Glazed office rises out of the ground with a dramatic tilting form

Rising out of the ground with a dramatic tilting overall form, the recently completed Turbosealtech New Incubator and Office building, by New Wave Architecture, serves as a light-filled office space and business incubator in Iran.

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Walkable rooftops interconnect family home on a slope in Ecuador

Ecuadorian architectural firm El Sindicato has created a unique family home built into a slope. The home features three distinct structures that are joined via walkable rooftops, interior glass corridors and a series of intertwining private gardens.

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House of Music nestles into trees with undulating perforated roof

Looking like a big holey pancake nestled among the trees, the House of Music, Hungary continues Sou Fujimoto Architects' practice of producing eye-catching works with a new museum conceived as a continuation of the park landscape it's located in.

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UK McDonald’s offers fries with a side of sustainability

A new McDonald's has been designed with sustainability in mind. Hailed by the fast-food giant as the UK's "first Net Zero Carbon Restaurant," it was built using recycled materials and features solar panels and wind turbines for its energy needs.

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Glass-walled library envisioned as a tree-filled forest

Snøhetta's Beijing Sub-Center Library will feature glazed walls and tree-shaped columns, as well as a forest canopy-like roof. Visitors will enjoy a light-filled environment that plays on the idea of sitting under a tree and reading a book.

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Robots pitch in to build wooden hanging gardens in Switzerland

If you were building a wooden structure by hand, it would be hard to lift the wooden components, place them in alignment, then keep them aligned as they were glued together. That's why a Swiss team is using robots to shoulder much of the workload.

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Qatar sports stadium designed to look like a huge nomadic tent

Taking the overall form of a massive nomadic tent pitched in the Qatar desert landscape, the Al Bayt Stadium is yet another major stadium to be inaugurated ready for the upcoming FIFA World Cup soccer tournament being held in the country next year.

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Britain’s best new home offers artful balance of old and new

This year's winner of the prestigious RIBA House of the Year competition has been announced. The award has gone to Alison Brooks Architects for its sympathetic work renovating and extending a stone farmhouse in Gloucestershire, England.

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Buried Avocado House disappears into beautiful Mexican landscape

Hired to design a vacation home in an avocado field while leaving the field itself intact, Francisco Pardo Arquitecto decided on the radical plan of burying it. The resulting Avocado House blends into the landscape so well that it's barely visible.

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