This building by architects Abbas Riahi Fard + Farinaz Razavi Nikoo is set on an area of 1100 sqm in Tehran, Iran.

Images: Parham Taghioff

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The most interesting use of light we’ve seen in a while. Bassam El-Okeily Architecture.

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Architect Iñaqui Carnicero Alonso-Colmenares has designed this house in Los Peñascales, Madrid, Spain. Surely wouldn’t mind living in it.

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The cleanest of white lines at the Plus House by Mount Fuji Architects Studio.
Images: Ken’ichi Suzuki

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This beautiful blown glass Ventricle Vase from Tsunami Glassworks is made to order in three different sizes.

Liebskind’s Grand Canal Theatre brings a new edge to Dublin’s docklands.

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The new Museum of Art in Tampa, Florida, designed by Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects marries cutting edge design with a reflection on its content and use.

Images: Richard Barnes & James Ostrand
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Design: ACXT
Location: Boroa, Amorebieta-Etxano, Biscay, Spain
Project Architects: Javier Pérez Uribarri, Xabier Aparicio Ortega
Total Floor Area: 19,006 sqm (Phase I)
Project Year: 2006-2007
Construction Year: 2007-2008
Images: Aitor Ortiz
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Casa G
Design: Gudmundur Jonsson
Location: Iceland
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The Archipod
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Borgafjörður College
Design: Kurtogpi Architectural Office
Location: Borgarnes, Iceland
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Helsinki Seafarers’ Centre
Design: ARK-house Architects
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Jussi Tiainen
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AR House
Design: Katsufumi Kubota
Location: Oita, Japan
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Roca Sink Plate Washbasin Unit
Design: Maria Ovchinnikova
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Williams Studio
Architects: gh3
Location: Lakefield, Ontario, Canada
Project Area: 167 sqm
Construction Year: 2007
Images: Larry Williams
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Moebius House
Design: Tony Owen Partners
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Concrete House
Design: BAK Architects
Location: Mar Azul Forest, Argentina
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Partyrent Building
Design: Jarosch Architektur
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Site Area: 12,000 sqm
Project Area: 3,154 sqm
Project Year: 2008-2009
Images: Jarosch Architektur
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Taking the classic children’s tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears as its starting point, Sit Down invites the visitor to consider just what makes a successful seat. Is it comfort? Is it style? Or ease of use?
The exhibition is open from 6th February till 5th September at the V&A Museum of Childhood.

Vivienne Westwood designs wallpaper for Cole + Son

Kobe Portisland Factory
Design: Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects

Cocoon
Design: Camenzind Evolution
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Project Area: 1,900 sqm
Budget: US $8,800,000
Project year: 2006-2007
Photography: Camenzind Evolution

Fluxus
Design: Michela Vianello + Karim Rashid
Fluxus is a fabric made from 80 000 hand-made knit Murano glass elements, which come in five colors and covers a surface area of 60 square meters. it is lit by 5 000 punctiform halogen lamps distributed across the internal surface of the wave.

Kiltro House
Design: Supersudaka
Location: Talca, Chile
Project Area: 104 sqm
Budget: U$80,000
Project Year: 2006–2008
Photography: Supersudaka

Amangiri Hotel
Location: Canyon Point, Utah

Nok Sung Hun
Design: IROJE KHM Architects
Location: GuMiDong, BunDang, SungNam, Korea
Site area: 608 sqm
Bldg. area: 273 sqm
Gross floor area: 330 sqm
Photography: JongOh Kim

‘Sofa Dress’
Design: MAEZM

Rothoblaas Offices
Architect: monovolume architecture + design
Location: Kurtatsch, Italy
Project manager: Pedó Pobitzer
Project team: Christian Gold, Barbara Waldboth, Amgelika Mair
Structural Engineering: Baucon Bozen (Ing. Neulichedl Simon)
Client: Rothoblaas limited Company
Building area: 3,700 sqm
Budget: 5,5 Mil. Euro
Project year: 2005
Photographs: Oskar Da Riz

The Blatz Brewery
Architects: Johnsen Schmaling
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Project team: Brian Johnsen, AIA; Sebastian Schmaling, AIA
Project Area: 836 sqm
Project year: 2007
Photography: Kevin Miyazaki

Z House
Architect: Hohyun Park + Hyunjoo Kim
Location: Gwangju Si, Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea
Use: Residential
Structure: Reinforced Concrete
Exterior Finishes: Black Zinc, Basalt, Red Cedar, Slate
Interior Finishes: Paint, Cedar, Pine, Wenge Flooring, Wenge& Zebrano staircase, Slate
Design year: 2007-2008
Construction year: 2008-2009
Site Area: 805 sqm
Gross Floor Area: 287,5 sqm
Building Area: 189,64 sqm
Landscaping Area: 615,36 sqm
Gross Floor Ratio: 26.89%
Building Coverage Ratio: 23.56%
Photographs: Hohyun Park + Hyunjoo Kim

The Lanvin-Bernick Centre for University Life
Architects: VJAA in association with James Carpenter Design Associates + Transsolar
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Client: Tulane University
Constructed area: 13,750 sqm
Budget: US $28,000,000
Project year: 2007
Photographs: Paul Crosby

Architects: Suppose Design Office
Location: Otake City, Hiroshima, Japan
Site area: 372.63 sqm
Building area: 56.99 sqm
Total floor area: 115.51 sqm
Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano from Nacasa&Partners Inc.

55, Blair Road
Architects: Ong & Ong Pte Ltd
Location: Singapore
Interior design: YPS
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Derek Swalwell

The Shard
Architect: Renzo Piano
Height: 309.67m
Location, London, UK

Social Condenser
Design: Blank Studio
Location: Superior, AZ, USA
Constructed Area: 120 sqm + 42 sqm of outdoor dining terrace
Project year: 2007
Photography: Bill Timmerman

House on Water
Design: formodesign

Light Wave
Design: Till Grosch

Le Bellechase
Design: Christian Lacroix
Location: 8, Rue de Bellechasse, Paris

WISA Wooden Design Hotel
Architect: Pieta-Linda Auttila
Location: Valkosaari island in Southern Harbour of Helsinki, Finland
Construction: 30 to 40 m² / 150 m³
Project Year: 2009
Photography: UPM

Maison Martin Margiela Launches Houseware Line