Won Dharma Center / By Hanrahan Meyers Architects LLP

Claverack, NY, United States
Hanrahan Meyers Architects LLP
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Photo © Courtesy of Michael Moran

The Won Dharma Center, USA, is a 32,000 square foot recreational and spiritual retreat in Claverack, New York for the Won Buddhists, a Korean organization that emphasizes balance in one's daily life and relationship to nature.

Metalmorphosis Sculpture / By David Cerny

SCULPTURE, METAL WORKING

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
David Cerny
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Photo © Courtesy of David Cerny

‘Metalmorphosis’ is a giant dynamic sculpture 30 feet high, located by the main façade of the business centre ‘Whitehall’ in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was the first permanent public construction in USA by a Czech sculptorDavid Cerny.

Eight Spruce Street ( Beekman Tower) / By Gehry Partners, LLP

8 Spruce Street, Newyork, United States
Gehry Partners, LLP
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Photo © Courtesy of Gehry Partners, LLP

World Architecture Festival 2011 - Structural Design of the Year 
The 867 ft, 76-story iconic Beekman Tower, designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry, is New York City’s tallest residential tower. Located in the middle of the block bounded by Nassau, Beekman, Spruce and Gold Streets, just south of the Brooklyn Bridge, the 1.1 million SF mixed-use building has redefined the skyline of Downtown Manhattan.

Saint Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church / By Marlon Blackwell Architect

Springdale, United States
Marlon Blackwell Architect
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Photo © Courtesy of Timothy Hursley--At night, St. Nicholas presents a glowing, balanced composition. The architects embedded blue and yellow glass windows and a red cross in the white, western elevation. To further delineate the church, they surrounded it with a skirt of black mulch.

World Architecture Festival 2011 - Category Winner: CIVIC AND COMMUNITY
Saint Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church is the result of a transformation of an existing metal shop building into a sanctuary and fellowship hall in anticipation of a larger adjacent sanctuary on the same site.

Union Station Bicycle Transit Center / By KGP Design Studio

Union Station, Washington DC, United States
KGP Design Studio
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Photo © Courtesy of KGP Design Studio

At the cusp of a livable cities movement, the Bicycle Transit Center is a highly visible catalyst promoting bicycle use and alternative transportation options by providing secure parking, rental, and retail uses.

Bay Residence / By Stelle Architects

Eastern Long Island, New York, United States
Stelle Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Jeff Heatley--Evening falls upon Bay Residence

"I wanted a lot of wood elements," the client says. "I didn't want a cold, modern box."

Lujan House / By Robert M. Gurney, FAIA

Ocean View, DE, United States
Robert M. Gurney, FAIA
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Photo © Courtesy of Anice Hoachlande

Modest houses on small lots comprise the Quillen’s Point neighborhood, adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay in Ocean View, Delaware.

Twenty Five Lusk Interior / By CCS Architecture

San Francisco, CA, United States
CCS Architecture
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Photo © Courtesy of Paul Dyer

On Lusk Alley in San Francisco's South of Market district, a 1917 smokehouse and meat-processing facility has been renovated to become Twenty Five Lusk.

M-House / By Michael Jantzen

Valencia, Santa Clarita, California, United States
Michael Jantzen
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Photo © Courtesy of Michael Jantzen

Relocatable M-vironments are made of a wide variety of manipulatable components that can be connected in many different ways to a matrix of modular support frames.

Samitaur Tower / By Eric Owen Moss Architects

Culver City, California, United States
Eric Owen Moss Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Tom Bonner

The Samitaur Tower is an information tower, constructed at the corner of Hayden Avenue and National Boulevard immediately across from the new Expo light rail line arriving from downtown Los Angeles in June, 2011. That intersection is the primary entry point into the re-developed zone of Culver City.

Chemosphere-Malin Residence / By John Lautner

Torreyson Dr, Los Angeles, CA, United States
John Lautner
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Photo © Courtesy of John Lautner

The Chemosphere, built by American architect John Lautner in 1960, is an innovative Modernist octagon house in Los Angeles, California.

Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) Raleigh / By Brooks + Scarpa Architects + Clearscapes

Raleigh, NC, United States
Brooks + Scarpa Architects + Clearscapes
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Photo © Courtesy of John Edward Linden

Located in Raleigh’s revitalizing Historic Depot District, an unlikely butterfly has emerged from its decades-long cocoon.

Agosta House / By Patkau Architects

San Juan Island, Washington, United States
Patkau Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of James Dow / Patkau Architects

The Agosta house sits in a grassy meadow enclosed on three sides by forty-three acres of second-growth Douglas fir forest. The fourth side of the meadow opens to the northwest, where it overlooks rolling fields and, across Haro Strait in the distance, the Gulf Islands of British Columbia.

ArtsQuest Center / By Spillman Farmer Architects

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

Spillman Farmer Architects

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Photo © Courtesy of Spillman Farmer Architects

Culture | Context | Community:
The Bethlehem Steel Corporation, based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was one of the most powerful companies of the Industrial Revolution.

Urban Outfitters, New York Interior / By Pompei A.D.

New York, NY, United States
Pompei A.D.
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Photo © Courtesy of Randhir Singh

Urban Outfitters is retailing’s chameleon, always blending into its environment with a local-specific store design. Its latest effort in New York follows the city’s roots as the quintessential concrete jungle.

77kids Store Interior / By Michael Neumann Architecture

Cherry Hill, N.J., United States
Michael Neumann Architecture
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Photo © Courtesy of Jairo Camelo

American Eagle mixes fun and creativity into the debut of its 77kids store.

Bridge House / By Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Marin, California, United States
Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Rien van Rijtoven

The site is fifteen acres of wooded grasslands with a ravine running through. The house bridges the ravine, spanning east to west.

Formosa 1140 / By Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects (LOHA)

West Hollywood, California, United States
Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects (LOHA)
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Photo © Courtesy of Lawrence Anderson Photography

Located in the heart of West Hollywood, this new eleven unit housing project emphasizes the central importance of shared open space for the residents and the community.

Lawson-Westen House / By Eric Owen Moss Architects

Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Eric Owen Moss Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Tom Bonner & Eric Owen Moss Architects--Street elevation

The Lawson-Westen house is located on an 80’ x 180’ suburban site on the west side of Los Angeles. The house is positioned on the north side of the lot, leaving the south side and west end as an “L” shaped garden.

Stealth / By Eric Owen Moss Architects

Culver City, California, United States
Eric Owen Moss Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Tom Bonner

The bold geometric form and visible transition in section from a square to a triangle, appealed to the creative advertising agency that occupies this office building.