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.

A house/studio for a brazilian architect in Sao Paulo, by MMBB Architects. A concrete cube that stands on a delicate structure for an outstanding effect.

Chilexpress corporate building by Guillermo Hevia Architects. Features a colorful curtain wall with bioclimatic properties.

Rio Mora Aquarium by Promontorio Architecture. A project comissioned by the city council to promote eco tourism in Mora, Portugal. Photos by Sergio & Fernando Guerra.

Complete coverage of the New York Times skyscrapper in NYC by Renzo Piano.

J2 is a wood skinned house on a slope, located in Zagreb, Croatia. By 3LHD Architects.

Mercat Restaurant in Santiago de Chile, by 01ARQ. A reconversion of a 60s house, organized around a glass strip envolving the central patio.

A minimal house located along a slope. The rooms adapt to this condition, unified by a stair. With this configuration, cross ventilation across the house is made possible. By H Arquitectes.

A floating house for a salmon farm in southern Chile. It helps reduce the human footprint. The hotel floats on a big block of floating concrete. By Sabbagh Arquitectos.

This set of mega structures are placed in a very arid housing eviroment. They act as trees that can control the surrounding climate trough natural ventilation, also providing shade and a rich public space.

Valle House by Guilherme Machado Vaz. The house buries into the slopes to vanish into the context. Has a great pool.

Herringbone Houses, by Allison Brooks Architects. Two houses in South London, that get their name after their cladding.

Doblevista house, located in chilean countryside, by Valenzuela & Murua Arquitectos.

Offices for Ecopellets, an industrial complex located in the outskirts of Santiago de Chile by Iván Bravo. Skinned in zinc plates, it mixes with the industrial landscape.

A prefab house in the middle of a very greenish enviroment, in Ecuador by local architects Jose Maria Sáez and David Barragán.

7th Sao Paulo International Architecture Biennale. 1000 projects, 300 scale models, plus an Oscar Niemeyer exhibition on his 100 brithday.

Puerto Bolivar Pavillion, by Gualano Arquitectos from Uruguay. It´s a civic center for a small community of 100 people, that got financied by venezuelan president Chavez because of the town´s name.

New Caixa building by Herzog & de Meuron in Madrid. Rusted steel plates make the new building dissapear between the old brick construction.

Guthrie House by Felipe Assadi. Located in chilean countryside, the client wanted a house with an iconic facade. The architect´s response was a house without a facade, focusing on the landscape.

Qi Zhong Stadium in Shangai will host the Tennis Masters Cup once again. Shapped like a magnolia, its roof opens completly to regulate natural ligthing. Check out the video too.

This is just perfect for anyone who lives in a very small apartment in the city. It's called '2 + 1': a multi-purpose piece of furniture that can be used as a table and chairs, sofa and a single bed.

New DUOC UC Campus in Chilean south, by Prado Arquitectos. A high contrast between wooden existent construction and new glass building, acting both as a drape curtain and a window to the city.

Invisible House in Nimes, France by R&Sie(n). The house is set to dissapear year after year due to its location in the middle of the woods and a mesh that wraps it allowing vegetation to hide it.

Maison Go, by Peripheriques architectes in Thionville, France. The house is wrpaped in profilit, a glass profile that provides a transparent solution, with thermal insulation and privacy.

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A sustainable glass factory in chilean countryside, by Guillermo Hevia

Dolce & Gabbana headquarters in Milan, Italy by Studio Piuarch

The Grand National Teathre in Beijing China. A giante titanium egg right next to Tiananmen Square becomes a new icon for the city, along with several building opening before the 2008 Olympics.

Motorola´s replacement for the iconic PEBL, the brand new U9. Features a sexy design, with floating cover display and touch sensitive buttons.

An amazing concrete house, cantilevering over a cliff in Portugal by Graça Correia and Roberto Ragazzi.

Winning project for the remodelation of Camp Nou Stadium, home of Barcelona FC, by Foster + Partners. The LED powered skin changes dynamically during matches.

An polar station in the chilean antartic territory by ARQZE (Architecture for Extreme Zones).

Access and services for the South Metrpolitan Park by Polidura + Talhouk Architects. Featured on a special series of posts dedicated to the Chilean Expo at the Lisbon Triennale in Plataforma Arquitectura.

An innovative strategy for social housing by ELEMENTAL, a chilean based doing tank. Previously published in Domus, Archplus and Architecture for Humanity.

A futuristic museum to be built in Mexico City, by Laboratory of Architecture. Will hold the world's 2nd biggest Rodin collection.

Guest House in chilean countryside by AATA.

Contex complex by 57Studio architects in Lampa, Chile. Three delicate volumes over a bed of rocks, great contrast.

An indoor ice skating facility by chileans Mauricio Leniz and Alberto Moletto. Great ilumination work.

Interiors for a law bureau, by chileans Tidy Arquitectos.

Interiors for Rocco's Pizza in Santiago de Chile by Ramirez Moletto Architects.

New auditorium and facilities for Universidad de Chile's Art Faculty by Emilio Marin + Albert Tidy in Santiago, Chile. Featured in Plataforma Arquitectura with Cristobal Palma pictures.

Exhibition Room at Jinhua Architecture Park in China, by mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao featured at Plataforma Arquitectura.

Esker House by Plasma Studio. Located in Innichen, San Candido, Italy, it's a new residence built on the top of an existant house. Featured in Plataforma Arquitectura as project of the week.

Interiors for new BBDO Chile offices by chilean OWAR Arquitectos.

Extension for the University of Applied Sciences in Aalen, by MGF Architekten.

Forest House by F3 Arquitectos integrates existing trees on it. Located in Cachagua, Chile.