Motel 6 has unveiled theirPhoenix Prototype. Still affordable, it has been redesigned with rooms by Priestman Goode and Building design by Boka Powell. Construction begins later this year.

An amazing botnical garden with a superstructure called Orquideorama, located in Medellín, Colombia. This steel and wood structure in an hexagonal shape extends through its organic shape.

Beautiful industrial , architectural, and landscape work from Canadian photgrapher Kristopher Grunert.

The Element house by Sami Rintala in Bisan Urban Natural Park, Anyang Resort, South Korea. The house is not to live in but for passers-by who wish to halt, rest and make their own understanding and use of a simple space made of matter and light.

The summerhouse is a seasonal hideaway for a Hackney-based family of four, designed by Ullmayer Sylvester Architects. Simple structure but the mirror siding makes the whole thing much more interesting, and helps to enlarge the garden.

The amazing, abandoned resort of San Zhi in Taiwan.

Colorful renovation of a kitchen in West London, by Surface Architects. Great to see someone having the guts to use strong colors in a kitchen!

An aluzinc cladding house in the Chilean south., its bronze color looks great with any ligthing. By Pezo von Ellrichshausen Architects, with pictures by Cristobal Palma.

Residencial Alviento is a great building of a seven apartment building constructed on a plot of land located on the top of a mountain that overlooks the Bay of Puerto Marques in Acapulco, Mexico. By Mexican Bunker Arquitectura.

A brand new daycare in Zaragoza, Spain. A very minimalistic and sleek building by Carroquino Finner Arquitectos.

A mixture between a glass and a patio house in Ecuador, by Arquitectura X

Peerutin Architects has design a 550 sqm luxury home in the affluent Cape Town suburb of Camps Bay. Clean and nice lines, and I love the pool.

The Marcel Breuer-designed Wolfson Trailer House. Located in Dutchess County, NY, this iconic house has a fabulous artist's studio by Tip Dorsel.

Mansilla + Tuñón Arquitectos has created a stunning building for the Contemporary Arts Museum of Castilla y León. The building is made up of seemingly simple lines, but the building is, somehow, very inviting anyway.

Offices for a nature oriented company, witha great landscape work for integration with the surroundings, located in Mexico. By CC Arquitectos.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is now open for business. The vault is planned to hold "backups" of 100 million seeds from of all over the world. And it looks like a super villain hideout.

Office for CIME by AD11 Architects in Guadalajara, México. A very stylish design on an historic neighborhood.

Gorgeous house by Tom Kundig. The house is essentially a collection of attached wood boxes springing from three stone piers that bridge the natural undulations of a hill.

With the aim if designing a Swedish functional house, Landström Arkitekter drew the Swedish ambassadors humble abode in Pretoria. A great 700 square meter building filled to the brim with the best Swedish design.

Construction progress of the new Oslo Opera House by Snoetta Architects. The project is based on slopes, converting the roof in a massive public space.

The beautiful entrance pavilion at the Trumpf factory in Ditzingen is designed by Barkow Leibinger and the lightweight structure is by the master of lightweight structures Werner Sobek.

An amazing library in Colombia by Giancarlo Mazzanti. Three artificial rocks in the top of a jungleish hill with an spectacular view of Santo Domingo.

AquaDom at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Berlin is the world largest cylinder aquarium. It holds about 900 000 liters of sea water and some 2600 fishes. Amazing!

Melrose Gardens, by Scape Architects, is a three-storey extension to the rear of a Victorian terraced house in West London. Great with a house that can surprise with a modern and clean interior.

Glass, concrete and oak make up this stunning lake house in Innisfil, Ontarioa, by Canadian Kohn Shnier.

A nice concrete library in Medellín, Colombia. Three volumes articulated by a curve building serve as public space to the community, while connecting separate neighborhoods of the city. By Giancarlo Mazzanti.

A studio and library for Andrew Berman, a writer on Long Island.

Meydan Umrayine Retail Complex & Multiplex, a topographic mall in Turkey by FOA. An innovative non-box mall model.

Casa Mar Azul by Argentinian BAK Arquitectos is like a bunker mixed with the stylish lines of a modern prefab house. Love the raw concrete and no fuzz furniture.

Norwegian architect Tommie Wilhelmsen teamed up with Husgalleriet to bring us all this lovely house at Vivendelstien 10 in Stavanger, Norway. The interior isn't bad either...

The Nordic Watercolour Museum in Skärhamn. Sweden almost of floats on the water. Very beautiful museum. Drawn by Danish architects Niels Bruun och Henrik Corfitsen.

It's not too often that you find nice looking sports centers. This sport center is located on Iceland and was drawn by Arkitektur.is. I really like the white polished walls and the stone pile resting on one of the sides.

A compact concrete house. Its shape is determined by the plot restrictions. Features an inner patio for cross ventilation and natural lighting. By H Arquitectes in Catalunya, Spain.

Epullay Montessori School, located next to the Andes in Santiago de Chile. By Saez Joannon Arquitectos.

With stone floors to kill for Eddy Francois & Caroline de Wolfs has created a beautiful stone villa in the middle of forest. And oh, don't miss the pool in the basement!

Birdhouses based on historical architectural models and made on a 1:33 scale. There are five different models, all are stunning and for sale. Site is in German, but they have a pdf price list.

Czech clothing company UAX has a great office/store designed by Kamil Mrva Architects. I really like the contrast between the old and the new structures.

Another great structure by Kamil Mrva Architects. Raw concrete blocks, wooden paneling and glass with aluminium frames make up this house in the middle of an ancient orchard.

Gatica House by Felipe Assadi and Francisca Pulido. A contemporary modern house in chilean countryside.

A Bathing Ape renovated their Shibuya store in Japan and as usual it was designed by architects Wonderwall and as usual its really impressive!

OS house. Located in Cantabria, Spain, this house builds an inner yard to get an open space protected from winds, while taking advantage of solar gain and cross ventilation and integrating with the landscape through a green roof. By Nolaster Arquitectos.

TAF Arkitektkontor had designed this low budget staircase, made out of stacked pine boxes. The opening between the ground floor and the attic was too narrow to construct a regular stair so they were forced to come up with a a better solution.

Yet another beautiful villa in the Swedish archipelago. This time by Arkitektstudio Widjedal Racki Bergerhoff . It's like villa is built around the great view.

Impressive synagogue by Peter Schmitz. I really like they way the windows are folded into the star of David and the levels in the ceiling.