10 Jan Modern Farmhouse Living Room Ideas For Renovation
Farmhouse decorating style tends to be warm, relaxing and full of character and charm and is often organized around a central notion of practicality. The modern farmhouse is a nod to the past but firmly planted in the present. From the industrial lighting that gives...
07 Jan Kitchen Renovation Ideas For a Modern Look
The kitchen should be a space where you enjoy your time and if you are short of kitchen design ideas this is the read for you. Bigger kitchens are slightly easier to design than a small kitchen as they have space to include all the...
05 Jan 20 Tallest Buildings in the World Today
What is it about tall buildings that get our blood racing? Is it the promise that we can go as high as we want? Or the hope that things are surely better the higher you go? Whatever it is, it seems to have taken us...
05 Jan 10 buildings around the world that defy the laws of physics
For the most part, buildings are designed with the law physics in mind. However, there are certain buildings that are designed and constructed and will have you wondering if gravity is really just in our minds. This is a compilation of some of the most...
05 Jan The 25 Top Female Architects Changing the Architecture Industry
Architecture has often been seen as an extremely male-dominated field. However, there are female architects who are changing the industry and are also working to ensure that young female architects feel inspired to keep going, keep dreaming and to not be afraid to forge their...
30 Sep Axiom Telecom Headquarters: Abstract Mass of Concrete, Steel and Black Glass
This striking visual in Dubai Silicon Oasis is the headquarters of Axiom Telecom, a leading telecommunication company in the United Arab Emirates. Its grandiose presence is quite befitting the brand identity of this telecom retailer. Italian architects, Marco Mangili Associati, had the much needed audacity...
10 Jul The Gherkin: Foster’s Monumental Building in the Heart of London
When you are travelling into London, one of the first buildings to strike your eye will be the Gherkin no matter which direction you are getting in from. Officially referred to as 30 St. Mary Axe, it stands at a whooping 180 metres tall and it's...
30 May Tumble Creek Cabin by Coates Design in Sync with Nature in Suncadia Resort, Washington
In the deep of Washington State's Cascade Mountains a beautiful vacation home sits on the well known Suncadia Resort - the work of Coates Design Architects . The house oozes architectural prowess but even more, it merges with nature to not disrupt but be a...
23 Feb The Turning Torso, Calatrava’s Twisting Skyscraper in Sweden
The Turning Torso, Twisting Torso or Rotating Torso, whatever name fits it best, Santiago Calatrava's Torso tower in Malmö is the tallest skyscraper in Sweden and a pioneer of its kind. A spectacular building depicting a human body in a turning motion, the architect gave...
30 Jan The Interlock by Bureau de Change Architects is a Familiar Yet Foreign Building in London
Note from architect: Located in London’s Fitzrovia – where Riding House Street opens to Wells Street – sits The Interlock, a new five-storey mixed-use building designed by Bureau de Change architects for developer HGG London, a company established to commission design-driven innovative architecture. ©Gilbert McCarragher Riding House...
30 Oct Tosin Dada Studios Rejuvenates Egbeda Community Centre, Nigeria
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A derelict structure in the Egbeda community in Nigeria was left strewn of its architectural dignity by time. The client got a desire to give it a new life and out of that need, the formerly dilapidated structure now shines a lot of hope and...
27 Sep Rouzan Residential Building in Isfahan, Iran: Local Architecture taking a Modern Twist
Located in the city of Isfahan, this project is surrounded by a rich context of Persian architecture. This backdrop entails so much history and traditional value. One particular street, Mosalla Street, has an array of historic sites. These include famous destinations such as the Aristocratic,...
02 Oct Padovani Arquitetos Design Organically Fitting CR Residence in Sao Paulo
Organic tones and textures define this house in Brazil as it positions itself onto a beautiful landscape. Padovani arquitetos completed this project in 2016 with the intention of showing how materials can benefit the landscape coupled with extensive horizontal lines. The project is located in...
18 Sep Morpheus Hotel: Zaha Hadid’s Striking Exoskeleton in Macau
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ZHA have recently completed the new Morpheus hotel flagship as part of the city of dreams resort in Macau. The impressive structure is among the many projects left behind by the late Architect Dame Zaha Hadid to continue her legacy. Evolving from existing site conditions...
04 Sep Studio FH’s Gahinga Batwa Village Giving Hope To a Marginalized Group in Uganda.
The Batwa, one of the oldest tribes in Africa, originally resided in the Ugandan, Rwandan and Congo rain-forests where they practiced hunting and gathering as their main source of livelihood. However, after their eviction from the forest by the government in the 1990s, they were...
