Beymen Tersane, Istanbul, Turkey luxury retailer

Beymen Tersane Istanbul Turkey luxury shopping

As part of the Tersane-i Âmire masterplan for the site’s transformation, OMA designed Beymen Tersane, a department store for the luxury retailer the Beymen Group in İstanbul, Turkey. The project introduces a series of freestanding structures within the existing shipyard halls, organizing the store as a sequence of galleries

Form, Force, and Finance: skyscraper design

Form, Force, and Finance: skyscraper design

Form, Force, and Finance. Look at any modern skyline and you are looking at a battlefield where human imagination competes with the laws of nature and the volatility of global markets. Today’s skyscrapers are no longer just functional vertical boxes. They are dynamic architectural statements

Trinity Residences, Pafos, Cyprus housing

Trinity Residences, Pafos, Cyprus housing design

Trinity Blocks A and B are side by side in Pafos, Cyprus, were designed by Vardastudio and constructed simultaneously. Both offer car parking on the ground floor, along with communal areas: shared swimming pools, barbecue areas for alfresco dining, children’s play areas

The Box in the Barn, Lázně Bělohrad, Jičín

The Box in the Barn Lázně Bělohrad Jičín

The Box in the Barn, Lázně Bělohrad, Czech Republic, is a small contemporary living unit freely inserted into an old barn. The project was conceived as a seasonal retreat for the client within a rural homestead. Facha architekti’s brief was initially open-ended — the first ideas considered the renovation of the residential part of the farmstead

Escala Humana Wines Winery, Mendoza, Argentina

Escala Humana Wines Winery Mendoza Argentina building

The Escala Humana Wines winery, designed by Monte Arquitectura de Autor + Rare Studio Experimental + Unamuno Arquitectura, in Mendoza, Argentina, on native land with complex biodiversity. Its placement is based on specific studies of soil types, native flora, fauna and entomology

House PV, São João do Estoril, Portugal home

House PV, São João do Estoril, Portugal home

Located in São João do Estoril, Portugal, House PV, by Nuno Nascimento Arquitectos, transforms an existing residential building. Rather than preserving or replacing it, the ambition was to uncover a new order capable of reconciling these accumulated layers into a single architectural presence

Casa TA, Quito, Ecuador property design

Casa TA Quito Ecuador spiral stair

The first element of Casa TA, Quito, Ecuador, that captures attention from the street is the roof: a ribbon of white concrete that bends, narrows, and folds over itself in a way that feels closer to origami than to conventional construction designed by Estudio Felipe Escudero

RY Architecture Without Ground, Turku, Finland

RY Architecture Without Ground, Turku, Finland

Designed by Architect Behrooz Chavshin, Architecture Without Ground explores a new model of living within the Turku Archipelago, Finland, where architecture no longer occupies land but moves gently across water. Guided by ecological intelligence and adaptive navigation systems

The Nest and Cascades, Tirana, Albania

The Nest and Cascades, Tirana, Albania building

ZHA announces the Nest encompasses a diverse range of apartments around a community park. The Cascades’ design comprises a new 120-room hotel wing, a 60-metre extension of the hotel’s existing swimming pool, as well as a new residential wing in Tirana, Albania

Valkhof Museum Nijmegen building: UNS

Valkhof Museum Nijmegen building design by UNS

Valkhof Museum Nijmegen building design by UNS architects: Dutch architecture for contemporary art and archaeology in the Netherlands. It has been reimagined for a new era

La Vallée Verte, Bordeaux, France housing

La Vallée Verte, Bordeaux, France housing

MVRDV has completed construction of La Vallée Verte, a residential project within the Bastide Niel district of Bordeaux, France. The plan retains the historic structures and layout of the district, surrounding these elements with narrow streets for shade and intimacy