The new Salvador Dali Museum situated on a scenic waterfront site in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. This concept is drawn directly from the building’s purpose, inspired both by Dali’s surrealist art and by the practical need to shelter the collection from the hurricanes that threaten Florida’s west coast. The building protects this priceless art collection from hurricane-force winds and water. The fortress-like structure is designed to withstand the 165-mph wind loads of a Category 5, 200-year hurricane.

The roof is 12-inch thick, solid concrete and the cast-in-place reinforced concrete walls are …

Studio mk27 | Marcio Kogan presents minimalist house design located in Sao Paulo Brazil called Corten House. The house facade made of Corten weathering steel. The dialogue between the rusty texture on the outside and the stone, wood, white mortar and the glass build the space. The front door of the garage is made of vertical wooden strips and opens entirely onto the street. The back façade is composed of a glass curtain that confers transparency to the opaque steel box and a suspended volume which contains movable wooden brises. …