ALA Architects   Finland   ALA Architects – headed by Juho Grönholm, Antti Nousjoki, and Samuli Woolston – has built a new central library for Helsinki in the Töölönlahti cultural district, opposite the Finnish Parliament. A competition was held for the purpose in 2013 and bro

Neri & Hu Design and Research Office   China   Located by Cool Docks, a new development on the South Bund District of Shanghai, the Waterhouse is a four-story, 19-room boutique hotel built into an existing Japanese Army building from the 1930s. The concept behind the renovation rests on a clear c