Situated in Poland’s capital city, Marek Rytych Architekt created three storey “Open Air Sculpture House”. The roughness of the area was used in a way that in the cellar section immersed in the ground there are storage rooms and in the section which has access to daylight there are guest rooms. Above them there is a daily living section, and higher there is a private section with bedrooms and bathrooms. The elevation was covered by concrete brick, pine tree siding and titan-zinc sheet metal. All these materials emphasize the artistic …

Designed for client who loves of art, Studio mk27 presents beautiful house with open space interior in São Paulo, Brazil. The stone and the wood, materials that refer to traditional Brazilian building, are mixed with modern materials, such as reinforced concrete and plastic and which create an architectural language. The interior plan is organized into 3 floors and a sub-solo. Upon entering the lot, a tree-covered patio leads the guest to the door. A social hall distributes part of the program of the house: a library, vertical circulation, the utility …

The Miraventos House sited in a sloping terrain marked by nature in Palmela Portugal, designed by localy architects Eduardo Trigo de Sousa in collaboration with ComA Architecture and Design. Topography and cork trees lead the design of a single stage home, with no slope between the main spaces. The house flows naturally soaked in the terrain and assumes, in the end, in the great living room window, it´s domination above the visitors. In this house, all circulation and social spaces leads to a private family patio, with a human scale …

Designed by A-Cero architects, this perfect volume concrete house combine of quality, functionality and design. The construction has two floors that have been built according to the slope of the house´s plot. The first level, where the pedestrian access is, has a area of 653m2. This floor has been distributed in three areas: a familiar area, a private part where are four bedrooms with its proper baths and dressing-rooms, and a free time and relaxation area that is opened to the exterior and the swimming pool throw a wide …

Located in Thuwal Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) designed by global architectural firm HOK. This building has been selected as one of the 2010 “Top Ten Green Projects” by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE). The annual awards program honors sustainable projects resulting from an integrated approach to architecture, natural systems and technology. This building is a new international, graduate-level research university established to drive innovation in science and technology and to support world-class research in areas such as energy …

This eye catching Kowalewski Residence located in Atlantic Beach New York, oriented with the narrow face – only slightly wider than the former house on the lot – toward the street, with the traditional side driveway and rear garage. Siting the compact footprint at the north edge preserves a wide side garden with mature trees. In form and materials the house recalls the village’s Art Deco heritage.In interior, the principal rooms all open onto the garden. The ground floor has an open plan for casual living and maximum connection to …

Sited in West Hollywood California, The Oberfeld Residence created in 10,000-square foot area contains two main floors and a basement, a grand lawn, infinity pool, and spectacular view of the LA basin. The home’s grand entry boasts an oversized wood door, pivoting into a courtyard-like foyer, flooded with natural light. The space is deceivingly sheltered and indoors, and is punctuated at the far end by a serene lily pond framed in core-ten steel.

This residence is cut into a steep hillside with large concrete retaining walls to hold up the hill …

Located in Münchendorf-Austria, Hotel Caldor was designed by Austria-based architects Söhne & Partner Architekten. The perforation of the façade panels plays with the logo of the Hotel, abstract its. Interesting spaces inside / outside are created which emphasizes the communication between them. The structure of the Hotel emerges along the road. From the centre cross point the Hotel is buckling. The buckling gives the Hotel a high profile from the main road – both directions. At the cross point you find the lobby, the main access, the check in machine, …

Digital Media City (DCM) Landmark Tower Seoul will be completed at 2014 and became the second tallest building in the world. This building situated at the north of the Han River- Seoul, designed by Samoo Architects & Engineer for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM) and will have 640 m high just 180 metres shorter than Burj Dubai. The tower will include businesses, residences, hotel rooms as well as a convention centre with 133 total floors.

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Originally designed to be angular twin towers to rise …

This Chamber Music Hall specially designed by Zaha Hadid Architects to house solo performances of the exquisite music of Johann Sebastian Bach. A voluminous ribbon swirls within the room, carving out a spatial and visual response to the intricate relationships of Bach’s harmonies. As the ribbon careens above the performer, cascades into the ground and wraps around the audience, the original room as a box is sculpted into fluid spaces swelling, merging, and slipping through one another.

The design process involved architectural considerations of scale, structure and acoustics to realize a …