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  Central St Martins by Stanton Williams Architects

  Central Saint Martins College for Art and Design has nurtured some of the most acclaimed British talent in design and the arts. The internationally renowned institution’s alumni includes James Dyson, fashion designers Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney and musicians M.I.A., Jarvis Cocker and PJ Harvey as well as a host of award winning artists and designers. Until this year, the college was spread over eleven buildings on six separate sites, but a new campus, designed by award winning architects Stanton Williams, will bring together the college’s 4,000 students under one roof for the first time. It is fitting that the new campus is an innovative mix of the old and the ultramodern, a space that is destined to inspire Britain’s best and brightest for years to come.

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  Paris Church of Solace, Cordoba, Spain designed by Vicens+Ramos Arquitectos

  The simple white exterior of the new Parish Church of Solace in Cordoba, Spain, designed by Vicens + Ramos, re-imagines traditional Christian architecture, stripping it back to its essentials, and innovatively combining the time honoured components of a church in an innovative, minimal form.

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  Shanghai Museum of Glass by logon & COORDINATION Asia

  The city of Shanghai is renowned for the way in which it mingles modernity and traditional culture. The results are often unique, always fascinating and sometimes quite eclectic. The Shanghai Museum of Glass is all these things. Located in a former glass-making workshop in the remote industrial Boashan district, the Museum tells the story of how glass making has evolved throughout history and how it might continue to evolve into Shanghai’s dynamic future.

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  Milson Island Indoor Sports StadiumMilson Island Indoor Sports Stadium by Allan, Jack + Cottier

  The idyllic Milson Island, with its quintessentially Australian eucalyptcovered landscape, is home to a small community on the Hawkesbury River. It is exactly the kind of community that Sydney based architecture firm Allen Jack+Cottier are interested in serving; the kind of place where a great, multifunctional and cleverly designed building is really going to make a difference to the quality of life of its inhabitants.

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  Law St House by Muir Mendes Architects

  Muir Mendes is a newcomer on the architecture scene and Law Street House is its first and (so far) only project. Architects Amy Muir and Bruno Mendes displayed an exceptional level of care, thought and attention to detail in their building of Law Street House - which is little wonder, considering they built it to be their own home. Built part time on weekends, the house stands as a tribute to the passion and proficiency of architect owner-builders Muir and Mendes. It is a beautiful residence, which combines ultra-modern aesthetics with classic comfort and livability.

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  Pacific Sixteen by Smart Design Studio

  Pacific Sixteen was designed with one simple, yet difficult to achieve, ideal. The challenge for Sydney’s Smart Design Studio was to create a space simultaneously open and closed – open to the stunning views and spectacular aspect of this apartment building and its penthouse apartment, but closed to the neighbouring building and public staircase.

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  Paddington x 2 by MCK Architects

  The classic heritage-listed Paddington terrace, for all its Victorian charm and beauty, has its disadvantages. They tend to be dark, narrow and cold places, suited to the inner-city dweller but lacking the warmth and space of a typical “family home”. Ofcourse, there is a reason why these residences are much admired and sought-after. They are an important part of Sydney’s architectural fabric and absolutely integral to Paddington’s aesthetic and historical composition.

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  Beach House at Edwards Point by Studio 101 Architects

  We often become sentimental about our homes because houses hold memories of the good times we have spent there.  This is especially the case with holiday homes, where we spend happy, relaxed days far away from the stresses of everyday life, where children have grown up and long, summer days are spent by the water with loved ones and friends.  This sentimentality can become a problem when the existing home becomes too small, or when its time to renovate, with the claims of the past overriding the desire for change.  However, as Beach House @ Edwards Point proves, houses can be adapted and updated without destroying what made them so precious to begin with.

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