Topography of curved bookshelves!

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Photography: Ossip van Duivenbode; courtesy MVRDV

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Tianjin Binhai Library by MVRDV ©Ossip van Duivenbode  

MVRDV in collaboration with local architects TUPDI has completed the Tianjin Binhai Library, a 33,700 sq. m. cultural centre in China, featuring a luminous spherical auditorium around which floor-to-ceiling bookcases cascade…

Minimalist, sculptural…

By Annie Aggarwal

Photography: Fernando Guerra | Ultimas Reportagens FG+SG Photography; courtesy the architect            

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A minimal architectural intervention in a garden, by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos materializes as a 70 sq. m. guest pavilion, an extension to a residential project by the studio in Valencia, Spain. 

This restaurant invites you in by displaying its kitchen!

By Rutvi Ashar

Photography: Steve Herud; courtesy Concrete

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Concrete brings us a brand new Japanese watering hole and dining experience at Izakaya in Hotel Roomers, Munich.

First wooden free-form houses Museum of Bread!

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Photography: Markus Pillhofer; courtesy Coop Himmelb(l)au

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COOP HIMMELB(L)AU designed PANEUM – Wunderkammer des Brotes is the first wooden building in free form!

Serenity and sleek modern!

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Photography: Amit Geron

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Axelrod Architects transforms a Tel Aviv home from '80s glitz to no-nonsense, modern cool…

Beirut Waterfront – go-to for nightlife!

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Photography:  Walid Rachid; courtesy the architects

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Rabih Geha Architects transform nightlife with the launch of a new nightclub, AHM, on the up-and-coming Beirut Waterfront…

All-in-one destination for living, working and leisure!

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Photography: Hufton+Crow; Seth Powers & Jin Xing; courtesy UNStudio

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Designed by Ben van Berkel / UNStudio, CapitaLand’s new Raffles City is a sustainable urban hub for living, working and leisure located in Hangzhou, one of China’s most picturesque cities.

Of shifting vistas and overlapping perspectives

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Photography: Courtesy the architects

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Ippolito Fleitz group redesigns a home in Stuttgart, creating a strong graphic counterpart to the typically bourgeois Wilhelminian architecture…

Holding up the beacon of modernity!

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Photography: Stéphane Brugger; courtesy v2com

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Montreals’ Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel has been reinvented in keeping with its mid-century vision of a perfect hotel and its grand international style…

Spatial experience!

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Photography: Courtesy the architects

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i29 interior architects chisel a simple, understated home with a minimalist palette, building the entire home around a single centrally-positioned element…

Dynamic working environment!

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Photography: Cahit Ogun Onat; courtesy the architect

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EDDA Architecture designs a dynamic, trendy office for Generation Y: Aktif Group, where lighting design takes the onus of brand identity…

Scotland’s Perth City Hall to get a new look!

Info & Images: Courtesy Mecanoo Architects

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Mecanoo architecten will soon be renovating the Perth City Hall in Scotland.

Intimacy and culinary delight!

By Savitha Hira

Photography: Saranin Artemy

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ALLARTSSTUDIO crafts a typical American pizzeria in Russia, using the age-old Pompeian stove in a linear vaulted space, reminiscent of the first pizzeria in New York!

Sentiments in design!

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Photography: Rafael Gamo; courtesy v2com

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Arquitectura en movimiento Workshop refurbishes an old house in Mexico respecting the nostalgic sentiments of its homeowner…

Revolving solar sail bridge

Info & Images: Margot Krasojević Architects

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Margot Krasojević Architects’ latest design of a bridge in Mongolia, appears like a robotic mythical bird and is a flexible structure that can be manipulated at will… 

The Italian classic turns on its head (Part 2)

By Annie Aggarwal

Photography: Eric Laignel;; courtesy Ippolito Fleitz Group

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Peter Ippolito (L) & Gunter Fleitz (R).©Mirjam Kluka

Ippolito Fleitz Group leads you into the traditional surreal with their interior design of the White Monkey Pizza Lab and Bar in Stuttgart…

The underwater office!

By Rutvi Ashar

Photography: Courtesy 100 architects

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A swimming-pool-themed travel company’s office tricks its visitors to believe they are submerged under water. Designed by 100architects, this space will urge you to book a Mediterranean escapade instantly!

Offices burgeoning with life

By Annie Aggarwal

Photography: Courtesy i29 architecture

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i29 Architecture designs full-of-life interiors for Schouw Informatisering, a workspace marked by distinct planning and lively colours and textures…

The new old!

By Rutvi Ashar

Photography: Courtesy Thompson + Baroni

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A typical Victorian-era home in London by Thompson + Baroni Architects with bursts of colour in a neutral palette and unending spaciousness is a prime example of new old architecture.

Let there be light!

By Rutvi Ashar

Photography: Courtesy Boytorun Architects

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Designed by Boytorun Architects, this office exploits concepts of transparency and openness to successfully create a spacious work environment.