This project consisted on adapting a construction volume to the landscape, in a form of a contemplative “plateau” pointed at important visual frames. The house itself is the sum of multiple episodes, attached according to an interior/exterior hierarchy fro

Concept & Competition concept design featured ftnews house Oliveira de Azeméis Portugal PROJ3CT residence residential

The New Canaan Residence is nestled into a lush hilltop site in this forested part of Connecticut. The house was designed to engage the landscape and immerse the occupants in the full range of environments that the site offers. What the completed house doe

Architecture Connecticut featured ftnews house New Canaan residence residential Specht Harpman USA

The New Canaan Residence is nestled into a lush hilltop site in this forested part of Connecticut. The house was designed to engage the landscape and immerse the occupants in the full range of environments that the site offers. What the completed house doe

Architecture Connecticut featured ftnews house New Canaan residence residential Specht Harpman USA

A fantastic 9,000 sq m lot is the scene for the setting of the 2,000 sq m Casa LC. The house is located at Mexico City north in area where there are no high constructions and this advantage was used in the architectonic and landscape design incorporating t

Architecture ART Arquitectos Casa LC featured ftnews house mexico Mexico City north residence residential

A fantastic 9,000 sq m lot is the scene for the setting of the 2,000 sq m Casa LC. The house is located at Mexico City north in area where there are no high constructions and this advantage was used in the architectonic and landscape design incorporating t

Architecture ART Arquitectos Casa LC featured ftnews house mexico Mexico City north residence residential

Situated in a unique community of the Town of Ross, in Marin County, this residence is nestled between a stream and a steep forested hillside above. Strategic interventions and extensions create an identity that is synchronous with the existing landscape a

Architecture California featured ftnews Griffin Enright Architects house residence residential The Town of Ross US

Rising above one of Kuwait City’s still undiscovered areas, this collaboration between architect and landscape architect consists of a tower that floats atop a series of overlapping terraces, in gentle contrast with the flat and constantly changing fields

Concept & Competition City of Kuwait concept design featured Francis Landscape Frederic Francis ftnews Kuwait terraces tower

On the river side, in a winding landscape, a bridge stretched between two cliffs, a threshold, a bridge spanning a precipice … We wished to honour the riverside landscape which saw the birth of the first inhabitants of Korea, and acknowledge the beauty of

Architecture culture featured ftnews Jeongok museum South Korea X-TU Architects

Called as “landscapeviewing instrument”, this contemporary house created by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects. Clad with 8-inchwide boards of cedar, the landside ends of the two pavilions. Interior spaces, such as the entry foyer and kitchen, are lined wi

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Brisbane based JUO Architects just created the Breust Residence, a modern minimalist house situated on a narrow block in leafy Bicton in Petra Street, Bicton. The entrance to the front door through the landscaped surrounds is punctuated by the view of an o

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The site is included in Estate of Arrifóias, Odemira, Alentejo, where nature and topography have very specific features. The client seeks a solution that favors housing asset values and landscaped site. Respecting the site in its entirety, the project is t

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Designed by Olkruf Architecture, this modern concrete architecture, located in Schnepfau, Austria, surrounded by a beautiful landscape, represent a modern residential architecture,  in shape of a box. Because of this The post Concrete box house architectur

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Architects: Dimit Architects Location: Shaker Heights, Ohio Design Principals: Scott and Analia Nanni Dimit Project Architect: Scott Csutora Area: 7,200 sq ft Year: 2012 Photographs: Brad Feinknopf Landscape Designer: Patrick Beam- 9th Avenue Designs

Houses Selected Works Dimit Architects Shaker Heights United States

Architect:  COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Wolf D. Prix, Helmut Swiczinsky + Partner Location: Lyon, France Client: Département du Rhône / Represented by SERL Landscape Design: EGIS aménagement Site Area: 20,975 m² Net Floor Area: 26,700 m² Gross Floor Area: 46,476 m²&

In Progress Museums and Libraries Coop Himmelb(l)au France Lyon

Architects: Edouard François Location: Champigny-sur-Marne, France Team: Maison Edouard François, Intégrale 4 (structure), Nicolas Ingénierie (Mechanical Engineering), Pre Carre (landscape architect) Client: Paris Habitat Area: 9,000 sqm Year: 2012 Photogr

Housing Selected Works Champigny-sur-Marne Edouard François France

Architects: MAP/MX Location: Mexico City, México  Design Team: Isaac Michan, Salomón Ison, Eduardo Lorenzana Landscape Architecture: Taller Entorno Year: 2012 Photography: Rafael Gamo… The project is located in Mexico City, in a residential com

Houses Selected Works Ciudad Del Sol MAP/MX Mexico

Architects: MAP/MX Location: Mexico City, México  Design Team: Isaac Michan, Salomón Ison, Eduardo Lorenzana Landscape Architecture: Taller Entorno Year: 2012 Photography: Rafael Gamo… The project is located in Mexico City, in a residential com

Houses Selected Works Ciudad Del Sol MAP/MX Mexico

Architects: Mas y Fernández Arquitectos Asociados Location: Loteo Alta Vista, Maitencillo, Chile Architects In Charge: Cristóbal Fernández CH, Andrés Mas E Calculista: Enrique Riobo Landscape: María Trinidad Escudero Constructor: Alejandro Molina Principal

Houses Selected Works Chile Freirina Mas y Fernández Arquitectos Asociados

Architects: Roger Ferris + Partners Location: Bridgehampton, NY, United States Design Team: Roger Ferris, Dave Beem, Myron Mirgorodsky, Tiziano Fabrizio Structural Engineer: Arup & Partners Mechanical: Arup & Partners Landscape Architect: Jack Curt

Selected Works Sports Architecture Bridgehampton Roger Ferris + Partners United States

Displaying a striking contrast between open indoor spaces and its cloistered exterior, the Hard Werken residence by I.S.M.Architecten… has strong modern vibe. By trying to achieve a minimum landscape intrusion, the architects chose the black color fo

Architecture Hard Werken Residence

Inspired by the natural mountainous landscape,Villa Midgård is a project defined by DAPstockholm…, in the cosmopolite capital of Sweden. The exquisite residence spreads over 402 square meters and it has been completed in 2011. The client envisioned a

Architecture Landscape Design Midgård Villa Swedish architecture

The proposal for the TBC Bank Headquarters by Studio Kalamar… is composed of new facades, a vestibule, and a new landscape design to transform it from an old military headquarters building. Main volumes are enfolded in a skin of triangular

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Architects: Glamuzina Paterson Architects Location: Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand Project Team: Dominic Glamuzina and Aaron Paterson Collaborators: Xanthe White (landscape architect) Area: 273 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Patrick Reynolds… T

Houses Selected Works Auckland Glamuzina Paterson Architects New Zealand

The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA) has announced seven international teams competing to design a 14 hectare, landscaped public space for arts and culture on a waterfront property in Kowloon. After the project breaks ground in 2014, the ph

Architecture News Competitions China Hong Kong Kowloon

META Architecture…, in collaboration with SW,Technum, and landscape architects, West 8, were recently awarded the first prize in the competition for Building O, an auditorium and laboratory building for the University of Antwerp. The new multi-discip

Educational Antwerp Belgium META Architecture

Danilo Matoso Macedo created this contemporary home in 2012 for a young couple living in Brasília, Brazil. The structure’s wrap-around deck provides panoramic views of the landscape, and, the house itself is adaptable to family life, should the owner

Dining Room Furniture Hall and Entrance Houses Interior Design Kitchen Landscaping Living Room Swimming Pool Terrace Brasilia Brazil Contemporary House Danilo Matoso Macedo Glass Walls Roof Terrace White Exteriors

Architects: Philippe Harden + Olivier Rozé Architects Location: Town of Velizy-Villacoublay, France Landscape Designer: Vincent Lamotte Area: 3700 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Philippe Harden… The project is about the creation of a small recepti

Religious Architecture Selected Works France Olivier Rozé Architect Philippe Harden Vélizy-Villacoublay

A beautiful retreat defined by the Italian design studio Marco Pava… awaits to be admired. With a fantastic look over one of Italy’s most famous lakes, Como, this cozy and inspiring villa is nothing but the ideal spot for days of leisure and re

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This bone-like tower of concrete by Swiss studio Christ & Gantenbein is one of nine architectural interventions along La Ruta del Peregrino, a 72-mile pilgrimage through the mountain landscape of Jalisco, Mexico (+ sl

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World Architecture Festival 2012: in our final movie from the World Architecture Festival we take another look at the World Building of the Year, Gardens by the Bay, as Wilkinson Eyre Architects’ Paul Baker explains

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As we’ve noted before, sculptor Cliff Garten is one of the lucky artists who gets to remake the urban landscape. His latest work is the Baldwin Hills Gateway, a 150-foot-long bridge that marks the entry into the Baldwin Hills Parklands. The eight-foo

West Baldwin Hills Baldwin Hills Gateway Cliff Garten

The sunny region of New England, New Hampshire accommodates a sumptuous range of lovely homes, borrowing some of the region’s specificity. Inspired by the natural landscape of Wolfeboro, with its lakes and mountains, the Wolfeboro Lakeside Manor resi

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Is it possible to obtain a luxurious look in a chalet at the mountain? Bo Design studio succeeded to realize this for the interiors of the Chalet Cyanella located in Megève, French Alps. The house enjoys sweeping views of the landscape and is bathed in nat

Dining Room Living room Spaces for living Mountain

The garden is one of the most beautiful place a house could share with its guests! If you’re one of the luckiest persons on Earth that can enjoy daily a wonderful oasis near the house, you’ve come to the right place. Anthony Paul, a landscape d

Outdoor design Terrace & Garden garden design

The Pool House serves as an urban retreat for an artist and car enthusiast who lives next door. The project was an intense collaboration of architect, Gary Cunningham, client, and landscape architect, David Hocker, from ASLA. The central spine of the site

Architecture Outdoor design Terrace & Garden garden pool

Architects: Number TEN Architectural Location: Winnipeg, Canada Year: 2011 Area: 1,000 sqm Engineering Consultants: Crosier Kilgour & Partners, MCW/AGE Engineers Landscape Architecture: Scatliff+Miller+Murray Photographs: Brent Bellamy… The

Public Facilities Selected Works Canada Number TEN Architectural Winnipeg

White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes Carnegie Museum of Art 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA Through January 13, 2013 With the exhibition White Cube Green Maze at the Heinz Architectural Center in the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, curator Ra

Midwest Carnegie Museum of Art On View Pittsburgh

Architects: J. Mayer H. Architects Location: Hamburg, Germany Architect In Charge: Hans Schneider Design Team: Juergen Mayer H., Christoph Emenlauer, Mehrdad Mashaie, Ana Alonso de la Varga Landscape Architects: Breimann Bruun Simons Year: 2012 Structural

Office Buildings Selected Works Germany Hamburg J. Mayer H. Architects

Architects: Bureau for Architecture and Urbanism Location: Balaklava, SA, Australia Design Team: Naseem Alizadeh Landscape Architect: Tad Krear Year: 2012 Structural Engineer: Cory Johnston Mechanical Engineer: Matt Snider Photographs: Steve Maylone © Mayl

Houses Selected Works Australia Bowillia Bureau for Architecture and Urbanism

Several large-scale, eco-friendly projects at the intersection of landscape, architecture, and urbanism were honored at this year’s World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Singapore. Building of the Year was awarded to London-based Wilkinson Eyre’s Gardens by

International Singapore Wilkinson Eyre Architects World Architecture Festival

[ September 22, 2012 0:00 to January 13, 2013 0:00. ] Taking place now until January 13 at the Carnegie Museum of Art, the ‘White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes’ exhibition consists of a worldwide survey of art sites that break open the &

Events Exhibition mini Pennsylvania Pittsburg United States

Designed and built by local Balinese studio Ibuku, the Green Village is a master planned community set along the rural landscape of Bali’s sacred Ayung river. Several eco-friendly houses co-exist with the natural landscape, entirely made of bamboo, f

Bathroom Bedroom Eco-Friendly Houses Interior Design Kitchen Living Room Resort Residences Bali Ibuku Indonesia

The fantastic landscape surrounding this contemporary house inspired HHF Architects to maximize the transparency of the main floor so the view can be enjoyed from all sides. The house was built in a largely undeveloped area of  Nuglar, Switzerland in 2011.

