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2006 June: 'Midwest Modesty', Iowa Central Public Library by David Chipperfield (Iowa, USA) Subscription Required

2 March 2011 | By Annette Lecuyer

[ARCHIVE] As part of an ambitious landscape regeneration strategy, Chipperfield brings figure to the city grid through his Iowa Central Public Library

Aerial view of the pool and landscape complex

Aquatic centre by Paisajes Emergentes, Medellín, Colombia Subscription Required

25 January 2011 | By Michael Webb

Metal angles create surface relief - niches and grooves that catch the light. Photography by Iwan Baan

Aerial view of the four halls and the stadium

Four Sports Halls by Giancarlo Mazzanti and Felipe Mesa, Plan:B, Medellín, Colombia Subscription Required

25 January 2011 | By Michael Webb

Within each space of the sports halls, the structural skeleton is a metaphor for taut muscles and graceful leaps. Photography by Iwan Baan

After dark, the building reveals its spatial and functional complexity. Hoisted high on angular piloti, an elevated volume shelters an inside/outside sports court

House of Youth by Kersten + Kopp Architekten, Hamburg, Germany Subscription Required

21 December 2010 | By Ruth Slavid

Flashes of bright colour and unorthodox structural forms make it clear that this is a building of vigour. Photography by Klemens Ortmeyer

Shima Kitchen by Atelier Ryo Abe

Shima Kitchen by Atelier Ryo Abe, Teshima Island, Japan Subscription Required

24 November 2010

Emerging Architecture Awards 2010: Winner

The pool’s spookily pristine green inner realm is a lush urban oasis

Urban Valley Public Swimming Pool by DJ Arquitectura, Lobres, Spain Subscription Required

24 November 2010

Emerging Architecture Awards 2010: Highly Commended

The new centre attempts to impart a sense of the civic to its surroundings

Thusong Service Centre by Makeka Design Laboratory, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa Subscription Required

1 March 2010 | By Catherine Slessor

Mokena Makeka’s new sports community centre in a Cape Flats township shows how to make decent, dignified architecture that uplifts its surroundings. Photography by Dennis Gilbert

A light filled, arcade-like passage draws visitors through to the performance space at the back

An Gaeláras by O'Donnell + Tuomey, Derry, Northern Ireland Subscription Required

1 February 2010 | By Mark Hackett

O’Donnell + Tuomey create a coherent physical form for the rebirth of the Irish language. Photography by Dennis Gilbert

Giving very little away, the nursery presents bright yellow, ribbed concrete walls to the outside

Les Graines D'Etoiles Nursery by Atelier Fernandez & Serres, Aix en Provence, France Subscription Required

1 December 2009 | By Rob Gregory

The conspicuous bright yellow concrete structure announces the presence of Atelier Fernandez & Serres’ nursery in the countryside. Photography by Fernandez & Serres

Wrapped in a skin of gold anodised aluminium, the new (two storey) and existing (single storey) volumes are practically and poetically unified

Health Centre by SMS Arquitectos, Badies, Mallorca, Spain Subscription Required

1 December 2009 | By Catherine Slessor

SMS Arquitectos add a golden civic presence to the growing Mallorcan town of Badies. Photography by José Hevia

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Toda House by Kimihiko Okada

Raised House in Hiroshima by Kimihiko Okada Subscription Required

27 March 2012 | By Rob Gregory

Lifted in the air to exploit coastal views, this new family home unfolds around a continual promenade

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