An eco-systemic prefabricated house!

Compiled by Ar. Shreya Kulkarmi

Photography: Filippo Bamberghi; courtesy the architect

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Studio Arthur Casas in collaboration with SysHaus, a start-up for research in the residential field, designs a new concept for sustainable contemporary living in a ‘200 sq. m. prefabricated dwelling’…

Sacred art meets sophisticated technology!

By Beverly Pereira

Photography: Moment Factory; courtesy v2com

Read Time: 2 mins 

Aura - Part 2 of the show in progress

Multi-media entertainment studio Moment Factory creates a multi-sensory experience within Montreal’s grandiose Notre-Dame Basilica using sound, light and video projection-mapping.

Breakthrough in glass construction: façade that mimics heritage building!

Compiled by Team IAnD

Photography: Courtesy MVRDV

© Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee

MVRDV completes Crystal Houses Amsterdam, a flagship store with a replica façade made entirely out of glass…

Mediterranean Flavours

By Beverly Pereira

Photography: David Rodríguez y Carlos Huecas; courtesy Masquespacio

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Blending thoughtful design with innovative functionality, KesSalao, a new eatery in Bonn, adds a fresh appeal to the historic German city’s dining scene. 

The House of Hungarian Music

Compiled by Team IAnD

Sketches: Courtesy the architects

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Conceptualized as a unique work of art, the House of Hungarian Music, inspired by the violin, is a metaphoric integration of music and art; an architecture that is interactive in principle and resplendent with nature…

Sunny Hills’ Dessert Shop, Tokyo

By Pari Syal

Photography: Daici Ano; courtesy the architect

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A new dessert store in Japan is an eclectic exercise in traditional Jiigoku-Gumi or Japanese wood architecture...

The Forest of Intellects

Info & Images: Courtesy the architects

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The New City University of Hong Kong at Kowloon is a green building that ingeniously plays with a sloping site and beautifully binds the multifarious functions of a university building.

Kimbell Art Museum

Info & Images: Courtesy RPBW

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Originally designed by Louis Kahn in 1972, Kimbell Art Museum’s new building that accommodates its growing exhibition and education programmes is designed by Ar. Renzo Piano.

BES Pavilion - Symbiotic Architecture

By Savitha Hira

Photography: Tran Tuan Trung, Tran Ngoc Phuong; courtesy H&P Architects

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The BES (Bamboo + Earth + Stone) Pavilion as it is called, has its user at its centre, where the user is involved in the building process in order to enable him approach and get educated about the functions and effects of the building towards nature and the local community.

Architecture meets Industrial Design

Text & Photography: Foster + Partners

Credit Steve Wong

Blurring the lines between architecture, interior design and industrial design, F+P once again prove that design is seamless and universal

Volvo Pavilion

Text & Photography: Courtesy SD+A

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Synthesis Design + Architecture’s rapidly depoloyable pavilion to showcase Volvo’s new plug-in electric hybrid, the V60 has won the international competition for an “innovative and original design” for a temporary pavilion…

Brick by Brick

By Marina Correa

Photography: Sun Namgoong; courtesy the architects

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Resembling a fish-like structure, this house in Korea is designed by JOHO Architecture, where ingenious brick placement appears as scales that glisten in the sunshine, lending it a striking character and making one want to sit-up and take note of the structural process involved.

Living Memoir

Ezine Special

By: Ar. Jim Olson
Photography: Benjamin Benschneider, Michael Jensen; courtesy: Olson Kundig Architects

Ar. Jim Olson shares his labour of love – his personal cabin in Longbranch, Washington that has seen multiple phases of design and construction; and Jim is currently designing the next phase…

Illuminated Wine Cellar

By Pari Syal

A simple gesture of inviting your guest to select his choice of wine from your bar is transformed into an interesting ritual with an auto-glow wine cellar…