30 Aug The Forest Adventure Centre in Kereita by Sitescape Studio Proves Architecture Can Co-Exist With Nature
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The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) sort to rejuvenate the lush and evergreen Kereita forest so that it can self-sustain. As it later would be, the forest, deserted but one of the healthiest in the huge span of the Aberdare Ranges, has come to be known...
23 Aug Centralizing The Garden of Europe is Lisser Art Museum by KVDK architecten
Inside the “Garden of Europe” - a nickname for Keukenhof – rises a monolithic work of architecture in stark contrast to the beautiful lush green central park. The Lisser Art Museum does not care to announce as it rises into the sky. It does not...
21 Aug St. Jerome Children’s Home, Nakuru: Innovative Timber & Earth Construction by Orkid Studio
Tucked away in the agricultural outskirts of Nakuru Town, Kenya’s third city, is a home housing local disadvantaged and abandoned children, characterised by a variety of social spaces, from open communal areas to quiet hide-outs, offering assorted opportunities for play, study and rest. ©Odysseas Mourtzouchos The centre...
08 Aug Golden Oak’s Casa de La Fuente: Spanish Revival In The Heart of Florida
This pristine and stylish custom home impressions a piece of old Europe right within Florida. The bright white exterior and courtyard design can fit flawlessly in any Spanish neighbourhood. Featuring the perfect blend of modern and classic design, the plain stucco exterior is nestled in...
16 Jul Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa by Heatherwick Studio Represents Art in Glorious Rejuvenation of Forgotten Silo
In 1921 the Grain Silo Complex was constructed. For half a century, it was the tallest building in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, grain would be collected, graded, and then distributed. Ideally, it was designed to never go out of use, to never wear out, to always...
30 Jun Emre Arolat Architecture Unveil The Nora Mosque and Community Centre Concept
The Nora Mosque and Community Centre to be located in Ajman in the United Arab Emirates will take after shell-like forms that emerge from the earth to create walls that extend to become roofs, and roofs that transform into pedestrian walkways. According to the images and...
27 Jun Simsim café by Starsis Architects Conveys Jeju Island’s Taste of Nature
Jeju Island rose to fame around 10 years ago when tourists and adventure seekers figured that they had found the ideal place to call home away from home. The small island located off the Coast of the Korean Peninsula in the Korea Strait then became...
11 Jun Step into A Tree-Inspired Building: Vertical Forests in Architecture Design
Stefano Boeri pioneered in creating vertical forests in urban areas with the aim of combining sustainable housing and reduction of air & noise pollution. Trees and plants have many benefits to this planet and their usefulness has not gone unnoticed among architects that incorporate living things in...
01 Jun Belatchew Arkitekter Releases Renderings of Proposed Asymmetrical Discus High Rise in Stockholm, Sweden
Belatchew Arkitekter has, on behalf of Swedish real estate developer Sveafastigheter Utveckling, designed Discus, a new landmark high rise in central Nacka; a booming part of the Stockholm metropolitan area in Sweden. Discus is a new landmark building in Nacka City, which with its characteristic irregular...
25 May Prague Castle: The Largest Castle in the World
Prague Castle is one of the oldest and most popular tourist attractions in the capital of the Czech Republic. It's an impressive architectural marvel with a total area of 753,474 square feet. This has earned the castle a place in the Guinness Book of World...
14 May Sacred Hearts Cathedral in Kericho, Kenya: Awe-Inspiring Display of Detail and Precision
The Sacred Hearts Cathedral in Kericho, Kenya by John McAslan + Partners in collaboration with Triad Architects was mentioned on Archute in an article covering the 2016 Awards of Excellence by the Architectural Association of Kenya. A complete coverage of this marvel was bound to...
15 Mar Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas by Morphosis: An Extraordinary Collision of Rock and Glass
Designed by 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Thom Mayne and his firm Morphosis Architects, Perot museum consists of a magnificent cube that sits on a landscaped plinth. Actually, it is a rock and glass collision formed from a peculiar concrete cube that rises out of a concrete garden....
25 Feb Pool Yard House by Studio Ardete in India: Spatial Connection Reimagined
On a busy road in a sector of the city of Panchkula, India, Studio Ardete have designed a relaxing and leisure home for an elderly couple. The project which was completed in 2017 now sits majestically, taking it's own place in the street and even further...
