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Images of the exhibition entitled “OMA in Beijing: China Central Television Headquarters by Ole Scheeren and Rem Koolhaas”, going on at the MoMA [designws.com]. source > dezain.net

Chile > The Epullay Montessori School designed by Saez Joannon Associated Architects in Santiago [Plataforma Arquitectura].

Recent images of construction site for the New Museum of Contemporary Art designed by Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA in New York > Flickr

Two buildings designed by British architect Norman Foster for the Campus of Justice in Madrid were unveiled to the public [Urbanity.es / Telemadrid / 20minutos.es].

Other times we’ve talked about the “Containers’ Architecture“, presenting works conceived by LOT-EK, like CHK (Container Home Kit) and New York UNIQLO Container Store. We also discovered V.BOX in Singapore and Freitag concept store (Switzerland), made by 17 containers. Today we introduce Container City, a modular system to design low-cost dwellings, shops and schools… [Brand […]

Mexico City > Inspired by functionalism, the Vladimir Kaspé Cultural Center, designed by architects Gerardo Broissin / Jorge Hernández de la Garza / Gabriel Covarrubias, was conceived with an acute sense of scale and a clear space, into the present La Salle University campus… >>>

Ebeling House, designed by German firm ArchiFactory.de, is situated in a southern suburb of Dortmund. The wooden monolithic block contrasts with the inclined roofs of sixty years old chalets. Kept in its sculptured shell, the house is visible only through some windows, aligned to the planking made by hardwood tables. Inside there is a basic […]

Hitoshi Abe granted an interview to designboom. More >>>

Tea house on bunker, UNStudio > The ancient Dutch bunkers were built along the water line used for defence in XIX Century. An organized, articulated system of floodgates let the water inundate the land in case of military attacks. Afterwards, the bunkers were added with a structure intended as a retreat offering the maximum privacy… […]

Buenos Aires > On November 14th, 2006 Foster + Partners unveiled their first project in Latin America, The Aleph, that will be developed by Faena Group in Puerto Madero. Inauguration is scheduled for 2010… More > fosterandpartners.com

Dwelling in Morina (Czech Republic) > Most customers of ARCHTEAM‘s peculiar houses have limited budget, to build poor or prefab dwellings. In general, when designing a house, members of this architecture firm have at their own disposition not enough money to fund extended projects. However, even if financing is a relevant factor, those economic restraints […]

Video of the VIP lounge designed by Karim Rashid for the Deutsche Bank and presented at Art Cologne 2006 [vernissage.tv].