Dining Room Fireplace Furniture Hall and Entrance Houses Interior Design Landscaping Living Room Terrace Concrete Walls Contemporary House Glass Walls HHF Architects Nuglar Switzerland Wooden Ceiling

Designed by Los Angeles based firm Griffin Enright Architects…, Ross Residence opens up towards a beautiful natural landscape located in a small town just north of San Francisco, Ross, California. The home is perfectly settled between a stream and a

Architecture Modern Residence Ross Residence in California

Architects: Divercity Architects Location: Athens, Greece Project Architect: Nikolas Travasaros Project Year: 2012 Photographs: Erieta Attali Project Area: 600 sqm Interior Space Consultant: Sophia Vantaraki Landscape Architect : H. Pangalou & Ass

Houses Selected Works Athens Divercity Architects Greece

Andalucian Villa, designed by the London-based studio, McLean Quinlan Architects…, is one of the best examples of luxury homes that integrate perfectly in the breathtaking landscape of Spain. With an impressive view upon the Mediterranean shores, the

Architecture Luxurious Andalucian Villa McLean Quinlan Architects Spanish Villa

A rocky valley near Seoul served as an inspiration for completing the Villa Topoject project, imagined and developed by the ADN… firm (Architecture of Novel Differentiation). The irregularities and the intersection of the different plans blend with t

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Architects: Perkins+Will Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Project Area: 910.0 sqm Photographs: Steven Evans… In 2007, a Toronto Based design consortium made up of Perkins+Will, Plant Architect, Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects and Adrian Blackwe

Cultural In Progress Canada Perkins+Will Toronto

Sixty miles east of the jostling streets of Kuta and Seminyak are the Jasri Beach Villas…, a pair of pristine villas bordering the attenuating seas of the Indian Ocean and lush jungle of East Bali. Camouflaged against the exotic landscape, the villa

Hotels & Resorts Jasri Beach Villas

Architects: Balance Associates Architects Location: Seattle, WA, USA Design Team: Balance Associates, Tom Lenchek AIA, Lauren Tindall Crocco, Kelby Riegsecker Landscape Architect: Allworth Design Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Steve Keating Photography

Houses Selected Works Balance Associates Architects Seattle United States

Architects: T2.a Architects Location: Budapest, Hungary Architects: Gábor Turányi, Bence Turányi, Tamás Mórocz Project Year: 2005 Photographs: Zsolt Batár, Attila Polgár Project Area: 50,000 sqm Landscape Design: Garten Stúdió Ltd. Landscape Designers

Mixed Use Selected Works Urban Design Budapest Hungary T2.a Architects

Architects: Nuno Flores + Sofia Neves Location: Parafita, Montalegre, Portugal Architects: Nuno Flores + Sofia Neves Project Year: 2012 Photographs: Nuno Flores Project Area: 100 sqm Client: Custódio Pinto Montes e Ana Moura Alves Landscape Architectu

Houses Selected Works Nuno Flores + Sofia Neves Portugal Venda Nova

I love the pieces of furniture that seem borrowed from the landscape around us: a table that keeps the wooden natural look, a pillow that has green leaves printed on it or a lamp that uses a tree trunk for its leg. Architect and designer  Charlie Whinney k

Light Product design lamp light wooden decor

ENfold Pavilion, a new temporary landscape installation designed by Perkins + Will in Boston’s Evans Way Park, utilizes natural reusable materials as its base and steers clear of harmful environmental impacts in both its construction and placement. The ins

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Barrier Island House is a project designed by Sanders Pace Architecture… and completed in 2012. The residence is located in a modest 1950′s neighborhood, in Vero Beach, Florida, offering a stunning view upon the natural landscape. Rich in detai

Architecture American Architecture Barrier Island House

Architects: 3XN Architects Location: Molde, Norway Project Year: 2012 Photographs: Adam Mork Project Area: 5,800 sqm Contractor: Brødrende Røsand AS Engineer: Norconsult AS Landscape: Molde Municipality… The Norwegian city of Molde has just 2

Cultural Selected 3XN Architects Molde Norway

Located in Sungmam, Gyeounggi-do, Korea, this contemporary home was designed by IROJE KHM Architects. Its unique shape was influenced by the irregular landscape on which it was built. Bu Yeon Dang by IROJE KHM Architects: “Maximizing land use: This s

Dining Room Hall and Entrance Houses Interior Design Kitchen Landscaping Living Room Staircase Study Room Terrace Contemporary House Copper Siding Gyeounggi-do Iroje KHM Architects Korea Sungmam

[ October 10, 2012 0:00 to November 25, 2012 0:00. ] Taking place at the Museum of Finnish Architecture October 10-November 25, the Norwegian architecture, landscape architecture and interior design office, Snøhetta…, is showcasing their firm and its

Events Exhibition mini Finland Helsinki Snohetta

This two bedroom, pre-war condominium residence was designed by Messana O’Rorke Architects in the heart of Greenwich Village’s Gold Coast in New York City, USA. But the best part of this property is definitely the landscaped and irrigated terra

Apartments Bathroom Fireplace For Sale Interior Design Living Room Terrace Contemporary Interior Greenwich Village Manhattan Messana O'Rorke Architects New York City Roof Terrace USA Water Tank

In addition to yesterday’s announcement of the World Building of the Year Award, two further awards have also been awarded at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore: Kallang River Bishan Park, Singapore, designed by Atelier Dreiseitl, has won t

Awards AECOM Atelier Dreiseitl World Architecture Festival

Architects: Reza Aliabadi [rzlbd] Location: Markham, ON, Canada Project Year: 2012 Photographs: borXu Design Project Area: 6,000 sq ft Structure: Hany Isshak, Alireza Saeed Landscape: Morteza Behrooz Project Manager: Amin Sheivari Client: Mr. & Mr

Houses Selected Canada Markham Reza Aliabadi [rzlbd]

World Architecture Festival 2012: the Kallang River Bishan Park in Singapore by landscape designers Atelier Dreiseitl has been given the title Landscape of the Year at the World Architecture Festival (+ slideshow). (more&

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Architects: SF-OSL Location: San Francisco, CA, USA Architect In Charge: Casper Mork Ulnes, Andreas Tingulstad, Grygoriy Ladigin Landscape Architects: Flora Grubb Project Year: 2012 Photographs: Bruce Damonte Project Area: 2,225 sqm General Contractor

Houses Selected California San Francisco SF-OSL United States

Enchanting stories, beautiful places, the impenetrable calm and a house that stores the happy moments in life. This is one of the few perfect scenarios that cross my mind when thinking about the breathtaking Croatia with its amazing landscapes. Here we are

Architecture Amazing House Croatia Croatia's Architecture DVA Arhitekta

Architects: Tectoniques Architects Location: Nimes, France Associated Architects: Atelier GA Photographs: Jerome Ricolleau Project Area: 1,750 sqm Landscape Designer: Itinéraire bis Lighting Designer: Les Eclaireurs Timber & Metal Structures: Angl

Educational Selected France Nîmes Tectoniques Architects

Located on a hill, on the open area of the landscape, the simplest of a Greek temple is the templum in antis, a small rectangular structure. Designed by the AG ‘LesoSplaw’ team, in front of the cella, a small porch or…

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The Awaji Yumebutai is a conference center, hotel and memorial in Awaji, Hyogo built in the wake of the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake.  Tadao Ando created this artificial landscape to showcase flowers of the region. The location is easily accessible from K

Architecture Outdoor design Public spaces Awaji Yumebutai Tadao Ando

We interviewed Winnipeg- based 5468796 Architecture… (Johanna Hurme + Sasa Radulovic) and Jae-Sung Chon (Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba), the team that curated the “Migrating Landscapes” exhibit at the Canadian Pavilion f

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Architects: de Rijke Marsh Morgan Architects Location: Blackpool, UK Landscape Architect: LDA Design Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Alex de Rijke, Chris Astbury Project Area: 520.0 sqm Lead Consultant: LDA Design Cost Consultant: Gardiner & Theob

Public Facilities Selected Blackpool dRMM United Kingdom

Utah’s red rock country is sublime in a Martian Chronicles …sort of way. Its geologic folds, wrinkles, bridges, and domes compose a forbidding yet stunningly beautiful world of rock and sky. It’s the sort of landscape John McPhee would lyrically

The Indicator Buddhism Imbue Design meditation retreat

Architects: Helwig Haus + Raum Planungs GmbH Location: Weinheim, Germany Project Team: Angie Pavic, Martina Inhofer, Madeleine Mentenich, Dirk Helwig Landscape Architect: Nicole Freitag, Mannheim Photographs: Kristof Lemp Project Area: 255.1 sqm Struc

Featured Selected Germany Helwig Haus + Raum Planungs GmbH Weinheim

  Washington, D.C., is often admired for its monuments. Now there is another part of our nation’s capital that its 19 million annual visitors can tour and enjoy. The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has recently announced the laun

East American Society of Landscape Architects D.C. Landscape Architecture Washington

Architects: Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects Location: Oakland, California, United States Design Team: Richard Stacy, Claudia Merzario Project Year: 2012 Photographs: Tim Griffith Project Area: 62,000 sqm Structural: KPFF Landscape: Cliff Lowe Associates

Housing Selected LMS Architects Oakland United States

Landscape Designer: Territoires Location: Porte des Lilas, Paris, France Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Nicolas Waltefaugle Architects: Matthieu Gelin & David Lafon Architecte Project Area: 24000.0 sqm Light Designer: Light Cible Structure/Econo

Landscape Selected France Matthieu Gelin & David Lafon Architecte Paris Territoires

The inspiring region of Southampton, England with its rural landscapes has determined AR Design Studio… to create a storyline that describes perfectly the tranquil flow of this specific area. The Abbots Way is a magnificent architectural masterpiece

Architecture Abbots Way House English Design Southampton Home

Arnon Nir Architecture… sent us photos and information about The LAM House, a highly modern residence completed in Israel. The lot is located in a rustic community in the Galilee, overlooking the Hahula Valley, and with a view to the Golan Heights an

Architecture LAM Residence modern home Israel

The ever changing concept of tradition reflects in architectural projects  struggling to overcome limits of all kinds. The beauty of Switzerland is captured even in the most exquisite small homes and the tranquil landscape is easily digested by architects

Architecture Modern Chalet Design Scheider Chalet

Architects: Fox Johnston Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Design Team: Conrad Johnston, Emili Fox, Felix Junker Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Brett Boardman Project Area: 503 sqm Landscape Architect: Myles Baldwin… The Chinaman

Houses Selected Australia Fox Johnston Sydney

Chilean firm, Rearquitectura, has designed the Lofts Yungay II in Valparaíso, Chile. These colourful lofts are built to conform to the hill and slope terrain, characteristic of the surrounding geographical landscape. Beautiful views of the ocean can be adm

Apartments Dining Room Furniture Interior Design Kitchen Landscaping Living Room Staircase Terrace Chile Contemporary Architecture Modern Furniture Rearquitectura Spiral Staircase Valparaíso

Exploring the mystical Crete you will discover a breathtaking hotel destination. Peaceful and luxurious, the Elounda Peninsula Hotel creates a story of its own, offering some of the most amazing landscapes. Mixing wide angles over the depths of the sea wit

Hotels & Resorts Elounda Peninsula Hotel Greece

The design for the Nowa Huta of the Future focused on the exploitation of the close relation to the nature and the nearby river landscape, fresh food supply from the local agriculture production fields, and a variety of recreational activities…

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Architects: C.F. Møller Architects Location: Førde, Norway Project Year: 2012 Photographs: Marit Bendtz, Oddleiv Apneseth, Stein Sandemose Baardsen, Courtesy of C.F. Møller Architects Project Area: 3,000 sqm Construction: Åsen & Øvrelid Landscape:

Featured Museums and Libraries Selected C. F. Møller Architects Førde Norway

This year’s Portland State Department of Architecture lecture series, which starts October 4 and runs until May 2, focuses on the theme of ‘Placing’. Six internationally renowned leaders from the fields of architecture, landscape architec

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Being used to imposing, concrete buildings often defying their landscape in order to transform its energy, this ‘Hydroelectric power plant Punibach’ came as a pleasant surprise. Envisioned and implemented by Italian practice Monovolume Architec

Architecture Power Plant Design in Italy

Conceived by Mexican architect Ivan Juárez from X-Studio…, the Lightweave Palm Observatory consists of a dialogue with the natural landscape context of Bahia de Todos os Santos, Brazil. The project explores a local artisanal textile technique using t

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[ October 15, 2012; 19:00 to 21:00. ] Todd Saunders…, founder of Saunders Architecture, will be delivering a lecture at Cornell University on the topic of ‘Architecture in Northern Landscapes’ on October 15. Bringing together dynamic buil

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Today in Lower Manhattan, thousands of visitors are crossing a landscaped plaza of oak trees towards two black granite, sculptural voids, carved deep into the earth, to commemorate the victims of September 11, 2001. Designed by Michael Arad… of Hande

Monuments and Memorials Selected 9/11 Davis Brody Bond Handel Architects Michael Arad New York New York City Peter Walker and Partners

Architects: Johnsen Schmaling Architects Location: Spring Prairie, Wisconsin, United States Project Year: 2011 Project Area: 500 sq ft Photographs: John J. Macaulay… An unassuming structure embedded in Wisconsin’s rural landscape, this intimate

Houses Selected Elkhorn Johnsen Schmaling Architects United States Wisconsin

Located in Chengdu’s prosperous and rapidly expanding business district, the innovative office building design for Pinncale One by Make Architects… will be an impressive addition to the growing urban landscape, known as the financial hub of Western C

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After a long struggle for independence, Kosovo became a new European country in 2008. Much of it’s urban landscape consists of Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian and Communist era architecture that has been mostly remained untouched by the war. As wealth returns an

Architecture News Kosovo Venice Biennale 2012

Set in the picturesque rural landscape of Langenargen, Germany, this modern farmhouse shelters family life surrounded by a blooming orchard. Designed by k_m architektur…, the contemporary construction was built along with the surrounding farmstead. G

Architecture K_M Architektur modern farmhouse Modern German Farmhouse

This contemporary residence by Areal Architecten was built in Affligem, Belgium in 2011. The project’s rural location inspired the designers to create a modern farmstead that exists in harmony with its natural landscape. Courtyard House VW by Areal A

Bathroom Hall and Entrance Houses Kitchen Landscaping Swimming Pool Terrace Affligem Areal Architecten Belgium Contemporary House Inner Courtyard Pool House Rural House

Sophisticated getaways call for sophisticated services, which is why this post is dedicated to some of the best wellness&spa retreats out there. Exotic landscapes, nature-inspired architecture, exquisite spas and body-trembling massages- these are all

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Following many interesting developments in Detroit these days, one gets a sense that the city’s post-industrial landscape is fertile ground for innovative design. A boutique hotel made of shipping containers seems to back up that trend. Collision Works, as

Midwest Boutique Hotels Collision Works Detroit Michigan shipping container

Perched on the cliff of the famous Santorini Caldera in Greece, the Tholos Luxury Hotel Resort… welcomes guests in a picturesque landscape. Part of the traditional village of Imerovigli, the hotel is relatively close to the island’s tourist att

Hotels & Resorts architect Santorini Tholos Luxury Hotel Resort

A lush, green lawn is given a surreal twist as it is cantilevered over a vast open landscape on the roof of this contemporary design by Roberto Ercilla Arquitectura. Dwelling Etura is a 2011 project that is located in Barrundia, a valley and municipality l

Eco-Friendly Hall and Entrance Houses Landscaping Staircase Terrace Álava Barrundia Cantilever Concrete House Contemporary House Roberto Ercilla Arquitectura Spain

Embedded in the landscape of San Manuel, Melipilla, Chile, MJ house was envisioned by COMUNarquitectos… and comes with a surprising interior and exterior appearance. The residence was especially developed for a family of engineers and their two child

