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Detours of architectural space provide diversified experience and prolong time. They are used to emphasize the solemnity and happiness of wedding ceremony. NODE (Nansha Original DEsign)

UNStudio's design for the tower, which is located in the London borough of Islington, incorporates the remodeling of the facade, a streamlining of the building’s mass and a contrasting of scale and detail untypical of a residential tower. UNStudio

Last week the controversial Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, designed by Frank Gehry, held a ceremonial groundbreaking on its four-acre site on Independence Avenue in Washington, DC. John Hill

The Creek Park Hotel is located in Beijing’s Pinggu District, 15km away from the Jinhai Lake International Resort’s Area. It is a renovation project undertaken by SYN Architects, close to the waters surrounding the peninsula’s central island, from where the minaret by the lake... SYN Architects

Cortex Park brings together four programs under one roof by embracing students, researchers and staff with shared sports facilities and a strong urban identity. The result is a design that challenges both mind and body  - and establishes a closer relation between the building and its... ADEPT

With a pool house larger than the average American home, Timberidge is not a modest residence. But its large footprint is balanced by a preference for on-site and local materials and the use of local craftsmen and manufacturers. Located in Eugene, Oregon, the house taps into its regional context... 2fORM Architecture

By provoking action and reaction between past and present through the application of contemporary architecture, the remodeling of this entire block of buildings — including landmark buildings such as Hooghuys and the former Lorette convent — adheres to this evolutionary principle. dmvA

The project is located near the city center of Olemps, a “new city” of 3,500 inhabitants, located on the outskirts of the agglomeration of Rodez. The site is located in a peri-urban area made up of architectural objects, built in the 1970s and 80s. The municipality wanted a... CoCo architecture

What is the source of architectural innovation today? Increasingly it is found in the software that architects use to design, document, and coordinate their projects. A key component of this is parametric design, which is responsible for some of the most exciting recent developments in... John Hill

Marina One, a high-density, mixed-use building complex in the heart of Singapore’s new Marina Bay financial district, complements the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s vision of making Singapore a "City in a Garden." ingenhoven architects

This year's winners of the Australian Institute of Architects' National Architecture Awards were announced on Thursday during a ceremony held in Canberra. John Hill

OMA has developed an integrated concept for the transformation of the 1992 Rijnstraat 8 office building based on a renewal of its existing architectural qualities. OMA’s design gives the building a new relation to the city of The Hague, connecting it to the city, both visually through... OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture

A3— Advanced Architecture Apartments are harmoniously incorporated into the context of their environment. Two starting points—the mountain and the city, set the overall architectural concept. STARH

"The Finnish affinity with nature demands a counterbalance to the everyday apartment: the summer cottage or Mökki. It is quite true to say the Finnish live their real life in their cottage." - Tapio Periäinen, director of the Finnish Society of Crafts and Design Carla Gertz Architect

Atelier Peter Zumthor and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) have released udpated renderings of the institution's $600 million expansion. John Hill

Britain's top architecture prize has been awarded to dRMM's Hastings Pier, a major community-led regeneration project in Hastings & St. Leonards, East Sussex. John Hill

The 2010 destruction of Hastings Pier by fire was an opportunity to redefine what a pier could be in the 21st century; moving away from the accumulation of commercial booths of poor quality construction. The fire cleared the way for a new approach to creating a generous amenity space for Hastings... dRMM Architects

3XN has won a competition to design a waterfront condo that honors the waves. Tridel and Hines have commissioned 3XN to design a building on Toronto's formerly industrial East Bayfront area. 3XN

The project site is situated between the existing Émile Legault School and Raymond Bourque Arena, both of which are horizontal in form and neutral in character. Saucier+Perrotte Architectes/HCMA

Snøhetta has released renderings of their renovation of 550 Madison Avenue, better known as the AT&T Building, designed by Philip Johnson and completed in 1984. John Hill

The Indianapolis Zoo first opened to the public in 1964 in the city's George Washington Park. In 1988 the Zoo moved to a larger site in White River State Park, its home ever since. Earlier this year the Zoo completed its Bicentennial Pavilion, an outdoor structure intended to host various Zoo... RATIO Architects

The great Japanese architect spoke with PLANE—SITE in the first video of a series leading up to the GAA Foundation's Time-Space-Existence exhibition, planned as a collateral exhibition of the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. John Hill

DDG recently completed a residential building at 12 Warren Street in New York City's Tribeca neighborhood. The twelve-story building is faced in bluestone blocks with a jagged appearance that recalls quarries or natural rock formations. John Hill

The Architecture Drawing Prize, curated by Make Architects, Sir John Soane’s Museum and the World Architecture Festival (WAF), received 166 entries. Three winners were announced this week. John Hill

The project consisted in the refurbishment of the existing school building and extension with a new adjacent building to accommodate the new program. Exposed brick was applied in bands of different colors, recalling the idea of a bookshelf. NOZ Arquitectura

The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, has unveiled new plans for the first public garden designed by Lord Norman Foster, part of the museum's building expansion being carried out by Foster + Partners. John Hill

The New York Times is reporting that, one month after Barry Diller pulled the plug on Thomas Heatherwick's Pier 55, the billionaire businessman is reviving the project. John Hill

Sanbaopeng Art Museum is located in Sanbao village, a scenic place not far from the Central City of Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital of China. In the past decade, porcelain artists were attracted here to build their own studios. Thus a nascent, dynamic, porcelain-centric hub is thriving and... DL Atelier

A couple recent videos highlight the groundbreaking work of two research groups — Block Research Group and Gramazio Kohler Research — in the Institute of Technology in Architecture at ETH Zürich. John Hill

Brancott Vineyard, site of the first Sauvignon Blanc plantings in Marlborough and home of Brancott Estate, will also be the home of a permanent installation by New York-based designer, Dror Benshetrit. Titled Under/standing and composed of cutting-edge geometry, Dror’s... Dror

At the southernmost point of the Norwegian coastline by the village of Båly, Snøhetta has designed Europe’s very first underwater restaurant. Snøhetta

The city of Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian province, and home to more than six million inhabitants. It has a humid subtropical climate and is also susceptible to typhoons in summer or early autumn. In the northeast of the city, on the Huangqi Peninsula, there is an area of dense urban... Eduard Kögel

As part of Bloomberg's new European Headquarters in London designed by Foster + Partners, artist Olafur Eliasson has installed No future is possible without a past into the "Vortex." John Hill

The team led by the firms of David Adjaye and Ron Arad has won the United Kingdom Holocaust Memorial International Design Competition. John Hill

As part of Dutch Design Week (DDW), MVRDV and The Why Factory have installed (W)ego  The Future City is Flexible at Marktplein square in Eindhoven. John Hill

Duke University is in the midst of a building boom, with a dozen buildings and renovations completed in the last two years and about ten more underway. One of the recently completed projects is the Student Wellness Center, which includes departmental spaces such as offices, therapy rooms, exam... Duda|Paine Architects