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July 2026 · 51
Vector Architects rejects white cube design for Aranya Art Center Guangzhou ↗
Architecture studio Vector Architects has arranged a cluster of art galleries around a preserved Banyan tree canopy near Guangzhou, China. Developed for Aranya Jiulong Lake, a holiday retreat near Jiulong Lake Reservoir 45 kilometres away from central Guangzhou, the art centre was broken into several free-standing galleries connected by gardens and plazas. According to Vector
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Building to Teach: 15 Schools That Explore Timber as a Primary Material
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Over the past decades, timber has expanded its presence in contemporary architecture—driven both by the development of new construction technologies and by the rediscovery of traditional building techniques, all with a focus on lower-impact environmental solutions. Schools are among the building types that best reflect this movement: it is in these environments that the environmental, constructive, and sensory qualities of timber find particularly fertile ground.
Reflections from UIA 2026 Barcelona about the Future of the Built Environment
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As the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 came to a close in Barcelona, one message resurfaced across debates, exhibitions, talks, and conversations alike: the future of architecture will depend less on definitive answers than on the ability to accept change and collectively question established models. At this year's Congress, under the theme "Becoming. Architectures for a Planet in Transition," architecture was framed as an evolving practice shaped by interdisciplinary dialogue, research, and collaboration.
The Architecture of the FIFA World Cup: Looking Back at 2026 and Ahead to 2030
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The conclusion of the FIFA World Cup 2026 marks the end of the tournament's largest edition to date. Hosted across Canada, Mexico, and the United States, the competition expanded to 48 national teams and brought together sixteen host cities distributed across three countries. For decades, FIFA World Cups have served as catalysts for architectural production. Each edition has generated a distinct collection of stadiums, transportation investments, public spaces, and urban interventions that often remain part of their host cities long after the tournament concludes. While recent competitions have become associated with landmark stadium projects and ambitious national building programs, the 2026 edition followed a different trajectory, relying primarily on existing venues adapted to FIFA's technical and operational requirements.
Selldorf Architects Unveils Design for Clark Art Institute Extension in Massachusetts
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The Clark Art Institute, a prominent art institution located in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, United States, has unveiled images of the design for the extension of its current facilities. The institution, opened in 1955, is both an art museum and a center for research, critical discussion, and higher education in the visual arts. The new wing, commissioned to Selldorf Architects in October 2024, will expand the current gallery and art storage space and connect the Museum Building and the Manton Research Center, previously renovated by the same firm. The new building will be complemented by a landscape design by Reed Hilderbrand, reinforcing the experience of the architecture, art, and surrounding Berkshire landscape.
Ortega Diago creates Brutalist changing rooms for San Sebastian factory ↗
Architecture studio Ortega Diago has transformed part of a warehouse in San Sebastian, Spain, into a locker room and changing facility for more than 100 factory workers. The studio founded by Gonzalo Sánchez Ortega and Armando Diago was approached to design the changing rooms in a long, narrow space at one end of a factory.
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"Architecture Is Not Jewelry": Xing Ruan on Building for Time, Not Perfection
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In 2023, the School of Design Building at Shanghai Jiao Tong University opened its doors after a complete remodeling and adaptation of an existing structure. Designed by architect and scholar Xing Ruan, who also serves as Dean of the school, the building went on to receive two recognitions at the Prix Versailles: the World Title of the Most Beautiful Campus and the Special Prize for an Interior, one of the three major honors of the competition. Awards of this kind tend to generate their own momentum. Once a building is recognized, it is quickly placed within a convenient narrative — its materials, techniques, form, and spatial decisions all assigned meanings that make the project legible, categorizable, and easy to cite.
Urban Egg Mixed Use Facility / U.GA Architects
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Busan's Jeonpo-dong was once an industrial alley defined by the mechanical hum and the friction of metal. Over time, glass facades replaced steel shutters, and a new sentiment layered over the past, transforming the area into the vibrant 'Jeollidan-gil.' Situated where past temporalities intersect with present sensibilities, 'Urban Egg' intervenes in the street's flow to construct a profound spatial 'crevice.'
Japanese port town regeneration among projects from Singapore University of Technology and Design ↗
Dezeen School Shows: a proposal to reimagine the historic Japanese port town of Tomonoura is among the projects from the Singapore University of Technology and Design. Also featured is a project exploring care infrastructure for residents living within Manila North Cemetery and an ecological masterplan for Singapore's coastline. Singapore University of Technology and Design Institution:
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Thomas Residence / Embrace Architects
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Thomas Street Residence by Embrace Architects is a refined private home in Melbourne, Australia, shaped by proportion, light, curved geometries and enduring materiality.
Hotel Nobis Palma / Jordi Herrero Arquitecto
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Hotel Nobis Palma is the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of Can Oliver, a historic palace located in the old town of Palma de Mallorca. Rather than adapting the building to fit the hotel program, the central concept of the project was the opposite: allowing the hotel to adapt to the existing architecture. This approach became the project's main inspiration and guided every design decision.
Rivers Before Roads: How Southeast Asia's Waterways Produced an Alternative Urbanism
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For most of the twentieth century, architecture has learned to read cities through roads. Street hierarchies define urban plans, intersections organize movement, and buildings are understood by the façades they present to sidewalks. Roads appear so fundamental to urban life that they are often mistaken for a universal condition. Across much of Southeast Asia, cities developed according to an entirely different spatial logic. Long before automobiles reordered urban landscapes, rivers served as streets, marketplaces, civic spaces, and public infrastructure. Movement occurred primarily by boat, commerce unfolded along waterfronts, and architecture addressed water rather than asphalt. Reading these cities through their waterways changes how architecture itself is understood. Infrastructure, in this case, is not the road but the river.
Tiansong Headquarters / ZIAD
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01 Architecture and the City - Tiansong Headquarters is situated in Chengxi Subdistrict, Wenling, Taizhou, at the confluence of the old town and the new urban district. The existing urban fabric around the site is fragmented and lacks coherence. In response, the design embraces the corporate ethos of precision craftsmanship and openness, arranging two slab office volumes along the city's dual axes. Through axial torsion and volumetric expansion and contraction, the building establishes a restrained yet distinctive landmark at the intersection. A transparent atrium is enclosed within, giving the composition a cohesive order. The project opens itself to the city: the main entrance along the arterial road is paired with a public plaza, offering an inviting leisure space for citizens; on the north side, the terrain's level changes are leveraged to create a retail terrace; and the secondary entrance, with its landscaped courtyard and inner skywell, provides a warm and welcoming arrival experience.
Koenji Office Building / SO&CO.
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This headquarters building is situated on a flagpole-shaped lot near Koenji Station, with a frontage of just 2 meters. The building comprises three above-ground stories and one basement level. We sought to free the design from the constraints imposed by the conventional rationality of reinforced concrete structure frames with shear walls, and to expand the roles of concrete.
OMA's Oberon restaurant at the New Museum is hidden in plain sight ↗
Architecture studio OMA has designed a "jewel box" restaurant clad in cork inside its recently completed extension to the New Museum in Manhattan. All-day bar and restaurant Oberon has opened a few months after the expansion, which OMA New York completed adjacent to the original SANAA-designed building. Sitting adjacent to the lobby, in the expansion's
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JNG House / BodinChapa Architects
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A home is perhaps the most personal architectural expression of its owner. More than any other building type, it reflects individual values, ways of living, and the gradual evolution of everyday life. JNG House is the result of a shared journey between the homeowner and the architect, where both perspectives matured together over time. The project translates this evolving understanding into an architecture defined by clarity, restraint, and carefully considered simplicity.
Adaptive reuse of Barcelona power plant among projects by Elisava ↗
Dezeen School Shows: the reimagining of a former seaside thermal power plant north of Barcelona set out in painterly visualisations is among projects by Elisava students. Also included is a series of furniture characterised by the use of taut cables and a modular system of ceramic and wood objects designed for use in urban micro
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KPF wraps China skyscraper in one-kilometer-long landscape ribbon ↗
A one-kilometer-long series of terraces and planted staircases wraps around a trio of interconnected buildings in Shenzhen, China, for tech company TP-Link. Designed by architecture studio KPF, TP-Link LXD contains 124,600-square-metres of offices, research and development spaces and housing in three towers. The desire to create shared, open green spaces on a compact site led
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Eight cottage living room interiors fit for a rural retreat ↗
Our latest lookbook features eight living rooms in cottages united by their peaceful interiors, from the Scottish Highlands to Czechia's Bohemian Forest. As summer rolls on in the northern hemisphere, we've rounded up enviable cottages that blend contemporary touches with more traditional architecture to inspire a restorative country getaway. This is the latest in our
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Winery in abandoned cement factory among projects from the University of Portsmouth ↗
Dezeen School Shows: a winery and cultural hub in a former South Downs cement factory is among the projects from the University of Portsmouth. Also featured is an observation deck made from discarded maritime materials and a community-driven architecture complex for marginalised people in Berlin. University of Portsmouth Institution: School of Architecture, Art and Design
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RIBA announces 2026 Stirling Prize shortlist ↗
The adaptive reuse of a 1970s theater, an addition to a historic courtyard, a major urban design project at a famous transit hub, and three other projects were shortlisted for
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Introducing the jury for the 2026 Best of Design Awards ↗
The 14th annual Best of Design Awards is back to elevate the best buildings, interiors, landscapes, masterplans, and other project typologies. This international, project-based awards program surveys the diversity and
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Studio James Carpenter and Gensler artistically wrap San Diego International Airport Terminal One with curved glass panels and serrated aluminum fins ↗
The facade of San Diego International Airport’s new Terminal One is the result of a unique collaboration between Gensler and Studio James Carpenter/JCDA, who worked together from the project’s inception
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Note Design Studio looks to traditional farmsteads for villa in southern Sweden ↗
Local practice Note Design Studio has completed Villa Österlen, a holiday home in southern Sweden designed as a contemporary take on the traditional rural dwellings of Skåne county. Capable of hosting large family gatherings, the holiday retreat sits within a rolling green landscape close to Hanö Bay, overlooking fields, woodland and a nearby village. Note Design
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Cascade Architectural’s Fabricoil® systems offer customizable facade screening solutions for projects of any scale ↗
Cascade Architectural’s coiled wire fabric (Fabricoil®) systems are a versatile solution for facade screening needs across a range of project types and scales. This easy-to-install, low-maintenance solution is backed by
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ZHA 3D-prints voluptuous chair from recycled plastic ↗
Architecture studio ZHA, formerly Zaha Hadid Architects, has worked with Spanish brand Nagami to launch the 3D-printed Echo Chair made from recycled plastic. The sculptural chair, envisioned using parametric design software, features an arching backrest that extends to the ground in one plane and a seat that scoops up at the sides to hug the sitter.