Architecture Japanese Architecture MJ House

Award-winning landscape gardener, Andy Sturgeon…, creates natural spaces with a strong design aesthetic. One of the top ten landscape designers in the UK, we talk to Andy about the ways in which he works with nature and is inspired

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Architect Norman Foster (above) has designed the entrance to the Corderie Arsenale exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale, where the names of generations of architects, critics, designers, landscape architects and planners are projected over the f

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We visited “Migrating Landscapes”, the installation at the Canada pavilion for the 13th Venice Biennale. This exhibit has been organized and curated by Winnipeg- based 5468796 Architecture and Jae-Sung Chon…, who joined together for this

Architecture News Canada Venice Biennale 2012

Italian architect Enrico Scaramellini squeezed this narrow holiday house into the passageway between two farm buildings in the Alpine countryside of northern Italy. (more…)

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Open to architects and landscape architects all over the world, as well as individuals and teams, the Bauwelt Prize 2013 applies to all categories of “First Work” – from the interior design of shops and stores to prototypal constructions, from…

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An extreme landscape serves as the breathtaking backdrop for this contemporary home located in Portillo in the Valparaiso Region of  Chile. Architects Nicolás del Rio and Max Núñez created this project in 2008. Chalet C7 by Nicolás del Rio and Max Núñez: &

Bedroom Dining Room Fireplace Hall and Entrance Houses Interior Design Kitchen Landscaping Living Room Terrace Chile Contemporary House Glass Walls Max Núñez Nicolás del Rio Portillo Valparaiso Region

New York artist Nova Jiang has created a mechanical maze that rearranges itself as you move through it (+movie). (more…)

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Displaying an original modern architecture, the Coastlands residence was designed by architects Carver + Schicketan… and is located in Big Sur, California., USA. Its design makes the most of the privileged site: “A warm but neutral color palett

Architecture Coastlands Residence Original US Home

Architects: C.F. Møller Architects Location: Sølvgade, Copenhagen, Denmark Project Year: 2012 Photographs: Adam Mørk Project Area: 4,500 sqm Landscape: C. F. Møller Architects Engineer: Esbensen Rådgivende Ingeniører and Sloth Møller… Denmark’s

Educational Selected C. F. Møller Architects Copenhagen Denmark

Architects: Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects Location: Waltham Abbey, UK Main Contractor: Hill Partnerships Structural Engineer: Cornerstone Consulting Engineers Quantity Surveyor: Tower Surveys Landscape Architect: Clarke Associates Project Year: 2009 Ph

Institutional Architecture Refurbishment Selected Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects United Kingdom Waltham Abbey

For those heading north on the New York State Thruway, the Yonkers Raceway emerging on the right is just another part of the landscape. But Studio V Architects is about to change all that with their massive porte-cochère that serves as the iconic tour de f

East Casinos porte-cochere Studio V Architects Yonkers

The creative team at ANDRADE | SCROBACK… completed the design for Casa do Chapéu de Sol, a private five bedroom residence located in Ubatuba, Brasil. Integrated in a lush green landscape, the residence communicates well with its environment, wit

Architecture Casa do Chapéu de Sol

WOW Architects have designed the Sunset Vale House in Singapore. . Description from WOW Architects Sunset Vale was privately commissioned by a Singaporean family and was created on a mutual desire that the landscape would be the primary driving force behin

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An interesting trend to hit landscape architecture in recent years is borderless fountains, where water flows flush with the pavement. If so inclined, visitors can kick off their shoes and stroll though damp pavers. Such fountains can be found by Diller, S

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When a bucolic cemetery in Minneapolis began to near capacity, its owners worried a large expansion might dampen the landscape’s pastoral charm. Despite its comparatively large footprint, the 24,500-square-foot Garden Mausoleum in Minneapolis’ Lakewood Cem

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This crematorium in Seoul by Korean firm HAEAHN Architecture folds up from the landscape and curls around a peaceful courtyard and pool of water. (more…)

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When I first saw this house on peripheralz.ro, I felt it represents a kind of rebellion against tradition because it definitely stands out in the common architectural landscape from Romania, a South-Eastern, ex-communist European country. The project of th

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Designed to adapt to an alpine environment defined by scree slopes, imposing rocks and gravel tracks, this modern Mountain Retreat seems to mirror the awe-inspiring surrounding landscape in a collection of carefully constructed interiors. A brainchild of N

Architecture Fearon Hay Architects Mountain Retreat

Architects: Sander Architects Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA  Project Year: 2012 Photographs: Sharon Risedorph Engineer: Farshid Behshid, IDG Structural Engineering Contractor: Icaza Construction Landscape: Catherine Holliss, Zack Freedman Collaborato

Houses Selected California Los Angeles Sander Architects USA

Architects: Frank Harmon Architect PA Location: Raleigh, NC, USA Design Team: Frank Harmon Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Timothy Hursley Project Area: 12,000 sqm Landscape Architect: Greg Bleam, FASLA Contractor: Clancy + Theys Constrution Co…

Institutional Architecture Selected Frank Harmon Architect PA North Carolina Raleigh United States

Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian photographer whose work is focused on industrial (and post- industrial) landscapes. His pictures were so inspiring that moved Jennifer Baichwal… in 2004 to record a documentary based on them. The result is an impressive

Films & Architecture Canada Edward Burtynsky Jennifer Baichwal

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) debacle in New Jersey over a unilateral decision to destroy a sculpture by landscape artist Athena Tacha has begun to slip into the public consciousness. The irony that the plaza piece, titled Green Acres, i

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Defined by a terraced landscaped garden welcoming owners and friends, this residence showcases its stone entrance and wood architecture pierced by glazed openings on a slightly sloping site. The modern construction came to be known as the Hillcrest House a

Architecture Hillcrest House Victoria Design Group

The National Building Museum‘s latest exhibit presents a new way to beat the summer heat—12 holes of mini-golf designed by prominent local architects, landscape architects, and developers. But if it’s windmills and castles you’re after, tee off elsew

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Migrating Landscapes… presents a distinctively Canadian architectural vision that is sympathetic with a worldwide trend towards increased mobility – not only of people, but also of cultures and, most importantly, pluralistic aspirations. As more and

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This doughnut-shaped pavilion by Scottish artist Aeneas Wilder offers visitors a view across the landscape of Limburg, Belgium, from behind a ring of wooden slats (+ slideshow). (more…)

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With a name that doesn’t necessarily resonate with its comprehensive design, the F House is surrounded by pine trees that make it appear modest by comparison. Pierced by a collection of windows opening the house to surrounding landscape, this careful

Architecture Alroy Hazak Architects custom wood frames F House

Designed by idcode…, the Science and Technology Park, located in Opole, Poland, is a combination of the horizontal character of the building with the existing landscape of suburban fields. By creating a landscape project in which the field and

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The american studio of Garett Carlson has designed the Joshua Tree Boulder House. This 1700 square foot, contemporary home is located in Joshua Tree, California. Designed by a landscape architect, the house blends in well with its natural surroundings. The

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Architects: Rietveld Landscape + Atelier de Lyon Location: Culemborg, The Netherlands Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Rob ‘t Hart Client: Municipality of Culemborg… Fort “Werk aan ‘t Spoel” is a national monument dating from 1794. Part of

Landscape Selected Culemborg Rietveld Landscape The Netherlands

Architects: Softroom Location: Merseyside, UK Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Joseph Burns Project Area: sqm Structural Engineering: Eckersley O’Callaghan Landscape Architects: BBUK Client: Housing Market Renewal, Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council

Infrastructure Selected Merseyside Softroom United Kingdom

Proudly nestled in a wooded property in Washington State, USA, Port Ludlow Residence is a contemporary residential project implemented by the creative team at FINNE Architects…. The impressive 2400 square feet glass home sits along a high bank, with

Architecture contemporary residential project Port Ludlow Residence

k_m architektur is a firm with offices in Germany and Austria that designed this contemporary home in 2010. The project is set in the enviable, rural landscape of Langenargen, Germany. Farm House by k_m architektur: “This family house was planned and

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Architects: Rietveld Landscape + Atelier de Lyon Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Courtesy of Rietveld Landscape Client: DLG (The Dutch Service for Land and Water Management)… This project lays bare two secret

Landscape Selected Amsterdam Atelier de Lyon Rietveld Landscape The Netherlands

Architect: CEBRA Client: KildebjergRy, Skanderborg Municipality Location: Ry, Denmark Project Year: 2011-2012 Size: 24.057 ft² CEBRA’s… latest landscape project situated in Kildebjerg Ry near Arhus, Denmark, is a bit out of the ordinary.  Movin

Landscape Cebra Denmark

Glamuzina Paterson Architects… designed an impressive 250 square meter residence bunkered in the landscape of Lake Hawea region, South Island, New Zealand. The overall shape of the residence was perfectly adapted to the environmental requirements: &#

Architecture Brick residence Modern New Zealand Home

Architect: Sami Rintala Landscape Architects: Eedo Space Architectural Design, Seúl, Republic of Korea Location: Anyang Park, Anyang, Seúl, Republic of Korea Materials: Steel, Wood, Concrete, Gravel, Glass Construction: October-December 2005 Finish: Januar

Houses Selected Korea Sami Rintala Seoul Steel Wood

Dutch architectural firm Mecanoo Architects has created the Villa Nefkens in Wageningen, The Netherlands. Completed in 2008, this 7,793 square foot, 3-story, contemporary home’s unique design is inspired by its wavy, surrounding landscape. Villa Nefk

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With over 7,300 square feet of accommodation space and five bedroom suites, the luxurious Grange View Residence… was envisioned by Harrison Varma Architects in London, UK. Three landscaped terraces, a courtyard balcony and a landscaped rear garden en

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Architects: Softroom Location: Northumberland, PA, USA Project Year: 1999 Photographs: Keith Paisley Client: The Kielder Partnership… Outside, one is exposed to the elements, unsheltered, but attuned to the landscape.  To enter the Kielder Belve

Featured Flashback Landscape Selected Northumberland Softroom United States

Carlos Arroyo Architects have completed the OostCampus building in Oostkamp, Belgium. . OostCampus is the seat of civic, administrative and social services of an area in the heart of the countryside around Bruges (Brugse Ommeland), a beautiful landscape ou

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The architects from Hutker Architect wanted to capture the beautiful landscape and waterfront views and decided to elevate  off the ground the house you’ll discover in the photos below. Therefore, the residence located Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, M

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LOLA landscape architects from Rotterdam and Studio KARST… from Zurich recently won the international ideas competition for their plans for the future Singel Park in Leiden. The two agencies present “convincing and thoughtful concepts for both

Awarded Competitions Landscape Urban Design Holland Leiden LOLA Studio KARST

Building over an original rustic farmhouse surrounded by a serene rural landscape and adding a modern touch to this residential building caught in between eras, the creative team of Invisible Studio… re-imagined the details of the 2,368 square feet S

Architecture Invisible Studio Starfall Farm

Architects: Hosper Location: Heemstede, The Netherlands Photographs: Pieter Kers Project Area: 730.0 sqm Client: Hopman Interheem Groep Change in the estate’s function… Hosper drew up the urban and landscape master plan, a design for the land of

Landscape Selected Heemstede Hosper The Netherlands

The house renovated by Wespi de Meuron studio is located on a hilly landscape, in Treia, Italy.Found in ArchDaily, the property has 300 years old and it was a farm house at the beginning. The architects wanted to transform the old building into a contempor

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Designed by ferrarifrongia Architects…, the main aim of the proposal for the DOSA archaeological museum is to protect the landscape through the aesthetic and functional enhancement of the existing heritage. The project is conceived as a sign in the

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The house renovated by Wespi de Meuron studio is located on a hilly landscape, in Treia, Italy.Found in ArchDaily, the property has 300 years old and it was a farm house at the beginning. The architects wanted to transform the old building into a contempor

Architecture brick house pool renovated house Renovation Stone House

Situated on the edge of a natural preserve this house takes full advantage of the  natural landscape that it faces. Completed in 2008 by Abramson Teiger Architects, this 4,500 square foot, contemporary home is located in Calabasas, an affluent city in Los

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The house designed by Marmol Radziner is located on a narrow site in Venice, California, U.S.A. Working within the restrictions of the site, the house divides the lot into thirds, with the two main volumes placed on the exterior edges of the property, brid

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Guilt has been effectively used to control and manipulate the masses. But it can also be the start of a change for the better: awareness, concern, action. Engagement and guilt are never far apart. Engagement is sublimated guilt. We can…

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Immersed in the natural rocky landscape of Mykonos and offering great open views of the Aegean sea, Rocky Retreat Two… is a perfect holiday escape for those in search of special accommodation. The traditional rocky exterior of the residence is comple

Architecture architect holiday villa Rocky Retreat Two

Long time ago, we showed you how to digitally manipulate dishes here, how to play with your food there  or how to eat and play on a landscape. Now, it’s time to gain some experience with extreme sports dishware design. Surprisingly, designer Boguslaw

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Stockholm-based studio Waldemarson Berglund Arkitekter have designed the Are Solbringen Residences in Northern Sweden. These three timber residences are built to follow the steep slope of the landscape on which they sit, boasting a strikingly slanted effec

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Architect: Chris Elliott Architects Location: Sydney, Australia Landscape Architects: Terragram Photographs: Richard Glover, Vladimir Sitta… After numerous explorations and sketches it was decided to go with the peculiarities of the site rather

Houses Selected Australia Chris Elliott Architects Richard Glover Sydney Vladimir Sitta

Architects: IPOSTUDIO Architects Location: Montemurlo Province of Prato, Italy Project Year: 2010 Project Area: 3,660 sqm Photographs: Pietro Savorelli, Jacopo Carli, IPOSTUDIO Architects … The project is located on an area with a landscape of g

Featured Healthcare Architecture Housing Mixed Use Selected IPOSTUDIO Architects Italy Montemurlo

Architects: JSK Architekci Location: Wrocław, Poland Architect In Charge: JSK Architekci Design Team: Zbigniew Pszczulny, Mariusz Rutz, Piotr Bury (project manager) Project Year: 2011 Photographs: JSK Architekci Project Area: 248,401 sqm Landscape A

