Museo del Agua de Palencia by MID studio Architects, Palencia, Spain

Museo del agua (The Museum of Water) is located in Palencia, the capital of the province of Palencia, north-northwest Spain. In the first phase, Museo del agua provides cultural content and use to one of the buildings in the dock of the Channel of Castilla in Palencia. In a second phase, a small pavilion-cafeteria and a parking lot area were expected to complete the museum. Museo del agua is divided in three areas, including a reception area with... 

Casa Kike, a private house in Cahuita, Costa Rica by Gianni Botsford Architects

The simple form of the two pavilions of Casa Kike belies the complexity of their geometry. Each pavilion might be described as just two walls, a floor and a roof but is, more technically, a trussed timber shell in the form of an eccentrically-truncated, irregular, four-sided cone. By coupling indigenous techniques and materials with modern design technologies and aesthetics GBA has created this intimate double pavilion for a writer in Costa Rica. A...