A Culinary Art School, which was designed by graciastudio , was situated in Tijuana, Mexico. The school building was housed two volumes, which functioned as the main characters. The school design consisted of the materials like exposed concrete, steel, garapa wood, glass and metal structure, which were combined. It created a transition space: the grand [...]

The modern house was situated in downtown Tokyo, Japan, where old and new coexists in the form of old houses and stores and large-scale apartment buildings. The owner of the house matured in this area. It was determined to rebuild one of the two tenement houses that were inherited from the father into a five-storied [...]

The rapid China’s growth population needs the availability of economically housing. This under construction project is one of architectural innovative solution. The Fake Hill is a residential apartment building which is located on a waterfront site in Beihai, China. The building will provide residential, office and hotel facilities in 492,369sqm building area on 109,203sqm site [...]

The Halo project is located in The Afsluitdijk, a major causeway located in The Netherlands. This project was designed by DHV Architects . The Afsluitdijk is a major icon of Dutch engineering and is about to embark on a new future. The Halo is projected on the Afsluitdijk as an infrastructural instrument for realising sustainability. [...]

Named as Villa Saitan, this building has unique façade as the name. The name Saitan is from the words Sai and Tan. Sai can be described as variety of wonderful colors that make something more attractive. The word Tan is from the color of the shrine gates, vermilion. It is also the color of pale [...]

This is a 244 unit housing property, built in 1991 in the Kashi District of Fukuoka, Japan. This building consists of three stories high form two blocks. Each house in this high rise building has a private courtyard to let the light come into the center. The major material used for this Nexus Housing are [...]

Koen van Velsen finalist Mies van der Rohe Award 2011 As one of the six finalists for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2011, Rehabilitation Centre Groot Klimmendaal in the Netherlands was selected. The highest European distinction in architecture was the Mies van der Rohe Award. To distinguish [...]