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• Detached House in the La Reserva Neighborhood Bahía Blanca / Vagón Arquitectura

  07-05-2026 17:00 via archdaily.com
  © Nicolas Herrero - Fotografia de Arquitectura architects: Vagón ArquitecturaLocation: Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaProject Year: 2023Photographs: Nicolas Herrero - Fotografia de ArquitecturaArea: 454.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• The Albanian Kaleidoscope - Reconstruction and Musealization of the National Historical Museum / Casanova + Hernandez Architects

  07-05-2026 14:00 via archdaily.com
  © MIR architects: Casanova + Hernandez ArchitectsLocation: Tiranë, AlbaniaProject Year: 2026Photographs: MIRPhotographs: Courtesy of Casanova + Hernandez ArchitectsArea: 21400.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• House at Town's Edge / ElliottArchitects

  07-05-2026 12:00 via archdaily.com
  © Jeff Roberts architects: ElliottArchitectsLocation: Blue Hill, United StatesProject Year: 2024Photographs: Jeff RobertsArea: 3906.0 ft2 Read more »
  
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• Building with the Landscape: Non-Invasive Design Strategies for Steep Terrain

  07-05-2026 09:30 via archdaily.com
  Suitree Experience Hotel / Studio Saxe. Image © Danta CollectiveThe relationship between constraint and design excellence is well established in architectural theory, yet often remains underexplored in discussions of site-specific practices. When architects encounter extreme topography, they face a fundamental choice: transform the landscape to accommodate the building, or modify the building to fit the landscape. The first approach is straightforward and requires the builder to cut, fill,
  
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• Main Pavilion of the International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu / CSWADI

  07-05-2026 09:00 via archdaily.com
  © 404NF STUDIO architects: CSWADILocation: Chengdu, ChinaProject Year: 2024Photographs: 404NF STUDIOPhotographs: Arch-ExistPhotographs: Area: 23393.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• Buildner Launches Unbuilt 2026 and Reveals Unbuilt 2025 Winners

  07-05-2026 08:45 via archdaily.com
  Courtesy of BuildnerBuildner has launched Buildner's Unbuilt Award 2026, the third edition of its annual competition, offering a 100,000 EUR prize fund.Buildner has also announced the results of Buildner's Unbuilt Award 2025, the second competition in a series celebrating architectural design that has yet to be realized. With a generous 100,000 EUR prize fund, this initiative provides a global platform for architects and designers to showcase their most compelling unbuilt projects, whether conce
  
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• OMA / Shohei Shigematsu Completes First Public Project in Japan at Newly Renovated Edo-Tokyo Museum

  07-05-2026 08:30 via archdaily.com
  OMA | Edo-Tokyo Museum. Image © Vincent HechtThe Edo-Tokyo Museum has reopened to the public following a multi-year renovation, unveiling a series of scenographic interventions and installations designed by OMA under the direction of Shohei Shigematsu. Marking the firm's first public project in Japan, the commission forms part of the broader renewal of the museum's iconic building by Metabolist architect Kiyonori Kikutake. Originally opened in 1993 as the first museum dedicated to the histo
  
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• Casa Continua / STUDIOTAMAT

  07-05-2026 08:00 via archdaily.com
  © Serena Eller - Ellerstudio architects: STUDIOTAMATLocation: Roma, ItalyProject Year: 2026Photographs: Serena Eller - EllerstudioArea: 115.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• A Cultural Center in the Arctic and a New Look at Croatian Modernism: This Week’s Review

  07-05-2026 07:30 via archdaily.com
  The Whale by Dorte Mandrup, Construction phase. Image © Tejre LøkkeThis week's selection of architecture news and projects invites a rethinking of the social, cultural, and environmental role of design across diverse scales and geographies. From community-led efforts to preserve modern heritage, such as the campaigns surrounding the Îlot 8 housing complex in France and a renewed photographic attention toward Croatia's Split 3 district, to broader reflections on architecture's a
  
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• STORIESINDESIGN with RIBA Royal Gold Medallist, Níall McLaughlin

  07-05-2026 06:05 via indesignlive.com
  LISTEN HERE!Recorded during a visit to Australia following a lecture at the University of Sydney, this episode features architect Níall McLaughlin in a wide-ranging conversation about architecture’s relationship to tradition, memory and community. Expanding on themes introduced in the lecture, the discussion explores how buildings can support collective life through careful attention to place, ritual and human experience.Throughout the episode, McLaughlin reflects on architecture as
  
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• After Le Corbusier: How Southeast Asia Turned the Satellite City Into a Transit Megaproject

  07-05-2026 06:00 via archdaily.com
  Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Hong Kong SAR. Image © Wpcpey via Wikipedia under license CC BY 4.0Southeast Asia is often narrated as a kind of architectural playground—an arena where modern and contemporary ideals have been tested at full scale through singular, iconic buildings. One can trace an easy lineage through names that have helped shape the region's skyline imagination: Paul Rudolph's Lippo Centre in Hong Kong and The Concourse in Singapore, I.M. Pei's OCBC Centre and Hong Kong's Bank o
  
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• Kerr Apartment / SSdH

  07-05-2026 05:00 via archdaily.com
  © Pier Carthew architects: SSdHLocation: Melbourne, AustraliaProject Year: 2022Photographs: Pier CarthewArea: 100.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• Harudot Khaoyai Cafe / IDIN Architects

  07-05-2026 04:00 via archdaily.com
  © DOF Sky | Ground architects: IDIN ArchitectsLocation: Nai Mueang, ThailandProject Year: 2025Photographs: DOF Sky | GroundArea: 500.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• Designing for Time: Material Aging as a Design Strategy

  07-05-2026 03:30 via archdaily.com
  Waynflete Lower School / Simons Architects. Image © Ryan Bent PhotographyThe figure of Tithonus in Greek mythology offers a reflection on the paradox of permanence. In pleading with Zeus for immortality, he forgot to request eternal youth, resulting in a life of endless aging. Over time, his body deteriorates, turning immortality itself into a burden. The narrative suggests a fundamental contradiction: permanence, when detached from the capacity for change, ceases to be a desirable quality.
  
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• Designing colour with intent: Inside the Breathe palette

  07-05-2026 02:52 via indesignlive.com
  What prompted Breathe to move into developing a paint palette — and how does colour sit within your broader architectural thinking?The Breathe Palette grew from a desire to approach colour with the same care, restraint and responsibility that we bring to architecture. We wanted to create tones that sit comfortably alongside natural materials — timber, brick and stone — and feel grounded and enduring rather than driven by trends.At Breathe, we spend a lot of time thinking about
  
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• Qingdao Science Technology Museum / gmp Architects

  07-05-2026 02:00 via archdaily.com
  © CreatAR Images architects: gmp ArchitectsLocation: Qingdao, ChinaPhotographs: CreatAR ImagesArea: 40000.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• Breaking new ground: Georgia Stevenson Ceramics

  07-05-2026 01:04 via architectureau.com
  Ceramic artist Georgia Stevenson transforms locally found demolition waste and site materials into ceramic tiles and objects that sit beautifully within architectural contexts, carrying traces of their former lives.
  
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• Scott Burchell on surviving turbulent construction costs

  07-05-2026 00:00 via architectureau.com
  ArchitectureAu Asks the Melbourne builder, “Construction costs are rising again – will it get worse for architects before it gets better?”
  
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• Council approves $150 million ‘chocolate experience’ project at Hobart’s Cadbury factory

  07-05-2026 00:00 via architectureau.com
  Designed by Cumulus Studio in collaboration with experience-design enterprise Art Processors, the project is due to open in September 2028.
  
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