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Sitting in the center of the Gujiaying horticulture village in China, the building features a piazza made of traditional tiles bending upwards, revealing the subterranean art space below. Atelier TeamMinus

25 Kent is a social campus that brings innovators, startup founders, and tech leaders together in one collaborative workplace. HWKN, Gensler

Driven by lack of space, the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and Sandberg Instituut ordered the construction of a complementary third building on its grounds, opposite the building designed by Gerrit Rietveld and next to the expansion by Benthem & Crouwel. The resulting campus provides this... Fedlev led by Paulien Bremmer, in collaboration with Hootsmans architects

Snøhetta completes Powerhouse Brattørkaia – the world’s northernmost energy-positive building. "Energy-positive buildings are the buildings of the future," says Snøhetta's Kjetil Trædal Thorsen. "The mantra of the design industry should not be 'form follows function' but 'form follows... Snøhetta

NYC-and-Costa Rica-based ​Taller KEN​ ​has designed a new 4,850-square-foot store for​ ​Hija de Tigre​, a locally-owned-and-operated women’s clothing retailer, in Escazú, a hip, upscale suburb of San José, Costa Rica. Taller KEN

Dutch architecture firm KAAN Architecten, together with French office PRANLAS-DESCOURS architect & associates (PDAA), present the new Chambre de Métiers et de l'Artisanat (CMA) Hauts-De-France in Lille (France). The winning entry of an international competition for Eurartisanat campus,... KAAN Architecten, PRANLAS-DESCOURS architect & associates

Naturalis is the national research institute for biodiversity dating from 1820 which was founded by King Willem I in Leiden, The Netherlands. The institute with a long and rich history experienced an exponential growth in the last decade which led to an urgent necessity to renovate. Neutelings Riedijk

At the heart of MOCO’s art ecosystem, the Hôtel des Collections plays an active role in redefining Montpellier as a cultural metropolis with international ambitions. The architectural studio PCA-STREAM relies on its non-formalist architectural approach, rejecting gratuitous spectacular... PCA-STREAM

Building on the success of last year, the International Garden Festival, in collaboration with the Museum of Civilization in Quebec City, renewed this summer the installation Roof Line Garden by Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster. Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster

This is a semi-propositional experimental underground development. The ground level must be spared for public space, while the underground level may be used as creative office and public service facilities. NODE (Nansha Original DEsign)

This project hopes to provide a dynamic public space for workers, residents, teachers, students and plant lovers; the traditional planting culture of Shajing is passed down in a new form, which is also a media for community building. MOZHAO ARCHITECTS

The existing sports and leisure amenity by Fritz Schwarz and Hans Litz, which dates from 1964 and includes an outdoor swimming pool and two external ice rinks, required a complete renovation, while a new ice sports hall was also to be added. EM2N

Lemoal Lemoal Architectes has completed the new Gonzague Saint Bris social and cultural center in Cabourg. The project has been driven by the mayor of Cabourg, whose aim was to group the city’s cultural and social services on a single site. The architects wished to offer both an urban response... Lemoal Lemoal Architectes

The Path of Perspectives or "Perspektivenweg", designed by Snøhetta for the Nordkettenbahn cable railway, introduces a series of ten architectural elements along the panorama trail in the alpine landscape that highlight the unique features of Innsbruck's spectacular Nordkette mountain range. Snøhetta

The Klotski is a three-story, mixed-use infill building situated in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The building houses a beer hall, an office, a maker space, a studio, and a small caretaker’s apartment. Graham Baba Architects

This project is located in the western mountainous area of Hangzhou, a natural village with 140 peasant households. The main building materials are bamboo that grows on the site and pebbles picked from the rivulet. Atelier Chen Haoru

The new Amstelkwartier area in Amsterdam has become a vibrant city neighborhood. The foundation of this area’s development lies in the middle of the financial crisis. Commercial real estate projects were put to an end, making municipality giving the possibility to private initiatives. Several... studio PROTOTYPE

