Skill
Workshop by Studio Mumbai, Alibaug, India
Based in a plantation in Alibaug, the Studio Mumbai workshop demonstrates a return to craft
Halley VI Antarctic Research Station by Hugh Broughton Architects, Brunt Ice Self, Antarctica
Hugh Broughton Architects cracks a cladding conundrum its Antarctic research station on skis. Photography by Andy Cheatle, David Southwood and the British Antarctic Survey
British Pavilion by Heatherwick Studio, Shanghai, China
Thomas Heatherwick Studio’s quivering seed-studded pavilion for Expo 2010 Shanghai. Photography
Richmond Olympic Oval by Fast + EPP, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
The world’s longest glulam wood/steel arches at Richmond’s Olympic skating venue
RMIT Design Hub by Sean Godsell Architects, Melbourne, Australia
A nine story tower of flexible loft-like structures cloaked by 774 sequin-like glass discs
Osnaburgh Street Pavilion by Carmody Groarke, London, UK
Carmody Groarke’s refined, stainless steel Osnaburgh Pavilion. Photography by Luke Hayes
Mokuzai Kaikan Office by Tomohiko Yamanashi and Takeyuki Katsuya, Nikken Sekkei, Shinkiba, Tokyo, Japan
The Japanese Association of Wood Wholesalers’ fitting exemplar for the use of wood
Sustainable Mountain Hut by Studio Monte Rosa, Monte Rosa, Switzerland
The new Monte Rosa hut sits on Switzerland’s second highest Alpine peak, with impressive views of the neighbouring Matterhorn. Building in such a remote and inhospitable landscape presented huge challenges, not least the difficulties of transporting materials to the site
Forest of Net Pavilion by Twzuka Architects, Hakone Open-air Museum, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Twzuka Architects’ giant inverted bird’s nest of interlocked timber beams. Photography by Katsuhisa Kida/Fototeca
Serpentine Pavilion by SANAA, Serpentine Gallery, Hyde Park, London, UK
SANAA follow in the footsteps of Gehry, Eliasson and Thorsen, Koolhaas, Souto de Moura, Siza, Niemeyer, Ito, Libeskind and Hadid with their first UK commission at the Serpentine Gallery. Photography by Ludwig Abache
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Shiv Temple by Sameep Padora & Associates, Wadeshwar, Maharashtra, India
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Broacha House by Samira Rathod Design Associates, Alibaug, Maharashtra, India
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Radhika Villa by Vastushilpa Consultants, Ahmedabad, India
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Tahiliani Design Headquarters by Spa Design, Gurgaon, Delhi, India
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Belavali House by Studio Mumbai Architects, Badlapur, Maharashtra, India
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Devi Art Foundation by M/S Prabhaker B Bhagwat, Gurgaon, Delhi, India
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Indian Institute of Management by HCP Design, Ahmedabad, India
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House with Balls by Matharoo Associates, Ahmedabad, India
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Casa Kiké by Gianni Botsford Architects, Cahuita, Costa Rica
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Pittman Dowell Residence by Michael Maltzan, Los Angeles, USA
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The Water House by Li Xiaodong Atelier, Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China
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Aloni by Deca Architecture, Antiparos Island, Greece
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Love House by Takeshi Hosaka Architects, Yokohama, Japan
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El Ray by Simon Conder Associates, Dungeness Beach, Kent, UK
Marginalia
Miami Modern Metropolis edited by Allan T Shulman
[BOOK] This is ‘feel good’ in the sense of having a nice time in a pretty place
Learning from Delhi by Maurice Mitchell
[BOOK] An extraordinary field trip, seen as a journey of both discovery and un-learning
Dreamlands − Paris, France
[EXHIBITION] Challenging the idea that architecture is a lasting achievement
Max Dudler's Art Archive Beeskow − Germany
Berlin-based practice Max Dudler recently won a competition for the Art Archive Beeskow in Germany
Fascismo Abbandonato by Dan Dubowitz
[BOOK] There has clearly been a great reluctance to tackle buildings so tainted by ideology
Der Urbane Code Chinas by Dieter Hassenpflug
[BOOK] China has embraced media camouflage, with walls of pixels masking architecture
Luigi Moretti: From Rationalism to Informalism, Rome, Italy
[EXHIBITION] Ambiguity was an essential characteristic of Moretti’s architecture
Moss Your City by PUSHAK, London, UK
[EXHIBITION] PUSHAK’s spectacular moss landscape is intended to unify nature and architecture
De Chirico, Max Ernst, Magritte, Balthus: A look into the Invisible, Florence, Italy
[EXHIBITION] De Chirico’s name is synonymous with the disquiet that cities can provoke
Visual Planning and the Picturesque by Nikolaus Pevsner – Edited by Mathew Aitchison
[BOOK] Fitting planning principles for the page - Pevsner and the picturesque
