San Francisco's Transbay Transit Center will host California's high-speed rail line, topped with 5.4-acre urban park on its roof, accessed by sky bridges and a funicular. Fountains in the park will activate when a bus passes underneath.

Nemo House, by Polish practice Mobius Architekci. The house was designed to integrate with the sloping site, from the higher side, it seems to emerge from the water.

New Tamayo Museum by Rojkind Arquitectos
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By Japanese designer Akasaka Shinichiro Atelier, the pyramid-shaped tents have successfully created an interesting skyline to its surroundings, making the “Snow Scape” more attractive.

A look inside the new Bape Pirate Store. As usual impeccable interior design with some nice gimmicks.

Singapore Civic & Culture Centre by Aedas is about to change the island civic and cultural signature as soon as 2011.

Organic architecture in Nashville neighborhood - you have to see this house!

Capilla Vallejos Arquitectos designed this simple -yet detailed- visitors center in Cantabria. I like the use of wood on the main volume, almost transparent when viewed from the right angle.

Incredible set of photos of the new Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China by Iwan Baan. The building, designed by Wang Shu from Amateur Architecture Studio, uses traditional chinese architecture in a contemporary way.

This pavilion by french architects Beckmann-N’Thépé brings a new space for social encounters on a housing project in Rouen, France. The plain steel structure contrasts with colorful interiors.

Wimbledon's Centre Court recently received a new retractable roof constructed out of translucent fabric. It stands to eliminate rain delays, ensure greater security for the grass courts, more comfortable viewing for fans.

Toyo Ito´s new tower in Barcelona. A sinuous tubular skin wraps this irregular building for the FIRA exhibition center. The 114m tall tower is expected to be completed during 2009.

According to the architect, this lofted forest house is a physical manifestation of the “fluidity and complexity of music.”

Seward Street Slides (& Corwin Community Garden) - San Francisco, CA. First opened May 21, 1973. Fun for big kids too!

Long Table Bangkok is claimed to be the longest dining table in the world. With an impressive 24 meters teak dining surface, long table seats around 70 peoples at one time.

The Georgica House by Bates Masi architects is a monochromatic cube shaped home with great white blank interior spaces. The walls were left blank at the request of the homeowners to make it seem like a gallery for their artwork collection.

Get a better look at all the 2009 Wallpaper Design Award Winners here. Lots of extra photos of each winner from each category.

The Mill House designed by Gert Wingardh from Wingardh Arkitektkontor is not only a family vacation house but it is a manifestation of the Swedish ritual of sauna and bathing.

Type Nesting. Do birds have a favorite font?

Svanen (The Svan) is a a new conference center, hotel, apartment and office building, dynamic 150 meter tall, to be built in the Swedish city of Gävle. Designed by Petrén Merom Arkitekter and Scheiwiller Svensson. Arkitektkontor.

"It’s not a pretty building, but it is heroic and dramatic." Andrew Melville Hall, design by James Sterling which has aged and weathered well with overgrown moss and lichen, had survived 40 years of age after it was completed in 1968.

The windows of Kartell's Milan flagship store have been transformed for design week into six room settings, each animated by a life size Barbie.

MOS architects and Tobias Putrih have created a precarious and beautiful installation at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art - with the help of some advanced scripting

Therme Vals Spa in Switzerland-one of the finest building by 2009 Pritzker Prize winner, Peter Zumthor back in 1996 while he was still unknown to the architectural public.

French architects ECDM designed this astonishing sports center in Sarcelles. I love both the structure and the fold on the skin to create the entrance.

A sexy stair for the Ayres store by argentinian architects Dieguez Fridman.

An industrial complex in the middle of the vast Argentinean landscape. The shape of the roof resembles the hills on the background, with subtle contrast.

Allard Architects shared with us Matchbox, their latest building in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, that just got approved by the Amsterdam Aesthetics Committee.

Brilliant radiator from Ad Hoc, like a water hose, it can be left hung on the hook, or spread around the house to heat specific areas.

toyo ito recently transformed this facade in barcelona spain, inspired in la pedrera from gaudi that lies across the street

Wonderful new ladies’ toilets at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London feature this geometric pattern by Swiss artist Felice Varini that can only be fully seen in the basin mirror.

Raumlabor´s inflatable structure, the Spacebuster, is currently moving around New York hosting community events.

Canadian architects Studio NminusOne designed a house for a professional snowboarder, achieving an interesting house, integrated with the landscape and framing the amazing views over the woods.

The Silberfisch Houseboat is a thoroughly modern floating home that also allows the flexibility of relocation on a whim and sports a ‘green’ roof planted with vegetation, producing zero emissions and utilising reclaimed wood where possible.

Guillermo Hevia Architects designed this eco friendly olive oil factory in the chilean countryside. The building blends with the local landscape, and has several passive energy strategies to reduce consumption.

Bamboo branches and steel are hand-tied with rattan to form a cocoon-like structure that morphs into the furniture in the bar, where you may sit and sip your champagnes. Z Bar by master Kenneth Cobonpue.

A beautiful concrete house, sunken into the chilean coast landscape. A stone interior garden is enclosed by the transparent house, creating an interior protected from the wind, but open to the views. By Izquierdo Lehmann.

san paolo church by massimiliano fuksas with a concrete cube suspended inside the structure giving natural light

kris ruhs: 'the sculptural terrace' at carla sozzani gallery, milan

L.E.FT + Studio hp AS designed an interesting vertical landscape project in Holmestrand, Norway, an elevator articulating several programatic pieces to connect the old part of the city with the new one.

Recent LOHA residential projects are bringing people back from the L.A. suburbs, into urban areas with great design and rich common spaces. Habitat 825 in West Hollywood is a colorful example.

‘A House‘ has been designed to achieve an ‘A’-Building Energy Rating, with a particular emphasis on the use of passive systems. By FKL architects.

French architects Polaris proposal for the ORDOS 100 project. A complex house, with beautifully illustrated concept renderings.

Architect Tadao Ando created an unusual guesthouse and gallery space in Tokyo for Takeo Obayashi. Unbelievable.