An old buildings gets a new life with fluid interiors designed by JFAK. The building houses the new Graduate Aerospace Laboratories at the California Institute of Technology, and the futuristic interiors fit with the hi tech research going inside.

The new Wyly Theater in Dallas. This building proposes 2 innovations: dynamic lightweight aluminum facade, and the stage arrangements apart from traditional configurations, bringing flexibility to performances.

NORD just won the competition for a new healthcare center in Copenhagen. The design uses concepts of a typical house to turn the building into something more appealing for its end users.

The Toast Restaurant in San Francisco, located inside a shopping center, brings a fresh interior design thanks to the random perforation on the wall panels. Designed by Natoma Architects.

Located in the north of Spain, the Q House is a series of black volumes overlooking the landscape in a suburban context. By asensio_mah + J.M.Aguirre Aldaz.

Spanish architects Enproyecto recently completed the monument for director Pedro Almodovar: A red concrete structure which presents a framed view of the landscape.

Dutch architects Rocha Tombal designed this astonishing house in the middle of a suburban context. A mix between traditional concepts and distorted windows give this house a sculptural look.

TANK designed the new Proville Mediatheque in France. A faceted wooden volume that blends with the traditional surrounding buildings.

The Bamboo Lantern, an installation by Atelier FCJZ at the Gwamgju Design Biennale in Korea. On the outside it looks like heavy mass, but when it opens in half it reveals something completely different.

A urban intervention in Bratislava by Vallo Sadovsky architects. BA_Lik is a pavilion for urban activities. Closed during winter, open in summer, it is a platform for different activities at a historical square in the city.

The Y House extends its three volumes over a small hill in Obidos, Portugal. The tree "arms" of the house are fully opened to the landscape, generating permeable spaces.

This faceted box is actually a communal center, located in Albertslund, Denmark. It includes the regular: kitchen, auditorium, multipurpose area.. but also a skateboarding ramp and a climbing wall. All in the same box. By Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter.

A green living facade for an edible restaurant designed by Sander Architects in LA.

A small rural hotel buried in Felgueiras, Portugal. The rooms have a good space and views. I like the red pigmented concrete finish.

Sinato's design for Patrick Cox's shop in Tokyo. A series of pedestals lit by independent fixtures center the focus on the products, while the rest of the shop is kept almost in the dark.

OMA's proposal for Rotterdam's City Hall extension: A pixelated sustainable building.

Almost invisible to the street, the sunken flagship store for Havaianas in Sao Paulo has an impressive interior space, filled with green and light, and havaianas of course. By Isay Weinfeld.

I like the faceted volume of the new Galician Architects building in Vigo. Also, the contrast between the metal skin and the glasses give the building character amidst the urban fabric.

A polyhedron in the middle of a tropical garden in Colombia serves a small retreat to work, read and rest in the middle of the nature.

FZA designed their own office in the middle of the brazilian foster. The open concrete cube provides the necessary shelter for working, but always connected with the exterior.

A big concrete roof covers a glass filled space, for the Michael Hill Clubhouse. The building becomes a stone on the amazing landscape, with great views thanks to all the glass. Check the photos with snow during winter.

BIG's winning proposal for the new National Library in Kazakhstan features an innovative design that mixes a lineal circulation to store the books, twisted as an infinite loop.

Colorful interior courtyards with perforated volumes give character to the San Sebastian high school in Chile, designed by Tidy Arquitectos.

Zaha Hadid´s pavilion for the Burnham Centennial recently opened at the Millennium Park in Chicago, featuring video installations about the future of the city.

The variable section of the Ventolera Winery adds a more naturally object on top of an almost untouched landscape. Designed by chilean architect Francisco Izquierdo. Great shots by Cristobal Palma.

Ong & Ong renovated an art deco house in Singapore, creating a stunning new interior, complete with a pool.

An interesting round stage for the Austria Pavilion at the Zaragoza World Expo, by Solid Architecture. Note how the mirrors extend the performances.

RRA Architects finished another section of the National Tourist Route in Norway. The selection of the materials create a slight contrast with the landscape. Amazing views!

The Xeros residence in Phoenix, Arizona, is a experimental housing typology for dry environments. The materials used age during time, blending the structure with the landscape. Designed by BLANK Studio.

The Waterpod is moving around NY, between the East River and the Hudson, showcasing artworks, performances and such.

A colorful installation at the gardens of the Cornell Campus in Ithaca, done by Pezo con Ellrichshausen and a group of students, creating a grid of red sacks filled with straw.

Bricault design renovated an existing house in Venice, using a living wall system to control the temperature.

Nature Factory installation by Suposse Design, a series of pipes branch across the Diesel Denim Gallery in all directions.

The iconic post modernism housing complex Cube Houses in Rotterdam has been converted into an affordable hostel.

Villa Room by Paul de Ruiter is another piece of fine dutch architecture. Clean lines, sober materials and good integration with the outside.

A red tubular structure by famous spanish architect Santiago Calatrava will help over 5,000 people from Calgary, Canada to commute in and out of the city by either foot or bike.

An existing array of conduit electrical tubes inspired Stanley Saitowitz on the interior design for Conduit, a stylish restaurant in San Francisco. The lines generated with the tubes help enclose the space without requiring walls.

SPF Architect´s proposal for the soon-to-be-juried National Music Center competition in Calgary. The excavations on the massive building result in warm, open spaces for the visitors to enjoy.

Young architects Extrastudio create a concept for a Portuguese delicacies shop that also works as a café, by renovating a small space, in a traditional neighborhood. Setubal, Portugal.

Steven Holl is about to complete construction of the Historical museum for writer Knut Hamsun in Norway. The black volume stands tall above the forest, offering great views over the nearby lake.

Brazilian architect Marcelo Alvarengo designed the new Coven store in Sao Paulo. The brand sells knitted goods, represented on a metallic mesh wrapping the building. Knitted installations decorate the interior.

Stanley Saitowitz's Bridge House sits gently over the california landscape, spanning over a small creek. The rusted steel panels make the house age and blend with the surroundings.

Dutch architects ateliereenarchitecten designed a bird watching tower composed of a series of stacked boxes defying gravity.

MOS summer installation at the PS1 (seen in #23544 and #22870) finally opened to the public. Hut-like structures act like chimneys to cool down the area with air flow generated by the heat from the faux fur.

The grid house is sunken on a hill on one side, and cantilevered over the Brazilian jungle landscape on the other. By Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos.

Rem Koolhaas' Prada Transformer shifted to Cinema position to host a film festival co-curated by Alejandro González Iñárritu (Babel, 21 Grams).