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• Mexická Restaurant / 20-20 Architekti

  26-12-2025 08:00 via archdaily.com
  © BoysPlayNice architects: 20-20 ArchitektiLocation: Praha 7, CzechiaProject Year: 2025Photographs: BoysPlayNiceArea: 890.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• A vision in silver: TAOA’s new studio

  19-02-2026 06:49 via indesignlive.com
  Two significant elements drove the site selection for TAOA’s new studio. The first is the location in Beijing‘s 798 Art District. The second was the condition of the existing building.To understand the context, Beijing’s 798 Art District is home to both the 798 Photo Gallery and the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art. With open air cafés and art installations lining the streets, the district, also known as Dashanzi, is Beijing’s go-to area for a hipster lifestyle.
  
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• A museum of Meenakari: Studio Lotus designs Sunita Shekhawat’s Jaipur flagship

  19-02-2026 05:24 via indesignlive.com
  Extending the reach of a luxury jewellery house, Studio Lotus has designed a flagship for Sunita Shekhawat in Jaipur, India that operates as both retail destination and cultural archive.As a project, the store is conceived as a museum and brand experience. The centre engages with clients but also provides a history of the art of Meenakari enamel work, in an exceptional space.Meenakari is an age-old technique renowned for its vibrant and intricate designs on metal surfaces. While enamel work orig
  
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• Residential winners revealed: 2026 NSW Regional Architecture Awards

  19-02-2026 04:58 via architectureau.com
  Twenty-three residential projects were recognised in this year's awards.
  
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• SA and WA rank highest in 2026 planning reform scorecard

  19-02-2026 04:04 via architectureau.com
  According to the Housing Institute of Australia, this year’s scorecard results reveal “a growing divide between states embracing bold reforms and those stuck in a ‘business-as-usual’ approach.”
  
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• Qianyi Lim on whether to resist the ‘emerging architect’ label

  19-02-2026 03:11 via architectureau.com
  ArchitectureAu Asks the Sydney architect, “Does the ‘emerging architect’ label diminish the influence, agency and perceived capability of early-career architects – and, by extension, that of the profession more broadly?”
  
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• 55,000 extra social housing homes are being built – but a new study shows that boom still falls short

  19-02-2026 00:31 via architectureau.com
  Even with the recent investment boom, we’re still not building enough social housing to cut the backlog of need – leaving hundreds of thousands of Australians without an adequate, affordable home.
  
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• $1.5 billion new Footscray Hospital opens in Victoria

  18-02-2026 23:55 via architectureau.com
  Victoria’s largest health infrastructure investment to date, the new hospital will provide more than 500 beds once fully operational.
  
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• The Corner Store by Ian Moore Architects

  18-02-2026 22:11 via architectureau.com
  In transforming a former pub and corner store, Ian Moore Architects has crafted a luminous residence that both repairs and extends the city fabric that it resides within.
  
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• The House That Creates a View / studioSHUWARI Inc.

  18-02-2026 20:00 via archdaily.com
  © ToLoLo studio Nakamura Mayu architects: studioSHUWARI Inc.Location: Toyama, JapanProject Year: 2025Photographs: ToLoLo studio Nakamura MayuArea: 113.29 m2 Read more »
  
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• Itupeva House / UNA MUNIZVIEGAS

  18-02-2026 16:00 via archdaily.com
  © Pedro Kok architects: UNA MUNIZVIEGASLocation: Itupeva, BrazilProject Year: 2024Photograph: Pedro KokPhotograph: Rodrigo FonsecaPhotograph: Courtesy of UNA MUNIZVIEGASArea: 640.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• Chera Castle / Belen Ilarri Studio

  18-02-2026 13:00 via archdaily.com
  © David Zarzoso architects: Belen Ilarri StudioLocation: Chera, SpainProject Year: 2025Photography: David Zarzoso Read more »
  
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• Crabe Fantôme - Evolutive Housing / O.U.V.R.A.G.E.S.

  18-02-2026 11:00 via archdaily.com
  © Maxime Delvaux architects: O.U.V.R.A.G.E.S.Location: Watermael-Boitsfort, BelgiumProject Year: 2025Photographs: Maxime DelvauxArea: 395.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• Land of Wells: Designing for Saharan Nomads

  18-02-2026 08:30 via archdaily.com
  Bir Ettin Restoration / Bled El Abar Collective. Image Courtesy of Bled El Abar CollectiveIn some languages, the very word for building refers to its immovability. The discipline of engineering related to buildings is referred to as statics. Thus, architecture is closely related to the fixed and the immobile. And yet, for millions of nomadic people around the world, shelters must be of a light and distinctly movable structure, while home is the vast landscape in which they reside. Such lifestyle
  
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• Jingzhou City Wall Archaeological Site Exhibition Pavilion / Qing Studio

  18-02-2026 08:00 via archdaily.com
  © Yilong Zhao architects: Qing StudioLocation: Jingzhou, ChinaProject Year: 2026Photographs: Yilong ZhaoArea: 330.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• ARK Architects: Quiet Monumentality and Dialogue with Landscape

  18-02-2026 07:45 via archdaily.com
  Villa Tai. Image Courtesy of ARK ArchitectsThe single-family house remains one of the most complex territories in contemporary architecture. At once intimate and technical, everyday and symbolic, it concentrates debates around comfort, sustainability, landscape, and ways of living, while also serving as an instrument for projecting the identity of its inhabitants. It is within this field that ARK Architects operates. Based in Marbella and Sotogrande, the studio's work, under the creative directi
  
