Yellow Tree House, New Zealand by Pacific Environment Architects

The Yellow Tree House by Pacific Environment Architects is built around a redwood tree, which is over 40m high and has a 1.7m diameter at its base, located north of Auckland, New Zealand.

from CubeMe by Chantal

Western Red Cedar Architectural Design Award Winners

WRCLA WINNER - Sponsor Award Winner for the WRCLA:
Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY

Wooden House by Atelier Martel

Paris architects Atelier Martel have completed a house with four gabled facades in the Vosges mountains in France.

from Dezeen by Rose Etherington

Today's archidose #322

Here's a few views Aqua Tower in Chicago, Illinois by Studio Gang nearing completion.

Photographs are by karla kaulfuss.
from A Daily Dose of Architecture by John

zaha hadid architects: cairo expo city

zaha hadid architects has been awarded first prize in the cairo expo city competition
together with global engineering consultancy buro happold.

the winning design for cairo expo city is a 450,000 square metre, state of the art city for exhibitions and conferences, located between the centre of cairo and the city’s airport. the project comprises a major international exhibition and conference centre with business hotel. a further office tower and a shopping centre are also proposed.

from Designboom - Weblog

House in Jigozen by Suppose Design Office

Here’s a project from Japanese architects Suppose Design Office: a residential project in Jigozen, Japan.

from Dezeen by Brad Turner

Flowing Gardens / Plasma Studio

London-based Plasma Studio will begin construction on the International Horticultural Fair Complex in Xi’an, China this year. The project, entitled Flowing Gardens, features the redevelopment of a large area of land that acts as a ‘synthesis of horticulture and technology where landscape and architecture converge at a sustainable and integral vision’.

from Arch Daily by Karen Cilento

Outpost / OSKA Architects

Set in the remote and harsh high desert landscape of Idaho, Outpost is a residence and studio/workshop for making and displaying art. An important aspect of the complex is the protected “paradise garden,” which is separated from the wild landscape by thick concrete walls. The materials used in the structure, including concrete block, car-decking, and plywood, require little or no maintenance, and are capable of withstanding the extreme weather that characterize the desert’s four seasons.

from Arch Daily by Nico Saieh