Jean Nouvel Design for Skyscraper in Qatar

High Rise Office Building proposal, Doha, Qatar, by Jean Nouvel

Model: Richard Neutra

Richard Neutra. (American, born Austria. 1892-1970). Dr. Phillip M. Lovell House, Los Angeles, California, Scale model, Lucite and wood.

Permanent Collection MoMA

Westmere House

Westmere House, Auckland, New Zealand by Fearon Hay

Minimal Dental Office by Hiroki Tanabe

The project is combined design of a dental clinic and a dentist’s residence, located in the suburbs of Nagano, Japan.
A concrete plate 300 millimeters thick forms zigzag structure, which makes up three shells and two open courtyards. As well as lying in alternate shifts, they face each other across the plate. Each shell has different functions inside, residence, clinic and waiting lounge. In each courtyard two glass boxes are set and used as pathways and entry halls between two adjacent shells. Inside the glass there is the same visual environment as outdoor. People pass through the glass can see the sun or the rain falling above their head. They move from one function to another with change in mood.

Minami-Nagano Dentai Clinic & Residence, Nagano, Japan by Hiroki Tanabe

Functionalism Revived by Braun Associates

Modern Home, by Braun Associates

The Chicago Spire by Santiago Calatrava

Inspired by small structures found in nature, the Chicago Spire, formerly known as the Fordham Spire and 400 North Lake Shore Drive, will be the tallest building in North America when it is completed in 2010. At 2000 feet it will be the first building to reach that milestone.

Chicago Spire, 1 bedroom apartments from $1.35 million, by Santiago Calatrava

Metal Shutter Building by Shigeru Ban

This subtle “removable skin” echoes the neighboring gallery after-hours shutters, subtly contextualizing the building within its site. The building can literally become a uniform minimal cube, or it can open completely (as well as virtually unlimited permutations between). South of the loggia, twenty foot tall, upwardly pivoting glass walls open completely, thus blurring the boundary between the inside and outside – the double height living room and loggia become one. Similarly, a series of interior sliding glass doors create an open “universal floor” in each of the duplex houses – one vast and uninterrupted expanse which transitions seamlessly from inside to outside, or partition the space into private areas.
- Shigeru Ban

Metal Shutter, by Shigeru Ban
Via: Shigeru Ban

Endeavor Office by NMDA

Everybody deserves to work in an office like this. Located within a 1961 Charles Luckman building in downtown Beverly Hills, this interiors project consists of 63,000 sf of offices for nearly 200 people and an 80 seat screening room. Endeavor is the third largest talent agency in the world and the company represents a wide range of writers, directors, and actors including Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson. The main premise of the open office space was to allow for daylight to reach into the assistant’s area. The sectional raise toward the perimeter and a band of clerestory glass creates natural lighting conditions that significantly enhances work life and the collective spirit of the agency.

Endeavor Office, Los Angeles, USA by NMDA

Low Budget Pre-fabricated House in Chile by Sebastian Irarrazaval

House in Las Palmas, Los Palmas, Chile by Sebastian Irarrazaval and Guillermo Acuna at Sebastian Irarrazaval

A Clever Method of Screening a Car Park in Munich

Salvator Garage, Munich, Germany, by Peter Haimerl