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WeWork has come to India

The American company WeWork has finally launched its first co-working spaces in India. Situated in the downtown Bengaluru, the 8 floors of shared workspaces by WeWork are designed by Creative…

New Swatch HQ by Shigeru Ban is the world’s largest timber structure.

Swatch has finally inaugurated the new headquarters in northwestern Switzerland designed by Shigeru Ban. The architect has always been known for using materials innovatively in architecture and this time he…

Suppose Design Office reinterprets the Japanese traditional elements

For the new design of the tech company Slack, Local architecture firm Suppose Design Office has reimagined traditional elements of Japanese architecture. The office periphery which overlooks the city’s Imperial…

New office block of Adidas personates a sports arena

Named the World of Sports Arena, the new office block at Adidas HQ in Herzogenaurach, Germany looks more like a soccer stadium. Standing at the southern entrance to the World…

Major urban renewal project in Italy leaded by Stefano Boeri Architetti (SBA), Metrogramma and Inside Outside

‘Parco del Ponte’ a major urban renewal project for the Italian city of Genoa will be led by a team of Stefano Boeri Architetti, Metrogramma Milano and Inside Outside.  The…

Extension to the Florida’s Mennello Museum designed by Brooks + Scarpa and KMF

Florida’s Mennello Museum is undergoing expansion and the new addition is being designed in a joint venture by Brooks + Scarpa and KMF. Catering to the increased audiences, the new…

Agro-farm stay designed by Ahmedabad studio on the outskirts of Gir Lion Sanctuary

‘Aaranya’ an agricultural farm stay situated peripheral to the Gir Lion Sanctuary in Sasan is a modern translation of the much acclaimed vernacular style of architecture. Highlighting the terracotta tiled…

London Studio designs a sand ripple clock

A clock has been designed by the London based design studio Ayaskan, which uses sand by creating ripples to map the passage of time. The clock is an ode to…

Experience the new VR tours of The Palace of Versailles

A new application is developed which offers a virtual tour of The Palace of Versailles. One of its kind, this new experience it takes the viewers through Royal Grand Apartments,…

Grafton Architects has won the RIBA 2020 Royal Gold Medal

RIBA Royal Gold Medal for the year 2020, the UK’s highest honour for architecture has been awarded to the Dublin based firm Grafton Architects. The awardee every year is personally…

Beijing gets its tallest building designed by KPF Associates

Kohn Pederson Fox Associates (KPF) has designed CITIC Tower which has now become Beijing’s tallest building. Standing tall above other high rise structures, the vase-like form for the tower is…

Irthi Crafts Council strives to revive Emirati crafts

In a quest to empower the Bedouin craftswomen of the United Arab Emirates, Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council has initiated a collaboration of international artists with them in order to globalize…

Studio Bressan and Botter’s Italian timber poetry amidst the Alpines

The new ‘Congress and Exhibition Centre’ designed by Studio Bressan and Studio Botter is a poetry in timber overlooking the Alpines on the outskirts of Italian city Agordo. The centre…

Domed oculus becomes the vertical connection in Bangalore International Centre (BIC).

In a paradigm of concrete and brick, Bangalore International Centre is formed out of slim concrete frame encasing a steel framed glass box. Though the compact site has more limitations…

Mexican firm designs Escher- like arcades around a civic square

In order to revitalize public spaces that were once devastated due to an earthquake back in 2017, architecture firm Estudio MMX conceived a civic square to rebuild a communal space…