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Modernisme in Barcelona

For one weekend every year in Barcelona, the doors open to fascinating buildings that people generally do not get to see. The most exciting structures are residential buildings from the Modernisme era.

BIM strategies in architectural offices

These days digital tools are enabling increasingly perfect design presentations within a short time span. But this in turn leads both to heightened expectations on the part of clients, and a declining willingness for abstraction, says Johannes Kressner of Kleihues + Kleihues Architekten.

Three residences topped off

Three long, hipped roofs now crown the new inner-city addition to the University of Vigo atop three refurbished former residential buildings by the harbour.

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Reinterpretation of the historical predecessor

Actually, this small weekend house in the southern Moravian village of Bukovany was only supposed to be renovated. However, it turned out to be so dilapidated that the architects rebuilt it in the same shape and size; they also expanded it by a new wing with a sauna and pool on the roof.

Cradle-to-cradle

The Circular Tiny House on the design campus of the Coburg University of Applied Sciences is particularly special, for it is made exclusively of reused, renewable and regenerative materials.

An urban living room with a granite shell

The whale-like new building on the banks of the Futun River in southeastern China brings together a regional historical museum and an urban-planning centre. The architects have created new public outdoor areas both under and on top of the structure.

Regional typology

In the Chinese province of Fujian, More Than Arch Studio have designed a courtyard house with a labyrinthine interior.

XXL-size courtyard home

Working for two business brothers, More Than Arch Studio has built a residential complex on the southern Chinese coast that interlinks indoor and outdoor spaces, open and private areas into a fascinating whole.

A green oasis in a newly developed area

This single-family home by Studio Patricia Meneses in the central Mexican city of San Luís Potosí is radically different from its neighbours in the peripheral residential area: four cubes comprising living and sleeping areas are accessed by an exterior staircase.

From ravine to cavern

The holiday home in a secluded area near the Mexican city of Morelia seems to disappear into the landscape.

From gorge to cave

This weekend house located in a secluded area near the Mexican city of Morelia virtually disappears into the landscape.

Playing with various room heights

For this subsidized-apartment building in Strasbourg-Neuhof, whose exterior appears quite simple, Kuhn und Lehmann developed a split-level concept featuring various room heights that can be discerned from the chessboard-like facade.

A media hub under one roof

In Oslo, Atelier Oslo and Kima Arkitektur have transformed two historical buildings into the Norwegian Press House. This combination of old and new creates a media-driven hub.

Room to grow

Lacaton & Vassal as a model:  Following the house-in-house principle, an affordable single-family home that can easily be expanded as needed has been created in Brandenburg.

Outside old, inside new

Near Segovia, Spanish studio Roberto Lebrero have transformed several ruined buildings into a single-family home. Recycled materials, characteristic stone facades and a modern touch now define Casa Fru.

A new building in an historical context

With the New Library at Magdalene College, Níall McLaughlin Architects add a contemporary note to the historical brick architecture of the university town without breaking with tradition.