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What the World Cup has taught us about stadium design ↗
What's the creepy technology at one of the major 2026 World Cup stadiums? Are stadiums the only giant buildings that people really like? And what does the future hold for stadium architecture? Listen to the latest episode of Dezeen Weekly now. In this episode, Dezeen features editor Nat Barker is joined by US editor Ben
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Bokey Grant creates low-tech sanctuary in Australian Flame Zone ↗
Architecture studio Bokey Grant has designed a monolithic house on the edge of a bushland escarpment in New South Wales, Australia. Named EA House (Esther and Albert's), the 170-square-metre family home is located on the land of the Gundungurra people in the Southern Highlands. "The core concept was to design a home that was experimental
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Selldorf Architects and Reed Hilderbrand are designing a new wing at the Clark Art Institute ↗
The Clark Art Institute, designed by architect Daniel Perry, opened in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1955. Years later, in 2014, the heralded institution celebrated a series of additions to its bucolic
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Crematorium ash scattering terrain among projects from De Montfort University ↗
Dezeen School Shows: a proposal for a terrain located on Leicester's River Soar dedicated to ash scattering is among the student projects from De Montfort University. Also featured are private and communal living spaces in Leicester's Wolsey Island and a brewery fuelled by hop waste. De Montfort University School: Leicester School of Architecture Course: BA
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AIA calls ROAD to Housing Act an important step in housing affordability ↗
The American Institute of Architects has "celebrated" the enactment of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a recently passed bill aimed at speeding up the building and access of affordable housing in the US, saying it may "expand the pipeline of projects" for architects The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act went into law
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Dezeen Agenda features our Future Stadium series ↗
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the launch of our Future Stadium series. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. With stadium construction escalating and the World Cup coming to an end, our Future Stadium series explores the role these monumental sports venues play in architecture and urbanism around the world. This week's
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“Rike Tubes” by Fuksas Studio in Tbilisi, Georgia, are slated for demolition ↗
Two cultural buildings in Tbilisi, Georgia, designed by Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, of Fuksas Studio, are slated for demolition. Per a decision by Tbilisi City Hall’s Architecture Service, the
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Planned demolition of Tbilisi concert hall a significant cultural setback says Studio Fuksas ↗
Italian architecture practice Studio Fuksas has called for the ordered demolition of its Rike Concert Hall to be halted and an alternative use for the building to be found. In a statement issued to Dezeen, Studio Fuksas said that it had made repeated attempts to contact Tbilisi officials and the building owners over the past
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US approves deployment of giant space mirror to illuminate Earth after dark ↗
California startup Reflect Orbital has received permission from the US federal government to test a controversial satellite bearing a 18-metre-wide mirror, which the company claims could help to light up streets and fuel solar farms at night. Following approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last week, the company plans to launch its Eärendil-1 demo
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RIBA unveils Stirling Prize 2026 shortlist ↗
The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced the six-strong shortlist for this year's Stirling Prize, which includes Renzo Piano Building Workshop's cube-shaped Paddington Square. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the annual RIBA Stirling Prize, which is regarded as the highest architecture award in the UK. As in previous years, all six shortlisted
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Seattle Council Committee Votes to Rein In Growth Plan Appeals ↗
A 3-0 Land Use Committee vote sends Eddie Lin's proposal to close a commonly used avenue of growth plan appeals to a full Seattle City Council vote next week. The proposal has sparked opposition from many of the same groups that have used appeals to delay zoning changes in the past.
SoFi Stadium in California set the standard for integrated stadium technology ↗
Continuing our Future Stadium series, we take a close look at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Designed by US studio HKS, it has one of the world's largest videoboards and the highest price tag in the history of sports architecture. The HKS-designed stadium set the standard for technology-centred sports stadiums on a global scale, and
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Roberts Gray Architects tops New Zealand sand dune with rammed-earth home ↗
New Zealand studio Roberts Gray Architects has completed a coastal home near Auckland, wrapping two contrasting courtyards with low-slung volumes of rammed earth. Named Double Courtyard House, the home sits atop a sand dune in Te Arai that is hugged by a pine forest to one side and faces expansive coastal views to the other.
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Studio Fuksas-designed Rike Concert Hall in Tbilisi set to be demolished ↗
The unopened Rike Concert Hall in Tbilisi, designed by Italian practice Studio Fuksas, is set to be demolished less than 15 years after it was completed. Tbilisi's city hall architecture department has issued a permit allowing the owner of the concert hall to demolish the building. According to reports in the Georgian press, its owners
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Studio Libeskind designs cluster of Seoul skyscrapers as a living work of art ↗
Architecture firm Studio Libeskind has unveiled designs for six skyscrapers set to form a residential complex in Seoul's Gangnam district. Studio Libeskind collaborated with local architecture studios Samoo and HJ Design Partners on the design for the Daechi Ssangyong redevelopment project, which aims to connect residents with the landscape. The development is set to be built
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Doing Big Things: How Seattle Put Light Rail On A Floating Bridge ↗
An innovative project and a three-pronged approach got this job done.
Colorado house by Studio B and Studio Brother John appears to hover over the land ↗
Local outfit Studio Brother John has collaborated with Studio B Architecture + Interiors for a house in Boulder, Colorado, USA making the most of its mountainous site and replacing a structure destroyed in a wildfire. Local interior designer and developer John Canova of Studio Brother John collaborated with Studio B Architecture + Interiors (Studio B), an
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Dezeen debate features refuge for the uncreative ↗
The latest Dezeen Debate newsletter features the transformation of a historic Spanish bank into the Faro Santander museum by David Chipperfield Architects. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Scheduled to open in September, the museum will open up the listed Pereda Building on the Santander seafront to the public for the first time. Commenters weren't to
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Heavily stylistic approach to stadium design should die down says Populous global director Jonathan Mallie ↗
Continuing our Future Stadium series, we interview architect Jonathan Mallie about the combination of urban planning, computational design and economics behind Populous, the studio driving global stadium design. If you attend professional sporting events, there's a good chance you've sat in a stadium designed by Populous. The Kansas City-based architecture studio, which operates globally, claims
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I-5 Expansion Over Columbia River Stumbles Forward with Federal Greenlight ↗
The I-5 Interstate Bridge Replacement project has completed its federal environmental review and the first phase of work is marching toward construction. Does that mean internal strife over major elements of the program is in the rearview mirror? Far from it.
Op-Ed: The Data Says Seattle’s High Earners Tax Is Working, Despite Whining from Big Business ↗
The Downtown Seattle Association recently released a “report” that was meant to convince us that taxes on high earners are smothering the Seattle economy. Here’s why their analysis is flat wrong.
Sunday Video: WSDOT's $3 Billion I-405 Fix, with Stride BRT Inbound ↗
Josh Kline of YouTube channel Build Core recently took a look at the $3 billion plan to improve I-405 in Seattle's Eastside suburbs and deliver a new bus rapid transit network.
America’s Most Overlooked Developer: Local Churches ↗
Faith institutions already own land and want to help address community needs — can this include housing?
The Bland Perfection of the Williamsburg Waterfront ↗
After two decades (and two rezonings), the Domino district looks very different from Hunter’s Point South. But is it better?
Your Transportation Plan Won't Save Anyone. Not Today. ↗
The next step toward safer streets doesn't require waiting for the next planning cycle.
June 2026 · 51
The trends driving lighting design right now ↗
In the May/June issue of The Architect’s Newspaper, AN spoke to several lighting designers about illumination for architectural projects. Conversations with designers from TM Lighting, HOK, HLB, Studio Atomic, L’Observatoire
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Massachusetts is soliciting proposals from developers to transform Boston’s Lindemann and Hurley buildings into housing ↗
Mayor Michelle Wu is investing significant resources to flip office buildings into housing, as vacancy rates in downtown Boston remain relatively steady. The Wu administration’s efforts have been accelerated by
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The not-so-secret weapon to a successful project? Lighting consultants. ↗
Of all the architectural afflictions, few are as immediately identifiable (even to the untrained eye) as bad lighting—restaurants where you can see every pore on your date’s face, offices with
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A cross designed by Mexican architect Mauricio Cortés crowns Sagrada Família ↗
Pope Leo XIV led a Solemn Mass and gave a ceremonial blessing this month in Barcelona to commemorate 100 years since the death of architect Antoni Gaudí. The Pope’s visit
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Adega do Ataíde Winery / Luís Loureiro Arquiteto
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Located in the Douro Superior, within one of the largest areas of organically certified vineyards in northern Portugal, the Quinta do Ataíde Winery is conceived as a contemporary architectural response to a highly sensitive cultural landscape, where sustainability is a central design driver rather than a technical afterthought. Developed for Symington Family Estates, the project reflects a long-term commitment to environmental responsibility, aiming to achieve LEED v4 Gold certification and positioning the winery among the most advanced sustainable wine production facilities of its kind.
JSa completes Casa Marte, an off-grid compound in Mexico’s forested Valle de Bravo ↗
Nominally a residential development and land regeneration project, the 494-acre (200-hectare) nature reserve known as Reserva Peñitas has, in recent years, emerged as something more exciting: a hotbed of contemporary
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Resort Guest Amenities Building / Poik Stanley Wilcox Architects
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The Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando, Florida was for decades a golf destination, known for its Jack Nicklaus–designed courses and private villas. The property was reimagined as Evermore, a family-focused alternative to traditional park lodging. Bordering Disney World, it provides access to all major attractions; however, its defining feature is a new eight-acre freshwater lagoon bordered by beaches and framed by a new "town" anchored by a new Conrad hotel to the north, with flats and homes flanking the east and west. Our task was to design South Beach's primary gathering and entertainment venues, linking the lagoon to the golf experience. Of our four projects, The Landing serves as the resort's social and operational heart—welcoming guests at arrival, providing market, dining, fitness, gaming, and bar experiences, and acting as the gateway between beach and golf. Every aspect is organized to maximize views, comfort, and connection.
