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overlooking quanhai bay and the south china sea in shenzhen, the bao’an cultural complex is a masterplan of buildings designed by rocco design architects associates. the project creates a new public campus for the city while mediating between the coastal landscape and the more densely developed commercial areas further inland. the 110,000-square-meter scheme—which includes a […]

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DROO, a paris and london-based studio which specializes in high end residential design, presents the boutique burwood road apartment building in melbourne, australia. the project is tucked in behind a narrow listed shop house building in melbourne’s inner suburb of hawthorn. the long narrow shop house building typology characteristic of the district’s architectural fabric allows […]

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together with rafael moneo, canals moneo arquitectos has expanded the bodega ribas, a winery in consell, mallorca, which, as part of the old ca’n ribas listed stately home from the 18th century has been preserved intact to date, with its original historic barrel cellar and winemaking warehouse. the extension, which is integrated into the ca’n […]

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rever & drage architects has designed a detached house for a young couple in sunndal, norway who wanted a small, affordable home. as the couple envisioned that their family would grow, they therefore wanted a building that could be expanded over time. the man wanted a romantic and cozy building, while his wife, a deer […]

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GE space design has created an innovative cocktail workshop in chengdu, china, complete with a cozy tasting bar hidden behind it. located at the front of the site, the creddie workshop invites people in through its glass sliding doors to taste new cocktail recipes as well as receive training in drink making. at the same […]

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richter dahl rocha & associés has renovated and expanded estancia morro chico, a ranch in argentinian patagonia, dating back to the beginning of the last century. the project combines a complex for sheep farming and a newly built family home, all developed under a layout similar to that of a compact village, a characteristic of […]

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mexican design firm goko transformed a 1920s house in mexico city into a warm and cozy music studio. music studios have a tendency to be closed, cold, visually saturated and with artificially lit spaces that lead to no sunlight, no spatial circulation and no inspiration. therefore, the firm decided to approach the project differently to […]

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lisbon-based firm aires mateus has completed an almost invisible house in close proximity to the alqueva lake in southern portugal. ‘house in monsaraz’, which was completed for a private client, is topped with a green roof that appears as an extension of the surrounding landscape. the property measures just 174 square meters (1,872 sqf), unobtrusively […]

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christophe benichou has designed a resting space for climbers exploring the verdon gorge, a river canyon in southeastern france. ‘since the 1960s, this canyon in the south of france has become a must-see climbing site because of its unique depth in europe and the quality of its limestone rock,’ says the architect. ‘majestic and vertiginous, […]

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SANAA, the japanese architecture firm led by pritzker laureates kazuyo sejima and ryue nishizawa, has completed a new campus for bocconi, a private university in milan, italy. the new campus — previously featured on designboom here — includes: a 300-bed residence hall; the new headquarters of the bocconi school of management, comprising three fluidly shaped […]

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