Inspiration: Collections

Framing the context while building upon it, South Korean roofscapes subvert expectations.

Inventive and playful, the projects share a common desire to engage London’s waterways by rethinking boundaries, edges and public space.

Efforts to design more environmentally sound architecture in consciousness of Iran’s long summers an d cool winters have inspired designers to develop new features and systems in contemporary architecture.

The sculptures of David Moreno evoke many things: pick-up sticks, tree houses and the frantic sketch es of Claude Monet. There is something kinetic, even bewitched, about these unique works, which are composed of hundreds of narrow steel rods.

Delving further into Argentina’s residential designs, the following projects explore rural timber co nstruction.

From Fernando Távora to Álvaro Siza, architects in Portugal have had some important moments on the c enter stage of the modern architecture world.

LEGO artist Mike Doyle's architectural models are incredibly detailed and undeniably creepy.

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Both playful and serious alike, the projects illustrate the power of contrast between architecture a nd nature.