Selected Sports Architecture JSK Poland Wroclaw

Architects: JSK Architekci Location: Wrocław, Poland Architect In Charge: JSK Architekci Design Team: Zbigniew Pszczulny, Mariusz Rutz, Piotr Bury (project manager Project Year: 2011 Photographs: JSK Architekci Project Area: 248,401 sqm Landscape Ar

Selected Sports Architecture JSK Poland Wroclaw

This hotel by Mexican architects Gracia Studio comprises 20 separate cabins dotted across the landscape in one of Mexico’s wine-making regions. (more…)

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Three interlocking volumes shape this glass, stone, steel and wood residence positioned within a forested five-acre property in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. This rural landscape helped New York City-based studio Koko Architecture + Design …construct a

Architecture Dangle-Byrd House Koko Architecture + Design

Built after winning an international landscape competition at Ponte Lima, Portugal, Honey Scape is temporary landscape pavilion by Gonçalo Castro Henriques of X-REF…. This installation intends to shelter the visitor, captivating him by a dream-like a

Installation Pavilion Ponte de Lima Portugal X-REF

Architects: Buro II & Archi+I Location: Poperinge, Belgium Project Year: 2012 Project Area: sqm Photographs: Klaas Verdru The landscape context … The presence of brick walls at and around the site is a visually dominant element in the exist

Cultural Featured Selected Belgium Buro II & Archi+I Poperinge

New York photographer Randy Scott Slavin has joined hundreds of photographs to create distorted views of American cities and landscapes. (more…)

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McLean Quinlan Architects have designed this villa, located in the Andalucia region of Spain. . Description from the architects: The design strategy for this new build villa was to create a building that would exploit the spectacular landscape, while creat

Architecture Andalucia house Spain

Set in a perfect landscape in Mexico, Riviera Maya Resort… is often described as a tropical paradise, washed by the Caribbean Sea. The six-star accommodation units offer guests a high level of comfort and a little bit more, ensuring a perfect getaway

Hotels & Resorts Riviera Maya Resort in Mexico

The double landscape and architectural competition proposal for Yanqing Grape and Wine Park and Yanqing Greenhouse and Winery by LocalDesignStudio… was organized ahead of the World Grape Conference to be held in 2014 in Yanqing County. The park was m

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Designed to face an uninterrupted landscape exposed through large glass doors and windows, the Lima Residence in Calabasas, California, focuses on providing its inhabitants with spacious social and private spaces to enjoy alongside family and fiends. Recta

Architecture Abramson Teiger Architects Lima Residence

‘Mahina‘ is a a proposed for a dream house…This modern residential architecture with its totally white interior and exterior looks sumptuous, creating a strong visual contrast with the remarkable surrounding landscape of the Pacific Ocean

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British studio Wilkinson Eyre Architects and landscape architects Grant Associates have teamed together and designed the Gardens by the Bay project, the largest tropical garden in Singapore with tree-like towers. Gardens by the Bay by Grant Associates and

Landscaping Public Spaces Grant Associates Singapore Wilkinson Eyre Architects

Home to a couple with grown children and grandchildren, the Chilmark House proudly displays its single story wooden shell immersed in the inspiring landscape of Martha’s Vineyard. The program is composed of three distinct parts – a central cluster of

Architecture Charles Rose Architects Chilmark House

A busy Auckland street corner became the stage for an interesting installation that strives to engage the public with its urban landscape in a unique way. Architectural collective OH.NO.SUMO… designed a miniature cinema to fit on to a building’

Architecture OH.NO.SUMO Stairway Cinema

Architects: Triendl und fessler architekten Location: Sankt Andrä-Wördern, Austria Landscape Architects: Lindle Bukor Proyect Year: 2010 Project Area: 374.0 sqm Photographs: Karoline Mayer… The elongated, south-facing building site offers a wond

Houses Selected Austria Sankt Andrä-Wördern Triendl und fessler architekten

Found on Elliman, this 6,800 square foot duplex six-bedroom penthouse apartment is perched atop the Merchant’s House on Tribeca’s premier block in Manhattan, New York City, USA. With over 3,000 square feet of private outdoor terraces landscaped

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Singaporean studio LOOK Architects has created a landscaped park and promenade overlooking a beach in north-east Singapore where 400 Chinese civilians were murdered during World War II (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Grant Associates, a landscape architecture consultancy, in collaboration with Wilkinson Eyre Architects, have completed the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. . Bay South is the largest garden at Gardens by the Bay and it stands at 54 hectares located next t

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The 244th annual Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, which is held until August 12, features a site specific architectural installation designed by architect and artist Chris Wilkinson…, Director at Wilkinson Eyre Architects. Positioned i

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Landscape design originally combines creativity and nature, with results that dazzle the mind and push the limits of aesthetics further. Seeing how popular our previous posts, “35 Lovely Pathways for a Well-Organized Home and Garden” and “

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The one we found on Esny has borrowed a lot of ideas from its landscape: it seems that pieces from the sea or from the sky functioned as sources of inspiration here. The light blue decorative objects, a grey metal table or the sand-like bathtub near the be

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Movie: following our story earlier today about the new Gardens By The Bay in Singapore, directors of landscape architects Grant Associates Andrew Grant and Keith French explain how they created the tropical garden on a sl

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British architects Wilkinson Eyre and landscape architects Grant Associates have completed an enormous tropical garden in Singapore filled with tree-like towers, shell-shaped greenhouses and a 30-metre-high man-made water

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The concept for the ToyBox, a portable installation by Studio Gil ,… focuses on being a giant toy box for children. A 1500mmX750mm box frame supports three “landscapes” at different heights. These “landscapes” act as a surface and support frame for

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The concept for the ToyBox, a portable installation by Studio Gil Architects,… focuses on being a giant toy box for children. A 1500mmX750mm box frame supports three “landscapes” at different heights. These “landscapes” act as a surface and support f

Installation mini London Studio Gil Architects United Kingdom

Architect: UNStudio Landscape Architect: !Melk Landscape Architecture Location: Qingdao, China Client: Office of 2014 Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Executive Committee Building site: 35.000m2 Program: Main Expo Pavilion with integrated Landscape Design

Architecture News Featured !melk China Qingdao UNStudio World Horticulture Expo 2014

The second prize winning design proposal for the observatory on the top of Kelcsky Javornik takes advantage of its unique location in a hilly area located north of Zlin, Czech Republic. The landscape difference between the highland of Wallachia on…

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AECOM recently shared with us their 4th annual Urban SOS student competition brief. Created to engage students in urban planning and design, architecture, landscape architecture, environmental restoration, and engineering and allow them to propose solution

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This two story, masonry home, is located in Ripatransone, Italy. It was designed by architect Fabio Barilari and completed in 2009. Picture House by Fabio Barilari: “A dialog of looks: the house looks out on the landscape; the countryside – beautiful

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If you love eating out in your backyard, then you would have enjoyed sitting at the Future Feast table designed by Suzanne Biaggi of Sculptural Landscapes in California.  It is a hybrid of your garden and your patio table. She cleverly elevated the picnic

Table Terrace & Garden garden table

Gomez de la Torre & Guerrero Arquitectos… designed the Graffiti House, a modern residence opening up towards its landscape in Playa Gaviotas, Peru. Stretching over a built surface of 259 square meters, the house was especially developed for a cou

Architecture Grafitti House in Peru

Architects: Bureau B & B Urbanism and Landscape Architecture Location: Wijkeroogpark, Velsen, The Netherlands In cooperation: Atelier de Lyon Total m2 Built Surface: 19 ha Client: Municipality of Beverwijk Photographs: Bastiaan Kwast, Frederica Rijken

Landscape Selected Bureau B+B The Netherlands Velsen

Designed by Gustafson Guhrie Nichol (GGN)… and produced in collaboration with Landscape Forms, UrbanEdge is a collection of landscape framing and furniture elements for urban spaces. The project responds to the demand for more outdoor public spaces w

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Architects: Force4 Architects Location: Klitmøller, Denmark Completion: March 2012 Engineer: Jelcon A/S Landscape: Preben Skaarup Landskabsarkitekter Client: The Municipality of Thisted in collaboration with The Real Dania Foundation Foundations: Real Dani

Leisure Selected Denmark Force4 Architects Klitmøller

    Architects Collective ZT GmbH… designed a modern family home well integrated in the outskirts of a small settlement in the South of Austria’s Burgenland region. Answering the clients’ brief, of developing a contemporary

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Last week we presented the first images of the recently open Serpentine Gallery Pavilion designed by Ai Weiwei & Herzog & de Meuron… in London, showing the half sunk and water-covered structure and its beautiful blending into the landscape. T

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    Located in Elkins Meadow subdivision, near Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA, this beautiful wooden home complete with striking modern elements seems to reign over the landscape. Designed by Colorado-based studio Robert Hawkins Archi

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Architects: Apurva Amin Architects Location: Ahmadabad, India Client: Adani Foundation Structural Consultant: Bhoomi Consultant Plumbing Consultant: Vimarsh Utility Consultants Landscape Consultant: Apurva Amin Architects Civil Contractor: Mansi Contra Bui

Educational Selected Ahmadabad Apurva Amin Architects India

    With the purpose of implementing a low maintenance home, perfectly integrated in its natural landscape, mmp Architects… developed Hp Tree House, a building that seemingly floats on a galvanized steel support, minimizing its ef

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Architects: Fennell Purifoy Architects Location: Birdeye, Arkansas, USA Area: 4,606 sqm Completion: December 2011 Client: Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs Landscape Architect: Ecological Design Group – Little Rock, AR Contractor: Olympus Constructio

Religious Architecture Selected Arkansas Brideye Fennell Purifoy Architects USA

Chartier Dalix Architectes… recently won a competition for a primary school and student residence located in Ivry, Framce, just outside of Paris. The school is organized in the form of a terraced landscape welcoming successive vegetation and its gene

Awarded Competitions Educational Chartier Dalix Architectes France Ivry

In the past decade New York City’s government, along with numerous organizations and design teams, have taken the initiative to revive the city’s public spaces and reclaim underutilized areas that have long been associated with the city’s

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Architects: Kwint Architects Location: Eelde, The Netherlands Living Space: 320 sqm Contractor: Buiteveld, Oosterwolde Steel Construction: Graafstra, Oosterwolde Interior: Linthorst, Lunteren Landscape Architect: Eric van der Kooij Photographers: Erik Hesm

Houses Selected Eelde Kwint Architects The Netherlands

This minimalist cottage house is located on the coast at Burton Bradstock, Dorset, England. The house has three floors with amazing views to the natural landscape.  This cottage home has lots of glass, so that at night make it look like a lighthouse from a

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Nestled in one of the largest lagoons in the scenic Maldives, Soneva Gili by Six Senses… offers a large degree of comfort in its over-sized villas, strongly connected to the landscape. According to the official description provided by the resort staf

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The Irish landscape was the perfect background for this mixture of cottage architecture and modern redesign. The Connemara Residence is composed of two stacked stone vernacular buildings tied together with a transparent structure housing the light-flooded

Architecture Connemara Residence Peter Legge Associates

Architects: JBAD – Jonathan Barnes Architecture and Design Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA Completion: 2011 Area: 66,000 sqm Consultants: SMBH (structural), CDM (MEP), MSI-KKG (landscape), Lawhon (environmental) Photographs: Feink Nopf… Cunz

Educational Selected Columbus JBAD Ohio USA

Architects: Dirk Denison Architects Location: Carmel, USA Consultant: Building Engineering Systems General Contractor: Thomas H. George Construction Landscape: Blasen Landscape Architecture; Cypress Gardens Consultant: Building Engineering Systems Engineer

Houses Selected California Carmel Dirk Denison Architects USA

Today, we present a building located at Saltsjö-Boo, Stockholm  that has a lot in common with its landscape. We found Villa UH1 on comhem.se and we were impressed by its clean and functional design. As you can easily notice, the architect sought to make th

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Secluded among luscious tropical greenery, the Seychelles Safari Retreat on North Island promises to become part of your most treasured memories. Here, in a dreamy landscape, where endangered Seychelles fauna and flora are being reintroduced, a heavenly sa

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The Vancouver Land Bridge reconnects historic Fort Vancouver to the city’s Columbia River waterfront and helps restore the natural landscape continuum from upland prairie to river edge. This pedestrian bridge, which sweeps across state route 14 in a simple

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Architects: SNARK + OUVI Location: Takasaki city, Gunma, Japan Project team: Sunao Koase, Yu Yamada, Shin Yokoo Structural Engineer: Shin Yokoo (OUVI) Landscape: Atsuo Ota / Acid Nature 0220  Completion: 2012 Project Area: Site area 708.75 sqm (W) + 679.68

Housing Selected Gunma Japan OUVI SNARK Wood

Architects: Kyra Clarkson Architect – Kyra Clarkson, Christopher Glaisek Location: 154 Rhodes Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada Completion Date: May 2012 Area: 1,800 sqm (1,260 above grade) Landscape Architect: Elise Shelley Landscape Architect Contractor:

Houses Selected Canada Kyra Clarkson Architect Toronto

Architects: Lensass Architects Location: Gaasbeek, The Netherlands Photographs: Philippe van Gelooven, Andri Haflidason, Bieke Claessens… A farm in the sloping Pajottenland landscape becomes a private family home and veterinary practise. A mason

Houses Selected Gaasbeek Lensass Architects The Netherlands

Le Bleu is one of the most exciting and glamorous new villas in Anguilla. Le Bleu Accommodations and facilities consist of 2 areas; Le Bleu and Petite Le Bleu. These areas are linked by attractive landscaped pathways which traverse the properties. The spec

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Lauretta Vinciarelli was a quiet but powerful presence on the New York architecture scene since the 1980s when she began to producing “imaginary architectural settings” of buildings and landscape. I considered it a great honor to to be invited

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Set in a picturesque surrounding, the 900 square meter property in Medellin, Colombia, rises from the natural landscape in a successful effort of displaying modern architecture across the semi-rural landscape. Adorning one of the hills surrounding Medellin

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The masterplan for the National Creative Cluster by Sasaki Associates… integrates the urban form with the surrounding landscape by creating a series of green wedges, interspersed within the urban clusters and forming a series of community parks. Loca

