Wallpaper* 12.04

Flipping through the December edition of Wallpaper* on the way to work this morning, I came across these quite interesting buildings and structures:





UN Studio's La Defense offices in Almere, Netherlands, incorporating specially-designed panels by 3m.





Nieto Sobejano Architects' Auditorium and Conference Center in Merida, Spain, whose facade is a stone relief pattern of the city's old Roman walls.





Kuramure, a ryokan (traditional inn) on the island of Hokkaido, designed by Makoto Nakayama. Each suite has its own hot spring bath, living room, bedroom, and private garden or terrace. Very tranquil.





Norman Foster's Millau Viaduct nearing completion in southern France, a 2.6km roadway linking Paris and Barcelona.





Klaus Stattmann's Kinsky House near Vienna, a house addition that sits precariously on two steel columns.