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• King Salman Park Advances Toward 2026 Opening on Former Riyadh Airbase

  18-02-2026 07:30 via archdaily.com
  King Salman Park, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Image Courtesy of King Salman Park Foundation & OmraniaConstruction continues on King Salman Park in Riyadh, a 16.9-square-kilometre public landscape taking shape on the grounds of the city's former airport. Led by Omrania as lead design consultant, in collaboration with Henning Larsen for master planning and urban design, the project reimagines the centrally located site as a large-scale green and cultural district. Conceived as a new civic core for t
  
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• Effevu House / ellevuelle architetti

  18-02-2026 07:00 via archdaily.com
  © Simone Bossi architects: ellevuelle architettiLocation: Modigliana, ItalyProject Year: 2025Photographs: Simone Bossi Read more »
  
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• The Afterlife of Expo Osaka’s Grand Ring: How the Timber Structure Is Being Reused Across Japan

  18-02-2026 06:30 via archdaily.com
  June 12, 2024 Expo Osaka 2025 Grand Ring construction progress. Image © Expo Osaka 2025Exhibitions can be an opportunity to extend architectural discourse beyond professional circles, opening conversations with broader publics and serving as an interface between architecture and society. Within this concept, major international events such as the Osaka International Expo 2025 and the Venice Architecture Biennale have adopted the idea of the circular economy as one of their organizational ob
  
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• One of NSW’s biggest BTR projects receives green light for development

  18-02-2026 06:14 via architectureau.com
  The approved proposal in Inner West Sydney includes more than 1,100 dwellings and 10,000 square metres of landscaped open space on a former industrial site.
  
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• The Two Cathedrals of Managua: Architectural Memory After Nicaragua’s 1972 Earthquake

  18-02-2026 05:00 via archdaily.com
  The New Cathedral of Managua. Image © Leonid Andronov via ShutterstockOn December 23, 1972, Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, was struck by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake. In a matter of minutes, its urban core, which for decades had functioned as a compact political and economic center, abruptly collapsed. In the reconstruction process that followed, the authorities sought not simply to rebuild but to reorganize. Their objective was to decentralize the city and prevent future paralysis by dis
  
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• In conversation with the architects behind The Lands by Capella

  18-02-2026 04:22 via architectureau.com
  In Sydney’s Sandstone Precinct, the adaptive reuse of The Lands by Capella reimagines the 1876 former Department of Lands as a layered destination for hospitality, retail and events.
  
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• Chapultepec Forest Scenic Garden / Michan Architecture + PARABASE

  18-02-2026 04:00 via archdaily.com
  © Arturo Arrieta architects: Michan Architecture architects: Parabase Location: Ciudad de México, MexicoProject Year: 2024Photographs: Arturo ArrietaArea: 70000.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• Havenwood / Atlas Architects

  18-02-2026 03:00 via archdaily.com
  © Tess Kelly architects: Atlas ArchitectsLocation: Brighton, Victoria, AustraliaProject Year: 2025Photographs: Tess KellyArea: 334.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• Pod hopping

  18-02-2026 02:22 via indesignlive.com
  Chandigarh is easily the greatest attempt at an architectural utopia the world has ever seen and is now a must-see destination for architects and their contemporaries the world over. Forming the capital city of the northern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh was dreamt up by India‘s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, who, in 1949 engaged the Swiss-French modernist architect Le Corbusier to design his vision. Buildings designed by Le Corbusier of note include the Capitol C
  
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• Anything but standard

  18-02-2026 02:05 via indesignlive.com
  There is a new hotel on the block in the Lion City that is making waves across the globe and it is anything but standard. With the opening of the much anticipated The Standard, Singapore, this latest iteration of the iconic brand is a standout in a city that knows its hotels and expects only the best.Centrally located on the delightfully named Orange Grove Road, The Standard, Singapore, sits between the Singapore Botanic Gardens and the Orchard Road shopping district. As a destination, The Stand
  
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• Ger Plug-In 3.0 / District Development Unit

  18-02-2026 01:00 via archdaily.com
  Courtesy of District Development Unit architects: District Development UnitLocation: Ulaanbaatar, MongoliaProject Year: 2023Photographs: Courtesy of District Development UnitArea: 100.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• Imabari Shipbuilding Marugame Office / Yano Aoyama Architecture Design

  17-02-2026 20:00 via archdaily.com
  © Nishikawa Masao architects: Yano Aoyama Architecture DesignLocation: Marugame, Kagawa, JapanProject Year: 2025Photographs: Nishikawa MasaoArea: 8489.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• Entremontes House / Harpa Arquitetura

  17-02-2026 16:00 via archdaily.com
  © Gabriel Konrath architects: Harpa ArquiteturaLocation: Montenegro, BrazilProject Year: 2025Photograph: Gabriel KonrathArea: 390.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• Sornells 21 Studio / Paloma Bau Studio

  17-02-2026 13:00 via archdaily.com
  © David Zarzoso architects: Paloma Bau StudioLocation: València, SpainProject Year: 2025Photographs: David ZarzosoArea: 170.0 m2 Read more »
  
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