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This inspiring award-winning design displayed by studio Superkül’s +HOUSE is located in Mulmur, Ontario, Canada. Sustainability features were incorporated in the design, creating a house for the future that naturally rests on the sloped land. Designe

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The project “Living in the City in the City” by the team composed by Paolo Brescia and Tommaso Principi (architecture), Margherita Del Grosso (architecture), Openfabric (landscape), Marco Manzitti (urban marketing), Buro Happold (energy and env

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The word “folly” is derived from the French folie, or “foolishness.” Also known as an “eyecatcher,” a folly was traditionally an extravagant, non-functional building, which was meant to enhance the landscape. Rooted in R

East Architectural League of New York folly Socrates Sculpture Park

With a set of bright interior spaces that seem to mirror the surrounding landscape, the residence located at 416 Calle Cabo on Costa Rica’s Papagayo Peninsula, pampers its inhabitants with a selection of modern entertainment zones and private relaxin

Architecture 416 Calle Cabo

Architects: Jacobs-Yaniv Architects Location: Tel Aviv, Israel Project management: Oren Sadot Structural engineer: Doron Toeg Garden design: Itamar Landscape Design Ltd. Photographs: Uzi Porat…     Architectural planning and Interior design for a ho

Houses Selected Israel Jacobs-Yaniv Architects Tel Aviv

Architects: Frederico Valsassina  Location: Rua de S.Domingos à Lapa, Lisboa, Portugal Client: Companhia de Seguros Lusitânia Completion: 2009 Construction Area: 2,300 sqm Team: Sofia Salazar Leite, João Torres, Rita Amado Landscape Architecture: Proap Str

Museums and Libraries Selected Frederico Valsassina Lisbon Portugal

Redesdale Residence was designed by Space International… and is located in Los Angeles, California. The home was integrated in a scenic landscape: “perched high on a ridge-line with sweeping views of the Silverlake reservoirs this custom reside

Architecture Redesdale Residence

As we announced earlier, the Trust for the National Mall has selected the New York-based Rogers Marvel Architects and California based-PWP Landscape Architecture… to re-envision Constitution Gardens in Washington DC. This team was one of three winnin

Awarded Competitions Landscape Urban Design PWP Landscape Architecture Rogers Marvel Architects United States Washington D.C.

Architects: hungerford+edmunds + OCULUS  Location: New Acton Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Client: Molonglo Group Collaborators: Molonglo Group (client), PBS (builder), Oculus (landscape), Arup (ESD), Design Office (interior fit-out) an

Cultural Selected Australia Canberra hungerford+edmunds OCULUS

New York-based architects Weiss / Manfredi and Philadelphia-based landscape architects OLIN… have been announced as winner of the National Mall Design Competition for the Washington Monument Grounds at Sylvan Theater in Washington, DC. Weiss / Manfre

Awarded Competitions Landscape Urban Design OLIN United States Washington D.C. Weiss/Manfredi

New York-based architects Weiss / Manfredi and Philadelphia-based landscape architects OLIN… have been announced as winner of the National Mall Design Competition for the Washington Monument Grounds at Sylvan Theater in Washington, DC. Weiss / Manfre

Awarded Competitions Landscape Urban Design OLIN United States Washington D.C. Weiss/Manfredi

Combining  golden sand beaches, rocky hills and desert-resembling landscapes, Greece’s Mykonos Island is a heavenly place to visit during the summer. Part of the exquisite Hotel Andronikos located just 10 minutes walk from Mykonos town, the Cocoon Su

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What more could a parent want? The Landscape Dinner Set is a food and drink safe melamine set for kids strarting from 1 year old, inspired in the typical children´s drawings. It will help you teach your kid how to eat properly using cutlery, while playing.

Deco kid Mountain plate play

Architecture company Helhetshus… developed an intriguing project entitled Arlevagen in Gothenburg, Sweden, consisting of eight similar houses. The landscape surrounding the buildings is defined by giant oak trees and the beautiful lake Sävelången, wh

Architecture Arlevagen Green roofs

Seattle-based landscape architects Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN) and New York-based architects Davis Brody Bond (DBB)… were recently selected as the winners of the National Mall Design Competition for Union Square. Organized by the Trust for the Nat

Awarded Competitions Landscape Davis Brody Bond Gustafson Guthrie Nichol United States Washington D.C.

[ April 26, 2012 to May 26, 2012. ] The exhibition dedicated to Bas Princen‘s work will be open at the Architectural Association in London until May 26. The photographer based in Rotterdam, who was previously trained as an architect, is particularly 

Architectural Photography Events Bas Princen England London

Studio Richard Kirk Architect… completed the design for the Arbour House, a modern residence located on the Bulimba Reach in Queensland, Australia. The two story home was built in strong connection to its landscape, particularly with an 80 year old P

Architecture Arbour House in Australia

Architects: Lussi + Halter -Remo Halter,Thomas Lussi Location: Kastanienbaum, Luzern, Switzerland Collaborators: Corina Kriener, Aldo Casanova Built Area: 618 sqm Completion: 2011 Photographs: Leonardo Finotti… Lake and landscape This unique semi

Featured Houses Selected Leonardo Finotti Lussi + Halter Luzern Switzerland

Architects: Bates Masi+ Architects Location: Montauk, NY, USA Square Footage: 7,000 sqft Builder: Davis Builders Inc. Interior Design: Bates Masi + Architects w/ Victoria Pryor Landscape Design: Bates Masi + Architects Custom Furniture: Bates Masi + Archit

Houses Selected Bates Masi Architects Montauk New York USA

Following a design competition that dramatically reimagined the landscape of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the Trust for the National Mall has announced three winning teams to update various segments of the iconic public space. Union Square, near

East Architect of the Capitol Davis Brody Bond Gustafson Guthrie Nichol National Mall Olin Peter Walker & Partners Rogers Marvel Architects Trust for the National Mall Weiss/Manfredi

Architects: Filter Arkitekter Location: Tonstad,Sirdal, Norway Collaborator: Richard Engelbrektsonmnal Landscape architect: Bar Bakke as Artist: Christian Sunde Floor area: 6,690 sqm Completion: 2011 Client: SirdalKommune Contractor: Br. Reme as Photograph

Educational Selected Filter arkitekter Norway Sirdal

Good news for landscape designers, and really for everyone.  According to the Business Quarterly survey conducted by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the landscape profession showed improvements in key metrics which indicate the industr

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Located in close proximity to the central zone of the Futian District in Shenzhen, China, 10 Design…‘s main design concept for the Yabao Hi-Tech Enterprises Headquarter Park was to try and integrate the complex into the natural landscape. Defin

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The project is an examination of the relationship between a pristine rural landscape and the advancing forces of a rapidly growing city. Galaxy Yabao Hi-Tech Enterprises Headquarter Park is close to the central zone of Futian District, Shenzhen China. The

Architecture china courtyards iconic infrastructure MasterPlan residential shenzhen shopping mall sustainable towers

Henning Larsen Architects and a team consisting of Signal Architects and SLA Landscape Architects… have won the competition for Nordea Bank’s new office building of 40,000 m2 in Ørestad North, Copenhagen, next to the premises of the Danish Broadcasti

Awarded Competitions Institutional Architecture Copenhagen Denmark Henning Larsen Architects

Architects: Sasaki Associates Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Principal-in-Charge: Steve Hamwey Participating Principals: Nancy Fleming, Owen Lang, Tim Stevens Lead Project Designers: Melissa McCann, Landscape Architect; Tim Stevens, Architect Lands

Landscape Selected California Los Angeles Sasaki Associates USA

Situated in the Karancs-Medves landscape area in North-East Hungary, the aim of SAGRA Architects… for their design of the ‘Dance Floor’ Recreation and Memorial Park is to preserve and strengthen this special character of the place. The pa

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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, awarded every three years to projects that set new standards of excellence in architecture, planning, landscape architecture, and historic preservation, has announced its prize will double to $1 million. The Award, whic

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The 2012 RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship has been awarded to Thomas Aquilina… of Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, part of the University of Edinburgh. He will be granted £6,000 to develop his proposal, ‘Material

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With the aim of the Green Architecture competition to stimulate and collect innovative proposals on how architecture, urban design & planning, and landscape architecture could contribute to maintain and improve our biodiversity, Lijbers Architect…

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Located in a fascinating landscape of the Atlantic rainforest, the Iporanga House in Sao Paulo, Brazil, was designed to occupy as little terrain as possible, but still be large enough to shelter 5 distinctive suites – one for the client couple, one f

Architecture Iporanga House Nitsche Arquitetos Associados

Surrounded by a vibrant 360-degree coral reef with a turquoise lagoon, this island property features pearl white sandy beaches and a rich landscape of verdant vegetation. Dusit Thani Maldives is considered a landmark addition to this fast expanding brand.

Outside design Terrace & Garden Happy Holiday Luxurious Holiday Maldives pool seaside summer UNESCO water

Robert Adams: The Place We Live Los Angeles County Museum of Art 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles Through June 3 In his 45 years photographing the American West, Robert Adams has documented the evolution of landscape and our relationship to it. In response

West LACMA Los Angeles On View Photography Robert Adams

Designed in Hackney: Hoxton-based designer Michael Marriott created a landscape of cardboard tubes to display items on show at this year’s Designs of the Year exhibition at London’s Design Museum. (more…)

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Until about the mid 20th century, there was a tradition for New York’s urban landscape painters to split time between New York and Paris. It was not uncommon for collectors to hang dual streetscapes side by side. It’s surprising then to see the digitally i

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Designed by PAZ,  this contemporary home is the Casa Luz located in Guatemala. It was completed in 2010.  The house is surrounded by an amazing landscaped garden with plenty of local plants and old trees. And to integrate the house into the landscape with

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Architects: 3GD Inc - Edward Richardson Brya Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA Area: 4,500 sqm Owner/Client: Tom & Mona Jones Project Team: Steve Click, Philip Rusk, Porter Winston Landscape Architects: Greg Bland, Landform Designs Consultants: I S

Houses Selected 3GD Inc Fayetteville USA

Architects: Frederico Valsassina Arquitectos Location: Av. General Carmona, Estoril, Portugal Completion: 2009 Construction Area: 562.90 sqm Co-Workers: Rita Silva, Joana Quintanilha Landscape Architecture: Proap Structure and Foundations: Triede Special T

Houses Selected Estoril Frederico Valsassina Arquitectos Portugal

The proposal by Influx_Studio… for the Bab Al Bahrain Urban Oasis explores the value of the cultural and natural landscape inheritance as a design opportunity to address climate issues in public space, while catalyzing the urban potential of the site

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I once saw a video of David Hockney discussing a Chinese landscape scroll. A provocative little art-geek film (or so it seemed at the time) entitled, ”A Day on the Grand Canal With the Emperor of China (or Surface Is…

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Architects: Christopher Polly Architect Location: Rozelle, Sydney, Australia Builder: Paul King Pty Ltd Structural Engineer: Simpson Design Associates Landscape Architect: Carmichael Studios Area: 161 sqm Completion: 2011 Photographs: Brett Boardman…

Houses Selected Australia Christopher Polly Architect Sydney

Architects: Frederico Valsassina Arquitectos Location: Aroeira, Portugal Area: 900 sqm Co-Workers: Nestor Falé, Duarte Madrugo, Filipa Calado, Ricardo Ramos. Landscape Architecture: Proap Interior Architecture: Paris Sete Photographs: FG+SG – Fotografia de

Houses Selected aroeira Frederico Valsassina Arquitectos Portugal

Architects: Satellite Architects Location: Woodhouse Lane, Uplyme, Devon, UK Contract Value: £600,000 Contract Type: JCT Intermediate w. Contractor Design Gross Internal Area: 280 sqm Landscape Architect: Tony Benger Landscapers Satellite team members: Jam

Houses Selected Devon Satellite Architects UK

Architects: MCK Architects Location: Vaucluse, NSW, Australia Completed: 2011 Builder: Artechne Landscape Architect: Spirit Level Photographs: Richard Glover…     On first visiting the site we were met with a modest bungalow perched on a hill overlo

Houses Refurbishment Selected Australia MCK Architects Vaucluse

The proposal for the new church in Våler by We Are You… plays an important role in the landscape marking a new chapter in the history of Våler and presenting itself as a public meeting place for the people. This

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  Sometimes you find amazing landscapes that worth function as a background for your house, but you face difficulties if the land is inclined. Look at the house we present today and I’m sure you’ll find inspiration from Eduardo Souto de Mo

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When the landscape is so beautiful you have to keep it “inside” by using large, glass walls. This house combination with stone, stylish and glass material. here the luxury transparent glass house design inspirited surrounding with nature by PCK

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Architect: José Neves Location: Lisbon, Portugal Construction Year: 2009-2011 Collaborators: Rui Sousa Pinto, Ana Belo, André Matos, Filipe Cameira, Martim Enes Dias, Nuno Florêncio, Steven Evans, Vitor Quaresma; João Pernão, Maria Capelo Landscape Archite

Educational Selected Jose Neves Lisbon Portugal

Harmony Residence …is a sought after holiday rental villa surrounded by a scenic landscape in Maundays Bay, Anguilla. This impressive retreat overlooks the Caribbean and is located just steps away from the beach. According to the owner’s descri

Architecture architect Holiday Villa in Anguila modern villa

RS+ have designed this water playground in Tychy, Poland. The Water Playground From The Architect said: “One of the main design intent was to match the water playground into the landscape. Location and contour of the basin suited to the existing trees were

Terrace & Garden play playground pool water water colourant

The starting point for ECDM Architectes… in their design for the Cité municipale de Bonneuil-Sur-Marne is the context in which the new city hall will be located. Here more than elsewhere, the town hall will articulate, unify urban landscapes of

Institutional Architecture Bonneuil-Sur-Marne ECDM Architectes France

The owners of this fantastic property wanted a new home surrounded by a manicured garden and a natural swimming pool. They collaborated with a designer and a landscape gardener  to create the surroundings before starting constructing the house. Located in

Architecture Bioclimatic Residence French architect natural swimming pool Patrice Bideau vegetable garden

