The new California Academy of Sciences houses the Kimball Natural History Museum, Steinhart Aquarium and Morrison Planetarium, along with eight scientific research departments and over 20 million scientific specimens.
The design unifies the Academy’s original array of twelve buildings, which were built over eight decades, into a single modern landmark that places a visual and [...]

Building the Tram stop was an opportunity to give back to the city a space that had been taken from it; transform a roundabout in a public square.
The frontal access to the platforms is reached in 32 possible ways trought a fractionated system of paths that get round the existing vegetation. Over them, two hollow [...]

The Belgian architectural and interior office Buro II sent us this impressive house made from an old barn. More pictures and text after the break.
Together with Hendrik Vermoortel, Rita Huys runs the Belgian architectural and interior design office BURO II/BURO Interior, which was also the office commissioned for the farmhouse conversion located among the rolling [...]

Love River penetrates the industrial city, Kaohsiung. In recent years, the revitalization of the Love River has turned the river banks and its adjacent land from urban run-down area to popular recreation and tourist attractions. The project “Heart of Love River” is the key element of this important environmental revolution. Its importance is three-fold: bringing [...]