Foster + Partners to build hipster village in Dubai
Foster + Partners has revealed its plans for a creative community in Dubai modelled on the fashionable neighbourhoods of New York's Meatpacking District and east London's Shoreditch. More
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Mecanoo's first US project incorporates historic facades into Boston civic building
Dutch firm Mecanoo has completed its first project in the United States: an asymmetrical, brick-clad municipal building in a historic neighbourhood in Boston (+ slideshow). More
Robots will be used to construct BIG and Heatherwick's Google HQ
Google's new California headquarters by Bjarke Ingels and Thomas Heatherwick is set to be built using robot-crane hybrids. More
Hiroki Tominaga Atelier uses deconstructed pallets to dress a Tokyo office in planks of timber
Over 100 wooden transport pallets were broken down to create floorboards, wall coverings and furniture for a temporary office space in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
Torafu Architects uses concrete, wood and gravel to define spaces inside AKQA's Tokyo offices
Multi-levelled surfaces of polished concrete, wood and white gravel mark out the different areas within this open-plan Tokyo office designed by Torafu Architects (+ slideshow). More
Sasaki Architecture converts Japanese disco into offices with floating walls
Sections of wall appear to hang from the ceiling of this former warehouse club in Tokyo, which was converted into offices by local studio Sasaki Architecture (+ slideshow). More
Concrete office block designed by Regino Cruz Arquitectos to resemble a centipede
An insect provided the inspiration for this office building in Leiria, Portugal, which comprises a concrete block raised off the ground on 16 triangular feet (+ slideshow). More
Masato Sekiya wraps a glass corridor around an office block in Japan
A glazed corridor climbs up around the exterior of this Japan office building, intended by architect Masato Sekiya to create the impression that the structure has been "cut in half by glass" (+ slideshow). More
Florian Busch scatters square windows across the concrete facades of a Tokyo office
The smooth concrete exterior of this monolithic office block in Tokyo is interrupted by square windows in an assortment of sizes (+ slideshow). More
Facebook pushes ahead with plans for two new Gehry-designed buildings
Less than a fortnight after moving into its new Frank Gehry-designed California campus, Facebook has presented plans for two neighbouring office buildings by the Canadian architect. More
Foster + Partners pairs curving concrete with glass for new Buenos Aires city hall
Foster + Partners has completed a new city hall for the Argentinian capital, featuring a wavy concrete roof, a quadruple-height atrium and a glazed facade offering views out to the park (+ slideshow). More
Facebook moves into California campus designed by Frank Gehry
Facebook employees have moved into their new Frank Gehry-designed Silicon Valley headquarters – a 40,000-square-metre office building with "the largest open floor plan in the world" and a huge rooftop park. More
Office with a sawtooth roof pays homage to a Dutch mill by Gerrit Rietveld
The jagged roof of this warehouse and office space in the Netherlands is designed to reference a 1950s weaving mill by Dutch architect and designer Gerrit Rietveld (+ slideshow). More
Candy Crush offices are designed as a cartoon "kingdom"
Carousel dining tables and trampoline seats are among the cartoonish fittings in the Stockholm offices for King, the company behind popular video game Candy Crush Saga (+ slideshow). More
Diamond-patterned fencing clads facade of office and workshop by CAAN Architects
A steel framework covered in white mesh provides shading and privacy to the street frontage of this office building in Deinze, Belgium by CAAN Architects (+ slideshow). More
Govaert & Vanhoutte creates concrete and glass headquarters for door manufacturer Rob Systems
Solid concrete, metal mesh and glass create surfaces with varying levels of opacity for the walls of this office and factory building for a manufacturer of sliding doors in Belgium (+ slideshow). More
Red mirrored lattice encloses South Korean office block by Wise Architecture
A cage-like structure made from strips of mirrored metal and red plastic encases this Seoul office building by South Korean studio Wise Architecture (+ slideshow). More
Old London shoe-polish factory transformed into charity offices by Architecture 00
Architecture 00 has transformed a former shoe-polish factory in London into offices, adding a zigzagging extension on the roof that mimics the gabled profile of the existing building (+ slideshow). More
Schemata Architects converts Tokyo factory into artist's studio with an indoor garden
A chipboard shed and a herb garden occupy the top floor of this former factory in Tokyo that Schemata Architects has converted into a workshop for a kimono designer (+ slideshow). More
BIG and Heatherwick unveil "vibrant new neighbourhood" for Google's California HQ
News: Google has released a movie detailing its plans for a new California headquarters designed by the studios of Bjarke Ingels and Thomas Heatherwick. More