Turenscape, a landscape architecture studio, designed the Tianjin Bridged Gardens/Qiao Yuan Park in Tianjin City, China. . Through Regenerative Design and by changing landforms, the natural process of plant adaptation and community evolution is introduced

Architecture China Landscape Park

Casa Mecano was designed by Arquitectos Costa Rica …and is located in Península de Osa, Costa Rica. The residence was especially developed to take in the surrounding landscape: “Casa Mecano functions as an organism that adapts to its environmen

Architecture Sustainable Home in Costa Rica

In an amusing aside, landscape architect Laurie Olin discussed his bow ties on the firm’s blog today. Olin briefly described the style of landscape architects. “Well, there are probably as many styles of dress for landscape architects as there

National bow ties ELAN Laurie Olin Olin style

Your bathroom is placed in a paradise, where all the beauty and freshness of nature spread out everywhere and without limits? The idea of a bathroom in the middle of the garden is very interesting. Fresh and green tropical landscape combined with glass-enc

Bathroom Terrace & Garden

Henn… architects recently won the first prize in the invited international competition to design a new sports center in Nantong, China, which is in close proximity to Shanghai. The Nantong Sports Center establishes a hybrid of landscape, public space

Awarded Competitions Sports Architecture China Henn Nantong

What about a lovely vacation at home? I think a large pool and a beautiful landscape are enough to transform a common day into a special one.  Pools always invite and tempt a great outdoor mood and relaxation to us. Swimming pools are good and exciting for

Terrace & Garden

Kathryn Gustafson, founding partner of Seattle-based landscape architecture firm Gustafson Guthrie Nichol has been awarded the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an annual award honoring an archite

National Ticker Alan Organschi American Academy of Arts & Letters Awards Brunner Memorial Prize Elizabeth Gray Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Hilary Ballon Kathryn Gustafson Marlon Blackwell michael maltzan

Located in natural surroundings close to the mountain, river, and wetland in the west south suburb of Beijing, Atelier 11…’s proposal for the main pavilion of the Expo aims to create an artificial landscape. Rather than a manmade construction,

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Marciano Architecture… shared with us their proposal for the ‘Stavia 2012′ competition. Located in Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland, the thin blades of the hotel fit the smooth landscape of the lake to create a suspended, stretched design towa

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Paravant Architects… have designed the Areopagus Residence located in Atenas, Costa Rica. The main objective of the project development team was to create a home that would best communicate with the surrounding landscape:”Villa Areopagus sits m

Architecture Areopagus Residence Sustainable Modern Home in Costa Rica

Architect: AR43 Architects Location: Singapore Design Team: Lim Cheng Kooi Landscape Design: DrEasaw Thomas Builder: Pekson Construction & Engineering Pte Ltd Site Area: 1,516.9 sqm Photographer: Albert KS Lim…   The house is a surprising disc

Houses Selected AR43 Architects Singapore

Architect: PAZ Arquitectura – Alejandro Paz Location: Santa Rosalía, Guatemala City, Guatemala Collaborators: Axel Mendoza, Gabriel Rodriguez, Alex Titus, Mario Roberto Paz, Claudia Pezarozzi, Wolfgang Schoenbeck Landscape Design: Pokorny y Valencia,

Featured Houses Selected Guatemala Guatemala City PAZ Arquitectura

The Areopagus Residence, designed by Paravant Architects… in Atenas, Costa Rica, is custom designed to be as intimately connected to the natural landscape around it as possible.  By exploiting passive heating and cooling strategies, the architects we

Mixed Use Residential Costa Rica Paravant Architects

The Lot 4 – ZAC de la Porte de Gentilly project by ECDM… is primarily a proposal to articulate two territories, two urban landscapes separated by the influence of the device. This context of urban fringe releases a vast expanse

Office Buildings ECDM France Gentilly

Architect: CMA Location: Taunus, Germany Client: Private Usable Area: 445 sqm Gross Floor Area: 890 sqm Gross Volume: 2,250 cbm Photographs: Courtesy of CMA Site… Set on a southwestern slope, the view over the hilly landscape of Taunus inspired

Houses Selected CMA Germany Taunus

Winners of the National Exhibition of Migrating Landscapes have been announced! This nation-wide, open ideas competition is the main process for creating Canada’s official entry to the 2012 Venice Biennale in Architecture, entitled Migrating LandscapesR

Competitions Cultural Exhibition Canada Venice Biennale

Architect: Bark Design Architects Location: Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia Project Team: Stephen Guthrie, Lindy Atkin, Phil Tillotson, Neil Nash, Richard Waterson, Emma Kelsey Structural Engineer: Scott Brimelow, GEO Consulting Engineers Landscape A

Houses Selected Australia Bark Design Architects Sunshine Coast

House in Jozefow is a two story, modern home, designed by studio ZAG Architekci… and located in Jozefow, Poland. The architecture plan aimed at maximizing the beautiful views over the nearby Lodz Hills Landscape Park, while paying tribute to simplici

Architecture Contemporary Family Home in Poland

Architects: Zephyr Architects Location: Beijing, China Client: Private Project Area: 123 sqm Project Year: 2011 Project Team: Zhao Zhonggui, Yang Ching-Chyi, Xu Xiaoye Landscape Architect: Fang Musheng Photographs: Shu He… This site is at the fo

Leisure Selected Beijing China Zephyr Architects

Architects: Feldman Architecture Location: Mill Valley, California, USA Completion Date: October 2010 Size: 500 sqm upper studio, 380 sqm lower studio Contractor: JP Builders Green Roof and Landscape Architecture: Jori Hook Engineer: Yu Strandberg Engineer

Houses Selected Feldman Architecture Mill Valley USA

Architects Ion Popusoi …and Bogdan Preda collaborated on an amazing residential project – this stunning transparent loft In Brasov, Romania. Set in a fairytale landscape, on a central hill close to the Black Church, this apartment building hint

Apartments Cetatuia Loft Ion Popusoi and Bogdan Preda transparent loft In Brasov

Designed by Paul Bowyer and located in a scenic landscape in Switzerland, Chalet Zermatt Peak… showcases a design that will surely captivate you. The 6 star exclusive chalet is perched 5,315 feet above sea level and comes with exceptional panoramic v

Architecture Chalet in Switzerland modern chalet

Located in the partly-tamed landscape surrounding a 7.8 acre lot in Old Snowmass, Colorado, this extraordinary rural villa was built in close relation with its surroundings, turning itself into a comfortable viewing platform for the immensity of agricultur

Architecture Brammell Residence Studio B Architects

The hotel-spa building proposal for the ‘Stavia 2012′ competition aims to be fully integrated with the landscape, for it is covered by a green slope that hides the stack of the building. Designed by Menomenopiu Architects, the building is…

Hotels and Restaurants mini Lake Neuchâtel Menomenopiu Architects Switzerland

Sometimes, the next best thing to having extraordinary views is pretending you do. Found on Studio Eric Klarenbeek…, the Deluge 3D Curtains gives one access to an unusual 3D panorama. Here is more from the designers: “For an apartment at the se

Ideas Deluge 3D Curtains

Architect: Rintala Eggertsson Architects – Vibeke Jenssen, Dagur Eggertsson, Sami Rintala and Kaori Watanabe Location: Bjørgeøyan, Seljord, Norway Client: Municipality of Seljord Project Management: Harriet Slaaen Curator: Springer kulturstudio, Gunn

Landscape Public Facilities Selected Norway Rintala Eggertsson Architects Seljord

Integrated within a scenic landscape, on the beach of Koh Samui island in Thailand, Villa Mia…‘s architecture is inspired by the Balinese style of many pavilions built around a central courtyard and enclosing a swimming pool. According to the o

Architecture architect Mia Villa Thailand villa

Dezeen Screen: this next movie in our series by architectural film studio Factory Fifteen depicts an imagined post-nuclear landscape where a team of researchers are attempting to use fungal technology to soak up the radiation that has infected cities arou

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OUTrial House is one of the best design creation of modern and contemporary architecture. Katowice-based studio KWK Promes has designed the OUTrial House project. The only context given by the client was a green clearing surrounded by forest, which on the

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The Greek urban design project “e_co_llectiva” by Athanasios Polyzoidis (Architect-Landscape Architect) and Katerina Petsiou (Architect) was awarded with the Salon Grand Prix in the 4th Landscape Architecture Exhibition in Belgrade. In their design, the pu

mini Urban Design Athanasios Polyzoidis Athens Greece Katerina Petsiou

Architects: Wespi de Meuron Location: 62010 Treia (MC), Marche, Italy Completion: 2010 Property surface: 12,500 sqm Floor space net: 311 sqm Photographs: Hannes Henz Original situation The rural property lies in a hilly landscape about 12 km from…

Houses Selected Italy Macerata Wespi de Meuron

Architect: Tadao Ando Location: Fort Worth, Texas, United States Site Architect: Kendall-Heaton Associates Landscape Architect: SWA Group Structural Engineer: Thornton-Tomasetti/Ellisor-Tanner Engineers Contractor: Linbeck Construction Corp. Project Area:

Flashback Museums and Libraries Fort Worth Tadao Ando Texas USA

Architects: Wespi de Meuron Location: 62010 Treia (MC), Marche, Italy Completion: 2010 Property surface: 12,500 sqm Floor space net: 311 sqm Photographs: Hannes Henz Original situation The rural property lies in a hilly landscape about 12 km from…

Houses Selected Italy Macerata Wespi de Meuron

Architects: ARX Portugal + Stefano Riva Location: Juso, Portugal Design Team: Nuno Mateus, José Mateus, Stefano Riva Landscape Architecture: Sara Machado Engineerings: Marco Caixa, António Paiva, Fernandes, Miguel Marques Contractor: Gardenblok Construções

Featured Houses Selected ARX Portugal Juso Portugal Stefano Riva

Located in a green landscape flanked by trees on all sides, the OUTrial House has some defining features that make the 1,937 square foot residential structure seem part of the landscape. In order to keep the surroundings as natural as possible, Polish arch

Architecture KWK Promes OUTrial House

Archipelontwepers designed the Steel Study House II in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. . Leeuwarden is a provincial town in the north of Holland. The landscape in this region has been conquered from the sea and therefore it is mostly flat and consists of gree

Architecture house The Netherlands

Owners of the Maleny House (or the “Glass House Mountain House” in Maleny, Australia) challenged Australian Bark Design Architects… to design a complex, landscape-interacting residential structure. According to its architects, the residen

Architecture Bark Design Architects Maleny House

Beauty in glass… the house we present today has everything: pleasant landscapes that accompany the viewer all the time because of the glass facade, simple lines that divide the space in generous areas and modern pieces of furniture. Large, open space

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The shortlisted proposal for the Swedish Pavilion at the upcoming 2012 World Expo by Stockholm Field Office, in collaboration with Fieldwork, is based on the idea of gradients; the gradual shifts in Swedish landscape and relatively smooth changes in Swedis

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Architects: Montgomery Sisam Architects + Farrow Partnership Architects Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Structural Engineers: Halcrow Yolles Mechanical and Electrical Engineers: MMM Group Landscape Engineers: Vertech Design Inc. Completion Date: November 201

Healthcare Architecture Selected Canada Farrow Partnership Architects Montgomery Sisam Architects Toronto

Taking in the surrounding blue and green hues, Long Bay Villa mirrors it incredible landscape and becomes a special nature escape. Part of The Long Bay Villas… in Anguilla-a resort composed of three distinct, sparkling white buildings- the project is

Architecture architect Long Bay Villas Sophisticated Villa in Anguilla

Capturing the rural landscape of Wanaka Valley, the Hawkesbury Residence in Mt Barker, New Zealand, uses the landscape as an artistic, ever-changing art work as part of its architecture. Standing at the foot of the hill behind the property, the elongated s

Architecture Hawkesbury Residence Marmol Radziner

Architects: Cosimo Projectos – João Pestana and Luís Caldeira Location: Vila Nova, Portugal Construction: Ribeiro da Silva Landscape Architect: Jorge Maia Supervision: Paula Pereira|CM de VN de Famalicão Promotion: CM de VN de Famalicão Junta de

Featured Institutional Architecture Selected Cosimo Projectos Portugal Vila Nova

Architects: Urbanus Location: Nanshan Distrit, Shenzhen, China Design Director: Meng Yan, Zhu Jialin  Project Director: Zhang Zhen, Fu Zhuoheng, Wei Zhijiao Architecture Designers: Wang Jun, Yin Yujun, Hu Zhigao，Li Qiang, Zhang Xinfeng  Landscape Designer

Featured Institutional Architecture Selected China Shenzhen Urbanus

Perched on a hillside, just about sea level, this impressive villa takes in the entire natural landscape and delivers it to its inhabitants. The location of the residence is highly privileged and offers 270 degree views of Phang Nga Bay and of Phukets Nati

Architecture Four-Bedroom Villa in Thailand Impressive Landscape

CLIC Architecture shared with is us their first prize winning proposal in the Europan 11 Competition. Their proposal for Stains, France aims to connect, under an always changing seasonal landscape, all metropolitan scales from public space to housing issue

Awarded Competitions Urban Design CLIC Architecture France Stains

AN is headed out to California for the third year running for one of our favorite architecture events: Palm Springs Modernism Week (February 16-26). Palm Springs–and its surrounding towns, spas and arid California landscape–is home to what the

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Architects: Holweck Bingen Architectes Location: Rodange, Luxembourg Design Team: Pol Holweck, Nicolas Clarys, Manuel Meester Landscape Architects: Maja Devetak Project Year: 2011 Project Area: 180sqm Photographs: Courtesy of hba & photostudioC.bossele

Educational Selected Holweck Bingen Architectes Luxembourg

Architects: Durbach Block Jaggers – Neil Durbach, Camilla Block, Lisa Le Van Location: Sydney, Australia Landscape Architect: Sue Barnsley Design Structural consultant: Simpson Design Associates Floor Area: 3,500 sqm Site Area: 950 sqm Project Year:

Houses Selected Australia Durbach Block Architects Sydney

 Landscape architect, James Corner, has a way of not only designing captivating landscapes, but making places where people want to be. While thousands have experienced his transformation of New York’s industrial rail line, Corner’s impact is al

