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Inspired by the nation’s arresting natural wonders, Canadian designers are creating homes that meld with the landscape—and the people who live there.     Fold House begins with a fire. This undulating guesthouse forged from steel and local cedar is folded into a hillside, giving the impression that it emerges directly out of the Southern Ontario landscape. In 2017 the owner of the house was having dinner with his family in the guesthouse of their rambling, historic property. Mid-meal, a fire erupted from the furnace room. The family ran for safety before they watched the house burn. “Every great architecture...

Project name: The Cloudscape of Haikou MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, has announced the opening of the Cloudscape of Haikou on the southern tip of China. A unique urban public and cultural space for citizens and visitors to Haikou, this flowing, sculptural concrete form was named as one of the “most anticipated architecture projects of 2021” by The Times of London. A prominent port city on the southern tip of China, Haikou was once an important stop on the Maritime Silk Road. With the establishment of the Hainan International Tourism Island and Hainan Free Trade Zone, Haikou's influence has seen a gradual resurgence...

The Russian architect and designer Roman Vlasov has envisioned PUTIN HOUSE, a fantastic conceptual house design nestled among a forest in Sochi the largest resort city in Russia, - or a story about what his villa might look like.              Source