In the middle of the picturesque landscape of the Swedish island of Tjörn stands an extraordinary building that is as impressive for its architecture as it is for its choice of materials.…
New eye-catcher in Manhattan After the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, many of the historic buildings in the South Street Seaport in Lower Manhattan had to be restored. The…
The roof landscape of the “Bälliz”, the shopping mile in Thun, Switzerland, shapes the cityscape. This includes house number 12, which is one of the showcase houses from the period around…
The industrial Culver City in California now has one more architectural highlight. A roof structure shaped like a flying pterodactyl was built on top of a car park. Along with Los Angeles,…
Since 1965, Austria’s first glacier ski area has also been open to skiers in the summer. In subsequent years, the region was increasingly equipped with new cableways and lifts. By now, the…
A detached home in a municipality near the Czech town of Pardubice became a creative challenge for building owners and architects. Sometimes the building plan which determines exactly how…
A different take on the single-family home: in Johannesburg, South Africa, is a single-family home that looks like a small city at first glance. This is because two larger and a few small…
An unusual new building was constructed in Prague for its youngest residents. The addition to an ecclesiastic nursery which was barely more than a reinforced concrete structure is surrounded…
An oversized shawl is wrapped around the building of the new town hall in Lochem. At least that’s how the facade cladding makes it appear. This is because the Dutch municipality southwest of…
In harmony with nature: Integration into the landscape instead of dominating technology. This was the main idea behind the modernization and expansion of the observatory in the North…
