• Chun’an Distillery / PRA

    Chun’an Distillery / PRA
    Throughout Zhejiang and Qiandao Lake, a nationally protected freshwater reservoir in eastern China, ancient cities boast beautiful heritage detail and quintessential Hui-style architecture. The architectural style is revered for its white walls, dark swooping eaves and dense winding corridors. This graceful disorder is at once graphically potent yet restrained. Chinese architecture in this style reinforces the philosophical emptiness of white and the solidity of black. The expression of emptines
  • One Orient Headquarters / gmp Architects

    One Orient Headquarters / gmp Architects
    One Orient, the new corporate headquarters of technology group Telling in China's third-largest metropolis, Shenzhen, has been completed to plans by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). The project is defined by its modular design and unitized facade, whose frames seamlessly integrate all technical components, reducing the building's appearance to uninterrupted glass and profile surfaces. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) recognized this facade system with the CT
  • U House / NAQI & Partners

    U House / NAQI & Partners
    In many rural areas of northern Vietnam, large plots once occupied by extended families and lineages are gradually being subdivided among younger generations to build separate homes. As the lifestyles of younger generations evolve alongside urbanization, patterns of settlement are changing: plots are becoming smaller, multi-storey houses are replacing low-rise garden houses, while family life is becoming increasingly independent.
  • House with Forest Windows / Yosuke Tomiya Architectural Design

    House with Forest Windows / Yosuke Tomiya Architectural Design
    House with Forest Windows is a compact timber residence in Sapporo, Hokkaido, located where an ordinary suburban neighborhood meets a dense woodland. The site offered an unusual condition: while neighboring houses stand close on the street side, the rear of the property opens directly toward the forest. The design began by asking how everyday family life could engage with this landscape while maintaining privacy from the surrounding residential environment.
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  • Apartment Renovation in the Ensanche of Bilbao / BABELstudio

    Apartment Renovation in the Ensanche of Bilbao / BABELstudio
    The apartment, the subject of this project, is located in Bilbao's Ensanche district and features a layout characteristic of 1970s housing: highly compartmentalized, with small rooms. With a built area of 80 m², the original floor plan included several bedrooms, a kitchen, a breakfast area, a living room, two bathrooms, and a long terrace along the main façade.
  • Mila House / Isla Architects

    Mila House / Isla Architects
    The idea of renovating a mid-terrace home—tucked between a small street and an alley—changed radically when the opportunity arose to purchase the adjacent plot, a long, narrow strip measuring 25 meters long by just 2.5 meters wide, built edge to edge. This allowed for the creation of large openings onto the new courtyard, and the project transformed into an exploration of all possible ways to bring light into the homes: sliding windows flush with the wall exterior, vertical and horizontal pi
  • Amabile Apartment / Denis Joelsons

    Amabile Apartment / Denis Joelsons
    When Amabile invited me to visit the apartment, her initial plan was to install a gas water heater and refresh the spaces. The apartment was dark, with the bedrooms facing the street and the social areas facing the neighboring lot.
  • Edicola 518 / Giuseppe Arezzi

    Edicola 518 / Giuseppe Arezzi
    The project for Edicola 518 redefines the kiosk for independent magazines and books along the historic staircase of Sant'Ercolano in Perugia, transforming it into an "Urban oasis for cultural exhibitionism" and a device for social activation.
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  • MassĂł Apartment / Castroferro Arquitectura

    MassĂł Apartment / Castroferro Arquitectura
    Piso MassĂł approaches the renovation of a historic apartment in Vigo as an exercise in restoring those spatial qualities capable of continuing to respond to contemporary ways of living.
  • A Walk on the Roof: Linnahall and Tallinn’s Shifting Shoreline

    A Walk on the Roof: Linnahall and Tallinn’s Shifting Shoreline
    From the end of Mere Boulevard in Tallinn, Linnahall appears as a long, low mass of limestone and concrete laid between the Old Town and the bay, kept deliberately beneath the line of the medieval silhouette so that the spires remain visible from the water. Broad stairways climb its flanks to a roof paved as a public square, and from there a sequence of terrace steps down toward a small pier, a helicopter pad and the open Gulf of Finland. Under that surface sit an amphitheater for 4,200 people,
  • Beach house / Sebastian HonnĂ©r

