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Rio de Janeiro-based architecture firm Atelier77 recently completed CASA FIRJAN, an innovation center that’s been turning heads for its award-winning design and sustainable attributes...

When the owners happened upon an early 20th-century house in Ghent, Belgium, the garden space and location sold them on the property despite the home’s rather dark and introverted character...

When the owners happened upon an early 20th-century house in Ghent, Belgium, the garden space and location sold them on the property despite the home’s rather dark and introverted character...

Architecture studio tres birds workshop used reclaimed and locally available materials to turn the former Mancinelli's Market (later a tattoo shop) in Denver into a modern distillery and cocktail lounge that emphasizes the...

Architecture studio tres birds workshop used reclaimed and locally available materials to turn the former Mancinelli's Market in Denver into a modern distillery and cocktail lounge that emphasizes the relationship between...

This multi-use building in Niigata City, Japan, functions like a small town with its own park, restaurant, cobblestone alley and offices. Takeru Shoji Architects wrapped the building in an envelope made of dense wooden louvers...

The house sits on a hillside plot in Singapore's Gallop Park neighborhood. It is covered with louvered screens that control solar intake and provide optimal privacy for its residents-a family of five, with additional guest...

The building envelope’s tree-like silhouettes were inspired by the cypress forests of Alishan National Park, a national gem and popular destination located in Taiwan’s mountainous Chiayi County...

Inspired by Ecopark’s forested and low-density urban landscape, the architects sought to emulate those landscape characteristics throughout the home and describe their ideas as “pure, simple, and a bit rustic with delicate...

Inspired by Ecopark’s forested and low-density urban landscape, the architects sought to emulate those landscape characteristics throughout the home and describe their ideas as “pure, simple, and a bit rustic with delicate...

Due to the limited lot size, the walls of the House in Tatemachi are angled outwards to maximize the building volume. A triangular, frosted glass window opens up all three floors to natural daylight, while maintaining privacy....

Following the cyclical nature of the client's daily routine, the interior spaces of House O are laid out in the order of his day-to-day activities. The south-facing master bedroom occupies the highest point in the house with...

The metal structure of the 2,000 square meter plaza echoes the verticality of the surrounding logs. Reused wooden railway ties serve as blinds that help control daylighting and indoor temperature. The buildings are interwoven...

CANOVERA Arqutectura recently unveiled their new shopping center located amidst the lush garden in Avándaro, Mexico. Plaza Andaro is carefully integrated within the unlikely location by mimicking the surrounding trees and...

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