The Omnibus House is a highly modern and original vacation home which was designed in 2003 by the practice of Gubbins Arquitectos and is located in Cachagua, Chile with an interior that is arranged to offer a visual connection between all the areas and also a link to the surrounding woods. There is a double circulation through the interior areas which tries to deconstruct the standard idea of specific spaces and rather offers a new approach which, according to the…

The Myrkdalen ski resort located near Voss in Myrkdalen, Norway was completed in 2012 and was designed by the practice of JVA (Jarmund Vigsnaes As Arkitekter) after they won the competition for the master plan in 2008. The first project which was completed for the site is the Myrkdalen Hotel, with a capacity of 112 rooms and a surface of 7600 square meters, right next to the ski slope and also next to what will become a new public square…

Designed by the practice of Zaha Hadid Architects, the new King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia will be built in the next four years offering a new public transportation system to the fast growing population of Riyadh which has already reached five million. The station will spread over a surface of over 20000 square meters and it will be the key interchange on the network for three of the main lines. It will feature six…

Designed by the practice of Kokaistudios Architecture in collaboration with Vanke and located in the city of Yantian, Shenzhen, China, this project is next to the Dapeng Bay waterfront and opposite the new tourist port which is being built at the moment thus being a part of a large development project with mix uses which includes residential and commercial areas. The Marina spreads over 2300 square meters and has four floors which will host the Vanke sales office to promote…

The L’Avenue will be the largest Louis Vuitton flagship in the world and it will be located in the Chang Ning district of Shanghai. Spreading over 28 floors with a ground floor area of 140000 square meters, the project was designed by the local architectural practice of Leigh & Orange with the conceptual design made by Jun Aoki and Associates. The structure will have a height of 134 meters and its shape features several twists and curvatures making it quite…

Designed by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Co. Ltd. this roof garden is located on the top of the Plaza Omotesando at Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan and it is a public space designed for the shoppers who wish to relax. The terrace features a lot of trees, tables and steps where the visitors can take a break or enjoy a meal and the escalator entrance to it is designed as a kaleidoscope made from tilted mirrors that is meant to dazzle the…

Pearl Valley 276 is located near Paarl in the Western Cape Town, South Africa, and was designed by the practice of Antoni Associates. The apartment lies in the exclusive Pearl Valley Golf Estate ensuring a private and luxurious living area which is just 30 minutes away from the city. According to the designers the owners, a young family, wanted an interior which presented a “barefoot luxury” using a lot of natural materials. Thus the designers, Mark Rielly and Jon Case…

The practice of Prentiss Architects designed this contemporary home which is located on a ridge of the San Juan Island. The project is composed of two main volumes and an annex which is used to house the office, studio and the garage. The location presented some problems due to its terrain but the designers managed to provide a home which takes advantage of the space rather than fighting against it. The house offers a splendid view of the coast of…

Currently under construction, the DHUB Design Museum is located in Barcelona, Spain and it offers two entry points to the complex, one from the main street Carrer D’Avila and one from the Placa de Les Glories which is a public plaza that hosts the Torre Agbar building which we covered in a previous article. The designer of the project is the practice of MBM Arquitectes and the shape of the building tries to complement the Torre Agbar nearby with a…

Located in Sydney, Australia, the Lavender Bay Boatshed was designed by the practice of Stephen Collier Architects in 2012 as a space that tries to reflect the maritime heritage of the city and of the building offering a renovation and transformation which proved difficult but was quite efficient in the end. The bedrooms are placed at the ground level with a living area on the first floor that has a double height. The interior leaves the original timber beams exposed…