Garden walls conceal compact London house by Inglis Badrashi Loddo ↗
Brick garden walls conceal the Walled Courtyard house, which local architecture studio Inglis Badrashi Loddo has completed on a historic square in Kennington, south London. The single-storey home occupies a 63-square-metre infill site that originally formed part of the garden of a Grade-II listed Georgian townhouse, located on the south-east corner of the 18th-century Cleaver
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Hilltop House / W O V E N Architecture and Design
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Perched atop a steep, rocky slope on a Gulf Island in British Columbia, the angular form of the Hilltop House hugs the contours of the land. Designed as a refuge for a Toronto-based client seeking respite from urban chaos, this home is more than a dwelling—it's a meditation on light, landscape, and longevity.
Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC shelter rooftop terrace with pleated canopy at London's Olympia ↗
UK practices Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC have revealed a faceted glass canopy that shelters new outdoor spaces, as part of the transformation of the Olympia events centre in London. Opening to the public today, the rooftop bars, restaurants and landscaped terraces mark the completion of the first phase of Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC's renovation of Olympia, which
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Designing for Stray Cities: Architecture Beyond the Human
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Architecture continues to draw cities as though humans occupy them alone. Plans trace circulation routes, zoning maps assign functions, and buildings are evaluated according to human comfort, safety, and efficiency. Walking through cities across India and Southwest Asia reveals something much more complex. Dogs sleep beneath market stalls, monkeys move across rooftops, birds nest in temple towers and mosque façades, and insects pollinate urban landscapes hidden in plain sight. These species are woven into daily urban life as consistently as human occupants. Streets, courtyards, roofs, drainage systems, markets, and vacant lots are already occupied by multiple species simultaneously. Architectural thinking has been slower to account for this reality.
Nieuw Bergen / MVRDV
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Nieuw Bergen, a residential project comprising seven buildings designed by MVRDV, has been completed in the heart of Eindhoven. The development combines five new buildings with two transformed historic structures, introducing 237 diverse homes to the city that range from apartments for singles to family residences, and from social housing to luxury penthouses. Characterised by jagged sloping roofs that maximise sunlight access while giving the development a dramatic, mountainous silhouette, the project demonstrates how careful design can add density while retaining a sense of openness, character, and urban identity.
Material Intelligence: How Steel Resists Weather, Corrosion, and Time
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Produced on an industrial scale since the 19th century, steel has profoundly transformed the way we build. The combination of iron and small amounts of carbon has given rise to a material capable of combining mechanical strength, relative lightness, and constructive precision, making possible some of the major achievements of modern engineering and architecture. From skyscrapers and bridges to facades, roofs, and industrialized systems, few materials have had such a significant impact on shaping the built environment.
Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC Unveil First Phase of Olympia's Transformation in West London
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Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC have unveiled the first phase of the transformation of Olympia, a historic exhibition complex in West London, into a mixed-use cultural destination. Originally opened in 1886, the Victorian landmark is undergoing a large-scale redevelopment that aims to reconnect the 14-acre site with the surrounding city through new public spaces, cultural venues, hospitality programs, and commercial facilities. The opening is marked by the completion of a new public canopy, which introduces elevated pedestrian circulation and serves as a gateway into the broader master plan while framing new views across Olympia's historic roofscape. The intervention forms part of a broader master plan that will be implemented through 2026 and 2027.
Shamballa Opens in Italy as a 3D-Printed Research Site Exploring Self-Sufficient Sustainable Living
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Shamballa, an 8-hectare open-air laboratory and research site dedicated to sustainable living and advanced architectural 3D printing, was inaugurated on June 8, 2026, in the hills of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. The project is a collaboration between WASP, a 3D printing technology company, and Olfattiva, an aromatherapy and botanical perfumery company, hosting a makers laboratory, a medicinal botanical garden, and "Itaca," a self-sufficient farm built using 3D printing. The building was designed as a model for 3D-printed construction, representing a certified and replicable structure. The outdoor areas host research and development centers, forming an experimental "ecosystem" to develop new ideas in bio-construction and sustainable living, along with automated gardens, rainwater harvesting systems, and initiatives focused on micro circular economies.
Building on the Moon: NASA's Architectural Strategy for Permanent Lunar Habitation
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After Artemis II's return to Earth, NASA unveiled a new phased plan to establish a Moon Base. Although most of the media's attention went to rockets, budgets, and geopolitical competition, a quieter question was lingering for architects in the background: How can a human being actually live on the surface of the Moon, and for how long? The establishment of a permanent human presence on the Moon marks a fundamental shift in space exploration that requires a new architectural paradigm. In their presentation, NASA officials suggested the strategy would drift away from highly constrained, vehicle-dependent environments toward autonomous, site-adaptive, and eventually permanently habitable structures.
House Alva / Arhitekti Počivašek Petranovič
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House Alva stands in the Upper Carniola region, at the foot of the Pokljuka forests. The village center is made up of typical Upper Carniola farms and houses, surrounded by gardens, orchards, and wooden farm buildings covered with traditional concrete roof tiles.
Eva and Marc Besen Centre / Kerstin Thompson Architects
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The Eva and Marc Besen Centre, adjacent to the TarraWarra Museum of Art, is a new purpose-built facility designed as a cultural hub catering to a diverse range of activities and experiences.
YunTuo Distillery / OLI Architecture
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YunTuo, Diageo's first single malt whisky distillery in China, is in the fertile Dali valley of Yunnan Province, at an altitude of approximately 2,100 metres and adjacent to the natural water source of Sanye Spring. Designed by OLI Architecture, the distillery translates its mountain setting, local craft traditions and whisky-making programme into a contemporary architectural experience rooted in place.
Kenari House / Ken Workshop
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Situated on a prominent corner lot within a mature residential neighborhood, the project emerged from a fundamental contradiction: how to create a home that remains open to light, air, and landscape while protecting the intimacy of everyday life. Exposed to two streets and surrounded by neighboring views, the site demanded a careful architectural response. Rather than treating privacy as a limitation, the design transforms it into the primary generator of form, space, and experience.
Proposal that tackles Hull's rising sea level among projects by the University of Sheffield ↗
Dezeen School Shows: a landscape architecture project that addresses Hull's rising sea level is among the projects by the University of Sheffield. Also featured is a proposal to reinvent Manchester's "lost water spaces" into new landscapes for people and nature, and a rewilding project aiming to transform a suburban area of Sheffield. University of Sheffield
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Op-Ed: Help Seattle Get the Frequent Transit Network We Deserve ↗
The Move All Seattle Sustainability Coalition is calling on City Council to approve Mayor Katie Wilson's proposed Seattle Transit Measure renewal to fund vastly more bus service and expand fare subsidies to the lowest income Seattleites. Here's why.
A Stone Cottage in Woodstock Built by an Impressionist Painter ↗
And a renovated farmhouse in Rhinebeck with a guesthouse and barn.
Casey Brown Architecture pitches Corten tents in Australia ↗
Australian studio Casey Brown Architecture has created two Corten cabins in New South Wales, that reference the silhouette of pitched tents. Named Permanent Camping III (PC3), the short stay boutique accommodation is located on a working cattle farm near Orange on Wiradjuri Country, the largest Aboriginal nation in New South Wales. The PC3 is the
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MVRDV tops polite yet radical Eindhoven housing with angular roofs ↗
A cluster of housing blocks with jagged grass-covered rooftops form Nieuw Bergen, a residential complex completed by Dutch studio MVRDV in Eindhoven. Comprised of seven buildings, the mixed-tenure development contains 237 homes, including luxury penthouses, within five new blocks and two renovated 20th-century municipal buildings. MVRDV designed the blocks to gradually rise in scale with
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Telekom Tower, Konstanz / Sauerbruch Hutton
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The Telekom Tower, southeast of Konstanz's historic city centre, quite literally stands out from its surroundings. For a long time, this 1970s building stood in stark contrast to its urban fabric, not only for its height but also for its architectural language; it was perceived as an almost alien presence within the city. Converting the vacant office tower into a residential building offered the opportunity for a retrospective integration, and, in a sense, for urban healing. In this context, adaptive reuse has an impact that extends far beyond the immediate construction task. The conversion not only preserves the embodied energy in the existing structure but also avoids the CO₂ emissions that a new building would have generated. The typology of the high-rise itself represents a forward-looking solution for a dense city with a high proportion of green space. The decision to retain the building's substance and bring it to life with apartments gives it a new face. Its original DNA remains legible, yet its impact has been fundamentally reinterpreted.
Contemplative Drama: How Gaudí Shaped Light and Color at Sagrada Família
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It is afternoon in the summer, and the nave of the Sagrada Família is saturated with warm colors. Shafts of amber and crimson sweep across the stone floor, shift as a cloud passes over Barcelona, then deepen again. Around you, visitors slow without quite realizing it. Some raise their phones — not to capture the architecture, but to step into the light itself, positioning themselves in a pool of orange or gold as if the colours were something you could wear.
G-Beach Residence / B+D+M Architetti
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The G-Beach Residence project originates from the dialectical relationship between the existing Hotel Bellevue, designed by Renzo Menegazzo in 1956, and the surrounding pine forest. The hotel building references the Belo Horizonte Library designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1955, adopting its main architectural features.
