Memory of Water: Museum Under the Baths of Caracalla
A new museum has been created under the Baths of Caracalla in Rome. It accommodates a collection of valuable but forgotten archaeological finds.
Do It Yourself: Affordable DIY Housing
A special kind of architectural project was honoured with a universal design award 2013: Future residents complete most of the interior finishing work of a basic dwelling structure themselves.
Antiquities Museum of Piraeus
The new Antiquities Museum of Piraeus is conceived through a spatial inversion, this industrial typology is reinvented as a cultural destination.
World’s First Re-locatable Research Centre in Antarctica
Halley VI Antarctic Research Station by Hugh Broughton Architects is signalling a new dawn for 21st century polar research.
Villa Valtanen – A Log House of the Year 2012
The wilderness hideaway combines ancient Finnish timber structures and modern architecture.
Monolithic Transparency: Research and Development Centre in Dogern
The primary design feature of the new research centre of the office furniture manufacturer Sedus Stoll is a textile skin made of glass fibre fabric.
Anisotropic Geometry: Pavilion Ban
'Ban' is the Chinese word for flower petals. The pavilion designed by Orproject for Beijing Design Week 2012 was constructed similar to the way that the stability of a flower is created by its bent ...
Multi-Functional Exhibition Space: KREOD Pavilion
Inspired by nature, organic in form and environmentally friendly: KREOD pavilion combines three 20 m² capsules in a variety of spatial configurations. The hexagonal structure is based on a simple ...
Dutch National Steel Prize 2012
Out of 158 entries and 14 nominations, six projects have been chosen in different categories. The winners have been announced on 4 October 2012.
Platform Coverings at Arnhem Central
The steel construction for the platform coverings and elevated footbridge for Arnhem’s train station was awarded the Dutch National Steel Prize 2012 for utility buildings.
