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This Manta-ray inspired bamboo structure houses an ecology education and activity centre in Thailand

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Situated in Borgarnes, a small village 75km north of Reykjavik, is this college which made this years 25-strong AR Emerging Architecture shortlist.

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Designed by Lisbon-based Ventura Trindade, the centre combines a research lab and exhibition space, together with a residential component. On the AR Emerging Architecture shortlist

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Set amid Park Duranne’s landscape of large mature trees is the boxy form of this nursery school, shortlisted in the AR Emerging Architecture Awards 2009

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AR Emerging Architecture winner 2009

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AR Emerging Architecture winner 2009

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This year, one of the four principal winners is Li Xiaodong Atelier’s project for a school in a remote village in the Fujian Province of China

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The Voest steelworks in Linz has completed its representative sales and finances head office in Linz, Austria

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This mid-terrace house in Ireland has been extensively refurbished into a contemporary live/work space

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Candalepas Associates completed this primary school in Belmore, Australia in October 2009.

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This is the new winery and headquarters for Bodegas y Vinedos in Peñafiel, Spain

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This police station by Studiobase Architects is located in Taipei’s new Technology Park and opened in October 2009

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This pavilion was designed by architecture students at the University of Cambridge

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This is the interior of the new United Nude flagship store, a brand by Rem D Koolhaas and shoe designer Galahad JD Clark

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This is the Volubilis visitor’s centre and museum in a UNESCO World Heritage site in Morocco

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This building for Innovative Natural Science has just opened in Copenhagen. It was designed by young Danish practice NORD Architects

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This new plaza in Morocco’s capital, Rabat, was designed to encourage planned and spontaneous urban and cultural events

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These are the first images of the new temporary Prada shop at Place Beauvau 92, in Paris, opened to the public until February 2010

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These are the first pictures of the newly opened Mediacity shopping centre in Liège by Ron Arad Associates as part of the city-wide regeneration.

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This is the Alef Bet Space Bar, a Jewish restaurant and bar in Paris

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Japanese practice Atelier Tekuto has completed this aluminium-framed private residence in Kanazawa City, western Japan

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This is the newly-opened Pearl Academy of Fashion located in a predominantly industrial setting in Jaipur, India

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Architect Jorge Graca Costa has completed this sustainable house in Portugal. Requiring 4x less energy than typical Portuguese homes.

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This is the Centrifugal Villa, designed by New York-based practice OBRA Architects

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