    Beach house / Sebastian Honnér
    This beach house is a response to future climate change. The building is elevated on piers to withstand future storm surges, giving the impression that it is hovering above the dunes.
  • Concrete House / Vierna9 + CIRAL Arquitectos

    Concrete House / Vierna9 + CIRAL Arquitectos
    The location, program, and construction define the project for this residence, located in the northwestern part of Madrid, where the use of concrete becomes the defining feature of its architectural identity.
  • SertĂŁo Block and Amparo House / Asa Arquitetos

    SertĂŁo Block and Amparo House / Asa Arquitetos
    Located at Haras Amparo Medeiros, in the rural area of Princesa Isabel in the ParaĂ­ba hinterland (sertĂŁo), Casa Amparo was designed based on an analysis of the local natural conditions and landscape. The rugged topography, characterized by rocky outcrops, resilient vegetation, and open views of the territory, guided a layout that seeks to accommodate the architecture to the different levels, preserving the natural features of the site.
  • Greenhouse House 23 / Yemail Arquitectura

    Greenhouse House 23 / Yemail Arquitectura
    There is a moment when construction and demolition look identical. Sometimes, that concrete image—suspended between absence and the promise of the future—becomes a guide for physical intervention. If we strip away the symbolic sense of violence it sometimes imposes on its site, a ruin can also be understood as a material and temporal inventory.
  • Restaurante Preta Maria / Estudio Guto Requena

    Restaurante Preta Maria / Estudio Guto Requena
    An architectural project that celebrates Afro-Brazilian culture: this is the foundation of Preta Maria restaurant, designed by Estudio Guto Requena in collaboration with architects Gabriela de Matos and Mateus Fraga. Based on an Afrofuturist approach that breaks away from colonial representations of Africa, the project seeks to celebrate the experience of Africans in Brazil through architecture, art, technology, cuisine, and other forms of expression. Bamboo, rammed earth, stone, and high-tech r
  • Veras Cultural Center / Terra e Tuma Arquitetos Associados

    Veras Cultural Center / Terra e Tuma Arquitetos Associados
    Located on the urban fringe of the CĂłrrego Grande hills, on the island of FlorianĂłpolis, the Veras Cultural Center serves as a device for connecting territory, community, and cultural practices.
  • JS449 Apartment Building / Duque Motta & AA + FIA

    JS449 Apartment Building / Duque Motta & AA + FIA
    The assignment consisted of the development of an apartment building for sale in a predominantly residential area of the commune of Providencia. To increase density, the regulations allow for an isolated volume of up to 12 floors without allowing housing on the first floor.
  • Cadence Courtyard Tower / Alison Brooks Architects

    Cadence Courtyard Tower / Alison Brooks Architects
    King's Cross has a new landmark: Cadence – the mixed-use 'courtyard tower' by Alison Brooks Architects – is complete.
  • Designing the invisible at the new ICG Gallery Dubai

    Designing the invisible at the new ICG Gallery Dubai
    Designing the invisible.IRIS CERAMICA GROUP OFFICIALLY OPENS THE NEW ICG GALLERY DUBAI WITH A MULTISENSORY EXPERIENCEOn the occasion of Dubai Design Week, Iris Ceramica Group officially opens the doors of the new ICG Gallery Dubai with “Designing the Invisible”, an experiential project that explores the most intangible dimensions of design through materials, sound, scent and perception, using neuroscience to investigate how the senses contribute to our perception of space.From 3 to 7 Novembe
  • Architectures of Movement: 6 Unbuilt Transport Structures from the ArchDaily Community

    Architectures of Movement: 6 Unbuilt Transport Structures from the ArchDaily Community
    The idea of transportation infrastructure tends to be more hostile than interesting: spaces of transit, of constant encounters with strangers, places that no one seems to claim. These structures organize movement and provide spaces that often operate around the clock. The unbuilt projects below push back against this notion of a no-man's-land, proposing infrastructure as an object of architecture. Located in Iran, Montenegro, the Canary Islands, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, and South Korea,
  • Open Architecture on designing a journey beyond Earth

    Open Architecture on designing a journey beyond Earth
    Task Eternal currently on show at the Powerhouse Parramatta traces the expansive story of humanity’s exploration of flight and space. We spoke with Huang Wenjing, co-director of Beijing and New York-based architecture studio Open Architecture about the monumental task of translating this narrative into an exhibition environment and creating a spatial experience that embodies a revelatory journey.
  • MASEREEL Artist Residences / {define} + FRANTZEN et al architecten

