Tony's Farm, Shanghai

Tony's Farm, Shanghai, China

Tony's Farm by Playze, is a visitors centre attached to the largest organic food farm in Shanghai. Designed to involve the consumer and in turn promote healthy eating. The shipping container basis of this build, allows future planned additions such as hotels and offices, to be easily integrated into the structure

www.playze.com

V’ammos Restaurant, Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens.

V’ammos Restaurant, Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens.

 V’ammos Restaurant by LM Architects, is located above the stands in the 32,000-seat Karaiskakis Stadiumto, giving diners a panoramic view of the ground. The space takes reference to the stadium’s coastal situation, by creating a wave like form across the ceiling, while the bar is created from 300 stacked metal cooking beneath a wooden counter, a theme continued in the bathrooms.

www.lmarchitects.gr

Boat’s House at Millstätter Lake, Austria

Boat’s House at Millstätter Lake, Seeboden, Austria

The Boat’s House at Millstätter Lake by MHM Architects. Sitting at the water's edge, the building is clad in two materials 

reflecting the relationship of the footprint over water and land. Over section land is wrapped with copper panels, 

while the section extending over the water is clad with lumber planks. 

Regulations prevent the building of a permanent dock, which has lead to a facade system that creates a simple cube when not in use. 

Doors can then slide downward when in use to form platforms. 

www.mhm-architects.com

International Centre For The Arts Jose De Guimaraes, Portugal

International Centre For The Arts Jose De Guimaraes, Portugal

The International Centre For The Arts Jose De Guimaraes by Pitagoras Arquitectos, is two-storey structure built to tie in with the city’s status as European Capital of Culture for 2012 and will showcase a permanent collection of works by local artist Jose de Guimarães. The facade is clad in rows of rectangular brass pipe, giving the centre a golden facade, while mirrors clad the underside of cantilevered rooms on the first floor.

www.pitagoras.pt

1111 Lincoln Road Car Park, Miami

1111 Lincoln Road Multi-Storey Car Park, Miami

This Multi-Storey Car Park by Herzog & de Meuron, is also multi-functional as well as being multi-storey, with space that hosts parties, yoga classes and weddings. This concrete building is open to the elements, allowing naturally lit parking levels.  The floor slabs are supported on wedge-shaped columns and an exposed grand central staircase is preferred to an traditional enclosed stairwell, all offering a different, more sculptural realisation of the multi-storey car park. 

www.herzogdemeuron.com

Centro Civico Del Bicentenario, Argentina

Centro Civico Del Bicentenario, Córdoba, Argentina

The Córdoba Bicentennial Civic Center by GGMPU Arquitectos, is a an administrative complex consisting of two new buildings. The first is based around a faceted prism creating varying triangular facets, the second is a lower level build that continues the language of geometry both in its overall shape and patterned facade walkways.

www.ggmpu.com

Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas, United States

Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas, United States,

The Perot Museum of Nature and Science by American firm Morphosis,  greets visitors with an escalator that cuts across the concrete facade, taking them to the top floor, where they are met with a view across the city before journeying back down through the five floors of exhibition space.

www.morphosis.com

House On The Cliff, Spain

House On The Cliff, Alicante, Spain

The House On The Cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, sits on a rugged plot of land, jutting out to overlook the mediterranean sea.

Set out over four floors to work with the natural contours of the landscape, access to the view is maintained throughout by using features such as exterior staircases, larged glazed eindow verandas and a pool terrace.

www.fransilvestrenavarro.com

Sogn & Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Norway

Sogn & Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Førde, Norway

The Sogn & Fjordane Kunstmuseum by C.F. Møller, is described as a “block of ice that has slid down from the surrounding mountains”, settling in the town of Førde sitting at the edge of the Jostedalsbreen glacier,  which is the largest body of ice in continental Europe. 

This idea is reflected within the frosted glass facade of the art museum and illuminated fracture lines that run across the four-storey building. The galleries are accessed by a piercing angular blue staircase that spirals up through the space.

www.cfmoller.com