An angular wall of exposed concrete informed by origami wraps this courtyard home in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, designed by local studio Atelier Gratia to be a “sanctuary” from the surrounding city. Called Star House after the street on which it sits in a dense urban area, the four-storey home has been turned inwards, with a series
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Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled the Qianhai Prisma Towers in Shenzhen, China, both comprised of leaning volumes tapering towards the sky. Set to be built on either side of the Shenzhen Hong Kong Plaza, a cultural development designed by Japanese studio Sou Fujimoto known as the “green belt”, the skyscrapers will be 300-metres and
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A sweeping form of stepped balconies that overlook the IJ waterfront defines the De Jakoba social housing in Amsterdam, designed by local practice Studioninedots. The block of 135 apartments forms part of a wider residential development for the Overhoeks neighbourhood, which sits on the opposite side of the harbour to the city’s central station. Far
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Local studio Starh has completed an office and apartment building on a triangular plot in the Bulgarian city of Varna, featuring cantilevered balconies that extend out towards the nearby sea. Situated to the east of the city centre, the EOS building is only separated from the Black Sea by the Sea Garden public park, ensuring the
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A facade of cascading balconies defines the residential Iqon skyscraper near La Carolina park in Quito, which is Danish architecture studio BIG’s first completed project in South America. The 32-storey high-rise, now the tallest in the Ecuadorian capital, comprises 220 apartments alongside a mix of commercial and office spaces designed for developer Uribe Schwarzkopf. The
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Swedish practice Johan Sundberg Arkitektur has completed a cluster of timber-clad housing blocks in Ystad, Sweden, with facades of folding glass screens that allow their balconies to be turned into sheltered winter gardens. Called Hygrometern, the cluster of four blocks provides a mixture of 20 two and three-bedroom mid-budget apartments on a sloping site overlooking
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Dutch studio Olaf Gipser Architects has worked with housing cooperative BSH20A to create an apartment block in the Netherlands that aims to provide residents with a “communal, sustainable and healthy urban living” environment. Named Stories, the 47-metre-high tower contains 29 apartments and communal living spaces that overlook the harbour at the former industrial district Buiksloterham.
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Chinese architecture studio MAD has unveiled the 13-storey UNIC residential tower in Paris, France, which is its first completed project in Europe. Designed in collaboration with French studio Biecher Architectes, the 50-metre-high residential tower forms part of the Clichy-Batignolles development of a former rail yard in the north of Paris. The 6,600-square-metre apartment tower is designed as
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Boxy balconies and decorative recessed windows characterise this colourful housing complex in Raipur, India, by Sanjay Puri Architects, which was engineered to withstand its location’s hot climate. Called Shree Town, the project is a cluster of vibrant apartment buildings designed in pink, blue, orange and peach concrete by the Mumbai-based firm. The residential complex is
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Badrinath Kaleru and Prerna Kaleru of Studio Ardete, have sent us photos of ‘Never Never Cube’, a modern commercial building located in India. The building, which started out as a simple box, has been elevated with the inclusion of unique balcony shapes. The balconies, which protrude away from the building, each have their own unique […]
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