Converted shipping containers combine to form angular Flying Box house
Architect Josué Gillet used shipping containers to construct this prefabricated house in France, which features an asymmetric facade and a rooftop terrace (+ slideshow). More
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Trees grow through the floors of Julio Hernández house by Roof Arquitectos
A "forest" of sweet gum trees grows through openings in the concrete slabs of this house in Morelia, Mexico, by Roof Arquitectos, providing an alternative to a central courtyard (+ movie). More
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Daroca Arquitectos pairs white walls with natural stone for Baza employment centre
Daroca Arquitectos has completed a training and employment centre in the Spanish town of Baza, featuring a stone-clad base that contrasts with the crisp white upper storeys (+ slideshow). More
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Colonnades line the terraces of Antonini Darmon's Arches Boulogne apartments
French firm Antonini Darmon has completed a social housing block near Paris, featuring a white concrete facade surrounded on all sides by rows of arch-fronted balconies (+ slideshow). More
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Steven Holl unveils visual arts centre for historic Pennsylvania college
Steven Holl Architects has revealed designs for a Pennsylvania arts centre with a sculptural, white form that references a kite. More
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John Pawson completes bright white holiday home on Japan's Okinawa island
This clifftop holiday home by British designer John Pawson presents white windowless facades to its guests, but at the rear large windows and a roof terrace face towards the sea (+ slideshow). More
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Yusuke Seki uses 25,000 pieces of crockery to raise the floor of a ceramics shop
Thousands of plates, cups, saucers and bowls are stacked to form a display platform in this Japanese ceramics shop by Yusuke Seki (+ slideshow). More
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Tokujin Yoshioka uses millions of straws to recreate Tornado installation in Japan
An installation of more than two million translucent straws provides the setting for a retrospective exhibition of work by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka (+ slideshow). More
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House B by Format Elf contains two floors within its large asymmetric roof
Format Elf Architekten has disguised a three-storey family home as a two-storey building by incorporating both upper floors within a large asymmetrically pitched roof (+ slideshow). More
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Nameless Architecture reinterprets the traditional Korean door using resin and silicone
The timber frame and paper panes of the traditional Korean door were replaced with a resin grid and flexible silicone for this installation at a Seoul gallery (+ slideshow). More
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Italian designers continue marble tile recycling project with Little Gerla vases
A pair of Italian designers has extended their line of products made from rejected marble with a collection of four vases, all made from a single tile without producing any waste (+ slideshow). More
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João Mendes Ribeiro expands a wine-tasting hotel in rural Portugal
Raw concrete and timber boxes create rooms inside these gabled blocks, added to a hotel on a vineyard in rural Portugal by architect and set designer João Mendes Ribeiro (+ slideshow). More
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Broombank house by Soup Architects planned as "two white sugar cubes" floating over a meadow
The wild rural landscape extends up over the roof of this riverside house in Suffolk, England, which was designed by British firm Soup Architects with walls built from handmade bricks (+ movie). More
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Montreal house by Naturehumaine features a glass floor with a skylight overhead
Canadian studio Naturehumaine inserted a glass floor and skylight to draw sunlight through the interior of this two-storey house in Montreal, and reintroduced wooden boards to make a feature of the staircase. More
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Sculptural staircase twists through loft apartment in Melbourne by Adrian Amore Architects
A sweeping, sculptural staircase extends through the centre of this monochrome inner-city loft apartment in Melbourne, Australia, by Adrian Amore Architects. More
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Masko spiky origami masks for shop window mannequins by 3Gatti Architecture Studio
These spiky masks folded from paper by 3Gatti Architecture Studio are designed for customising mannequins in retail displays (+ slideshow). More
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The White Retreat by Colombo and Serboli Architecture
This seaside studio apartment in Barcelona by Spanish studio Colombo and Serboli Architecture has an all-white interior that includes a tiled kitchen and bathroom that can be hidden away (+ slideshow). More
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Stack printer by Mugi Yamamoto
Graduate designer Mugi Yamamoto has designed an inkjet printer that sits on top of a stack of paper and eats its way down through the pile (+ slideshow). More
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ODC Orlando di Castello by Denis Kosutic
Vienna architect Denis Kosutic has completed the interior of a restaurant in Vienna, Austria, inspired by "Queen Elizabeth, the rapper 50 Cent and a girl from Tyrol". More
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OrganiCube by Christian Precht
Austrian designer Christian Precht has designed a compact living environment called OrganiCube. More
