Commercial Design Trends 38-2C

This performing arts centre by Studio Zhu-Pei,spreads its sculptural roof over the facility below – echoing the local mountain range that hangs over the landscape

2degrees' new head office by Warren and Mahoney achieves WELL Certification at Platinum level – a New Zealand first – putting staff health and well-being first

The vertiginous Rotterdam Rooftop Walk by MVRDV – an orange strip at a height of 30m – engages visitors with an under-considered layer of the city

This kindergarten and community centre, by RMJM Milano, rises from the ground like a human-made drumlin, a local Estonia land form

Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architects SANAA, the Sydney Modern Project is the city's most significant cultural development since the Sydney Opera House 

Able to be 'dropped' almost anywhere, modular architecture – whether for business or home – is also scalable and economical, as with this refined CLT option from Wingate Architects

The iconic Time & Life building is reworked by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners – now 1271 Avenue of the Americas, boasting a new energy-saving facade and, importantly, full occupancy 

Parisian hotel, rooftop eerie, curio-rich dining, health start-up showcase –  that's M Villa by Triptyque Architecture and art directed by design giant Philippe Starck

Rising from the desert sands like a scene from Alien, the organic-look BEEAH headquarters designed by superstar architect Zaha Hadid achieves net zero emissions

Want to look into the future of our planet? The Museum of the Future presents just such an opportunity in a structure that was itself a journey into the unknown for architects Killa Design

Te Ara Ātea – a new library, community and performance facility designed by Warren and Mahoney –  is created with people, culture, and the future in mind

Turns out, the world is not the original 'paradise' intended and this wild installation by LOLA Landscape Architects breaks new conceptual ground on the subject

Winner of an international design competition, Ole Scheeren's vision for a tropical resort complex will enhance patrons' experience of the natural world