This house at Lousado, Portugal, not only frames the landscape from the inside, but features some interesting shapes on the inside buil-in furniture. A great work by Correia Ragazzi.

Interview and projects from SHoP Architects, a multi disciplinary practice currently working on the renovation of the east river waterfront in New York.

The Muritzeum by Wingardh is a black building inserted into the landscape, with a freshwater aquarium, multimedia exhibits, restaurant and a shop. I love how the aquarium is presented to the visitors.

Another stunning day care center by Dorte Mandrup in Copenhagen (see another at #13531). This time, the roof becomes a playground, making me wish i was a child again.

With Sweden leading the design scene, you couldn't expect less from their department stores design. The K:fem department store is located in Stockholm, and it was designed by Wingårdh Arkitektkontor.

What do you do when Heineken asks you to design their first shop? Do you place furniture and displays into a given space? Or you pour furniture into a building in the heart of Amsterdam, as if we were filling a cold fresh glass of X-tra cold Heineken?

The Performer's House by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects provides a unique space where many folk high school activities take place. The outer metal skin makes it blend with old existing buildings.

Architecture photographer Iwan Baan is having an exhibiton at the Architectural Association Galley in London. Nov 10th-Dec 10th, 2009. Amazing pictures of contemporary architecture: OMA, SANAA, Herzog & de Meuron, Sou Fujimoto, and more.

This house in Somosaguas by A-cero arquitectos has very clear lines that makes the facade more dynamic.

Giancarlo Mazzanti designed this integrative school in the middle of Bogota's slum, part of a cultural plan to improve cities in Colombia. Modular design allows for expansion or replication in different configurations.

Australia-based architecture firm Arkhefield has developed a unique classroom - Creative Pavilion. The idea behind the building was to stimulate the social and learning values within the school through contrasting and existing spaces.

Portuguese architects Aires Mateus turned an old lighthouse into a sleek white museum. Photos by Joao Morgado.

The XVI Architecture Biennale pavilion by Felipe Assadi features a skin mad eout of reusable materials.

The women´s health centre in Burkina Faso is much more than just a building, playing an active role on fighting the Female Genital Mutilation. This building by FARE studio was awarded at the World Architecture Festival in the Health category.

A chilean girl makes these stylish boots using recycled plastic bags.

An amazing house by KWK Promes in Poland. A white volume over stone walls create a spectacular inner space.

Wiebenson & Dorman Architects bring an old pseudo-colonial house back to life, thanks to the use of natural light and minimal materials.

A stylish villa in Norway, by Saunders Architecture. Nice use of the volumes to frame the surrounding landscape.

The Monaco House in Australia, a strange looking building designed by McBride Charles Ryan.

The Children’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation by Sou Fujimoto reminds me of Le Corbusier words on architecture as "the masterly, correct and magnificent play of volumes under the light".

b720 architects unveiled the design for the future World Trade Center at Igualada, Spain.

Mount Silo is a house in the shape of a... silo. By Gigaplex Architects.

Johnston Marklee & Associates designed this house on a hill in the Pacific Palisades in California.

This house by Polidura Talhouk Arquitectos in the chilean countryside blends with the surrounding landscape while generating perfect spaces for overlooking the valley.

The San Paolo Bank in Baia Mare, Romania, makes a twist to the traditional bank designs we see out there every day. By Parasite Studio.

Swiss architects Luca Selva refurbished an old house, using a nice copper cladding that will age with the house, blending with the surrounding landscape.

The DUOC Corporative Building by Sabbagh Arquitectos, a mid rise glass tower with voids, won the World Architecture Festival prize in the tall buildings category.

A sleek white villa by the woods, by dutch architects Power House Company.

La Higuerita Sports Center by GBGV Arquitectos. A rich interior space, with a nice illumination achieved trough semi translucent blue tinted panels.

A sports and culture centre in Copenhagen by Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter. The new building is a literal extension of the old one, as the pavillions seem to be extruded from the old masonry walls.

No wonder the architects named this the White Apartment. Located in Romania, by Parasite Studio. Sleek interiors.

White Cave by Takao Shiotsuka Atelier. A concrete volume that adapts to the topography. The house looks silent to me, as a stone placed on a quiet landscape.

Paykar Bonyan Panel Factory in Iran, by ARAD. A sequence of volume and the use of daylight make of this factory an architectural piece worth looking at.

The Jumeira Gardens is a mega development in the heart of Dubai, including several towers. One consists of 6 towers facing each other with a vaulted green canopy that creates a micro climate between them.

OSA was comissioned to build a temporary structure to inhabit the roof of The Blade Factory.

A glass and light memorial for chilean women by oficina de arquitectura. Gorgeous photos by Cristobal Palma.

The new research facilities for UMH University by SUBARQUITECTURA are grouped by a structure of interspersed rings, which contain a system of semi-outdoor courtyards connected with each other at different levels.

ROSO Design Studio made this installation for Clark Shoes. Beams of particles come out of the windows, each one consists of 36 wires with 7,500 discos. Wish there was a video for it.

Moomoo architects designed the stylish interiors for the Rezydencja Night Club in Poland. I love how the light falls from the curtain-like interior skin that encloses the spaces.

Austrian architects Querkraft designed this amazing museum, a volume cantilevering off a hill in Neuhaus. A dramatic view is achieved at the end of the volume.

An amazing refurbishment of an old house in Spain by Manuel Ocaña. The house is emptied to place a pool on the first level.

The Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower in Dubai is the first of a series of branded towers by PNYG:COMPANY and LAVA Architects.

Chilean architectural practice oficina de arquitectura designed this modular hexagonal canopy/furniture system for public spaces. It overlooks the Pacific ocean in Chile.

Japanese architect Shuhei Endo designed this bubble-like structure, called Bubbletecture H, housing an institution and exhibition for earth environmental study.

Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter turned this old water tower into a mixed use building. Each unit is expressed by a protruding crystal-like add-on that brings daylight into the apartment, while offering astonishing views.

With the ban on high rise buildings on Paris gone, Herzog & de Meuron designed one of the tallest structures for the french capital, a 180m tall pyramid. The 50 stories tall tower will open in 2014.