Comic spotlighting AI evolution among projects from Parsons School of Design ↗
Dezeen School Shows: a comic strip that examines AI's impact on designers is among the student projects by Parsons School of Design. Also featured is a branding proposal for a make-up company and a project exploring how the creative industry may be affected by AI. Parsons School of Design Institution: Parsons School of Design at The
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Architecture acts as silent guide at Mexico City yoga studio by Talo Atelier ↗
Light-oak tambour panelling covers the walls and curves onto the ceiling inside this yoga studio in Mexico City, designed by local firm Talo Atelier. Align Studio offers yoga sessions, pilates classes and other wellness-focused activities within a flexible studio space that Talo Atelier founder Tadeo López Toledano designed to feel warm, centring and coherent. "The
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Built Works wraps Yogi's Cabin in East Sussex with charred wood ↗
UK studio Built Works has nestled a yoga retreat in an East Sussex woodland, wrapping it with charred timber and a raised veranda evoking a traditional Japanese engawa. Named Yogi's Cabin, the 38-square-metre retreat sits alongside a pond in Great Park Farm. It was designed for Architects Holiday, a hospitality company set up by the
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This week we celebrated the work of Antoni Gaudí ↗
This week on Dezeen, we launched our Gaudí Centenary series marking 100 years since the death of Catalonia's most famous architect. We kicked off the series with an introduction that looked at the key moments and buildings from Antoni Gaudí's life and career. As the central tower on Gaudí's most famous work, the Sagrada Familia in
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Studio Ibsen designs Pure Amazon riverboat as a floating gallery ↗
Milan-based Studio Ibsen has used the Peruvian Amazon's artistic heritage to inform the interiors of a luxury riverboat that explores the region's waters. The Pure Amazon is part of travel operator Abercrombie & Kent's A&K Sanctuary collection of highly curated safari and riverboat experiences. The newly launched vessel's itineraries focus around the Pacaya Samiria National
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Plans for a Jared Kushner–backed luxury resort spark protests in Albania, concurrently with the Bread & Heart architecture festival ↗
Some of the world’s best architects flocked to Tirana, Albania, last week for the second edition of Bread & Heart, a festival centered around architecture, landscape, ecology, and territorial development.
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Architecture cooperative Studio Pivot champions community housing ↗
Pivot became the first architecture cooperative in Quebec, Canada, when it was established in 2017. Cofounder Suzanne Laure Doucet told AN the Montreal office was “born from the determination of
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Waechter Architecture proves all-wood construction isn’t just a niche idea ↗
In 2022, architect Ben Waechter received a Wood Innovations Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service for a building he had actually wanted to make out of concrete.
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Populous creates heart-shaped gateway for World Cup fan area in Kansas City ↗
With the World Cup 2026 kicking off yesterday, spectator areas are popping up across the three host countries, including an official FIFA Fan Festival zone designed by architecture studio Populous in Kansas City. Located on the National WWI Museum and Memorial's south lawn just outside Downtown Kansas City, the pop-up area will be installed for
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MRTN Architects extends Melbourne home with cluster of red-brick volumes ↗
Australian studio MRTN Architects has completed Laneway House in Melbourne, extending a Victorian terrace with a "collage" of forms in red-toned brick, metal and timber. Located in the suburb of Carlton, the home sits within a network of Victorian laneways, where homes present traditional frontages to the street and back onto alleyways defined by an
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Five Antoni Gaudí furniture pieces that reveal the designer behind the architect ↗
The undulating architecture of Antoni Gaudí is lauded around the world, but less known is his distinctive furniture. For our Gaudí Centenary series, we look at five of these striking pieces. Although globally celebrated as an architect, it would be remiss to consider Gaudí's legacy without mentioning his furniture, which is characterised by the same
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I still say to myself 'I have achieved a lot' says Diébédo Francis Kéré ↗
Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Diébédo Francis Kéré has written a book candidly outlining his extraordinary career so far. In this interview, he explains why now felt like the moment to share what he's discovered along the way. Burkinabè architect Kéré became the first African to win the profession's most prestigious award in 2022, in recognition of
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I am definitely buying this one says commenter ↗
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Lego's Sagrada Familia, which was launched to mark the centenary of Antoni Gaudí's death. The replica of the famous Barcelona cathedral is the latest in Lego's architecture series, and will consist of 12,060 pieces making it the largest set ever created by the toy brand. "This would
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Floating accommodation for London's key workers among projects by University of Westminster students ↗
Dezeen School Shows: a proposal for floating living quarters to house key workers in London is among ten projects by architecture students at the University of Westminster. Also featured is a project that fosters togetherness between fibre artists and the queer community, and a project detailing the speculative future of Trafalgar Square's National Gallery in the face of
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New York's art deco icons inform revamped restaurant at The Edge ↗
Design studio Journey and Tao Hospitality Group have refreshed the interiors of dining venues at The Edge, the triangular observation deck at New York's Hudson Yards. The team has completely redesigned Peak with Priceless, the restaurant located on the 101th floor of the KPF-designed 30 Hudson Yards skyscraper. The overhaul also includes the addition of
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Herzog & de Meuron transforms mountain antenna tower into iconic sculpture ↗
Architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has transformed the industrial structure of the Titlis Tower in the Swiss Alps into a sculptural tourist destination with dramatic cantilevers and a panoramic viewpoint. Built in the mid-1980s, the former telecommunications tower sits over 3,000 metres above sea level on Mount Titlis, one of Switzerland's most popular mountain
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Sixteen stadiums hosting games at World Cup 2026 ↗
With the World Cup kicking off in Mexico City today, we look at the architecture of the 16 stadiums in the USA, Mexico and Canada hosting games at the tournament. Unlike many previous World Cups, where stadiums were purpose-built for the tournament, all of the 2026 World Cup venues were built for major sports teams
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Inmate Fatality Report Points to Ongoing Issues at SCORE Jail ↗
Ten miles south of Seattle, the SCORE Jail has seen a dozen deaths in custody since 2023. A recent fatality review left several questions unanswered, including how the drugs that caused the overdose death got into the jail.
Furniture informed by stained glass among projects from Savannah College of Art and Design ↗
Dezeen School Shows: furniture informed by Art Nouveau stained glass is among the projects from Savannah College of Art and Design. Also featured is a support centre for those affected by dementia and an animal shelter based in Los Angeles, USA. Savannah College of Art and Design Institution: Savannah College of Art and Design Courses:
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Op-Ed: How Redlining Housing Discrimination Continues to Impact Seattle Today ↗
Racist maps that U.S. federally backed banks used to deny mortgages to communities of color have a long legacy. Elijah Wright's Redlining Reimagined project seeks to lay bare that sordid history.
Future challenges lie ahead at Sagrada Familia says lead architect Mauricio Cortés ↗
Today marks the inauguration of the Tower of Jesus Christ at the Sagrada Familia. In this Gaudí Centenary interview, its lead architect discusses how modern technology helped reach this monumental milestone, but how work on the church is far from finished. "I've read a few headlines that said that, this year, the Sagrada Familia will
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Sound Transit Loses Megaproject Head in Wake of Major ST3 Update ↗
Sound Transit's first head of "megaproject delivery" will depart after just over two years in the role. Terri Mestas' departure comes at a critical time, with significant attention on how Sound Transit will get the full voter-approved ST3 portfolio on track.
Two Ways to Freeze a Neighborhood ↗
My conversation with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker offered a useful example of the deeper divide shaping today’s housing debate.
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Can We Code Our Way out of Gentrification? ↗
A look at Denver’s “Unlocking Housing Choices” plan.
The Rules Designed for Skyscrapers Are Blocking Duplexes ↗
When every project is treated like a megadevelopment, nothing small gets built.
Bike and Pedestrian Accessibility Is Flowing Through Duluth ↗
First St in downtown Duluth, MN, is being reviewed for a potential redesign. Supporters hope for a safer and accessible route for bicyclists and pedestrians.
My Big, Fancy Office Wedding ↗
Skyscrapers and office towers are filling their empty floors with a new crop of luxury venues.
Timber wraps around magical and out-of-the-ordinary children's theatre in Denmark ↗
Local studios Svendborg Architects and Wohlert Arkitekter have completed Ishøj Theatre in Denmark, designing a timber-clad facade with curved openings that evokes stage curtains. Located in the Tranegilde district of Ishøj, the 1,300-square-metre children's theatre overlooks its rural surroundings through a series of arched windows in its facade, designed as nods to the world of
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How parametricism changed architecture but not buildings ↗
Our Parametricism series has explored the architectural theory controversially touted by Patrik Schumacher as the defining style of the 21st century. To round things off, Tom Ravenscroft measures the movement's impact. Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) principal Schumacher coined the term parametricism in 2008, declaring that it will become a universal style of architecture. He doubled
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Translucent Centre Pompidou Hanwha set to open in Seoul ↗
The Centre Pompidou Hanwha designed by French architecture studio Wilmotte & Associés has been revealed ahead of its opening in Seoul, South Korea, next month. Set to open in Seoul's financial district on 4 June, the four-storey building contains two large galleries alongside a cafe, shop, restaurant and auditorium. It occupies the former annexe of
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Inhabited Landscapes: 22 Cultural and Community Centers in Rural Areas
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The architecture of cultural and community centers in rural areas around the world has become a rich field for experimentation, where tradition and innovation intersect. Rather than replicating standardized urban models, these projects embrace contemporary approaches tailored to local realities, blending bold design, sustainable technologies, and collaborative processes. Often developed in close partnership with local communities, they draw on regional materials and cultural symbols to create spaces that do more than host activities: they express a collective identity and a profound sense of belonging. By reimagining vernacular knowledge through a modern lens, these buildings support and inspire new ways of living in the countryside.
Cheshm Cheran Bazi Playground / ZAV Architects
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Cheshm Cheran Bazi is a playground set within a 40-hectare olive orchard in Minoudasht, north-eastern Iran, adjacent to the Cheshm Cheran building—a rural complex designed by the architects in 2017 for visitor accommodation and collective farm activities. Commissioned by Farsh Farm (Khalil Farshbaf), the project extends the building's original intent: not to treat the landscape as a backdrop, but to actively engage with it across multiple spatial levels.
Venice Biennale 2027's "Do Architecture" and an Earth-Built Cinema in Ghana: This Week’s Review
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This week's stories reveal a growing focus on reconnecting design with physical reality, whether through construction, landscape, public space, or collective participation. From the curatorial direction of the upcoming Venice Architecture Biennale 2027 to internationally recognized projects addressing flood resilience, affordable housing, and ecological restoration, many of the week's discussions challenged architecture's increasing detachment from material, environmental, and social conditions. At the same time, major cultural interventions, temporary structures, and public forums explored how institutions and civic spaces can become more accessible, adaptable, and engaged with everyday urban life.
