Tongying Center InterContinental Hotel

Tongying Center InterContinental Hotel

Design Team: Tim Cheng, Hui Ren, Xin Qi. Entering the hotel, you can see book shelves and screens so high that they nearly reach the sky, it’s like the Ministry of Magic in Harry Potter with its strong sense of drama.

Varso Tower in Warsaw Building

Varso Tower

The building of a development, Varso Towers, comprising three buildings including an office tower designed by Foster + Partners, has begun with completion expected for 2020

House C131 in Franca, São Paulo

House C131

Design: mf+arquitetos. This open-plan contemporary villa in Franca, Brazil, is ideal for entertaining and has easy access to a private swimming pool in the garden: modern Brazilian residential property

Juha Leiviska Architect Finland

Kuopio church building by Juha Leiviskä

Finnish architect and academician Juha Leiviskä will have his 80th birthday in March. A map of his key works put together by architecture student Lari Ala-Pöllänen has been shared with e-architect

BECYCLE Boutique Fitness Studio Berlin

Becycle Boutique Fitness Studio

Design: Lien Tran Interior Design. BECYCLE is the first Boutique Fitness Studio in Berlin, Europe’s clubbing capital, to offer “high energy” spinning classes with hi-tech bikes and a nightclub atmosphere featuring music from live DJs.

Riverside House in Horinouchi Property

Riverside House in Horinouchi

Design: Mizuishi Architect Atelier. Riverside House is a very small house for a young family built on the triangle site where the river and the road cross and makes an acute angle.

Krøyers Plads Housing, Copenhagen homes

Krøyers Plads Housing Copenhagen

Krøyers Plads building design by Vilhelm Lauritzen Arkitekter and COBE, architects: a five-story housing project with a significant location in the centre of the Copenhagen harbour area – award-winning and Nordic Eco-labelled project

Vučedol Culture Museum Building

Vučedol Culture Museum Building

Design: Radionica Arhitekture; Ured ovlaštene arhitektice Vanja Ilić. The building is a path which the visitors climb to overcome the elevation difference of around 20m, from the access road to the plateau, on which the Vučedol culture archaeological findings have been discovered.

Tropical Pool House in Gravataí, Brasil

Tropical Pool House

Architects: Br3 arquitetos. Built in Gravataí, southern Brazil, this project was developed as s leisure area for an existing villa. This project includes the following: a pool, a deck and a bar.

CTBUH Annual Review 2016, Tall Buildings

Gateway Towers Complex

CTBUH Awards annual review of tall building construction trends – with 128 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater completed around the world – setting a new record for annual tall building completions.

Gmond International Building Shenzhen, Guangdong

Gmond International Building Shenzhen

Architect: Aedas. This building reflects the traditional Chinese totem of bamboo, rejuvenating the old town of Shenzhen. This 200-m super high-rise will house the headquarters for Tellus-Gmond, lettable office spaces and a jewellery trading centre.

Yangzhou Zhongshuge Bookstore

Yangzhou Zhongshuge Bookstore

Architect: X+Living. Walking through the front door of the Zhongshuge bookstore, the concept of arch bridge, the designer extends the visual sign of world of books. Rivers on the floor and in the sky which flow forward lead readers to go deeper into the vast ocean of knowledge.