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School in Tama, Tokto by Kengo KumaSubscription
In applying historic Japanese building techniques to contemporary projects, Kengo Kuma orchestrates a synthesis of modernity and tradition, but does this approach go beyond an aesthetic level?
Book Mountain: MVRDV's Library in Spijkenisee, RotterdamSubscription
The short shelf life of this Dutch library’s collection enabled MVRDV to turn the spines out to face the town and invite in its inhabitants
The Parrish Museum on Long Island by Herzog & de Meuron, USASubscription
Synthesising allusions to the vernacular with contemporary abstraction, the new Parrish Art Museum encapsulates the changing dynamic between art, landscape and architecture
I Mosaici School, Herman Hertzberger in RomeSubscription
Roman Type: Lying low in a Roman suburb, Herman Hertzberger’s I Mosaici school offers a flexible new alternative to traditionalist Italian pedagogy
From Russia with Wood: Crumbling timber churches Subscription
Richard Davies captures the alluring dilapidation of wooden churches in the Russian north
Circular Reasoning: Tschumi's Interpretation Centre of the Muséo Parc AlésiaSubscription
Bernard Tschumi’s Interpretation Centre memorializes a Gallic hero with a resoundingly empty space
Swiss School in Grono by Raphael ZuberSubscription
Purist geometry and a sophisticated structure elevate this apparently modest project for a Swiss school into an expressive contemporary homage to Neo-Rationalism
Tetrarc's collective housing scheme in Nantes, FranceSubscription
Gabled roofs, green allotments and glazed winter gardens give this social housing in Nantes a welcome and liveable atmosphere
Arketip Housing by Emra Arolat in TurkeySubscription
This housing scheme in Istanbul reinterprets the typology of the residential courtyard block
Veil and grid: Library by Li Xiaodong, ChinaSubscription
The beautiful rippling veil of slim sticks and timber interior ensures this modest communal village library connects with its setting, stimulating both mind and eye
