The Whale Bar, St Regis Hotel: Maldives resort

The Whale Bar, St Regis Hotel, The Maldives

A distinctive building shape evokes the whale shark. This elegant retreat uses light-oak interiors and a softly-lit neutral palette, fish-scale-like timber shingles and an amazing ceiling mural on oak panels.

Joali Resort Muravandhoo Island, Maldives Hotel

Joali Resort on Muravandhoo Island the Maldives

73 luxury villas, restaurants & communal spaces on Muravandhoo Island, North Maldives: Joali with interior design by Autoban respects the island’s nature, using layering and visual richness by building a delicate balance and good flow between the spaces.

Solar Well in Senegal, Water Resource Africa

Solar Well in Senegal

The structure surrounds the well to protect and give value to the water resource was designed by Raoul Vecchio Architect. The walls don’t create a closed space, but they include the context in the interior space.

Maldives Airport Economic Zone Mixed-use

Maldives Airport Economic Zone Mixed-use Development design by CAA

Ocean’s Heaven, Maldives Airport Economic Zone mixed use development design by CAA (Core of Architecture & Art) Architects seeks to alleviate the negative impact of buildings on the environment

A Blueprint for Africa’s Future Cities, Mauritius

Moka City Mauritius

A Blueprint for Africa’s Future Cities – Mauritius, the continent’s most progressive business orientated jurisdiction, has forward-thinking policies that have made the island nation ride the wave to the centre of investment and development.

Archasm Wilderness Pavilion Kenya Competition

Archasm Wilderness Pavilion Kenya Competition

Archasm Wilderness Pavilion Kenya Competition, East African design contest – “When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard” – with technological advancement, mankind becomes more apathetic about the natural ecosystem that it was once an indispensable part of.

Lagos’s Wooden Tower Nigeria

Lagos's Wooden Tower

The first Wooden Skyscraper proposed in Africa, designed by HKA | Hermann Kamte & Associates. Lagos’s Wooden Tower building introduces green construction to Africa’s largest city.

Bristol Zoological Society Field Research Centre

Bristol Zoological Society Field Research Centre Ankarafa Forest

Landscape architect Grant Associates has teamed up with Bristol Zoological Society (BZS) and fellow Bath based architect Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBStudios) in a project to save Madagascar’s critically endangered wildlife, including the blue-eyed black lemur, and their forest habitat.