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The Department of Landscape Architecture at Penn State is announcing a call for the inaugural A.E. Bye / Landscape Architecture Archives Research Fellow for the calendar year 2012. The Fellowship provides a $2,500 stipend for a minimum of one…

Competitions mini Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State University State College United States

Do you plan to escape the city? Well, do something different! We found some weekend houses that do not have anything in common with beautiful sightseeing or catchy landscapes. They are special because they were built to put your life in order. The surround

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The engaging and dynamic proposal for the Dalian Library by 10 design represents an attention for both an urban and internal connectivity. The library is intended to be a transformative environment that pulls visitors into a unique landscape. The…

Museums and Libraries 10 Design China Dalian

This unique landscape and future landmark for the city of Qingdao, China is a first place project submitted by HKS Architects, a firm based in Orlando, Florida, for the design of the Conservatory by the Office of 2014 Qingdao World Horticultural Expo…

Cultural Sustainability Technology China HKS Architects Qingdao

TRANSFORM shared with us their proposal for the Info Portal Rebild National Park competition. Offering some of the most dramatic and ‘authentic’ landscapes in Denmark, the park’s new info portal is placed on the edge of the town Rebild

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La Vinya is a massive residence designed by studio Lagula Arquitectes… and located in Caldes de Malavella, Spain. This 4,560 square foot, two story, modern home has a design based on a strong indoor outdoor connection. All the patios and porches seem

Architecture La Vinya Residence in Spain studio Lagula Arquitectes

Architects: Studio MWA Location: 36 Sylvan Way, Silverstream, Upper Hutt, New Zealand Client: Mr. Phillip Blundell &Mrs. Helen Blundell Size: Floor area 267 sqm, terraces app. 150 sqm, landscaped over 450 sqm, sloppy site of 2,100 sqm Structural Engine

Houses Selected New Zealand studio MWA Upper Hutt

Architect: Stelle Architects Location: Bridgehampton, NY, USA Design Team: Frederick Stelle, Eleanor Donnelly, Greg Tietjen Contractor: Ken Wright – Wright and Company Construction Inc. Landscape Architects: Edwina von Gal, Edwina von Gal and Company

Houses Selected Bridgehampton Stelle Architects USA

In a unanimous decision, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the first phase of plans by the Trust for Governors Island to restore and revamp the island. The vision includes a paisley-like landscape by West 8 on the terrace in front of McKim, Me

East Ticker Governor's Island Landmarks Preservation Commission McKim Mead and White Pentagram Susan Tillotson Trust for Governors Island West 8

Perkins+Will have completed the VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre in Vancouver, Canada. . Description from the architects: The VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre creates a harmonious balance between architecture and landscape—from a visual and

Architecture Canada Vancouver

Architects: Guedes + DeCampos – Francisco Vieira de Campos Location: Vilarinho dos Freires, Peso da Régua, Portugal Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Nelson Garrido In a landscape as unique and astonishing as Douro, any intervention must be very

Featured Institutional Architecture Landscape Guedes + DeCampos Peso da Régua Portugal Vilarinho dos Freires

Mark Hough put it bluntly in his latest article from Landscape Architecture magazine reposted on the American Society of Landscape Architects’ blog, “Our preoccupation with Olmsted stems from a chronic, debilitating inferiority complex that pla

Ticker Frederick Law Olmsted Landscape Architecture

Jan Staller: Heavy Duty Landscapes ISE Cultural Foundation 555 Broadway Through March 2 Jan Staller: Heavy Duty Landscapes, an exhibition curated by Marc Freidus, at the ISE Cultural Foundation, features sixteen large format photographs selected from serie

East ISE Cultural Foundation Jan Staller Landscapes Marc Freidus On View Overlooked Photography

Not enough space? You can still have a garden! Any gardener knows that landscaping is an art. In case you are having a small backyard, you can create a wonderful landscape that is going to beautify your entire home. Look at the house we found on abaton.es!

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Architects: Make Architects Location: Nottingham, UK Client: The University of Nottingham Completed: 2008 Collaborators: Rok Sol Construction, Adams Kara Taylor, AECOM, Faber Maunsell, Craft Pegg Landscape Architects, Davis Langdon, Gardiner & Theobald

Educational Selected England Make Architects nottingham

RS+ have sent us images of a water playground they designed in Tychy, Poland. . Description from the architect: One of the main design intent was to match the water playground into the landscape. Location and contour of the basin suited to the existing tre

Architecture Park playground Poland water

Architects: MDR Architectes Location: Roussillon, France Photographs: Courtesy of MDR Architectes The project, located in a french seaside town Canet en Roussillon, takes place near an existing college. In this very flat landscape, its vocation of si

Featured Selected Sports Architecture France MDR Architectes Roussillon

Architects: Foster + Partners Location: Vancouver, Canada Co-architects: Walter Francl Architects Inc Consultants: Yolles, Vermeulens Cost Consultants, Imec Mechanical Ltd., PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc., Claude Engle Lighting Consultant, Bridg

Mixed Use Residential Selected Canada Foster + Partners Vancouver

Designed by Like Architects, Frozen Trees is a temporary installation for Christmas lighting in D. Pedro IV square in Lisbon. It builds an illuminated, frozen and fractal Christmas landscape that affects and alters the path of passers by as…

Installation Like Architects Lisbon Portugal

Here in the Lower 48, winter weather has been hard to come by. However, Alaska’s snowy landscape has inspired us to compile a list of images, previously featured on ArchDaily, that capture architecture amongst a pristine, white blanket of…

AD Round Up Featured Snow

Designed as a learning space for the future, LAVA‘s design focuses on an environment that is sustainable, integrates with the landscape, connects with the school environment, and is suitable for prefabrication and mass customization.  Relocatables ar

Educational mini Australia LAVA Melbourne

Architect: Kengo Kuma & Associates Location: Besancon, France Associated Architect: Archidev Client: City of Besançon, Region Franche-Comté Engineer: EGIS Est Landscape engineer: L’agence L’Anton et associé Acoustic engineer: Cabinet Lamoureux Scenogra

Cultural Featured In Progress Besancon France Kengo Kuma & Associates

Nestled on a hill near Bali’s Valley of the Kings, Viceroy Bali Resort&Spa… offers accommodation units that combine comfort and privacy. The 25 villas of the resort are integrated within this scenic landscape, allowing each of the guests he

Architecture Bali resort and spa Viceroy Bali Resort

The master planning of the CBD of Jilin city is a collaborative project by AECOM, a team formed by architects, urban designers, landscape designers and economists. Its collaboration across different disciplines was highly affirmed by the client and theR

Urban Planning AECOM China Jilin

Architect: Heri & Salli  Location: Vienna, Austria Project Team: Lukas Allner, Monir Karimi Structural Engineering: Bollinger-Grohmann-Schneider; Wien Metallbau: Metallbau Fischer; Klagenfurt Surface: SFK Tischler GmbH; Kirchham Project Year: 2011 Phot

Landscape Selected Austria Heri & Salli Vienna

Landscape projects now have the option to shoot for the stars. Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) has announced the first three projects to be certified by what is to-date the most comprehensive system for rating the sustainable design, construction, and

National ASLA novus international pilot projects sites st. charles sustainable sites initiative woodland playground shelby farms tennessee

If you ever wanted to see a genuine Italian villa made modern without its authenticity being negatively influenced, we found an example. Nestled in a beautiful landscape in the region of Uguria, Spinaltermine Villa is a private residence near the Castello

Architecture Authentic Italian Home Spinaltermine Villa

Architect: Bruce Stafford Architects Location: Sydney, Australia Project Team: Bruce Stafford, Anna Antoniades, Rachel Kayode Structural Engineer: Northern Beaches Consulting Engineers Landscaping Consultant: Nicholas Bray Landscapes & Richard Allen La

Houses Selected Australia Bruce Stafford Architects Sydney

What started out as a a three bedroom weekend house project soon turned into a five bedroom permanent residence. Indian architectural studio Dipen Gada & Associates …were challenged to design the Amin’s Residence and their work, completed last ye

Architecture Amin’s Residence dark wooden flooring Dipen Gada & Associates three bedroom weekend house

AART Architects and Schonherr Landscape recently won the competition for the new Campus Park Skara in Sweden, including a 10,000m2 school and a 49 acre green park. Skara Municipality appointed the two teams to carry on the city’s proud…

Educational AART architects Schonherr Landscape Skara Sweden

Architect: SAMI-arquitectos – Inês Vieira da Silva, Miguel Vieira Location : Stª. Luzia, Pico Island, Azores, Portugal Owner of the building: Governo Regional dos Açores. Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar. Direcção Regional do Ambiente Projec

Cultural Featured Selected Açores Portugal SAMI-arquitectos

The Swellendam House is a contemporary home in the valleys of Langeberg Mountains, South Africa, designed by GASS Architecture…. Due to the pristine surrounding natural landscape, the architectural intervention had to be non intrusive and also to ble

Architecture Private residence Swellendam Hous

Landscape Urbanism is the new black in architecture and this magazine, part of a+t strategy series, has heads turning. There are a dozen projects and hundreds of ideas in this edition. A recurring them is the manipulation of time…

Publications Paredes.Pino Arquitectos West 8

A “sculptural playground” in Weisbaden, Germany conceived by architecture and landscape studio, Annabau was a 1st Prize winner in a 2009 landscape competition and recently completed last year. The retrofitting of the “Schulberg” in Wiesbaden, Germany creat

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Architects: MLRP Location: Fælledparken (Central Park), Corner of Blegdamsvej/Frederik V vej, Copenhagen, Denmark Engineers: Grontmij A/S Landscape: GHB Landscape A/S Contractor: A.F.Hansen Client: City of Copenhagen (CAU) Project Area: 140 sqm Photographs

Featured Pavilion Selected Copenhagen City Denmark MLRP

Architecture and Interiors: Stufkens + Chambers Architects Location: Pavlos, Germany Structural Engineer: Aurecon Landscape Design: Stufkens + Chambers Architects Photographs: Courtesy of Stufkens + Chambers Architects    The client’s simple brief called f

Houses Selected Germany Pavlos Stufkens + Chambers Architects

Architecture and Interiors: Stufkens + Chambers Architects Location: Redcliffs, Christchurch, New Zealand Structural Engineer: Aurecon Landscape Design: Stufkens + Chambers Architects Photographs: Courtesy of Stufkens + Chambers Architects     The client’

Houses Selected New Zealand Stufkens + Chambers Architects

  This contemporary residence  called Case Del Cabo was designed by Buenos Aires-based architects Andres Remy Arquitectos. The house is situated in a gated community in Benavidez, a suburb of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The residence has access to the ne

Architecture

Morris Architects shared with us their Houston Pavilion for the 8th China International Garden Expo in Chongqing, China, which is a showcase for a variety of landscape typologies throughout China and the world. The theme, “Better Garden, Better City”,̷

Pavilion China Chongqing Morris Architects

The project by AQSO Arquitectos, a high density residential complex in Guangyuan, China, is conceived as a strong element in consonance with the surrounding hilly scene. The buildings rise over the landscape becoming a milestone, a sober and expressiveR

Housing Residential AQSO Arquitectos China Guanyuan

Rather than trying to compete with the sublime landscape of Utah, New York City based Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects chose to create a building that framed the views and contained a perspective from which to appreciate the alpine landscape.…

Competitions Cultural Park City Tod Williams Billie Tsien USA Utah

Check out this great video on one of our favorite landscape architects, James Corner.  Named one of Time Magazine’s Game Changers - “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America” – thousands have enjoyed Corne

Architecture News Videos James Corner Field Operations

Architects: Adams Mohler Ghillino Architects – Rick Mohler, Rick Ghillino, Rik Adams, Brian Baker Location: Seattle, WA, USA Structural: Swenson Say Faget Landscape: Linda Attaway (LALA) Contractor: EH Construction Completion: 2007 Photographs: Court

Houses Selected Adams Mohler Ghillino Architects Seattle United States

In the island of Lanzarote two ways of volcanic landscape transformation converge: the rhythm of the earth and the rhythm of human life. The project, by CUAC Arquitectura, Serrano y Baquero Arquitectos, and Luis Miguel Ruiz Avilés which was…

mini Urban Design CUAC Arquitectura Luis Miguel Ruiz Avilés San Bartolomé Serrano y Baquero Arquitectos Spain

Opening tomorrow at the AA, Critical Territories will share the work of Groundlab and Plasma Studio -two interdisciplinary firms pushing the envelope of the relationship between and the expression of landscape design and architecture.   The installation wi

Architecture News Architecture Schools Events AA England London

JET Architecture was invited by JCI Architects along with Terraplan Landscape Architects, to joint venture in the design of the Green Leaf project. After winning the commission earlier in 2011, in December, the final negotiations were completed to enable&#

Mixed Use Sustainability Bangladesh JCI JET Terraplan

Casa Cambeses was developed by architects Rui Grazina… and is located on a 3300 square meter inclined surface in Cambyses, Barcelos, Portugal. The residence stands out due to an original concrete exterior and a few interesting landscape architecture

Architecture Casa Cambeses Contemporary Home

Architects: Gem Architects  Location: Filothei, Athens, Greece Design team: Gounaropoulou Despina, Emmanouilidou Vicky, Bazos Petros Construction: Gemarcon Constructions Stuctural Design : Bazos Yannis Landscape Architecture: Greenways Landscape Architectu

Houses Selected Athens Gem Architects Greece

Travertine Dream House was envisioned by Wallflower Architecture + Design… and is located in Serangoon, Singapore. The brief of the owner (Inspired by the Italian travertine city landscapes), required the use of greenery, maximization of functional a

Architecture Travertine Dream House in Singapore

We received some photos and information from landscape architect Ben Morris about an impressive holiday home, which we would like to share forward. Casa Big Sur… is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece nestled in the lush tropical rain-forest, located in Domi

Architecture Casa Big Sur Costa Rica

Situated in a flood plain on the barrier island off of Long Island, this house is elevated on piles, allowing the beach landscape to run through the site. A wood boardwalk, running the length of the site from the entry road out to the rear yard boat dock,

