FGR Architects   Australia   Looking like a rectangular origami of concrete and glass, this sculptural dwelling presents volumes in layers that preserve privacy while leading to a courtyard with a garden. Adopting the classic Mediterranean model with a central courtyard, the low

OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture Hassell   Australia   Located in Perth’s cultural center and formed with renovated heritage-listed buildings – an old prison, a library, and an art gallery – and new volumes, the WA Museum Boola Bardip provides spaces for exhibitions and events, and new retail and dining.

Kristin Green   Vanuatu   In an unexpected way, this hotel in the South Pacific springs up from the beach with its bold walls of raw concrete, conceived to resist the beating of the region’s cyclones.

The Australian architecture firm Hassell has in collaboration with the Dutch studio OMA finished renovating the Museum for Western Australia in the heart of the city of Perth’s cultural precinct. Its new aboriginal nickname, ‘Boola Bardip’ (many stor