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This Best of picks the ten most shared stories among those we posted last month on our social networks: Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

– East–West/ West–East: in his biggest public-art work, Richard Serra shaped and interpreted the Zekreet desert landscape, in Qatar, through four major steel structures.

– FORM, Framing house: semi-outdoor passages, galleries, and habitable spaces follow each other creating a unique and continuous interior in this house designed in Shiga, Japan, by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects.

– Antony Gormley, Human: over one hundred works by Antony Gormley occupy the Forte Belvedere in Florence, catalysing “the inherent masses, constrictions and panoramas that the site affords”.

– EAA, Sancaklar Mosque: with their project for the Sancaklar Mosque, Istanbul, Emre Arolat Architects aim to address the fundamental issues of designing a mosque by distancing itself from the current architectural discussions based on form and focusing solely on the essence of religious space.

– Fondazione Prada Milano: the architectural project developed by OMA transformed a distillery dating back to the 1910’s into the new Milan permanent venue of Fondazione Prada, characterized by an articulated architectural configuration which combines existing buildings with new structures.

– Village House: for this apartment in a rural village near Hong Kong, Plot Architecture Office choose to create a coherency between the interior and the terrace to embrace the rural living.

– Expansion at GL. Hellerup Gymnasium: following the completion of the Gammel Hellerup High School multi-purpose hall designed by BIG, a new 1400 sqm building for cultural activities has been inaugurated on May 11th.

– Wall Cloud: creating an open space with floating walls and pillars Sasaki Architecture transforms the attic part of a former discotheque in Tokyo into a white wall cloud, deleting the oppressive feeling.

– The School of Enzo Mari: as Driade presented during Milan Design Week re-editions of his 1970s’ pieces, the master of Italian design looks back at his work and the meaning of design.

– Casa Vivian: clear shapes and vivid colors define the spaces of this house in Mexico, designed by Arqxioma to ensure maximum privacy, without compromising brightness and ventilation.

Top: Emre Arolat Architects, Sancaklar Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey. Photo Cemal Emden