Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum by KSP Engel Jurgen Architekten

German studio KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten have completed an art museum in Nanjing, China, with a series of narrow rectangular slits across the facade. (more…)

from Dezeen by Catherine Warmann

Spanish Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 by EMBT

Shanghai Expo 2010: architectural photographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre is at Shanghai Expo 2010 this week and will be sending us some of the first photos of the completed pavilions, starting with the Spanish Pavilion by Miralles Tagliabue (EMBT). (more…)

from Dezeen by Marcus Fairs

Hill End Ecohouse by Riddel Architecture

Riddel Architecture of Queensland demolished a house in Brisbane, Australia, and then built a new home out of the salvaged materials. (more…)

from Dezeen by Catherine Warmann

Youth Center and Sports Complex

KOZ Architects projected the amazingly imaginative youth center and sports complex in Saint-Cloud, a western suburb in Paris, France. The child fun-house coexists with several older educational buildings and a residential development. The 1.600 square meter facility is unexpected and bold in its riotous use of colors both inside and out.

from CoolBoom by Sylvia

Finecube, Prefab House by Studio Aisslinger & Hotelier Josef Innerhof

Studio Aisslinger and hotelier Josef Innerhof originally designed this one-bedroom residence as an option for eco tourism near Bozen in northern Italy that would have a small impact on the natural landscape, but still let visitors experience beautiful sites.

from CubeMe by Chantal

Tamino would Smolenice Thermal Baths & Partner

Smolenicky & Partner Architektur of Zurich have completed thermal baths featuring oval apertures between tall wooden columns at Bad Ragaz, Switzerland. (more…)

from Dezeen by Rose Etherington

Theater 11 / EM2N

In the near future we will increasingly be confronted with the problem of building fabric from the 1960s and 1970s that no longer satisfies present-day functional and technical standards. One project that tackles this problem is the refurbishment of a theatre building in Zurich Nord, which, in order to run it as a going concern, required an additional 700 seats and a larger foyer.

Photo: © Hannes Henz

from Arch Daily by Nico Saieh

Jean Nouvel Paris skyscraper shelved

french architect jean nouvel's plans to build a high tech skyscraper in paris, have been put on hold after investors hard-hit by the global slowdown grew nervous. nouvel won the contract to build the signal tower in 2008 as part of an ambitious plan to rejuvenate la defense, the drab business district on paris's western edge. the project will become a reality once the economic crisis has eased,' nouvel said in a statement.

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