Coffee or Tea: Third Places, Kiosks, and the Retail Architecture of Duration
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"Coffee or tea?" is one of those phrases that follows you across contexts: asked on airplanes, after a meal, in hotel lounges, and in meeting rooms. It sounds like a small question—mere preference, a quick fork in the service script. Yet it also carries a quiet cultural inheritance. Tea arrives with the long history of ritual and domestic pacing, tied to older geographies of trade and everyday etiquette. Coffee arrives with a different lineage of circulation, later industrialized into the modern café and its public-facing rituals. In both cases, the drink is never only a drink; it is a practiced relationship to time and space.
Jia Art Gallery / Foster + Partners
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Jia Art, a new gallery designed by Foster + Partners, has opened its doors. The building is an integral part of the practice's concept masterplan for the Changfeng mixed-use development in Shanghai's Putuo District. Located on the recently completed southern plot of the development, the gallery sits at the intersection of two primary axes and acts as the social heart of the scheme.
Making a Characterful Entrance: The Architectural Impact of Wooden Bi-Folding Doors
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Bi-folding doors flood a room with light, offering the spatial flexibility to establish a dialogue with the surroundings. The Woodline series by Solarlux integrates manufacturing quality and technical expertise with architectural freedom, providing transparent facade solutions for versatile, sustainable architecture. The natural surfaces further enhance the building envelope with a distinct tactile quality.
KAAP - Residential District and Circular Pavilion / Powerhouse Company + Orange Architects + NEXT architects
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Where Grasweg meets the Amsterdam-Noord waterfront, KAAP occupies a prominent position on the IJ. Once an industrial harbor area, this part of the city is being reworked into a new district as part of Cityplot Buiksloterham, the urban plan by Studioninedots and DELVA Landscape Architects & Urbanism. Commissioned by AMVEST and COD, with buildings designed by Powerhouse Company, Orange Architects, and NEXT architects, KAAP combines 70 apartments across five residential buildings with ground-floor commercial spaces and a circular hospitality pavilion, set within the future Oeverpark along the IJ.
Op-Ed: Summer in Berlin Changes Perspective on Cars ↗
It's hard to experience a real-world "15-minute city" with a world-class rail network and then go back to driving everywhere for everything
Amtrak selects Halmar, PAU, and ASTM as New York Penn Station master developer team ↗
Amtrak announced the master developer that will lead New York Penn Station’s renovation: Halmar International, a New York–based heavy civil construction management firm, per a statement. “Penn Transformation Partners,” Halmar’s
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Casa Chamego / Pablo Patriota Arquitetos Associados
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First and foremost, this project embodies Contemporary Brazilian and Northeastern Architecture. Armando de Holanda’s Guide to Building in the Northeast serves as a living manual to guide our practice—an invitation to “build doors that open” and to make architecture a pleasant place in the sunny tropics.
Kengo Kuma & Associates designs its first museum building in the US for Pennsylvania ↗
Architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates and landscape design office Field Operations have released designs for a vernacular expansion to the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art outside of Philadelphia, USA. The project, designed in association with Schwartz/Silver Architects Inc, will consist of adding a new building to the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art
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Facades+ arrives in Toronto on June 4 ↗
On Thursday, June 4, the Facades+ conference series returns to Toronto. The program is co-chaired by Hariri Pontarini Architects and will feature a keynote presentation from Francine Houben of Mecanoo.
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Beer factory museum among projects from the University of Bath ↗
Dezeen School Shows: a proposal for a museum in a beer factory in Bristol, UK, is among the student projects from the University of Bath. Also featured is a housing proposal in Bhopal, India, and a creative community centre for print arts. University of Bath Institution: University of Bath School: Dept of Architecture and Civil
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Facing Delay, Issaquah Pledges to Streamline Light Rail Permitting ↗
A commitment to reduce barriers standing in the way of future 4 Line light rail is the latest move by Issaquah leaders to get their project moving. Later this month, the Sound Transit board is set to approve a new six-year delay for the project.
At Citygroup, a new exhibition excavates the legacy of New York City’s cooperative housing architect Herman Jessor ↗
Jessor Citygroup Through May 23 Contemporary visions for decommodified, collectively managed housing in the United States don’t hold a candle to what one architect and his labor union clients achieved
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Büro Ziyu Zhuang creates UFO-shaped gallery in grassland in Inner Mongolia ↗
Chinese architecture studio Büro Ziyu Zhuang has created Prairie Ark, a public gallery resembling a flying saucer that has touched down on grassland in Inner Mongolia, accompanied by a viewing tower. Located on the shores of Laoli Lake in the Ulanqab Grassland, 160 kilometres west of Beijing, the Prairie Ark gallery evokes a flying saucer
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Unseen videos reveal Zaha Hadid's first digital designs ↗
Architect Daniel Oakley has released videos of the first 3D computer models created at Zaha Hadid Architects, exclusively revealed here as part of our Parametricism series. The videos give a rare insight into the studio's early forays into digital design before it became globally renowned for its fluid, parametric architecture. They were created by Oakley,
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Barber Osgerby to close studio after 30 years to begin working independently ↗
British designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby are closing their eponymous London studio after three decades, bringing to an end one of the UK's most influential design partnerships. Barber and Osgerby announced today that they are closing the studio to establish their own independent studios. "After more than 30 years of working together, this feels
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Kailua House / Mork-Ulnes Architects
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Located down a short path from the Kailua beach on the Windward shore of Oahu, this house has peekaboo views of the Pacific Ocean and the Mokulua Islands off Lanikai. Despite its proximity to the beach, the surrounding neighborhood is fairly dense, which created a desire to focus the house inward to the lush jungle landscape and celebrate the island energy of Hawaii.
The 2026 Edition of the UIA 2030 Award Honors Built Projects Advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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During a ceremony held at the World Urban Forum (WUF) in Baku, Azerbaijan, on May 20, 2026, the International Union of Architects (UIA) and UN-Habitat announced the winners of the third cycle of the UIA 2030 Award. The biennial award recognizes built projects that make meaningful contributions to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Architects were invited to submit architecture, landscape, and urban design projects addressing pressing environmental, social, and economic challenges across six categories: sustainable water management, the promotion of safe working environments, adequate and affordable housing, efficient and inclusive planning, access to green and public space, and climate resilience.
The Technical Reality of Mass Timber Housing: Five European Case Studies
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Recent years have seen a shifting paradigm in multi-family residential architecture, as more and more new projects are being built with engineered wood, specifically Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) and glued-laminated timber (glulam). Because timber is lightweight, these systems can reduce dead load and ease foundation demands, which is especially useful on sites with limited bearing capacity or over existing infrastructure. From a sustainability standpoint, timber can store carbon over the life of the building and often reduces embodied carbon compared with conventional concrete-and-steel systems. In fire design, large timber members can be engineered to char at a predictable rate, allowing the structural core to remain protected for a defined period when detailed appropriately.
Dezeen Awards helps give visibility far beyond the traditional design field ↗
With just one week left until entries close for Dezeen Awards 2026, past winners spoke to Dezeen about the impact the accolade has made, with one designer heralding it as a "transformative milestone." Global recognition and new opportunities were cited as some of the positive outcomes of winning a Dezeen Award. The countdown is on!
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Carpenter's Home / Primary Architects
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Origins - Hao Tang Village revives traditional craftsmanship through the "Eight Artisans" initiative. By renovating old residences and creating new spaces, it incubates a series of distinctive workshops, bringing rural handicrafts back into daily life. As the core project, the Carpenter's House serves not only as a venue for craft exhibitions, cultural tourism sales, and study tours but also explores sustainable income growth for the village.
Wednesday’s Headlines Aren’t All the Way Back ↗
Transit ridership is still down from the pandemic, but high gas prices and more transit-oriented development could help.
San Antonio Spurs tap Overland International, Sasaki, Marquee Development, and others to design new downtown arena and district ↗
With the ITC demolished, the Spurs have named the architects of the $1.3 billion downtown arena: Overland International, Sasaki, and Marquee Development. On May 13, the San Antonio Spurs named
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Actiu headquarters a model of healthy industrial architecture ↗
Promotion: Spanish furniture brand Actiu's headquarters, nestled in the mountains of Castalla, Spain, is a bioclimatic industrial campus where architecture, landscape and health "operate as a single system". Designed by architect José María Tomás Llavador in 2008 as an exemplar of responsible architecture, Actiu's headquarters is the only industrial facility in the world to hold
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Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu announce title and theme of Biennale Architettura 2027 ↗
Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, La Biennale di Venezia president, and directors Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu announced today the title and theme of La Biennale Architettura 2027. Shu and Wenyu are cofounders
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Time management pebble among industrial design projects from the University of Illinois Chicago ↗
Dezeen School Shows: a series of pebbled interactive objects designed to help neurodivergent people with time management is among the projects from the University of Illinois Chicago. Also featured is a VR controller in the form of a glove, and a furniture collection embodying the principles of feng shui. University of Illinois Chicago Institution: University
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YNAS uses timber-framed canopies to reconnect Japanese home with the outdoors ↗
Local architecture studio YNAS has renovated and extended a traditional timber home in southern Japan, opening up its interiors and improving its connection to the surroundings with corrugated-metal canopies. Named House in Miyakonojo, the extension was designed for a couple who, after raising their children and changing careers, decided to return to the wife's ancestral
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Parametricism is a technophile triumph of fetishised process over outcome ↗
Parametricism is not what humanity needs from architecture in the 21st century, writes Catherine Slessor as part of our series on the style. Because this felt like the perfect AI assignment, I asked ChatGPT what it thought about parametricism. Within a nano-second, the Chatster had spewed out 700 words of add-water-and-stir prose, a simmering pot
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Selldorf Architects and Studios Architecture set to add subterranean entrances to Musée du Louvre ↗
New York studio Selldorf Architects and Paris-based Studios Architecture have won the competition to design the biggest renovation to the Musée du Louvre for 35 years. Announced as the winner by the French minister of culture, Catherine Pégard, the studios are set to create a pair of new entrances for the historic museum, as well
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Foster + Partners faces court over fatal window fall from London high-rise ↗
British studio Foster + Partners is set to stand trial over alleged health and safety failings at The Corniche towers in London, after a man was killed in 2018 by a window pane that fell from the building's penthouse. Charges were brought against Foster + Partners, developer St James Group, contractor Lindner Prater, and engineering consultant
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Mimosa Architects shapes Czech cabin from rock, river and fire ↗
Burnt wood and black metal define this rural cabin in the Czech Republic, created by local studio Mimosa Architects to replace its scorched predecessor. Wrapped in blackened larch boards, the 78-square-metre cottage is located near Prosečnice on the banks of the Sázava river, and sits on the site of another cabin that burned down. Mimosa
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Nada Debs converts abandoned mosque into Uzbek crafts centre ↗
Lebanese designer Nada Debs has turned the former Okhun Gozar Mosque in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, into an exhibition space where the historic architecture provides a backdrop for contemporary craft objects. Debs was commissioned by the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation to transform the disused 18th-century building e into a space for presenting local crafts, including ceramics, embroidery,
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Jetlag Books' latest shop nods to Soviet-style supply store in Beijing ↗
Promotion: bookshop Jetlag Books has opened its latest store in Beijing, designed by architecture firm Studio NOR as a nod to the historical context of its site. Situated along the city's Chang'an Avenue, the Jetlag Books Friendship Store occupies the site of a former service building to the neighbouring Friendship Store complex – a supply
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Shiny Object Urbanism ↗
How cities chase big projects over systemic change.
