After spending a decade commuting to teach at Tokyo’s Waseda University and Art Architecture School, architect Takeshi Hosaka and his wife decided to leave their tiny house in Yokohama for Tokyo, where they would build...
In an effort to beat the intense Chilean heat without compromising views of Santiago, local architectural firm Biourban Arquitectos has designed a bioclimatic home in La Reina that combines passive solar principles with high...
Although the majority of Vietnam’s population relies on agriculture, rapid industrialization and a skyrocketing population in recent years has led to urban sprawl and the decimation of fertile agricultural land...
Rimini-based GGA Gardini Gibertini Architects has renovated a cluster of historic buildings into a modernist dwelling set in the lush Italian countryside...
Outside the concrete jungle of São Paulo, Brazil is a solar-powered holiday retreat that fully embraces nature. Brazilian architecture firm Studio MK27 designed the striking home, called the Planar House, for a couple and...
Zaha Hadid Architects just revealed new images of their soon-to-be-completed Generali Tower, a twisting glazed landmark in Milan targeting LEED Platinum certification...
A beautiful bamboo amphitheater has risen in the lush tropics of Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian studio Bambutec Design crafted the 2,150-square-foot structure with the help of computer modeling in addition to old-fashioned model...
This striking concrete house extends from a cliff above a river in Japan, providing spectacular views of the surrounding landscape. The two-floor green-roofed structure, designed by architecture firm Planet Creations, establishes...
Like a Russian Matryoshka doll, this shining dome houses another building within its shell. Architecture studio Philippe Samyn and Partners designed the compact, oval forestry building to respond to the irregular shape of...
The Galyateto lookout tower is located in the center of the 1100-kilometer (683-mile) long national tourist route which passes through the north of Hungary between hills...
The building contains 72 differently sized apartments, commercial and parking spaces and an elevated garden. The living units combine different demographics and, thanks to floor to ceiling heights of minimum 8.85 feet in...
Two Moon’s quirky design was inspired by ‘Two Moon Junction,’ a movie drama about the affair between a college graduate and an older man and constrained by a very limited budget...
According to the architects, the design for Knot House was inspired by "imagining a surface made of landscape, which eventually folds into a knot to create an enclosure." Although small in volume, the unique layout of the...
According to the architects, polyhedral homes have become an effective design solution to Japan's notoriously small and congested urban lots. The house consists of a main residence located at the front of the building as...
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