Features

Même Experimental House
Kengo Kuma & Associates
Hokkaido, Japan

• Japan
• Educational

Located on the 185,000 m2 site of a former ranch in Taikicho, Hokkaido, Même Meadows is a unique research facility for studying design responses to the region’s harsh climate.

Features

Vander Urbani Resort
Sadar Vuga Arhitekti
Ljubljana, Slovenia

• Slovenia
• Hotels

Located on a narrow medieval street in the historic center of Ljubljana the Hotel Vander is constructed within the interior space of four adjacent historic buildings.

Features

CCTV Headquarters
OMA
Beijing, China

• China
• Government
• Offices

CCTV Headquarters, designed by OMA as a reinvention of the skyscraper as a loop, defies the skyscraper’s typical quest for ultimate height.

Exhibitions

Invisible Cities
MASS MoCA
North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
On view: April 15, 2012 - February 04, 2013

Titled after Italo Calvino's beloved book - which imagines Marco Polo's vivid descriptions of numerous cities of a fading empire to Kublai Khan - the exhibition features the work of ten diverse artists who re-imagine urban landscapes both familiar and fantastical.

Bookcase


Torre David: Informal Vertical Communities
By Alfredo Brillembourg & Hubert Klumpner 




Torre David, a 45-story skyscraper in Caracas designed by Venezuelan architect Enrique Gómez, was almost complete when it was abandoned following the collapse of the Venezuelan economy in 1994. Publisher: Lars Müller Publisher.