People are starting to crave connections again says DesignTalks 2026 ↗
Promotion: as part of the DesignMarch design festival in Iceland, the conference DesignTalks brought together international award-winning speakers, including designers Stefan Sagmeister, Hjalti Karlsson and architect Dorte Mandrup. Over the last two decades, DesignTalks has established itself as an important platform to discuss design and architecture for both the local scene and international guests. This
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ODA clads Manhattan condo building in chamfered limestone ↗
Architecture studio ODA drew upon art deco and Bauhaus styles while conceiving The Harper residential building, which features bevelled limestone cladding and various setbacks and protrusions. Located on Manhattan's Upper East Side neighbourhood, the building rises 21 levels and contains a total of 63 residences. Units come with two to four bedrooms. Rather than a
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Kuma&Elsa arranges Japanese apartments around translucent huts ↗
Architecture studio Kuma&Elsa has renovated the top two floors of an apartment block in Japan, creating enclosures that aim to re-create the spatial conditions of a traditional Japanese engawa. Located in Japan's Fukuoka prefecture, Nakano House was completed for a client who wanted to re-create the feeling of her traditional childhood home 15-metres above ground
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Gras uses light-touch approach to convert dockside warehouse ↗
An over-century-old factory in Edinburgh has been sensitively renovated into a food hall by architecture studio GRAS. Previously housing the George Brown & Sons engineering works, the building in Leith has been adapted into a food hall containing restaurants and cafes, named Brown's of Leith. Gras founder Gunnar Groves-Raines aimed to modify the space while
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Sibylla Hartel and Charlot Magayi revealed as Dezeen Awards 2026 judges ↗
Architect Sibylla Hartel, interior designers Alexy Kos and Che Huang and designers Charlot Magayi and Todd Bracher have joined the judging panel for Dezeen Awards 2026. Dezeen Awards, in partnership with Trimble, is searching for the world's best architecture, interiors and design. Entries close next week! Submit your projects by 23:59 London time on Wednesday
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House of EM adds light-filled loggia to north-London home ↗
Architecture office House of EM has modernised a terraced house in north London, adding a sunken rear extension that can be opened up to create a flexible indoor-outdoor living space. The studio, headed by former Michaelis Boyd directors Emma Bodie and Matthew Sanders, designed Loggia House for a young family of four. The project involved
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A Germantown Farmhouse With Wide-Plank Floors, Big Windows, and a Guest Barn ↗
And a C-shaped modern home tucked into the woods of Kerhonkson.
Sound Transit Insists It Has No Idea When Light Rail Will Reach Ballard ↗
Seattle leaders have been urging Sound Transit to provide a date estimating light rail's arrival to Ballard in light of plans to defer the station indefinitely, but the agency is insisting it doesn't know. This has not sat well with advocates.
What Zoning Codes Get Wrong About Families ↗
Instead of pretending we can enforce arbitrary definitions of family, let’s focus on what actually impacts people's lives.
The Street That Forgot What It Was For ↗
How zoning dismantled a walkable neighborhood economy.
How to Work With Evil Developers ↗
Stop treating development like a fight. Start treating it like a deal.
The Dryer Workshop / Atelier dmb
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The project creates an incubator house for the Department of Architecture, University of Debrecen by renovating a dilapidated building. The bricoleur's attentiveness to the existing structure is in every detail – exposed surfaces, courtyard roof, evoking the old leather-drying space of the building.
Mountain Alley Rooftop Teahouse Pavilions / RY+P architects
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Located within the historic Mountain Alley in Chongqing, this project transforms a small rooftop space along the steep stone steps of the old city into a new public gathering place. Through the insertion of two lightweight pavilions and a pink bar installation, the design introduces a subtle contemporary layer while preserving the atmosphere of the historic alley. Instead of leaving the rooftop completely open as before, these volumes are arranged to create a gentle sense of enclosure. Through their positioning, the structures frame views toward the surrounding city while shaping different zones for sitting, resting, and wandering. The rooftop becomes a place where visitors can pause, move slowly, and experience the city from above—almost like strolling through a small garden in the air.
Span Architecture restores New York residence associated with Bob Dylan ↗
New York studio Span Architecture has restored a historic townhouse on Gramercy Park in New York that appears on a Bob Dylan album cover and features ornate interiors. The residence is named Harper House due to its association with New York mayor James Harper, "whose tenure marked the neighborhood's civic prominence" according to Span Architecture.
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Resmile Dental Wellnss / space+craft
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Among the architectural programs most rigidly defined by function, dental clinics rank among the most demanding — bound by hygiene standards, clinical circulation requirements, and the psychological weight patients carry before even stepping through the door. Bangkok-based architecture and interior design studio space+craft confronts these constraints head-on. Within a mere 37 square metres, Resmile Dental Wellness is not simply a clinic. It is a deliberate interrogation of what healthcare architecture can — and should — feel like.
Student Studies 46B / Carmelina & Aurelio Taller de Arquitectura
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Urban densification is often associated with verticality, an increase in levels, and the replacement of existing housing. Estudios 46B presents a different stance: densifying does not necessarily mean building higher, but rather occupying what already exists with greater intelligence. The project arises from utilizing the roof of a 72 m2 garage, transforming a minimal domestic expansion into an architectural strategy capable of questioning models of student housing and land use in intermediate cities.
Dental Seny / David Hernandez Arquitectura
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The renovation of the Dental Seny clinic proposes a contemporary reinterpretation of the dental space, understanding architecture as a tool to transform the patient experience. Beyond an aesthetic update, the project presents a precise spatial strategy where identity, function, and atmosphere are integrated into a clear and legible structure.
Nothing is superfluous in compact Greek holiday cabin by Kasawoo ↗
London architecture studio Kasawoo has created The Root, a prefabricated holiday cabin in Greece, clad in deep-red timber planks and designed to be relocatable. Surrounded by olive groves, the 20-square-metre cabin sits on a site in Zakynthos that has been in the family of Kasawoo co-founder Katie Kasabalis for decades, alongside the ruins of her
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Designing with Air: Rethinking Architecture Beyond the Wall
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Architecture is traditionally chronicled through the persistence of the solid. We define the discipline by the weight of the lintel, the mass of the pier, and the resistance of the wall. Even when lightness is invoked, it is usually understood as a subtractive act, the thinning of a section or the precarious reduction of a load. Yet there is a parallel history, less visible and harder to isolate, in which the primary material of construction is not what occupies space, but what moves through it.
Plaza Mahou / External Reference Architects
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External Reference, led by Carmelo Zappulla, unveils its collaboration with Mahou San Miguel creating 'Plaza Mahou', the first and only brewery- branded space in Spain to produce beer inside a sports stadium. Located right in the emblematic Santiago Bernabéu stadium with exclusive direct views of the Real Madrid pitch, this space of over 1,000 m2, including the restaurant and terrace, is expected to receive around 400,000 visits per year.
Project Ulsoor Office / The Purple Ink Studio
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Bangalore is a city of layered identities. The city's climate, its slow rhythm, and textured neighbourhoods add a humane quality to how we inhabit spaces. With the influx of faceless, sterile, glass buildings, most workspaces respond by mirroring the anonymity of the structures they occupy.
Major new cultural landmark in Sydney opening 2026 ↗
Promotion: Australia's largest museum group, Powerhouse, is developing the highly anticipated museum, Powerhouse Parramatta, on a landmark site in western Sydney. At 30,000 square meters, Powerhouse Parramatta is the largest cultural infrastructure project in Australia since the Sydney Opera House. The building was designed by Franco-Japanese architects Moreau Kusunoki in collaboration with Australian architects Genton
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Field Operations completes Pittsburgh park overlooking the city's bridges ↗
American landscape architecture studio Field Operations has completed the four-acre Arts Landing park in downtown Pittsburgh, which includes the conversion of a street into a path winding through the green spaces. The Arts Landing project transformed an underutilised lot along the Allegheny River between the city's Andy Warhol and Rachel Carson bridges, and is part
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Playfair House / 43 North Architecture
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We believe architecture should speak for itself visually, conveying its principles simply by looking at it. We also believe residential architecture should be tailored to the client, not just their brief, but also their personality. With the Playfair project, we got lucky. The clients were adventurers at heart, outdoor people, even Australian MTB champions. Somewhat tamed by years of raising children in suburbia, they sold their 5-bedroom house and bought an empty plot near the beach. This was going to be just for them, and it was never going to look like the other houses in the street. In fact, they would probably be just as happy in a tent. To enable future adventures, the project had to be delivered on a strict budget.
