boxes
Stacked concrete and timber boxes frame the rooms of this guesthouse near Australia's Great Ocean Road, by Melbourne studio Whiting Architects. More
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Stone-clad base supports stacked classrooms at PFP Architekten's school in Genoa
Hamburg office PFP Architekten has designed a school building with overlapping boxes that jut out towards a piazza in the historic centre of Genoa, Italy (+ slideshow). More
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OMA completes De Rotterdam "vertical city" complex
News: architect Rem Koolhaas' studio OMA has completed its colossal "vertical city" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (+ slideshow). More
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The Interlace by OMA and Ole Scheeren nears completion
An OMA-designed housing complex comprising 31 apartment blocks stacked diagonally across one another is nearing completion in Singapore (+ slideshow). More
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Casa P by Studio MK27
Movie: a recently completed concrete house in São Paulo is depicted as a luxury home from the 1950s in the latest architecture film by Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan. More
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"We're sharing the house with the studio" - Carl Turner on Slip House
In this movie by film studio Stephenson/Bishop, architect Carl Turner describes the importance of flexibility in the London house he designed for himself and his partner, which last night was awarded the RIBA Manser Medal 2013 for the best new house in the UK. More
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Plein Soleil by RH+ Architecture
Apartments appear to be stacked up like boxes at this concrete housing block in Paris by French studio RH+ Architecture (+ slideshow). More
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Statoil regional and international offices by A-Lab
Five aluminium-clad volumes are stacked up like a pile of horizontal skyscrapers at this office complex outside Oslo by Norwegian studio A-Lab (+ slideshow). More
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Slip House by Carl Turner Architects
Planks of translucent glass provide the walls for this house in south London designed by architect Carl Turner for himself and his partner (+ slideshow). More
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The Library by COBE and Transform
This golden library in Copenhagen by architects COBE and Transform is meant to resemble a pile of books (+ slideshow). More
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Maruma House by Fernanda Canales
Rectilinear blocks of glass and concrete overlap one another at this house in Mexico City by architect Fernanda Canales (+ slideshow). More
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Ribbon House by G2 Estudio
This mountainside house by G2 Estudio in Argentine Patagonia is wrapped in a stone and wood facade. More
