The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Barcelona, designed by Patricia Urquiola, is a gorgeously conceived place where all your senses will be aroused.

Chilean weekend house by 01 arq architect firm.

Zebar, recently opened music bar in Shanghai with impressive interior space and a live music venue. Design concept by 3Gatti Architecture Studio.

Hunkemöller flagship store designed by Belgian Creneau International.

It's a skate park, on a skateboard, in a skate park.

Z-Haus in Portland, Oregon by Atelier Waechter.

SAN ROCCO is a magazine about architecture.

Italian turnstiles (Tornelli d'Italia). The proposal of Undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano in the interpretation of Sanrocco

Vorstadt 14, located in a 15th-century house in the town of Zug, Switzerland, offers three suites of radically different designs for rent. The room shown here is a rustic-meets-Swiss-modern apartment designed by Roger Stussi.

Fogo Island Studio by Saunders Architecture off Newfoundland.

bitMAPS exhibited at the University of Calgary.

MTH residence by aat+Makoto Yokomizo Architects

TK&A Architects put their heads together to wish their friends and clients a happy holidays

Casa Grelha by FGMF among the awarded projects for the Brazilian Premio Asbea Arquitetura.

Cologne Oval Offices by German architecture firm Sauerbruch Hutton look especially seasonal in red and green.

The Absalon's works at his first solo exhibition, at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin.

J-Tea boutique by Atelier Waechter.

Beautiful seaside house in Japan by Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects.

The refurbished Gronigen Museum on the Verbindings Canal designed by Alessandro Mendini with Philippe Starck, Michele de Lucchi and the Coop Himmelb(l)au group.

Yeta Log Cabin from Lab Zero.

In Belgium, AABE Erpicum & Partners has renovated and restored a suburban home into a modern and minimalist villa built around a pool of water.

Renovation plans for 'The Great Rock' at the Budapest Zoo by Atelier Peter Kiss.

New York City's first re-design of sidewalk sheds since the 1950s, besides being aesthetically pretty, creates wider sidewalk area for pedestrians, and reduces construction impacts on businesses.

A new building for the faculty of law at Beijing University, by Kokaistudios.

Graphic design office Pentagram has a 35-year-old tradition of producing a non-holiday-themed booklet for the holidays. Check out some amazing examples from their archives.

Morris Arboretum’s Tree Adventure exhibit Out on a Limb, designed by Metcalfe Architecture & DesignSuspended 50 feet above the forest floor this network of walkways (450-feet in length) provides a bird’s eye view of the forest.

Casa in Puglia: the architect Pietro Pichler renovated a fascinating masseria in the province of Lecce.

A rooftop house in Stimson Marina, Seattle called Sky Ranch by Miller Hull Partnership.

Some dramatic Black & White photos of the Saks 5th Ave. Holiday Window displays...

Tokyo's Shinjuku Topshop store gets wrapped in LED gift box design in time for the holidays.

Capillary Studio's West Village retrofit is a green swatch in a tapestry of weathered brick. An urban rolling hill that is sculpture garden, studio, and penthouse.

Carbon neutral home in a remodeled 1840s terrace house in Birmingham, England.

Dot to Date calendar by Dan Usiskin (London edition)

Bathtub panels including towel rail and laundry basket by Roca.

FDNY Rescue Company 3 by Ennead Architects is probably the coolest firehouse you will ever see.

Studio East Dining, a temporary restaurant located on the roof of a multi-storey car park overlooking the site of the London Olympics. designed by Carmody Groarke.

Today we visit a loft, located in Le Havre, France and were immediately captivated with the Space Invader kitchen table ... directed by La Cabane

'Yes is More' is the manifesto of Copehagen-based architectural practice Bjarke Ingels Group just published by Taschen. But in comic book form...

Frank Gehry has unveiled his first design in Australia for the University of Technology at Sydney.

A new cheap way to live in Beijing with Egg Style House, designed by Dai Haifei.

Inside the Ladder Shop at the San Francisco Fire Department

The Cool Hunter explores some designer cooking schools including this one, the Sydney Seafood School.

Evolutive Means exhibition at the Pratt Institute School of Architecture as part of ACADIA 2010 LIFE in:Formation

Melissa + Zaha Hadid giant boot created by Casa Darwin, now at Die Neue Sammlung, Nuremberg, Germany.