MVRDV designs Albania's tallest building with pixellated facade
Construction has started on a skyscraper in Tirana designed by Dutch firm MVRDV, set to feature a facade with a pixellated map of Albania at its centre. More
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BIG's pixelated complex of "peaks and valleys" for Toronto gains approval
Architecture firm BIG's verdant mixed-use complex, reminiscent of Moshe Safdie's experimental Habitat 67 housing in Montreal, has been approved for Toronto. More
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10 pixelated and Jenga-style buildings that tick all the boxes
The number of architecture projects comprising series of cubes or cuboids to look like digital pixels, or half-finished games of Jenga, is stacking up fast. Here are 10 examples from studios including Herzog & de Meuron, OMA and MVRDV. More
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"Jenga architecture proposes the unstable, the tentative, and that which tends to dissolution"
Aaron Betsky examines the emergence and popularity of Jenga-style towers and pixelated buildings around the world, and hopes that future examples don't tumble into mediocrity. More
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Ole Scheeren designs twin Vancouver skyscrapers to be vertical villages
Büro Ole Scheeren has revealed plans for a pair of skyscrapers in Vancouver that would be formed from irregularly stacked glass boxes interlaced with greenery. 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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MVRDV reveals renderings of mirrored "crystal rock" office block in Germany
Dutch firm MVRDV has unveiled plans for an office block with an interactive mirrored facade in the city of Esslingen in southern Germany. More
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MVRDV designs constructivist-inspired tower block for Moscow
Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has won a competition to design a 78-metre tall mixed-use building with a red ceramic facade, to be a symbolic gateway to Moscow. More
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MVRDV and BIG to create new neighbourhood in Abu Dhabi's Makers District
Dutch firm MVRDV has revealed plans to build a cluster of mixed-use towers in Abu Dhabi, featuring pixellated corners that will frame a public square designed by Danish studio BIG. More
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ODA creates stepped terraces at corner of Brooklyn condo building
Cascading balconies top this Brooklyn apartment block by American studio ODA, which is shown in a movie starring the design team throwing footballs, catching flowers and passing balloons between the terraces. More
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MVRDV designs new Rotterdam skyscraper featuring pixellated walls
Rotterdam studio MVRDV has unveiled plans to build a new skyscraper in its home city, featuring a pixellated facade made up of hundreds of bay windows. More
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Ole Scheeren's pixellated MahaNakhon tower photographed by Hufton + Crow
British duo Hufton + Crow visited Bangkok to capture these images of Thailand's tallest tower, which was designed by Ole Scheeren and features modular cutaways spiralling around its facades. More
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ODA completes "pixelated" luxury condo building in Queens
New York architecture firm ODA has constructed a residential complex in Long Island City that features protruding boxes across its street-facing facades. More
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BIG unveils huge 670 Mesquit complex for LA Arts District
Bjarke Ingels Group has released plans for a mixed-use scheme in Los Angeles, which will incorporate housing, offices and public spaces within a giant concrete framework. More
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Ole Scheeren's "carved" MahaNakhon skyscraper scheduled to complete this year
The pixelated 314-metre-high skyscraper designed by former OMA architect Ole Scheeren is nearing completion in Bangkok. More
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BIG designs "Habitat 2.0" for Toronto
Bjarke Ingels' firm has unveiled designs for a major residential development in downtown Toronto, reminiscent of the experimental housing complex built by Moshe Safdie in the 1960s (+ slideshow). More
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Dark Arkitekter adds staircase-inspired tower to Oslo's fast-developing waterfront
Designed to looks like a giant staircase, this Oslo office block by Dark Arkitekter completes the trio of buildings housing the headquarters of DNB Bank, created in collaboration with MVRDV and A-Lab (+ slideshow). More
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OMA completes pixellated Timmerhuis complex in Rotterdam
OMA has merged a municipal office block from the 1950s with a pixellated steel and glass structure to create a new mixed-use building in Rotterdam's city centre (+ slideshow). More
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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
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UUfie updates facade of Shanghai boutique with pixellated grid of glowing glass
Canadian studio UUfie created a pixellated appearance for the facade of this Shanghai boutique by adding rows of translucent glass cubes that light up at night like a big screen (+ slideshow). More
