The Elastic Perspective by Next architects

A rusty steel ring is gently draped upon a grass hill in Carnisselande, a Rotterdam suburb. It’s a giant circular stair leading the visitor up to a height that allows an unhindered view of the horizon and the nearby skyline of Rotterdam. The path makes a continuous movement and thereby draws on the context of the heavy infrastructural surrounding of ring road and tram track. While a tram stop represents the end or the start of a journey, the route of the stairway is endless.

Houses without Windows:by FCJZ

The Vertical Glass House by Chinese architects Atelier FCJZ is disingenuous to say the least. Its name suggests a vertical derivative of Philip Johnson's canonical house, and in fact its architects describe it as a 90-degree rotation of the typical modernist glass house. Instead, what welcomes visitors at Shanghai's Xuhui waterfront is a four-story concrete house without any windows. Where is all that promised glass, you might ask?

Frank Gehry: Biomuseo

The first building designed by Frank Gehry in Latin America will be a gateway to new knowledge about the natural history of the isthmus of Panama and its biodiversity.Panama’s Biomuseo, designed by Frank Gehry, is set to open its doors to the public, almost ten years after construction began.