Architecture

As the name of this delightful holiday home in Morciano di Leuca, Italy implies, Casa nel Bosco di Ulivi is located in an olive grove. Designed by the architectural practice of Luca Zanaroli, this house offers every comfort of a contemporary home in an idyllic rural setting.

Adjacent to the traditional town square and church in the town of Villabuena de Alava in Spain, the Viura Hotel is an unexpectedly contemporary structure in the form of a pile of irregular cubes, designed by the local practice of Mup-Arq.

On a small site positioned between two tall buildings in downtown Miyazaki, South Japan, the practice of Tsukano Architect Office were faced with the challenge of creating a design for a home which would effectively deal with the lack of privacy and the noise factor inherent on the site.

 The outstanding facade of this neoclassic building which houses the Arrest Boutique Hotel in Roermond, in the Netherland, hides a colourful past, from 1863 right up to 2002, it was in fact a fully operational prison.

Before the commencement of the design project for the Friend House Eco-hotel near the Orel River in Ukraine, extensive research was carried out on the ecostructure, wildlife and materials available in the immediate area. 

The renovation of a 1970s building in the Netherlands which once housed a police station, was undertaken by the practice of KAW Architecten. The project was to create a haven, a place of safety for 48 girls who had been subjected to the horrors of abuse and forced prostitution through the heinous acts of human traffickers.

The X House, which represents a visual interpretation of its name, is located at the very top of a steep cliff in Cabrilo, on the outskirts of Barcelona. Designed by the Spanish practice of Cadaval + Sola Morales Arquitectos, the design evolved into its final configuration through the specifications of the client. From the outset...