The project is located in Tianshan Road, the new commercial boulevard in Hongqiao, one of Shanghai’s high activity districts. It is surrounded by brightly lit shopping malls built this century. This development replaces and expands on the existing state run cinema centre on the site. The... BAU

On June 23rd, during the worldwide celebration of Olympic Day, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) inaugurated its new headquarters, Olympic House. 3XN

The Street-Wall Gallery on Yuyuan Road is an art gallery designed for passersby. We conceived this ultra-thin art gallery, which clings closely to the wall, with a glass slot of 4.2 meters long and 30 millimeters high. Bengo Studio

On June 12, 2019, the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), designed by Studio Gang, broke ground on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Studio Gang

This modest sized courtyard house in suburban Chicago is wrapped almost entirely in brick. The street facade is organized in vertical twisting columns to create an ever-changing pattern of opening and closing as light moves across and through the facades. Brooks + Scarpa

Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés presents Identity One in the very heart of EuroRennes, a new business district that aims at reuniting the southside of Rennes with the historical city center. Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés

The Urbach Tower constitutes the very first structure worldwide made from self-shaped, building-scale components. It not only showcases this innovative manufacturing approach and resultant novel timber structure; it also intensifies the visitors’ spatial involvement and landscape experience by... ICD/ITKE

Led by Design Principal Alan Maskin, Olson Kundig’s design of the Space Needle’s new observation deck and restaurant level “core and shell” builds on the same conceptual premise that originally informed the Space Needle – a place devoted to observation. Olson Kundig

Lily, a floating structure, offers a new playful and sensorial experience on the central lake of the Futuroscope. Wild Architectural Objects

On a narrow and elongated hillside property, architect Anna Philipp designed a building in the form of two L-angles set against each other to create two attractive but functionally very different exterior spaces. PHILIPPARCHITEKTEN

With breathtaking views of Mt. Rokko to the north and a vast waterscape to the south, Kobe sits as a strip of land with phenomenal views both inland and to the sea. Richard Beard Architects

Growing Up is a pavilion located in the West Kowloon Cultural District. It is the winning entry of the inaugural Hong Kong Young Architects & Designers Competition, which was launched in April 2017. New Office Works

Israel's newest airport is located 11 miles (18 km) from the Red Sea resort city of Eilat and was designed by two of Israel's leading firms, Amir Mann / Ami Shinar Architects and Planners in partnership with Moshe Zur Architects. Amir Mann / Ami Shinar Architects & Planners, Moshe Zur Architects

Costa Rica Treehouse is inspired by the jungle of this densely forested site on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. The clients are surfers as well as avid environmentalists, and this project reflects their deep commitment to sustainable land management in Costa Rica. Olson Kundig Architects

Designed by Drawing Architecture Studio for a couple, Free Balcony An is an interior design that transforms a typical two-bedroom apartment at a commercial housing community in Beijing to a home both carrying the spirit of classical space and fulfilling the needs of modern life. Drawing Architecture Studio

Located on the undulating fjords of Faroe Islands, with views to the capital Tórshavn, the sea and verdant fells, Glasir seeks to harvest the efficiencies of combining Faroe Islands Gymnasium, Tórshavn Technical College and the Business College of Faroe Islands into one building for over 1,750... BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group

The copper-clad Business Innovation Hub at the heart of the University of Massachusetts Amherst adds 70,000 square feet of hyper-collaborative study and social space to one of the top public business schools in the United States. BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group

Since last spring, BALNEA has been offering guests a new way to enhance their spa experience. Designed and built by the acclaimed architectural firm of Blouin Tardif Architecture Environnement, the Pavillon Ouest – West Pavilion – includes a large terrace, hot tub and Turkish bath. Blouin Tardif Architecture Environnement

Yu Qingcheng is a world famous original clay sculpture artist who is renowned in China and oversea, the unique style strike out a new line for himself. Zhang Hua Architecture