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 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and PWP Landscape Architecture shared with us their proposal for the 8 Washington development in downtown San Francisco. The plans will continue the revitalization and support enjoyment of the historically under-utiliz

Landscape Public Facilities California PWP Landscape Architecture San Francisco SOM United States

The new municipality building of Netanya, located in the old part of the city introduces a unique public park for the city – a green heart – that like a ribbon gradually transforms from a horizontal landscape to a…

Institutional Architecture Urban Design Israel Netanya ShaGa Studio

This project, called Forest House is a small hut with minimal impact on the landscape, low cost and easy maintenance. Open house with the landscape with glass walls linking a series of forest interior design. There is no main entrance to the house because

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Architects: DAPstockholm Location: Stockholm, Sweden Area: approx 300 sqm Client: Private Completion: 2011 Landscape: In collaboration with Nod Combine Photographs: ÅkeE:sonLindman     When the client met with DAPstockholm they wished for a solid, seclude

Featured Houses Selected DAPstockholm Stockholm Sweden

Carpinteria Foothills Residence is a contemporary hillside residence designed by Neumann Mendro Andrulaitis Architects… and located in  California, USA. Overlooking a coastal ridge-top landscape, the home opens up towards it, through generously-sized

Architecture Dramatic Landscape Carpinteria Foothills Residence Modern Residence in California

Architects: Hewitt Studios LLP  Location: Hereford, UK Client: Hereford College of Arts Cost: £1.2m Completed: December 2011 Landscape Architect: Rob Beswick Main Contractor: Kier Moss Photographs: Paul Younger     Hewitt Studios have just completed the HC

Cultural Selected England Hereford Hewitt Studios LLP

Architects: FBI Studio architects Location: Lake Balaton, Hungary Project Team: Péter Basa and Adam Reisz Structural Engineer: Laszlo Jordan Landscape architect: Nora Geiger Photographs: Zsolt Batár, Antal KissThe house is situated on the South coast of&#

Houses Selected FBI Studio architects Hungary Lake Balaton

Danish architects Henning Larsen and Norwegian landscape architect Gullik Gulliksen have won a competition to design municipal offices and a public square in Trondheim, Norway. (more…)

all Architecture Cultural Landscape and urbanism Offices Gullik Gulliksen Henning Larsen Architects Norway Trondheim

The High Line was originally constructed in the 1930s, to lift dangerous freight trains off Manhattan’s streets. The High Line is designed by landscape designers James Corner Field Operations and architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Photographs are b

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Situated at the junction of two streets in Zagreb, Croatia, the elegant house with a smooth white facade that goes by the name Jelenovac Residence displays a strong connection to the surrounding landscape. The architects who worked on designing this house

Architecture DVA Arhitekta Jelenovac Residence

Taittogami Gösta Serlachius Museum, Finland by Matteo Cainer Architects  The project for the expansion of the Serlachius Museum Gösta, presents an opportunity to explore a creative relationship between the existing museum and the surrounding landscape. Thr

Architecture Competitions aesthetic cultural Educational expansion Finland museum

Architects: Rafael Yanni, Luciana Miglio Cajado Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil Landscape Design: Rafael Yanni, Martha Abdo Completion: 2010 Builder: Sengel Construções Ltda. Photographs: Gustavo Xavier , Rafael Yanni    The Government of Mi

Cultural Selected Brasil Luciana Miglio Cajado Minas Gerais Rafael Yanni

Page Road House is a contemporary home designed by Andrew Cohen Architects… and located near Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The residence has an original, sculptural shape and was developed in connection to its surrounding landscape defined by trees and

Architecture modern home Page Road House

Qian'an, Hebei Province, China Turenscape Post By:Kitticoon Poopong Image © Courtesy of Turenscape World Architecture Festival 2011 - Category Winner: LANDSCAPE The Qian'an Sanlihe Greenway is transformed from former garbage dump and sewage drain

Urban Design Circulation Planting Area Riverside Award/Win Conceptual Design Project (Landscape) China POOL/POND Park ANALYSIS/SOLUTION/SYSTEM Turenscape Featured Plant Materials Used

The Horizontal Skyscraper is an innovative example of a large-scale, hybrid use building, which combines living working, cultural and commercial programs while also creating a large public tropical garden. The building hovers above the landscape, freeing i

Publications Steven Holl Architects

Architect: Paul Stallan Studio Location: Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland Landscape Architect: Tennant Garmory Client: South Lanarkshire Council Completed: 2010 Size: 3100m2 Contract Value: £8m Photographs:  Keith Hunter, Paul Stallan Studio The Paul

Educational Featured Selected Blantyre Paul Stallan Studio Scotland

EnterProjects have completed the Aldrich Residence in Perth, Western Australia. . Project Description: Located in Perth, Western Australia, the Aldrich Residence was derived as an extension of the landscape; a landscape that opens onto the waterfront. Evok

Architecture australia house perth

Scotts Tower is a Green Vertical City concept designed by UNStudio The 18,500m2, 31-storey, 231-unit tower consists of 1 to 3-bedroom apartments and 4-bedroom penthouses; expansive landscaped gardens, sky terraces, penthouse roof gardens and diverse recrea

Architecture city concept garden green Landscape residential Scotts Singapore tower UNStudio Vertical City

Architect: NLA-Nuno Leonidas Arquitectos, Lda Location: Lagos, Portugal Project Team: Nuno Leonidas, Vasco Leonidas, Duarte Tenera Client: Ceramitur, SA Landscape Architecture: Topiaris – Estudos e Projectos de Arquitectura Paisagista, Lda. Construction: N

Residential Selected Lagos NLA - Nuno Leónidas Arquitectos Portugal

When you’re driving on a highway and you see a lot of beautiful landscapes left and right, you don’t have other possibility to admire nature than sitting and watching from the distance. In Aurland, Norway you can stop and step on a wooden path

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Australian based practice Lacoste+Stevenson and DJRD have been shortlisted for the new Marrickville library competition. Their entry is blending building and landscape and strongly refers to australian scenery. More images and architect’s description

mini Museums and Libraries Australia DJRD Lacoste + Stevenson Marrickville

Set in the tranquil hills of Portugal,  the villa lays a landscape of world class luxury that would blow your mind. Its private  territory has 4 hectares and nestles beautiful olive and orange trees. The accommodation itself is divided into two rooms, a re

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Architects: Reiach and Hall Architects Location: Glasgow, Scotland Structural Engineers: SKM Quantity Surveyor: Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd CDM Co-Ordinator: Capita Symonds Landscape Architect: Horner + MacLennan Acoustic Consultant: New Acoustics M

Healthcare Architecture Selected Glasgow Reiach And Hall Architects Scotland

Thom Mayne recently sent us his latest book, Combinatory Urbanism: The Complex Behavior of Collective Form.  MIT Professor of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, Alan Berger, hails this book as “nothing short of a tour de force and should beR

Publications Thom Mayne

Spiral House is an original looking residence designed by Joeb Moore + Partners Architects and located on the coast of Connecticut, USA.  The residence was planned as an open home, fully capturing the privileges of its landscape. According to the architect

Architecture Joeb Moore + Partners Architects Spiral House

The luxury of El Questro Homestead sits in stark contrast to Western Australia’s rugged Kimberley landscape. Escape from it all while enjoying the comforts of a small luxury hotel just over 100 kilometres from Kununurra. El Questro Homestead has rank

Spaces for living

Architect: Architects 49 Location: Sukhumvit 24 Street, Bangkok, Thailand Client: TCC Capital Land Structural Engineer: Tham & Wong , Qbic Engineers and Architect System Engineer: M & E Engineering49 Interior Architect: PIA Landscape Architect: P l

Housing Selected Skyscrapers Architects 49 Bangkok Thailand

Harsh environment, beautiful landscape, comfortable conditions…these are the ingredients that make this house a place to desire. What impressed me most is its fortress like look obtained with wood columns on the upper terrace that support large overh

Architecture

The city of St. Petersburg, Florida has chosen a blockbuster group made up of Michael Maltzan Architecture, BIG (Bjarke Ingels Design) and West 8 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture as the three finalists to redesign its famous pier. Taking a leap of f

East West BIG MMA Pier Piers St. Petersburg West 8

Magdeburg, Germany, is the place where you can visit and admire the Open Air Library. With a budget of $325,000 Euros, the library was built on a surface of 488 square meters. The project started in2005, when residents of an abandoned district centre in Ea

Architecture Abandoned Industrial Landscape HORTEN warehouse KARO Architekten Open Air Library

Navy Pier officials listed the five design teams selected to compete in the final phase of the Navy Pier competition. Each international design team, consisting of architects, urban designers, landscape architects and many other design professionals, is re

Architecture News Competitions !melk AECOM Aedas Architects Chicago Illinois James Corner Field Operations Navy Pier USA Xavier Vendrell Studio

When the need for a fantastic holiday strikes, the beautiful Maldives offer exquisite experiences integrated in unforgettable landscapes. The Taj Exotica Resort and Spa Maldives is a five-star exclusive resort, surrounded by lush tropical plants and crysta

Architecture exotic resort Taj Exotica Resort and Spa Maldives

Architects: Wright Feldhusen Architects / Tim Wright Location: Yallingup, Australia Builder: Keith Russell Constructions Structural Engineer: Carnegie Associates Landscape Design: Paul Bangay Photographs: Patrick Bingham-HallThe site is a rural location wi

Houses Selected Australia Wright Feldhusen Architects Yallingup

Landscape designers Earthscape have opened up their studio in Beppu, Japan, to present their experiments with growing native plants in water from local hot springs. (more…)

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Architecture/ Interior Design/ Landscape: Broadway Malyan Location: Birmingham, UK Client: Bournville College / Shepherd Construction Developer: St Modwen Design Team: Salim Hussain, Aidan Ridyard, Alan Man, Ben Somner, Kelly Stanton Structural Engineer: G

Educational Selected Birmingham Broadway Malyan England

123DV have completed the Villa Veth in Hattem, The Netherlands. . Description from the architects: Between forest and meadows lies a varied landscape. High, dry, sandy dunes interspersed with heather, willow bushes and grasslands. An ideal setting if you l

Architecture house The Netherlands

Base Camp Chewton Residence is a project developed by Melbourne-based studio Insite Design and located in central Victoria, Australia. The compact, multi-functional home sits on a landscape defined by rolling hills, eucalyptus forests and rocky outcrops  I

Architecture Base Camp Chewton Residence Meditation Retreat Outside Melbourne Sustainability

Architects: Fournier Gersovitz Moss Drolet et Associés Architectes Location: Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada Structural Engineer: Roberto Filippi Landscape Architect: Michael Hodges paysagiste Project Year: 2009 Project Area: 2,400 sqm Photographs: Courtesy of

Industrial Architecture Refurbishment Selected Canada Fournier Gersovitz Moss Drolet et associés architectes Quebec

Freshome always strives to provide the best architecture and interior design photos, so that you can enjoy the details and exceptional design lines of home, furniture, artistic endeavors or landscape. This is why we chose today to present you the wonderful

Ideas architecture photographers Interior Design Photography interior design photos Stellan Herner

ECDM Architects’ proposal is for a unifying building, a building that represents both the Mériadeck neighborhood and the old city, that participates in defining an urban landscape and carries the values of a society more open to its environment.…

Office Buildings Bordeaux ECDM Architects France

Architects: Nadau Lavergne Architects Location: Biscarosse, Gironde, France Structural Engineer: Simonin Landscape: Lefebvre paysage Mechanical and Electrical Engineer: BRUEY Project Area: 2000 sqm Photographs: Philippe Caumes The campsite of La Rive is lo

Hotels and Restaurants Selected France Gironde Nadau Lavergne Architects Wood

The impressive Kelowna House, designed by Canadian architect David Tyrell, is a unique residential building displaying a contemporary architecture enhanced by its position. Nestled between natural landscape elements like the mountain that led to its shape

Architecture

Today at the MoMA: The Second Wave of Modernism II: Landscape Complexity and Transformation includes three thematic presentations that will explore landscape transformations at the residential, urban, and metropolitan scales.  In contrast to the modernist

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GROUND UP is a new journal print and web publication intended to stimulate thought, discussion, visual exploration and substantive speculation about emerging landscape issues affecting contemporary praxis. Edited and produced by the students of the Departm

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[ November 18, 2011; 0:00; ] Organized by The Cultural Landscape Foundation and co-sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, all are invited at attend the Second Wave of Modernism conference on Friday, November 18th at the Museum of Modern

Events mini New York New York City United States

Architects: Stanton Williams Location: London, England Project Year: 2011 Project Area: 40,000 sqm Architectural lighting: Spiers and Major Landscape Architect: Townsend Landscape Architects Facade consultant: Arup Facades Engineering CDM coordinator: Scot

Educational Featured Selected England London Stanton Williams

Architect: Warren Techentin Architecture Location: Pacific Palisades, California, USA Landscape Architect: David Fletcher Interior Design: Tim Clarke Photographs: Eric StaudenmaierA series of steel tube and structural glass walls step back across the site

Houses Selected California Pacific Palisades USA Warren Techentin Architecture

The Houl, [a 2011 RIBA Award Recipient], is a contemporary single storey ‘long house’ which is recessive in the landscape, sustainable in its construction and achieves a ‘zero carbon’ rating by using very high levels of insulation,

Featured Houses Selected 2011 RIBA Award Scotland Simon Winstanley Architects

The ideas of the project by Imago for the Jøssingfjorden competition is to link the landscape to the new building and the building to the entire scenario of Jøssingfjorden; it’s valleys and context, both visual, historical and technological. The…

Landscape Imago Jøssingfjord Norway

The concept of the residential complex found on detail.de was to reuse energy from nature. Therefore, less area was consumed, leaving more unused natural landscape. A lot of devices coming from a new age were implemented: biogenic distance heat for its und

Architecture Austria residential

BDP has completed a masterplan study in Samara, the sixth largest city in Russia, won against strong international competition earlier this year. BDP was masterplanner, architect, landscape architect and sustainability consultant supported by WSP highways

Architecture News BDP Architects London Russia Samara United Kingdon