Jerusalem Social Housing & Medical Center responds to the vibrancy of its surroundings by a vital architecture.

Top 10 comic book cities. From Radiant City to Mega City One, the Architects’ Journal presents a selection of the greatest illustrated urban spaces, Tintin is number nine, follow the link to see what you think!!

The Plantagon, the geodesic dome farm, could be the way we produce food in the future.

Melbourne's Recital Centre featured previously as #22565, but this gorgeous piece from Ashton Raggatt McDougal (ARM) architects deserves a second look.

Artistic intervention in a breakwater located in A Guarda (Spain), by Artectura

The 2009 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion opens to public on Jul 12th at Hyde Park in London. The undulating aluminum structure designed by SANAA blends with the surrounding landscape. Photos by Iwan Baan.

A first look into the new Nooka NYC pop-up store, where the brand sells their latest timepieces, and also toys and their new fragrance.

Dive in and go for a swim in this Brooklyn swimming pool made out of dumpsters!

AWESOME ceramic proust chair designed by ALESSANDRO MENDINI for SUPEREGO EDITIONS.

SCU and CCA teamed up to compete on this years Solar Decathlon, event being help in Washington DC in October. Their house uses different passive strategies to reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint.

Wooden small house beyond the trees. Architects: Rosales + Crecentes, from Galicia

White wave celing from M.MAS.A Architects for Konstruplus office, in Spain

The Architects' Journal has produced this illustrated list of the Top 10 comic book cities. Features Gotham, Metropolis and the work of Chris Ware, Frank Miller and Moebius (above)

Loving this Paul Raff Studio Garden Pavilion ~ made from cedar, it has two seating banks and a table with a reflective glass top. the structure features lattice like elements that are interwoven to play with light and shadow.

What would a glass pavilion in the tectonic vocabulary of Mies van der Rohe look like if it was built to meet the energy conservation standards of 2009? The Sparkasse in Hettingen is one possible answer.

Paul Raff Studio’s Cascade House in Toronto is open to the street, but goes unnoticed thanks to the selection of materials, blending with the surrounding landscape.

Like a bank of the future, CheBanca! designed by Crea International look like a spaceship that has just landed in the middle of an old Italian town.

10 X 10 / 3 features the works of 100 rising stars in the international architecture community and curated by 10 of it’s most important figures.

Chadbourne + Doss Architects have designed the Lobster Boat Residence, a 2380 square foot home on Portage Bay in Seattle, Washington.

14 renowned practices collaborated with Brad Pitt on his Make It Right foundation, to design duplex homes for New Orleans. Flexibility and a sustainable approach were the key requirements to meet by the practices.

Natoma Architects building in San Francisco adds contemporary architecture to the city. Simple materials enclose flexible and luminous spaces.

Art tends not only to discover the truth but to exaggerate and finally distort it - Matthew Nowicki

The installation by Massimo Iosa Ghini creates spectacular aesthetic effects, making sustainability both beautiful and feasible.

A small stone and wood house in the french countryside, by Meld Architecture.

Oslo plans to expand its skyline with these liquidy Crystal Clear towers.

house, by ong & ong, most attention-grabbing detail is the dark grey metal cladding on the external facade, complemented by teak strips used liberally throughout the whole house.

Street public temp events in 2009. Instant Hutong project back to the Beijing districts that inspired it. Carpet surprise, fragments of the project will be shown to the Hutong dwellers inside the courtyards and on the public lanes.

This memorial for the 52 victims of the 7 July bombings will be unveiled in Hyde Park, London tomorrow by Prince Charles on the fourth anniversary of the attacks

“My inspiration was the light. I have designed all the buildings trying to capture this light. The design is sophisticated but based on simplicity.” -- Piero Lissoni on Mandarin Oriental @ Dellis Cay

'Casa de la Juventud' - Los Silos, Tenerife - Spain, Lavin Arquitectos

Italian designer Ilaria Marelli presented two installations (The Secret Garden & Micro Macro) for the summer edition of Pitti Immagine Fashion shows.

Zipper Lotus Pond created by a renowned Taiwanese sculptor Ju Chun.

MOBILITY + DESIGN = POSSIBILITY. Project M introduces (blank)LAB, a bare bones mobile studio bringing designers and communities together. Soon to be on tour with Emily Pilloton's Design For Good book tour.

Amazing geodesic spheres and domes from around the world.

'Reef' is a kinetic architectural installation at the Storefront for Art and Architecture in NY. Reef investigates the role emerging material technology can play in the sensitive reprogramming of architectural and public space.

The Brazillian architectural firm of Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz have designed the Grid House.

Mark Pritchard´s Bridge House gently touches the soil, almost levitating over the wild australian forest.

Students at the Tulane University School of Architecture are doing a nice work. So far this year, they have built a Green Pavillion, a Farmer's Market and a LEED certified house in New Orleans.

Among the most overlooked aspects of architecture, the ceiling can truly be a thing of beauty. Here are ten breathtaking ceilings that every fan of design must see.

O*GE's Enchanting Solar-powered Night Garden, at the first 'Light in Jerusalem Festival' June 10-16, 2009 - Videos and photos of this exciting installation. By Gaston Zahr & Merav Eitan.

Chicago's Sears Tower has unveiled glass balconies at 1,353 feet. Could you step out onto one of these?

John Briscella does the Urban Gridded Notebook Exhibition at Walking Chair Gallery (Vienna). Everyone is invited to draw on the gridded walls and other cool stuff...

The recently opened Platoon Kunsthalle offers a space for subculture in Seoul. Designed by GRAFT.

Sneak peek at this year’s Architectural Association summer pavilion in Bedford Square, London - due to be unveiled tomorrow.