Harvard University Northwest Science Building by Skidmore Owings & Merrill

The 530,000-sf building has three floors of highly flexible and adaptable research space; a floor of teaching labs and public space; a below-grade facility housing an advanced imaging facility, vivarium, science core support, anthropological collections; and a sky-lit suite of flexible classroom space at the B1 level. The design for this building addressed several challenges at once. These challenges included respecting neighborhood concerns; integrating... 

Canoes Landscape by Julio Barreno Arquitecto

Zahara de la Sierra is a small village in the south of Spain. It is situated on the top of a hill like a dense liquid flowing down along the slope. At its bottom, a concrete dam forms a reservoir. The town council plans to establish a recreation area embedded in a lower hill site which is next to the water reservoir. The landscape is shaped by small white pieces of housing based on the small size of the plots. The aerial view of this landscape is... 

Helsingborg Congress and Hotel Center by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects

The project consists of a 16,900 m2 congress and hotel facility and 17,100 m2 housing on the most attractive area of Helsingborg – the former central ferry dock Ångfärjan in the city center. The new facilities will play an important part in the ongoing development of the promenade running the length of the city waterfront. The building is characterized by a deformation of the grid into a crystalline expression that has coined the nick name “The...