The projects by ZAO/ standardarchitecture in Tibet are based in an unique relationship with landscape, and in a creative interpretation of local techniques.

Ammar Khammash architecture brings together global technology with hyperlocal traditional solutions, and is challenged by the difficult nature of the site.

The work of Ruinelli Architetti is based in the Alpine valley of Bregaglia, where time seems to pass more slowly, and traces of the past are visible and alive.

Our image of nature—and specifically of mountains—is always the product of historical and cultural constructions.

“The platform as an architectural element is a fascinating feature. A completely independent thing floating in the air […] – a new planet”.

Paulo David’s architecture acts upon the dialectics between insularity and radical exposure that defines the natural and cultural conditions of the island of Madeira.

Rooted in the landscape and culture of Formentera, the work of Marià Castelló links architecture with the island’s territory and heritage.

Manfreð Vilhjálmsson’s Icelandic architecture listens before acting, searching for new typologies in a constant dialogue between nature, materials and culture.

“I designed the scenery.”

Burkina Faso-based Spanish architect Albert Faus works between contemporary and vernacular techniques, the local and the global, architecture and engineering.

Architecture in Atacama is challenged to get strength out of weakness, and joy out of the essentials. A journey into architectures and landscapes in the Atacama desert.

Does the Mojave define anything more than a set of human attitudes to a particular piece of territory that we have agreed (or not disagreed) to call deserta?

The architectural limits of the sublime may be extended from the single object in its immediate physical context beyond the immanent limits of the sight.