Thinned materials from forests are, now, an environmental issue as the result that
human beings destroyed the balance of nature. Our trial realizes pavilion architecture only by using wasted thinned materials in experimental small scale.

Space Lab, The University of Tokyo by Kohki Hiranuma

House at The Pyrenees, Catalonia / Spain by Cadaval & Solà -Morales
A vernacular dry stone house in the Pyrenees and the aim to transform it into a comfortable and utilitarian second residence are at the origin of this project.
Museum Aan de Stroom Completed in Antwerp, Belgium
The new Museum Aan de Stroom (MAS), designed by Rotterdam-based Neutelings Riedijk Architects as a sixty-meter-high tower landmark in Antwerp, Belgium, has recently been completed. During one week in May, the public could visit the new building on guided tours.

New Art Exchange in Nottingham / England by Hawkins\Brown
The New Art Exchange has created a business, social, learning and cultural hub for the local and wider regional community.

JAJA Architects Wins 1st Prize for Mixed-Use Building in Vanløse, Denmark
Young Danish practice JAJA Architects is closer than ever before to build their first project on Apollovej, Vanløse in Denmark. Despite the company being very young, they have already done very well in large competitions and received high placements.
SWA Group’s Design for Nanjing Hexi New Town
SWA Group announced this week that its plan for a transformative 7-kilometer swath of Yangtze River waterfront of the Hexi New Town in Nanjing, China, was selected as the winning entry among the four finalist teams and will begin detailed design in July toward anticipated initial construction beginning in 2011.

Trailer Video: Winy Maas Interview
0300 TV released the trailer of Winy Maas Interview. Watch it after the jump.

Zaha Hadid@MAXXI: Interview by The New Yooxer
The New Yooxer meets Zaha Hadid in Rome, during the opening of Maxxi, the National Museum of Arts from the 21st Century. After ten years of expectations, art and architecture creatively blend into each other in this experimental area, fluid and light.
CAC’s Mine the Gap Competition Winners Announced
MINE THE GAP, the 2010 Chicago Prize Competition, has some winners. The competition’s goal was to find innovative solutions to fill the massive hole remaining from the cancellation of the Calatrava-designed Spire Tower along the shores of Lake Michigan.

Composting Shed by Groves-Raines Architects
Located in Edinburgh, this garden composting shed designed by Nicholas Groves-Raines of Groves-Raines Architects Ltd (GRA). provides function but also innovation in form.

Retrofitting Suburbia
Ellen Dunham-Jones takes you through retrofitted suburbia, transforming dead malls into buzzing downtown centers.

Palmyra House by Studio Mumbai Architects
Located outside of Mumbai on the Arabian Sea, Palmyra House was built as a refuge from the bustle of the busy city.
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