Periscope Tower in Seinäjoki, Finland

Periscope Tower Seinäjoki building

Design: OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture

A giant wooden periscope structure that serves as an observation tower engaging the viewer in a dialogue with the landscape. With the help of a large mirror, everyone can enjoy views of the landscape.

Nutley Terrace Houses in Hampstead, London

Nutley Terrace

Design: Belsize Architects. Nutley Terrace is Located between a 1940s apartment block and a series of Edwardian town houses, with woodland to the rear, it introduces a contemporary profile, while mediating between the two adjacent architectural periods.

Duncan House, Stratford Student Flats

Duncan House Stratford Student Accommodation

Design: Hodder and Partners, architects. The University of London, in partnership with University Partnership Programmes close a £105m deal to house over 500 students in a new 33-storey building in Stratford.

Martha House in Mornington Peninsula beach property

Martha House

Architects: Ola Studio. The house is strong and designed to withstand the challenges that exist in coastal environments, however is offset by the expression of finely considered detail and proportion to promote a sense of lightness and warmth.

MISUNDERSTANDINGS Exhibition: FRAC Centre

MISUNDERSTANDINGS Exhibition at FRAC Centre

A show addressing one of the most important archives of architectural experiments worldwide: it opens a reflection on the operative value of museums and collections for the contemporary discourse and practice of architecture.

House of Trace, London home extension

House of Trace, London home extension

Design: Tsuruta Architects. Replacement of the original extension called for an intervention that could be a part of the original main building, without replicating classical vocabulary or gesture. The intent was to keep a sense of everyday memory.

Pensthorpe Play Barn, Fakenham, Norfolk

Pensthorpe Play Barn in Fakenham

Design: Adam Khan Architects

This building reinvents the familiar yet despised typology of indoor play centre, bringing sensory and haptic delight, user comfort, and a deep sustainability based on adaptability and environmental performance.

Liberty Museum New York Competition, NY

Liberty Museum New York Competition

Civil and social justice are the two most important fundamentals of human rights. The issues unequal civil rights and social injustice are not confined to a particular region and country but are a global phenomenon.

Espaco Espelho d’Agua Lisbon, Belém

Espaco Espelho d'Agua Lisbon

A 113 sqm vertical garden in new restaurant/gallery/concert venue next to the river in Belem, Lisbon. It wraps around the kitchen inserted into this renovated 1940s pavilion. Several windows cuts through the plant surface.

Motorway Maintenance Centre Salzburg Building

Motorway Maintenance Centre Salzburg

Design: Marte.Marte Architekten. Four different building parts around the central fuel station and three salt silos, simple and elegant blocks, are arranged around a courtyard. A single continuous eaves line connects all the parts of the building.

Mahmud Qabadu Mosque in Djedeida

Mahmud Gabadu Mosque

Design: Philippe Barriere Collective (PB+Co). This mosque has been designed to be a religious and urban landmark playing a key role within the rural community. The privileged setting signifies unity and centrality, reflecting the role played by Islam in everyday life.

Mies van der Rohe 2017 Award Nominations

Mies van der Rohe 2017 Award Nominations

The Jury members will shortlist 40 projects and select the 5 finalist works which they will visit in April 2017. The process will culminate with the Award Ceremony on May 26 at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, Barcelona, marking several days of Open Doors throughout Europe

Tiwag KWB Control Center Silz Building, Austria

Tiwag KWB Control Center Silz Austria

The new architectural design by Bechter Zaffignani Architekten for the power station control centre in Silz is a massive, tower-like, free-standing building. The dominant building on the site was and still remains the old turbine building