Katiou Library by Albert Faus: A Book Haven for Komsliga Department in Burkina Faso
Deep inside a village in Burkina Faso, the sun scorches the earth, dust flies into the air at will as strong winds ravage the calm. A brick library stands amidst…
Galaxy SOHO: A Stunning Urban Landscape by Zaha Hadid Architects
At the heart of Beijing, four volumes coalesce to create an internal world of flowing open spaces – a reinterpretation of the classic Chinese courtyard that succeeds in imbuing an immersive…
Cardedeu Chapel by EMC Arquitectura Overlooks the Lake to Depict Endless Relationship with Water
Tucked inside the mountains that surround a famous lake called Coatepeque in El Salvador, this chapel overlooks breath-taking waters with a surreal sense of form. It is built within a…
Nadir Afonso Contemporary Art Museum by Álvaro Siza Vieira: A Geometric Exploration into Mathematical Art
Nadir Afonso, an artist of Portuguese descent, was famously known for his geometric-based aesthetics in his paintings and art pieces. Most of them are now displayed in great museums around…
Disha Electrical & Lighting Store: Pristine Retail Interiors by Studio Ardete
With the gentrification of cities, the adaptive reuse of buildings has become a mainstream approach in the practice of architecture and interior design. Studio Ardete was commissioned to re-imagine the…
Mexico’s Torre Reforma by LBR + A is A Sharp Convergence of Two Concrete Facades
Overlooking the 686-hectare Chapultepec Park is a three-sided 57-storey skyscraper situated on Paseo de la Reforma Avenue in Mexico City. Around it, a metropolitan bursting with growth and a lot…
World Trade Centre Transportation Hub: Santiago Calatrava’s Metaphor of a Bird Rising from the Ashes of a Sacred Site
The World Trade Centre Transportation Hub may as well be the most important architectural project by Spanish starchitect Santiago Calatrava. The design that was unveiled in January of 2004 brought with…
Cafe Zero, a Clean and Careful Visual of a Modern Staff Dining Space
For a purely need-based space, the members of staff in this pharmaceutical factory in Punjab, India enjoy a luxurious layout of intricate design alongside their meals. It is a comfortable…
A Genus of Breath-taking Views in Palm Beach by Affiniti Architects
In a world where properties close to the sea have skyrocketed in price, it has become more important that incredible views, deep architectural sense and world-class materials converge with opulence…
Bombay Sapphire Distillery: Heatherwick Studio Give a New Lease of Life to a Derelict Site in Laverstoke
Bombay Sapphire commissioned Heatherwick Studio to design a distillery in England’s Hampshire. The gin maker had acquired a water-powered paper mill that had once been used to produce the bank…
The Getty Center: A textured, fossilized and patterned Travertine Stone Complex
The Getty Center is a modern design by Richard Meier in a picturesque hilly site in Santa Monica Mountains in California. It is a composition of buildings brought together in…
Löyly by Avanto Architects Attempts to Bring Back Finnish Public Saunas
A long narrow structure that looks like it fell direct from a wood warehouse in space sits along the seashores of Helsinki, in the former Hernesaari industrial park that is…
Szczecin Philharmonic Hall by Barozzi Veiga: A Building Worthy of the Mies van der Rohe Award
The Szczecin Philharmonic Hall is a thing of beauty: a bright, translucent and upstanding object. Located in Poland’s city of Szczecin, the building that was designed by the Spanish architectural…
Kevin Howard’s Sabino Springs House: A Chemistry of Boxes and Context
Rooted in the foothills of Tucson City, Arizona, is an interplay of boxes seating deep in the desert; and majestically so. Architect Kevin Howard’s creation is an expression of what…
Emerging from the Landscape is the Undulating Harbin Opera House by MAD Architects
Back in the 19th Century, Polish immigrants arrived in plenty in Harbin, China, to build the Chinese Eastern Railway that would connect the country to the Trans-Siberian Railway. With that,…