Architecture

Sou Fujimoto Architects has revealed the designs for a massive floating tower on the bay of Shenzhen's Qianhaiwan district after a competition was held to design a landmark tower in the region that has lately experienced enormous urban and architectural developments, per Yanko Design. The judges of the New City...

Building off a boxy floor plan, Splinter Society makes a diagonal cut, creating a family home that optimizes indoor/outdoor flow. Throughout the last 15 years, Melbourne-based firm Splinter Society has tackled a number of bungalow renovations. Bungalow 8 is their latest. "Bungalows make great family homes, and this modest renovation, designed to celebrate the simple joys of suburban family life, is no different," explain the architects.

On the exterior, this beachfront Nantucket home looks just the rest of the immaculately preserved shingle-style houses that line the streets and beaches of this charming island-town. However, upon entering the home's lacquered blue front door, one realizes this is not your average beach house, as it challenges the notion of what coastal living is supposed to look like. While it possesses the fundamental elements of your classic beach house, architectural and interior design firm Bodron/Fruit leaned into the client's passions rather than into a pastiche of New England coastal style to create a comfortable, inviting home away from home that allows the owner to always be surrounded and comforted by what she loves with killer ocean views as a backdrop.

Consistently ranking amongst the world’s most liveable cities, Melbourne isn't a half bad place to visit either, with a wealth of attractions that encompass everything from sprawling markets and insightful museums to beautiful botanic gardens and vintage amusement parks. Even better news: you can enjoy a load of these experiences without spending a single cent. Here's our guide to the best free stuff to do in Melbourne.

In a packed metropolis where old buildings are frequently replaced by gleaming skyscrapers, two Hong Kong model makers are trying to preserve the city's architectural past -- in painstakingly detailed miniature form. Stepping into Tony Lai and Maggie Chan's studio is like walking into a time machine, if that time...

What do a heatwave battering the western United States and a flash flood in the desert have in common? We all want to get to higher ground, ASAP. Whether you’re facing a work week at home without AC or just the dolldrums of early summer, we can bet that your brain is kicking into trip planning mode. If you’re already using Gaia to search for backcountry meadows with adequate snowmelt drainages, you can probably ignore this post. But if your idea of a good time is backing your truck up to a mesa overlook deep in the high desert or cranking up switchbacks to a cool high-country valley, you may want to read our picks for the best car camping gear of the season.

Architecture firm BÜRO KLK renovated the bar of Mochi, a well-known Japanese restaurant in Vienna, Austria that it originally designed in 2012. The brief was to maintain "the original, vivid character of the place while optimizing the spatial situation with regard to current needs." The architects write:. "The geometrically pleated...

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry has revealed a tower for the Luma Arles arts centre in southern France ahead of its public opening tomorrow. Named The Tower, the stainless steel-clad cultural building is the centrepiece of the Luma Arles arts centre in the city of Arles. According to Gehry,...

Finally, some good news for holidaymakers. Several major tourist destinations have been added to the UK government’s green list, including Malta, Madeira some Caribbean islands and the Balearic Islands. That means that from 4am on June 30, travellers returning from these countries won’t have to quarantine for 10 days. The...

Here, we zoom into Fabian Tan’s Bewboc House project, a stand-out, minimalist renovation and extension in Kuala Lumpur. Fabian Tan leads a small team of architects at his Kuala Lumpur headquarters, creating innovative home designs with a unique character throughout Malaysia. Founded in 2012, the emerging studio focuses on residential work but designs in a large variety of scales and typologies - including from institutional, commercial and interior projects to art pieces, furniture and installations.

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Name: Sanja Stojilkovic, my boyfriend, Igor and our two pets, Toma and Pumpa. Location: Sremski Karlovci, Serbia. Type of home: House. Size: 786 square feet. Years lived in: 1 year, owned. Tell us...

Collaboration: Ana Carolina Campos, Gonçalo Frias, José Pedro Cano, Luís Pedro Pinto, Nuno Costa, Pedro Pedro. Consultants: F&C (Landscape architecture), Betar (Foundations, Structures and Geological Survey), prom&E Consulting (Electrics, Telecommunications, Security, Acoustics and Mechanics), Campo d’ Água (Hydraulics) Areas: 465m2 construction area. Date: Project 2013-15 [Works completion 2019]. Photographs: Francisco...

Indonesia-based practice local architecture bureau (LAB) unveils its bogor creative hub as a ‘generator for creative people.’ the project seeks to introduce an inspiring communal place that acts as an open platform for exchange and spontaneous, informal exercise. this building is situated along a large swath of land adjacent to an historic, 200 year-old building that had been built by dutch colonists. with its low stance, the geometry of the new creative hub sensitively occupies its site and is expressed in plan with a single, gestural curve that embraces a landscaped courtyard.

Valentino Gareri Atelier have joined forces with technology and wellness consultant Steve Lastro of 6Sides and global wellness real estate innovators Delos to create Sunflower Village, a humanistic and sociological approach to residential technology & community living. The proposed residential village includes 19 homes arranged in a sunflower composition that 'follows the sun'.