UZU: Tetsuya Matsui + Tomoko Murata

Bamboo Grove Hermitage Toyonaka property

Tetsuya Matsui + Tomoko Murata / UZU, Architects – Japanese buildings photos, architecture office – UZU Architects, studio, building designs

Montjuic Communications Tower: Calatrava building

Montjuic Communications Tower building mosaic

The Montjuïc Tower is 136m high and very stylised like many Calatrava buildings. It could be read as a piece of sculpture carved from pure white marble, or as half a dough-ring speared by a bloated toothpick

Public Attic Helsinki Building, Finland

Public Attic Helsinki Building

Attic is the memory of a house. In attic time is different. Attic is not routine, attic don’t have stress. All the objects are tied to stories. Attic is a narrative space. Also a city can have an attic. A public attic to reflect the collective subconscious.

CinemaxX Aarhus: Århus Cinema, Jylland

CinemaxX Aarhus building by CEBRA

CinemaxX Århus building design by CEBRA Architects: addressing a number of challenges posed by the cinema foyer’s architectural framework in the shopping centre Bruuns Galleri, Aarhus, Jutland.

Dawangjing District Masterplan Beijing buildings

Dawangjing District Masterplan Beijing buildings

The Chicago and China offices of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) have designed an urban model showcasing integrated solutions for energy, water conservation and transit systems in Beijing’s Dawangjing District.

Chicago Spire Site Competition, Mine the Gap

Chicago Spire Site Competition, Mine the Gap

The Chicago Architectural Club is pleased to announce the 2010 Chicago Prize Competition: MINE THE GAP, a single-stage international design ideas competition dedicated to examining one of the most visible scars left after the collapse of the real estate market in Chicago.