In the 1970s, NASA's Ames Research Center gathered artists and tasked them with designing space colonies able to accomodate 10,000 people. (source spaceInvading) Read more... 

ParedesPino Architects have completed the Centro Abierto de Actividades Ciudadanas (CAAC) project in Cordoba, Spain. (source contemporist) Read more...

In an irregular terrain with 3160 sqm, we needed to incorporate two uses:
The first one, a big residence, with five suites, generous living and leisure spaces, in addition to the service dependencies.
The second, a large gallery for the owner, an art enthusiast. (source archdaily) Read more... 

The curvilinear exterior walls of the CAFA Art Museum, located at the northeast corner of the CAFA (China Central Academy of Fine Arts) campus, are clad with traditional Chinese slate.
Composed of two surfaces the walls are detached at the ends to let natural light into the building through skylights and large windows. (source arcspace) Read more...

Designboom met Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues in Los Angeles, June 26th, 2010. (source designboom) Read more...

The curvilinear exterior walls of the CAFA Art Museum, located at the northeast corner of the CAFA (China Central Academy of Fine Arts) campus, are clad with traditional Chinese slate.
Composed of two surfaces the walls are detached at the ends to let natural light into the building through skylights and large windows. (source arcspace) Read more...

As part of this year's Venice Architecture biennale, spanish practice ensamble studio has created 'balancing act', an installation to be showcased at the arsenal building. (source designboom) Read more... 

The Library is a resort in Koh Samui, Thailand, where designer Tirawan Songsawat created a minimalist structure while intruding as little as possible on the site by building around old-growth trees. Guests may lose themselves among vegetation interspersed with artwork and statuary, contrasting a colour scheme in which white, red, black and grey predominate: the Library’s exterior is white, the swimming pool red, the restaurant grey. Interiors follow the same ultra minimalist palette and feature low-slung, rectilinear furnishings that invite visitors to stretch out and listen to the lapping of the waves – or of course dive into the books in the exemplary namesake library. (source contemporist) Read more...