The Middle East Centre of St. Antony’s College by Zaha Hadid Architects

The Middle East Centre of St. Antony’s College is the University of Oxford’s centre for interdisciplinary study of the Modern Middle East. The centre was founded in 1957 and it is focused on research on humanities and social sciences with a wide reference to the Arab World and its geographic adjacencies. The Centre research core is a specialized library and substantial paper and photographic archive... 

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Remodeled Ranch at East Phoenix

Featured in Kitchens and Baths magazine, this home truly stands out from the rest. Do not be fooled by the modest exterior for the moment you walk inside you will not believe it. Professionally remodeled kitchen with custom built cabinets, Avonite countertops, Bosch appl’s. Custom ligting throughout. Custom built-ins throughout. Remodeled bathrooms include Kohler, Duravit. All in a convenient... 

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Torre Mare Nostrum by Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue

This building is designed by the prestigious architect from Barcelona Enric Miralles and by Benedetta Tagliabue, who won the call for ideas for the Gas Natural Group’s new head office. The proposal by the EMBT studio is characterised by a spectacular 20-storey glass tower which, given its sinuous, modern architecture has already become a landmark on the skyline of Barcelona. A horizontal building... 

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Temple Har Shalom Combines Art, Architecture, Judaism and Skiing

Put together a world-renown Japanese ceramic artist, a world-class German architect, 35 acres of pristine land in the mountains of Utah, a quest for spirituality, and the result is probably not what you would expect. After 14 years of rented office space converted into sanctuaries and classrooms, the Jewish community of Park City, Utah has opened the doors to its first synagogue, Temple Har Shalom,... 

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Tec House Raffle 167, a luxury house by GLR Arquitectos

Since 50 years ago, the Technological Institute and Superior Studies of Monterrey, (ITESM), has been making this traditional raffle of a luxury house, in order to reunite to bottoms for scholarships and new buildings in its University Campus. At the moment Tec raffle makes four raffles every year, with houses furnished and decorated with superior value to the 2 million dollars each one. Located in... 

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Contemporary Crystal Brick house, Japan

The major request from the client is the space both for two family should be sunny and bright like the various crystals which gathered by the client as their hobby. We had intended to make architecture which wall is made of glass blocks which works as the structure itself considering the request from the client from the beginning. We collaborated with structural engineers, manufacturing interests,... 

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Vagg Residence Interior Design by Matt Gibson

This project involved the sub-division and renovation of a semi-detached Victorian bluestone cottage with an individual heritage listing. The client purchased this property with pre-existing Planning & Building permits to sub-divide the site and construct two 2 storey precast- concrete dwellings over 2 property Titles. The existing site contained a 19th century derelict bluestone fronted Victorian... 

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Michael Schumacher Tower

The Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower, the first in a series of seven towers to be built worldwide. A unique branding concept envisioned by Joachim Swensson, founder of branding specialists PNYG:COMPANY, the building represents branded architecture’s next step. “The Tower marks a departure from traditional architectural thinking”, state the architects Chris Bosse and Tobias Wallisser. [e-architect]

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Andean Santa Marta

The bodies of offices and personnel services are highlighted by contrast of materiality and scale, in which the livability and quality of the spaces are achieved through the scale, lighting and sound expressed in its materiality in the light of concrete and glass. [architectures design]

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