This post is a celebration of just some of this writer’s favourite architectural gems, as spotlighted on Decoist throughout 2016.Casa WabiDesigned by Tadao Ando, Casa Wabi is an artist residency sited on Mexico?s Pacific coast. Read more on Tadao Ando here.Casa Wabi exterior gallery view.The Centro de Medicina Biologica’s quiet waiting area opens onto the courtyard. Here, vegetation, a small lagoon and waterfalls aid rest and respite.The peaceful Centro de Medicina Biologica.Images via ChileArq.Zhang Zhidong and Modern Industrial MuseumThe Zhang Zhidong and Modern Industrial Museum in Wuhan, China, was designed by Daniel Libeskind. Wuhan is the steelmaking capital of eastern China and Zhang Zhidong, a 19th century Chinese politician, inspired the drive towards modernisation that would establish Wuhan?s steel industry. Read more on Daniel Libeskind here.The Zhang Zhidong and Modern Industrial Museum in Wuhan, China.The Zhang Zhidong and Modern Industrial Museum.Images © Alex Chan via Studio Libeskind.Harry and Penelope Seidler houseThe Harry and Penelope Seidler house is a perfect example of the close bond that can exist between concrete and nature. Nestled amid a cornucopia of lush Australian vegetation and ensconced upon a steep bushland site in Killara on Sydney?s Upper North Shore, this brutalist residence is an architectural masterpiece. Designed and built in the 1960s by Harry and Penelope Seidler, the house adopted a functionalist style of architect...