People Cross Against the Light reminds us how good Michael Sorkin was ↗
People Cross Against the Light Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery, Buell Hall Columbia University GSAPP Through June 26 When asked what an architect needs to know, I often default to Michael
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Morris Adjmi Architects draws on Denver's industrial heritage for Steel House ↗
US studio Morris Adjmi Architects has completed a Denver office building in a former industrial zone with a gridded black facade and wellness amenities such as an indoor basketball court and climbing wall. The building is located on the northern edge of downtown Denver, in a rapidly evolving neighbourhood known as River North Arts District
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GS Architecture retrofits Hampstead Passive House with fabric-first approach ↗
Local studio GS Architecture has completed its renovation and extension of a family home in Hampstead Heath, London, updating it to meet low-energy Passivhaus standards. Named Hampstead Passive House, the semi-detached Victorian home was overhauled to create a more comfortable, light-filled dwelling with significantly reduced energy consumption. GS Architecture set out to achieve the rigorous
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House Among The Trees / Wrzeszcz Architekci + mode:lina
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House Among the Trees is the result of a collaboration between two studios: Wrzeszcz Architekci, responsible for the architectural design, and mode:lina™, which developed the interior concept and design. The shared ambition was to create a cohesive environment where architecture, interior space, and the surrounding landscape complement one another. The building was designed by Borys and Mariusz Wrzeszcz, while the interiors were developed by the mode:lina™ team with Anna Kazecka-Włodarczyk as lead designer and Jerzy Woźniak as co-author of the concept. The house was built on a plot densely filled with tall pine trees. From the outset, the project assumed that the building should not compete with its surroundings but instead become a natural extension of them. The architecture takes advantage of the site's potential, opening the house widely towards the landscape.
I never set out to be an architect says John Pawson at Gaggenau talk ↗
Architectural designer John Pawson described how teaching, taking photographs and travelling the world led him to architecture during a talk at Gaggenau's installation at this year's Milan design week, hosted and filmed by Dezeen. During the talk, titled The Art of Simplicity, the British designer spoke to Dezeen's editorial director Max Fraser about the path
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20th Century Design in Flux: ArchDaily’s May Editorial Focus
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"The story of architecture is not wrong," argued Lesley Lokko in her introduction to the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023, "but it is incomplete." For most of the 20th century, architectural history spoke in one tongue: a singular, dominant narrative centered on a handful of movements, names, and cities, whose reach and influence appeared universal precisely because alternative voices were rendered inaudible. Design movements, however, rarely traveled intact across borders. They were frequently absorbed, resisted, reinterpreted, and transformed depending on geography, politics, economy, climate, and available materials. What arrived in one place as doctrine became, somewhere else, something entirely different.
“Earth Is Not Nostalgia”: Hand Over on Design-Build and Local Materials
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Each year, the ArchDaily Next Practices Awards highlights emerging studios that are expanding the scope of architecture through new methods, materials, and ways of working. Selected from a global pool, these practices reflect a shift away from singular definitions of the discipline, engaging instead with broader questions of construction, environment, and social impact. Rather than operating within fixed categories, many of these studios position themselves across fields, combining design, research, and production to respond to contemporary conditions.
Seven architecture and design events in May from Dezeen Events Guide ↗
Design festivals NYCxDesign, Global Design Forum Istanbul and London Craft Week are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this May. Other events taking place during the month include Melbourne Design Week, Design March, Clerkenwell Design Week and Frieze New York. DesignMarch 6 to 10 May, Iceland Hosting its 18th edition,
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Flying Vegetation / H&P Architects
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'Flying vegetation' is a works in a series of those toward the Agritecture perspective: combining Architecture with Agriculture in order to create a living space for the future in the context of global climate change. The prevalent urbanization process across Vietnam has been causing an imbalance in rural areas. The area of agricultural land is decreasing, seriously affecting the sedentary farming and resettlement of the community.
Henning Larsen Reveals Designs for Residential Tower Adjacent to Daan Park in Taipei
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Henning Larsen, in collaboration with KHL Architects & Planners, Arup, and Flaviano Capriotti Architetti, has proposed the design for a 14-story residential building in Taipei for Continental Development Corporation. The project, titled Northern Lights, has a gross floor area of 3,464 square meters and is scheduled for completion in 2029. Situated adjacent to Daan Park, the development includes 46 residences and is positioned within a dense urban environment while maintaining proximity to one of the city's primary green spaces, which is described as a key contextual reference in the design.
Friday Video: Take Transit to the World Cup … If You Can Afford It ↗
Why are some cities forced to charge high fares to World Cup visitors who want to take the train, while others are giving away rides nearly for free?
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Dezeen Agenda features Finland's longest bridge ↗
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the longest bridge in Finland. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Engineering firm WSP and London studio Knight Architects completed one of the world's longest bridges in Finland, which will be used solely by public transport, pedestrians and cyclists. This week's newsletter also included news that athletes
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Faulkner Architects designs California house around fire and water ↗
US studio Faulkner Architects has clad a low-profile mountain house in corrugated Corten steel for wildfire resilience in Northern California. Known as the Pine Flat Residence, the three-bedroom house is spread over two storeys and is embedded in a steep slope in Healdsburg, about an hour north of San Francisco. The remote site was originally
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HOK acquires Detroit-based architecture firm ROSSETTI ↗
When it comes to designing stadiums and sports and entertainment architecture, HOK has long been a heavy hitter. This week the firm with global offices and a presence in over
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Sculptural wooden play apparatus among projects from the Architectural Association ↗
Dezeen School Shows: wooden play apparatus combining traditional and contemporary timber techniques is among the projects from the Architectural Association. Also featured is a project exploring architectural strategies in response to wildfires, and a proposal for a subterranean settlement in Egypt. Architectural Association Institution: Architectural Association Courses: Design Research Laboratory, Design and Make, Emergent Technologies
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Chicago author and architect Alicia Ponce announces launch of Latinas in Architecture Vol. III ↗
Chicago-based author, entrepreneur, and architect Alicia Ponce announces the launch of Latinas in Architecture Vol. III, the third anthology in the “Latinas in Architecture” book series. First launched in 2021,
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Light Rail Will Reach Tacoma Dome 'Come Hell or High Water', Pierce County Leaders Say ↗
Facing a cost-cutting scenario from Sound Transit that may see trains stop short of Tacoma, South Sound leaders on the board look to be laser focused on delivering that light rail connection. The agency might need to get creative with other projects in South Sound.
Hollaway Studio continues story of Dungeness with Westview Cottage ↗
A monochrome palette of wood and metal marks out this low-lying house in Britain's only desert, designed by architecture practice Hollaway Studio as an evolution of its dilapidated predecessor. Named Westview Cottage, the home is located in Dungeness, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on the coast of Kent with strict limitations on development.
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Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad and Farrokh Aman bring sense of home to Iranian-Iraqi cafe ↗
Designer Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad and architect Farrokh Aman drew on their Iranian heritage when creating the playful interior for a cafe in east London that evokes traditional Middle Eastern bistros. Logma cafe on Goldsmiths Row in Hackney is owned by Iraqi-Iranian couple Ziad Halub and Farsin Rabiee and is an evolution of a successful supper club
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Amanda Levete and Ole Scheeren revealed as Dezeen Awards 2026 judges ↗
Architects Amanda Levete and Ole Scheeren, alongside interior designers Wu Bin and Zoe Lowres, have joined the judging panel for Dezeen Awards 2026. Dezeen Awards, in partnership with Trimble, is searching for the world's best architecture, interiors and design. So far, the programme has received entries from 75 different countries across the world, underlining its
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A “New” Normal: Top-Down or Bottom-Up Redevelopment in Uptown? ↗
This town's future is taking shape—but only if residents rethink how it gets built.
Chessboard-informed glassware among projects from Häme University of Applied Sciences ↗
Dezeen School Shows: a checkered glass stand influenced by chessboard aesthetics is among the projects from Häme University of Applied Sciences. Also featured is a ceramic slow feeder for cats, and a drinking glass designed to encourage user interaction. Häme University of Applied Sciences Institution: Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK) Course: Smart and Sustainable
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Washington State Gives Bainbridge Island Marching Orders on Housing Changes ↗
A letter from the state's Commerce Department officially starts the clock on a requirement for Bainbridge to update its housing growth plan. If it's still not up to snuff after the deadline, the door could open to any affordable housing project being approved, regardless of zoning.
Kengo Kuma adds arched entrance to Angers Cathedral in France ↗
Arched openings punctuate the contemporary entrance of Angers Cathedral in France, recently completed by the studio of Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. Opened earlier this month, the concrete entrance doubles as a gallery to frame and protect the sculptural doorway on the west side of the Angevin Gothic-style cathedral. The rectangular form is broken by five arches, framing
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Brighton reveals plans for Europe's first purpose-built women's football stadium ↗
Architecture studio KSS has designed a stadium for the women's team at Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club in England, which would be the first of its kind in Europe if built. Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club announced this week that it is working with KSS on a planning application for a 10,000-capacity women's
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Six projects that showcase Kengo Kuma's humane and beautiful use of materials ↗
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma is best known as a pioneer of wooden architecture, but his latest book, Substance, showcases his expertise in a broad range of materials. In this roundup, he picks six projects made from everything from paper to bamboo. Published with The Images Publishing Group, Substance explores Kuma's eclectic portfolio through the lens
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Nike opens permanent Air Lab in Milan with industrial-grade robots for anyone to use ↗
During Milan design week, sports brand Nike unveiled a permanent laboratory where anyone can experiment with its Air technology over the coming years. Air Lab is a permanent addition to Dropcity, a centre for architecture and design that was launched in 2024 by architect Andrea Caputo and occupies a row of 15 previously abandoned warehouse
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Dattner Architects uses gothic details to integrate housing with Bronx church ↗
Local studio Dattner Architects has balanced new construction and historic preservation for the addition of social housing to a historic church campus in the Bronx, New York. Located in the borough's Fordham neighbourhood, St James Terrace offers affordable housing combined with supportive spaces in a purpose-built building bookending a landmarked Episcopal church, whose gothic arches
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Crutches, Dentures, Cymbals: Rediscovered Photos of the Subway’s Lost and Found ↗
A cache of rare photos now seeks an owner.