    MASEREEL Artist Residences / {define} + FRANTZEN et al architecten
    The Artist Residences at MASEREEL, a contemporary arts center and international residency for graphic arts and printed media in Belgium, rethink temporary lodging for artists as a compact, circular, and adaptable building embedded in the wooded landscape of Kasterlee.
  • New Mexico Literacy Institute by Multistudio and Design Plus Architects Set to Open in December

    New Mexico Literacy Institute by Multistudio and Design Plus Architects Set to Open in December
    The New Mexico Literacy Institute (NMLI), a 31,000-square-foot educational center designed by Multistudio in collaboration with Albuquerque-based Design Plus Architects, is scheduled to open in December 2026. Located in New Mexico, the project is a legacy initiative of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and is intended to provide a statewide facility for literacy education, serving learners of different ages and abilities. The design brings together educational, recreational, and community spaces,
  • Cliff House / GASAP

    Cliff House  / GASAP
    Set on an exposed rocky outcrop overlooking the Libyan Sea, Cliff House transforms the challenges of its dramatic Cretan landscape into an architectural experience shaped by wind, materiality, and the gradual revelation of the horizon.
  • Campbell House by Nuud Studio

    Campbell House by Nuud Studio
    Embracing the inherent charms of a 1980s townhouse, this renovation brings light and a renewed sense of cohesion to the interior.
  • Rebuilding After Wildfires Means Rethinking Residential Design

    Rebuilding After Wildfires Means Rethinking Residential Design
    The SCI-Arc Resilient Futures Task Force was created to rethink standard rebuilding methods after the January 2025 fires in Los Angeles exposed deep weaknesses in Southern California's default residential standards. Bringing together teachers, researchers, and students, the initiative gives displaced homeowners direct, practical help with building safety, soil toxicity, emergency funding, and insurance claims through public community meetings.
  • Powerhouse Parramatta Museum to Open on November 7, 2026, in Sydney

    Powerhouse Parramatta Museum to Open on November 7, 2026, in Sydney
    Designed by Franco-Japanese architects Moreau Kusunoki, with Australian architecture firm Genton as local architects, Powerhouse Parramatta is, according to the NSW Government, the largest cultural infrastructure project in Australia since the Sydney Opera House. The project was first announced in 2019, construction began in 2022, and the opening was first announced for 2025. The main building was completed earlier this year, giving way to the upcoming opening this Saturday, November 7, 2026. Po
  • Building "Reservoirs of Hope" in Future Cities: Lessons from Utopian Hours 2026

    Building "Reservoirs of Hope" in Future Cities: Lessons from Utopian Hours 2026
    Utopia is commonly understood as an imagined ideal society or place where political, social, and living conditions are fundamentally different from those of the present. Derived from Greek, the word literally means "no-place" or "nowhere." Although utopia may not exist in reality, the act of imagining it has long inspired architects and urban thinkers to envision the world otherwise. Amid the ongoing challenges that cities face today — climate crisis, pollution, soaring land prices, aging popu
  • BrasĂ­lia Architecture Guide: 17 Projects to Understand the Scales of the Brazilian Capital

    BrasĂ­lia Architecture Guide: 17 Projects to Understand the Scales of the Brazilian Capital
    In the nineteenth century, driven by the Industrial Revolution, the rise of the machine age, rapid population growth, and increasingly pressing demands for urban space, Europe saw the emergence of the first modern reflections on the city. More importantly, this period marked the beginning of urban planning as a distinct academic and professional discipline—a theory and practice inherent to a consolidating historical era, whose ultimate urban legacy would define the twentieth century. Within th
  • Al-Mastaba Installation at Amman Design Week 2026 / Laith Matarweh Studio for Architecture

    Al-Mastaba Installation at Amman Design Week 2026 / Laith Matarweh Studio for Architecture
    Al-Mastaba is named after a common Levantine term referring to the leveling of land for building, cultivation, or access. It also describes a leveled or raised surface for sitting. In traditional houses, the mastaba often extends the interior floor outward, forming a threshold between domestic life and the surrounding environment, where everyday activities, encounters, and social interactions unfold.

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