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Thames Barrier Park, London, UK, 2000 designed by landscape architect Allain Provost, architect Patel Taylor in collaboration with Group Signers and engineers Ove Aarum

On the north bank of the Thames and with stunning views of the awesome flood Barrier lies a jewel in the crown of London's parks. Thames Barrier Park lies in Silvertown, and is supported by the London Development Agency.

Set within 22 acres of lawns, trees and hedges, the waterside park features fountains, gardens, wildflower meadows, a children's play area and a 5-a-side football/basketball court, with magnificent views of the barrier. -- official web site

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Calder Woodburn Rest Area, Goulburn Valley Highway, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, 2008 designed by BKK Architects

There is a long and rich history of the service station as an urban, suburban and rural icon within Australian car culture. The familiar image of a large floating roof providing shelter go the services below is a strong memory for all that have taken a road trip.

The Rest Station marks a point on the journey, a place for pausing; a place for reflection and to strech ones legs. The roof serves as both shelter and sign in the landscape. It celebrates road culture and acts as a nodal point in a countinuing journey. -- Open Buildings

Source: Alejandro Restrepo Montoya archdaily.com

UB House, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia, 2009 designed by Alejandro Restrepo Montoya + Camilo Andrés Mejía Bravo + Andrés Felipe Mesa Trujillo

The access of the house is located between two volumes that conform the entire compound of the house. Then, after crossing this, follows is the Tree patio that with its 3 different levels and shadow games relates every single space of the house. -- ArchDaily

Source: Lisa Logan archdaily.com

CATT, 1001 Fanshawe, London, Ontario, Canada, 2011 designed by Architects Tillman Ruth Robinson

A sustainable design approach incorporates water management strategies, extensive use of natural light and passive solar shading as well enhanced building automation systems into the building experience. -- ArchDaily

Source: John Sinal archdaily.com

Zacatitos 02, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 2011 designed by Campos Leckie Studio

Zacatitos 02 is an architectural experiment that fully explores the concept of architecture as a device which mediates occupation of the site and experience of the landscape. -- ArchDaily

Source: At Home Publishers & Abet Laminati archdaily.com

AVEK – House in a Garden Park, Flanders, Belgium, 2012 designed by DEVOLDERarchitecten

Inside the building, the spaces are linearly arranged along the stretched plan. Made accessible through a double enfilade, these subsequent spaces make up for a very tranquil experience. All of the different living rooms open up widely to the garden park. -- ArchDaily

Source: Yuri Palmin archdaily.com

Zhukovka XXI, Moscow, Russia, 2013 designed by UNK PROJECT Architects

....the tree “growing” within the house. It was actually planted after construction, hence the terrace with ovular opening in the roof above. -- ArchDaily

Source: Juan Solano archdaily.com

House on the Hill, Lima, Peru, 2013 designed by Jose Orrego

This project was very promising, its location was in an area where the view was beautiful, it stood on a hill and the slanted terrain gave many possibilities to explore ways of doing a unique residential building and at the same time accomplish the household and social functions.  Being in a high place made the main rooms of the house to face the pleasant view. -- ArchDaily

Source: C+S Architects archdaily.com

1.14 The Kite, Fontaniva Padua, Italy, 2013 designed by C+S Architects

It is a big roof, a kite which has been captured during its flight to become the repair under where activities take place. The kite is a thick concrete made structure, without any insulation working with its own thermal inertia to protect from the summer heat and creating a constant temperature inside the spaces. -- ArchDaily

Source: Eduardo Abreu archdaily.com

RD House, Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, 2013 designed by VASHO

Burying the house is proposed as a visual action. Hiding the overall volume of the work to the existing natural geography to cushion the impact of the volume to the eye upon arrival, being conscientious of the paradisiacal surroundings, but always seeking to make the natural surroundings appear from the interior before the user: “Disappear to make appear”. -- ArchDaily

Source: Jussi Tiainen archdaily.com

Omenapuisto Day-Care-Center, Helsinki, Finland, 2013 designed by Hakli Architects

The paved internal courtyard opening onto the foyer has a ceiling with a large circular opening which allows the movement of the sun to be a part of the courtyard. In the courtyard, there is a sculpture by the artist Pasi Karjula representing the Universe, which consists of twenty spheres made of larch wood. -- ArchDaily

Source: Alexandre Zveiger archdaily.com

Kindergarten in Stabio, Stabio, Switzerland, 2013 designed by Studio WE

The kindergarden is a solitary building on a green field. Only paths and walls connect the new building to landscape in order to create a subtle and strong texture of reference points within the site. -- ArchDaily

Source: Jorge López Conde archdaily.com

Wanderers Lodge, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, 2013 designed by Garcia German Arquitectos

Wanderer’s Lodge is a small pavilion gently placed amongst existing trees in the garden of an extraordinary property in the north of Spain. In its daily use, it overlaps functions of protection, storage, entertaining, dining, barbecues, napping, acting as a small theater, etc. -- ArchDaily

 

Source: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG archdaily.com

Zauia House, Vale da Lama, 8600 Odiáxere, Portugal, 2014 designed by Mário Martins Atelier

Paradoxically, the design of the house was inspired by the restrictions and limitations imposed on its construction. It is intended to be an architectural object of great simplicity and lightness: balanced, precise and remarkably modern. -- ArchDaily

Source: Régis Golay archdaily.com

Dots, Hanoi, Hoàn Kiếm, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2014 designed by grup8asia

Located in the park in front of the main office building, the pavilion disappears into the landscape. The drawn profile of the building blends into the vegetation of the surrounding park. Mingling with trees, it seems that the users lose the perception of its limits. -- ArchDaily