Pool on the slope by Jean-Baptiste Bouvet
Architect Jean-Baptiste Bouvet has completed a hillside swimming pool that steps down to a terrace overlooking the scenic French landscape. (more…) Source: Dezeen
Archive for August 2011
Harpa Concert and Conference Centre Reykjavík by Henning Larsen Architects
Copenhagen studio Henning Larsen Architects have completed a concert hall and conference centre in Reykjavík, Iceland, in collaboration with artist Olafur Eliasson. (more…) Source: Dezeen
One year ago…
One year ago OMA, Foster + Partners and local firm Rocco Design Architects were competing to to create a master plan for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. Foster + Partners won in the end, as reported in March this year. Our most popular story was a house in Indonesia by Aboday with [...]
Musevi by Enrique Norten and TEN Arquitectos
A boomerang-shaped museum in Mexico is balanced on stilts and stabilised in the air by tensile cables, allowing it to bridge a road and cantilever over a lake. (more…) Source: Dezeen
Extension to a house in Chaville by Cut Architectures
French studio Cut Architectures have extended a Paris house by squeezing a glass-fronted music room and a garage between the building and its neighbour. (more…) Source: Dezeen
Santa Isabel Houses by Bak Gordon
Two stark concrete houses in Lisbon feature secluded courtyards with overflowing ponds and swimming pools (photographs by Fernando Guerra). (more…) Source: Dezeen