The extension of the town hall of Villiers-le-Bel
The Graal architecture office just completed the Hôtel de Ville de Villiers-le-Bel, in the department of Val-d’Oise.
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Onze22 Creates a Window to the City
With 24 floors made up of suspended slabs enclosed in floor-to-ceiling glass, TRIPTYQUE’s new project for Idea!Zarvos provides the experience of a scenic viewpoint.
Yantai Mountain Commercial Streetscape Design
Yantai Mountain Commercial Streetscape Design is designed by Urbanus Architecture & Design, Shanghai trii architect.inc, Lacime Architects, HCD Shanghai.
Capella Sydney Hotel
Located 400m from Sydney Harbour, the heritage-listed former Department of Education building, part of the historic Sandstone Precinct, has reopened as the 5-star Capella Sydney hotel, the first Australian property from luxury hospitality brand Capella Hotels and Resorts.
The Arches
Projected by Collective Parenthèse, The Arches revives an uncertain and in-between public space in the Arceaux district of Montpellier, a city in the south of France.
Small House in Açores
Located in Azores, Portugal, this tiny house was designed by BOX arquitectos.
Syctom Sorting Center in Nanterre
The agency Le Dévéhat Vuarnesson Architectes transformed the sorting center for selective collection of Syctom, a public household waste treatment service, in Nanterre, France.
MB
From fluid promenade to pragmatic functionality, MB offers a rehabilitation of a Montreal cottage orchestrating a sculptural experience with an architectural dimension. Interfering in the daily life of a couple of young professionals, a system, both simple and complex, multiplies geometric interweavings and visual breakthroughs to reveal a home in the image of its owners.
Fenwick
Edition Office presents Fenwick St, a project located in Kew, Australia on a remarkable edge of the Birrarung/Yarra River, adjacent to Yarra Bend Park, with northern vistas to the valley beyond.
Fuyang Yinhu Sports Center
Fuyang Yinhu Sports Center, designed in cooperation with UAD – ACRC and The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University, is located in Zhejiang province of the People’s Republic of China.
Feldballe School
Designed for the climate crisis generation, the Danish school extension built of wood and straw is a scalable solution for carbon sequestering, giving the world a lesson in eco-innovation.
A Floating Forest: Fish Tail Park in Nanchang City
In the city of Nanchang, within the Yangtze River flood plain in east-central China, Turenscape transformed a badly abused 126-acre landscape into a dreamlike floating forest that regulates stormwater, provides habitat for wildlife, offers an array of recreational opportunities, and gives local residents a new way to connect with nature.
The Rectorate of Roma Tre
Three elliptical green and white steel-framed towers, a glass-faced auditorium with a street frontage, a new public piazza and a raised “hanging garden” are the key distinguishing elements of the Rectorate of Roma Tre, a striking new development designed by Mario Cucinella Architects.
Birmingham’s Municipal Bank: The Exchange
Birmingham’s Municipal Bank is a prominent 1930s neo-classical building newly remodelled into The Exchange, a civic hub and an important city centre presence for the University of Birmingham.
FLUGT – Refugee Museum of Denmark
The new Refugee Museum of Denmark, FLUGT, designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and exhibition designers Tinker Imagineers is officially inaugurated in the presence of Queen Margrethe II. Located at the site of Denmark’s largest Refugee camp from World War II, FLUGT, gives a voice and a face to refugees worldwide and captures the universal challenges, emotions, spirit and stories shared by displaced humans.
The Fritz Hansen Pavilion: Mindfully Designed for Disassembly
Designed for the 3daysofdesign event in Copenhagen, the pavilion by Henning Larsen boasts sustainable design through and through.
FRAMA Transforms Villa Medicea di Marignolle
FRAMA transforms Villa Medicea di Marignolle, the former Italian estate home of Galileo Galilei, currently setting the scene for a residence of renowned filmmaker Albert Moya. By respecting the heritage and charm of this historic space, FRAMA and Albert Moya create a truly inviting place for artistic encounters.
MAD Reveals Their First Social Housing Project
Baiziwan Social Housing (later referred to as Baiziwan) is the first affordable housing project by MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong. Situated near the CBD (central business district) in Beijing, the project covers the area of 93,900 square meters, with a total construction area of 473,300 square meters.
Renovation of Niemeyer Guest House
Designed in 1962 by renowned Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer but abandoned on the brink of completion when civil war erupted in 1975, the Rachid Karami International Fair was recently added to UNESCO’s World Heritage tentative list.
Îlot Balmoral
The Îlot Balmoral, a 13-storey mixed-use office building commissioned by the Société d’Habitation de Montréal (SHDM), rises as a testimony to Montréal’s creative economy. One of the final major developmental pieces of the ‘Quartier des Spectacles’ in downtown Montréal, the impressive structure sits adjacent to Place des Festivals, and is the new home of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and UQAC’s École des arts numériques, de l’animation et du design (NAD School).