Democratic Republic of Congo Schools, DRC

Democratic Republic of Congo Schools, DRC Buildings site hill

A severely under developed country, the DRC has been ravaged by war and lacks infrastructure. Women face high levels of gender-based violence and young men are co-opted by rebel groups that spread conflict and insecurity across the nation

Santralistanbul Museum of Contemporary Arts

The first power plant of the Ottoman Empire was built at the point where the Golden Horn ends. Its construction began in 1910 and the plant was in operation until 1984. Construction continued until the last boiler room was built in 1957.

Four-Leaf Clover Kindergarten Slovenia

Four-Leaf Clover Kindergarten

Kindergarten Ribnica, Slovenian nursery building design by Ofis Arhitekti: the plot of the building is a four-leaf clover from which each leaf represents one department with associated facilities.

Zona de Banys Barcelona Forum Bathing Zone

Zona de Banys Barcelona Forum Bathing Zone

A series of pontoons reach into a thin stretch of water protected from the Mediterranean by a riot of huge concrete blocks, with a skeletal spine marking a boundary with the Auditoria Park just inland.

Burj Khalifa Skyscraper Dubai tower

The world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa (formerly known as Burj Dubai), officially opened Jan. 4 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Architect Adrian Smith, who designed Burj Khalifa while at the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, attended the opening ceremonies

W Hoboken Hotel New York Building

W Hoboken Hotel New York building interior

W Hoboken Hotel, New York Building, Project, Photo, News, Design, Property, Image W Hoboken Hotel Manhattan : 400 Fifth Avenue W New York-Downtown Accommodation & Residences, 400 Fifth Avenue, NYC, USA Jan 11, 2010 W Hoboken Hotel & Residences Manhattan Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects Redefines Hotel & Residence Design on Both Sides of the … Read more

Auditoria Park Barcelona, Diagonal Mar

Auditoria Park Barcelona, Diagonal Mar

Like the Yokohama Ferry Terminal also by Foreign Office Architecture this intervention fuses landscape with sculpture to make architecture: flowing and undulating tessellated strips run along the seafront to make ‘man-made dunes’.