One & Only, The Palm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The One & Only, The Palm designed by DSA architects international is located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The One & Only is the latest leisure development to open on the Palm. The hotel is divided between land and water-based buildings each with a distinctive style and ambience. On land, the built language is influenced [...]

Tags: Arabian Gulf, Artificial islands, Dubai, Emirates of the United Arab Emirates, Executive, Jumeirah, the Alhambra, United Arab Emirates

Grace Santorini Hotel in Imerovigli, Santorini, Greece

Located in Imerovigli, Santorini, Greece, Grace Santorini Hotel was designed by Divercity & Mplusm. This 20-room hotel is carved into the cliff-face 300m above Santorini’s volcanic caldera. The understated design allows this extraordinary landscape to take centre stage. The hotel provides a contemporary interpretation of vernacular architecture: economy of space, radical simplicity, and organic forms. [...]

Tags: Caldera, Cyclades, Geology, Grace Santorini Hotel, Greece, Imerovigli, Santorini, Volcanology

Boxhead house design for art and furniture showcase in Berryville, United States

Located in Berryville, United States, Boxhead house design for art and furniture showcase was designed by Carter+Burton Architecture, PLC. Design: The ‘boxes within boxes’ design features an economy of scale strategy where the largest volume leaves structural insulation panels uncovered, and as each box gets smaller it fits into another. Inspired by local agrarian language, [...]

Tags: Architecture, Berryville, building materials, Carter+Burton Architecture PLC, Construction, Decorative arts, Furniture, Metal siding, Siding, Stucco, United States, vernacular architecture, Visual arts

Chevron Headquarters in Nanjing, China

Chevron Headquarters that located in Nanjing, China, was designed by Perkins + Will. The project is a headquarters for a manufacturer of power tools. The client’s business exemplifies the process of globalization, with global markets combining with local labor. The architecture represents this process by emphasizing the intersection of the contemporary and traditional. It symbolizes [...]

House of wood & steel in Ranón, Asturias, Spain

Located in Ranón, Asturias, Spain, House of wood & steel was designed by ecosistema urbano arquitectos. Contemporary revision of models of vernacular architecture (granary and terrace, use of wood in structure and closing). Combination and reinterpretation of formal and constructive typologies of traditional architecture of northern Spain. Establishment which adapts to climate conditions and which [...]

Tags: Asturias, Environment, Folklore, Geography, Spain, steel, vernacular architecture, Wood