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Bat Bridge ready for habitation: The Vlotwateringbrug or popularly ‘batbridge’ has opened for the public in the beginning of October. NEXT architects

Waverly Residence, located just south of Jean-Talon Street in Alexandra-Marconi district is the result of the idea of creating a very modern living place for wealthy clients in this up and coming neighborhood. MU Architecture

The former Bomel slaughterhouse is now part of a cultural area with an extensive history and an exceptional character in a comic strip museum shall be to visit, a public park and another older house for a future occupation. BAEB

For us this is a very special project not only because the design has been made in close dialogue with the owners, but also because it has been fully built by the owners themselves. Bekkering Adams Architecten

In the technology center of Lünen, over a former coal mine factory, hovers a "UFO." Designed in 1985 by Luigi Colani, the "UFO" has become a well known landmark in the area. In 2007 LÜNTEC GmbH, the owner and operator, initiated a competition to the... SSP SchürmannSpannel

Located in the Laurentian Mountains, 250 kilometers northwest of Montreal, Mont-Laurier is a small town where the forest industry still plays a central role despite a declining demand for lumber. Les architectes FABG

Bayonne Marinadour is the first intervention to be completed in a complex of actions marking the new entrance to the city of Bayonne. Mateo Arquitectura

The year 2015 marks twenty-eight years since the publication of Tygodnik Powszechny magazine’s interview in which Andrzej Wajda announced his intention to create a Museum of Japanese Art and Technology in Kraków – a permanent venue for exhibiting Feliks ‘Manggha’... Ingarden & Ewý Architects

The striking white bus drivers building on the bus station at Amsterdam Central houses a workspace, pantry and a canteen for bus drivers on the first floor. Because the canteen is located on this higher level the drivers have a lot of privacy, with 180 degree views of the bus platform, the river... Benthem Crouwel Architects

The Air Traffic Control Centre is a highly demanding and complex object due to the nature of the institution it hosts. It is designed to enable safety and high operational activity as well as consistent comfort for visitors and staff 24 hours a day all year around. SADAR+VUGA

On October 9th the much-anticipated Grace Farms River Building designed by the Pritzker Prize-winning firm SANAA was inaugurated. The building is made up of five glass-enclosed volumes strung together along a sinuous covered walkway that follows the contours of its beautiful Connecticut site. SANAA

The new Prangins kindergarten is conceived as one big house that has been placed on a sloping site. The cruciform structure resulting from the interlocking volumes allows it to have a special relationship with the neighboring ensemble. Pierre Alain Dupraz Architecte

Located on slightly sloping land on the shore of the Gate Lake, the chalet takes place on the edge of a cedar wood with majestic mature incline trunk trees. Although the footprint of this two-story building is substantial, because the roof slope follows the landscape the impact of it site... BOOM TOWN

As promised in last month's "first look" at Diller Scofidio + Renfro's recently completed McMurtry Building for the Department of Art & Art History at Stanford University, here are completed photos of the building taken by Iwan Baan. Diller Scofidio + Renfro

The structure functions as a place of convergence of mourners and for the reading of eulogies prior to and during the burial. Its essential nature is that of a pavilion or open sided shelter and is located next to the cemetery. Ron Shenkin Studio for architecture & design

On the night of September 16, 2015, Toronto-based Quadrangle Architects won three awards for their renovation and expansion of 60 Atlantic Avenue, a 115-year old heritage property in Toronto’s Liberty Village neighborhood for client, Hullmark Developments Ltd: a Toronto Urban... Quadrangle Architects

Faced with a two bedroom apartment and a growing family, Chris Grimley of the Boston-based architecture firm over,under put his design chops to the test and remodeled his own home. The result is an open, light-filled space that showcases the talents of both the designer and his wife... over,under

The state of Israel is a unique laboratory for agriculture studies and experiments. Israeli agriculturists and researchers share their knowledge and technology achievements worldwide. The Israeli pavilion, "Fields of Tomorrow," is a demonstration of Israel's ability in many... Knafo Klimor Architects

The Serpentin housing complex was built by the architect Émile Aillaud during the 1950s and 1960s. At the turn of the twentieth century, the Courtillières neighborhood was in decline and suffered from a degraded image. Agence RVA, Dominique Renaud, Philippe Vignaud and Associates

The city of Jacou's wedding hall and municipal room project needed to be rethought at the crossroads of several axes and scales. The aim was to change the use of an existing building located in the town center. NBJ Architectes

Located in the heart of Old Montreal and docked at the Port of the Saint-Lawrence River, Bota Bota spa is a major tourist attraction. The port context is rich in history and has a unique character in Montreal. MU Architecture

SUPERISCOPE, the world's biggest periscope: If we rotate it to vertical, a container is like an urban scale ready-made periscope. Pedro Barata e Arquitetos Associados

As an architectural practice operating in an urban environment, the large scale of our work often implies that we are unable to fully engage the end user within the realm of the everyday objects that they interact with – be they light fixtures, small Architecture Discipline

The Fairyland Guorui Villa complex is located in the Miyun Economic & Technical Development Zone 1 in Beijing. The site is situated on a plot where two rivers converge, surrounded by natural scenery and mountain views. UNStudio

Following an architectural competition in 2011, the firm Chevalier Morales Architectes received the mandate to expand, redesign and bring to compliance the old Lachine borough library, dating back to 1974. Chevalier Morales Architectes

The Scaffold House project consists of the rehabilitation of a single-family home that was built in various phases starting in the 1950s in the unrivaled setting of the Sa Riera cove in Begur, Girona. bosch.capdeferro arquitectures

An open lift connects the lower and upper portions of arte SPATIAL DESIGN STUDIO's concrete WW+ house in Osaka. arte SPATIAL DESIGN STUDIO

The new entrance hall at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum opened to the public on 5 September. "Work to move our main entrance to Museumplein has gone very well," says director Axel Rüger. Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates, Hans van Heeswijk Architects

Surly Brewing MSP is designed as a destination brewery in Minneapolis’s Prospect Park neighborhood. The 8.3 acres for the project, on a brownfield site, is comprised of 7 separate parcels of land divided by the municipalities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. HGA

For the exhibition Shelter: Rethinking how we live in Los Angeles, PAR proposes a new model of high-rise courtyard housing, integrated with mass transit, on LACMA’s proposed tower site on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile. Platform for Architecture + Research

This is a synthetic project that shares identifying traits with its surrounding context. Mass, verticality and the shape of the roof lines are dominant, connecting the hall with the rest of the city. Barozzi / Veiga

A Modern Apartment Emerges From the Meeting of the Two Separately Perceived Prisms: Gokturk 118 John Hill, CM Mimarlik

In 2010, Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects in a team with Skanska, Nordic Choice Hotels Akustikon and SLA won a competition to design the 54,000m2 concert, congress and hotel complex. Schmidt Hammer Lassen

66MRN is a Zen-inspired house featuring strong architectural lines and shapes, belying a sophisticated living environment that maximizes views of nature. ONG&ONG

White Concrete in Golden Ratio: The family chapel Maria Magdalena by the architect Gerhard Sacher is a spectacular sculptural object made of white SCC (Self Compacting Concrete) concrete. Sacher.Locicero.Architectes

Located in the trendy Sanlitun area, a 60-year-old auditorium that has seen multiple transformations now houses Crossboundaries’ new office. Crossboundaries