Architecture
Zurich Elephant House boasts a domed wooden roof and swimming pools for animals
Japan scraps Zaha Hadid’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium
Crowdfunded Luchtsingel pedestrian bridge opens in Rotterdam
“The smart city blinds us to the possibility of political action”
RIBA Stirling Prize 2015 shortlist announced
White Block Gallery by SsD features fritted glass designed to evoke morning fog
Olson Kundig’s Tacoma Art Museum wing has movable screens that “roll like railroad box cars”
Woodland holiday home updated with rooftop extension facing up to the treetops
Henning Larsen’s university building has a facade that moves in response to changing heat and light
Oasis of Peace is a conceptual Israeli city that promotes peace through water management
Smart Design Studio adds concrete extension and pool to dilapidated Sydney villa
Pop Up Luggage Space by TomDavid has walls that recede like an “inverted umbrella”
Slabs of concrete frame glass walls of house near a Swiss lake by MLZD
Souto de Moura and Correia reference industrial dust collectors with auditorium in Portalegre
Conceptual Cirque du Soleil venue combines complex geometrical forms
Angled shipping container houses a staircase for Israeli port office by Potash Architects
Winy Maas: an “open heart” reveals the inner workings of MVRDV’s Pushed Slab office block
Zaha Hadid Architects embraces America as China turns against “weird architecture”
Today we like: kinetic architecture and moving buildings
Metal-clad power plant by Tzannes Associates is mounted on the roof of an old Sydney brewery
“The real problem with all this Fun is that it isn’t really very funny”
Bjarke Ingels could turn Battersea Power Station’s chimneys into sparking Tesla coils
Walkway extends over rooftop of Algarve farmhouse extension by Marlene Uldschmidt