
I had the pleasure this summer of living with a friend of mine whose father, Brian MacKay-Lyons, is an architect from Nova Scotia. Check out more of Brian’s work after the jump.

With an architectural proposal for governing Lebanon, recent graduate from Harvard GSD Sevak Karabachian approached his final thesis with a purist’s approach to design: problem & solution. Read More.

This giant wall was built in Berlin for the annual Bread and Butter trade show (which closed late last month). Picture care of © Mila Hacke, Berlin.

Stefanie Brechbuehler and Robert Andrew Highsmith base their collaboration (Workstead) out of Brooklyn. Read More.

Dutch Interior architects at i29 have designed this ultra-minimalist yet inviting house with the concept of organizing space instead of dividing it. Read More.

One of the few architectural firms that does a great job integrating a vibrant colour pallet into their work. Pics after the jump.

This is a mini opera space being created for The Bavarian State Opera in Munich Germany. An interesting structure both because of it’s jagged appearance and the fact that it nets only 430 square meters. There are some unbelievable projects on their website (be sure to cruse around the recent projects).

Found this article on Architonic, some rad architecture on the sides and tops of mountains.

According to Azure Magazine, it was announced this week that Office dA will be the lead firm in charge of The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Architecture‘s re-design. Office dA has done some really interesting work lately, the plans for this new building are no exception.

Not feeling the recession, Porsche has opened this $130M museum in Stuttgart Germany. Wicked design by Delugan Meissl. More pictures here.