A One-Bedroom With All-Day Light at Cobble Hill Towers for $515,000 ↗
And a lofted East Village one-bedroom near every convenience you can imagine.
City Life Comes From Connectedness ↗
“Walkability” is a red herring.
Zahilay Cuts Ribbon on Northgate Station Affordable Housing, With Phase 2 in Limbo ↗
Dignitaries cut the ribbon this week on 235 low-income apartments next door to Northgate's light rail station. Phase 2 of the project, for the remaining five acres of King County Metro's land, is stuck in planning limbo.
Complete Streets Don’t Make Complete Places ↗
A well-intentioned focus on making streets that are safer to move along and across often misses the mark on creating places where people want to be.
Good Urbanism Requires Numeracy ↗
On becoming the coastal Cassandra.
GBBN revamps and extends brutalist Hillman Library in Pittsburgh ↗
International architecture studio GBBN has renovated a 1960s library at the University of Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, USA, adding a stacked-glass extension, to act as a central hub for students. The new 230,000-square-foot (21,365-square-metre) Hillman Library opened in 2025, transforming a 1968 design by local mid-century studio Celli-Flynn & Associates into 21st-century academic infrastructure. GBBN, which
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BM Windows: The manufacturer behind iconic facade projects worldwide ↗
For some of today’s most ambitious towers, facade complexity is no longer a design question alone. It is also a manufacturing challenge, a logistics challenge, and increasingly a challenge of
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Privately Funded Seattle Waterfront Trail to Soft Launch Friday ↗
Riders will get a sneak peek of the new trail for a few hours on the first day of cruise ship season, providing a detour around Pier 66. The full stretch opens next Tuesday, providing a wide, comfortable path between downtown and the Olympic Sculpture Park.
Iki Builds uses local stone and earth for cascading vaulted home in India ↗
A geological palette of rammed earth, local stone and terracotta tiles reflects the rugged, rocky character of the nearby Deccan Plateau at this home in South India, designed by local architecture studio Iki Builds. Named Aurva Illam – a combination of the Sanskrit word Aurva, meaning 'of the earth' and the Tamil word Illam, meaning
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Flad Architects shields Avia Labs in Millbrae, California, with modular GFRC panels ↗
The restraints imposed by Avia Labs’ close proximity to several modes of transit resulted in a facade that responded to the unique demands presented at each front. The site is
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UK-Malaysia team set to bring Festival of Hungry Ghosts to British Pavilion at 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale ↗
The British Council has announced that the British Pavilion at the next Venice Architecture Biennale will be curated by a team of UK-based curators in collaboration with a trio of Penang-based artisans. Planned to mark "70 years of diplomatic relations" between UK and Malaysia, the curation of the pavilion will be led by Grymsdyke Farm founding director Guan
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BIG reveals Nashville performing arts centre wrapped in aluminium pipes ↗
Danish architecture studio BIG has released designs for the riverside Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, USA, which will be covered with a swooping curtain of metal pipes. A design team consisting of BIG, William Rawn Associates and Hastings Architecture recently released renderings of the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC). The design's main feature is a
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Why Milan design week is such a big deal ↗
What's so important about Milan design week, and what can we expect this year? And how does the proposed "Arc de Trump" compare to the Arc de Triomphe? In the latest episode of Dezeen Weekly, we look ahead to the biggest week in the design industry calendar, and discuss yet another bombastic architecture proposal from Donald
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More gold leaf needed says commenter ↗
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the updated plans for US President Donald Trump's triumphal arch in Washington DC. Designed by architecture studio Harrison Design, plans for the arch were first proposed in October 2025 to mark the United States' 250th anniversary. It would be located across the Potomac River from the Lincoln
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7 Unbuilt Houses Shaped by Site, Climate, and Constraints
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Residential architecture continues to offer a productive ground for unbuilt exploration, revealing how architects respond to site, climate, and constraint at the scale of the domestic. In this Unbuilt edition, submitted by the ArchDaily community, the selected projects bring together a range of proposals that reconsider the house not as an isolated object, but as a spatial system shaped by its environment. These works position architecture as a framework that negotiates between ground, material, and inhabitation, often emerging directly from the conditions of the site.
BIG Reveals Design for Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, United States
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BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, in collaboration with William Rawn Associates (WRA) and HASTINGS Architecture, has revealed the design for the new Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC), a 307,000-square-foot cultural complex planned for Nashville's East Bank, with construction expected to begin in 2027 and completion anticipated in 2030. Located along the Cumberland River, adjacent to Cumberland Park and Nissan Stadium, the project brings together four performance venues within a unified architectural framework, establishing a new civic anchor that extends the cultural life of downtown across the waterfront.
Pom - Two Residential Buildings Block III / zanderroth
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At the Alten Markt in Potsdam, directly adjacent to St. Nicholas' Church and Potsdam City Palace, zanderroth architekten has completed two residential and commercial buildings. The ensemble forms part of the new urban block "Potsdamer Mitte, Block III", developed by the housing cooperative "Karl Marx" Potsdam.
ZGF Architects Nears Completion of Los Angeles Air and Space Center Housing Space Shuttle Endeavour
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The California Science Center is a dynamic destination where visitors of all ages can explore the wonders of science through hands-on exhibits, live demonstrations, innovative programs, and large-format films. The Center and IMAX Theater are located in the historic Los Angeles Exposition Park, where an expansion has been under construction since June 2022. The new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, designed by ZGF Architects, is a 200,000-square-foot addition that will nearly double the Science Center's educational exhibit space. The building was completed on April 13, 2026. Its centerpiece is the retired NASA spacecraft Space Shuttle Endeavour, used for missions from 1992 until its 25th and final mission in 2011.
EU Mies Awards 2026 Announces Winners in Both Architecture and Emerging Architecture Categories
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The Fundació Mies van der Rohe and the European Commission have announced the winners of the 2026 edition of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Awards, selected from a total of 410 nominated works. The 2026 Architecture Prize goes to the renovation of the Charleroi Palais des Expositions in Belgium by AgwA and architecten jan de vylder inge vinck, while the Emerging Architecture Prize is awarded to Temporary Spaces for the Slovenian National Theatre Drama in Ljubljana by Vidic Grohar Arhitekti. The announcement was made in Oulu, European Capital of Culture 2026, at the Aalto Siilo, a landmark of industrial architecture designed by Alvar Aalto in 1931.
Friday Video(s): Kidical Mass, Night-Biking in Tokyo, and More ↗
There were great urbanism-adjacent YouTube videos for every taste this week; here are six of our favorites.
Beyond the Street: Climate, Commerce, and the Evolution of Hong Kong’s Elevated Networks
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In 2012, Cities Without Ground: A Hong Kong Guidebook offered one of the clearest documentations of a condition that many residents experience intuitively but rarely name: Hong Kong's dependence on elevated, second-storey urbanism. Through drawings and careful mapping, the book captured how the city's pedestrian networks are routinely lifted above the street—separating people from traffic, extending commercial frontage beyond ground level, and negotiating a hilly topography where "flat" circulation is often an engineered achievement. Since its publication, these systems have only grown in prominence—not only for their sheer spatial complexity, but for the way they recast public space as something continuous yet selective, connective yet curated.
Cycle&Cycle Stone-oven Bakery Restaurant / Tens Atelier + FANAF
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The project site is located in the western mountainous area of Shangwang Village, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, hidden among bamboo groves and farmlands. The building was originally constructed in the 1970s as a rural auditorium supporting Nixon's visit to China, carrying a distinct historical background. In 2022, Cycle&Cycle acquired the usage rights to the building and commissioned FANAF to carry out renovation and reconstruction. After completing the initial updates to the building and landscape, the project was temporarily put on hold due to overall environmental changes. It was not until 2025, when the brand decided to transform it into a rural stone‑kiln workshop, that the project was restarted, with the interior redesign entrusted to Tens Atelier.
ICON to 3D-print housing for artificial surf community in Texas ↗
Construction company ICON and design studio Firmah Architecture have released designs for a 450-acre community in Texas, USA that will include 88 3D-printed houses surrounding two artificial surf lagoons. The Desperado community will be an extension of the water park Waco Surf located in Waco, where "residents will be able to drop into a wave
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Lang Architecture and builder Ravi Arps acquire the first house Philip Johnson designed with plans to restore and relist it ↗
In 2017, the architect Sirkka Damora was 93, widowed, and trying to find someone to save her house. She and her late husband, the modernist architectural photographer Robert Damora, had
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Johnston Marklee to expand Miami’s Bass Museum of Art ↗
Johnston Marklee has been selected to design an expansion to the Bass Museum of Art. The Bass opened in 1964 on Miami Beach and, today, it plays an important role
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Woods Bagot adds modular terminal with aluminium fins to LAX ↗
Architecture studio Woods Bagot has utilised an off-site production method for "accelerated construction" in its creation of a satellite concourse at Los Angeles International Airport. Working with operator Los Angeles World Airports, Woods Bagot's Midfield Satellite Concourse South (MSC South) adds 150,000 square feet and eight gates to the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX.
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OMA completes its first built project in Japan, a series of site-specific installations at Edo-Tokyo Museum ↗
Rem Koolhaas and Hans Ulrich Obrist, in 2011, published a seminal book about Japanese Metabolism—a postwar, albeit short-lived architectural movement championed by Arata Isozaki, Fumihiko Maki, Kisho Kurokawa, and others.
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Five Texas cities catalyzing urban development with convention centres ↗
Nearly $9 billion of convention centre design and construction is currently underway in Texas's five biggest cities. Local writer Kate Mazade asks experts about the phenomenon and dives into the plans for each city. From tactical renovations and expansions to complete demolitions and rebuilds, the Lone Star State is exploring how once-hermetic buildings that disrupt
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Spatially complex bamboo table among projects from The University of Hong Kong ↗
Dezeen School Shows: a table made from bamboo and wood, which uses AI in its design process, is among the projects from The University of Hong Kong. Also featured is a reconstruction of a log building with local materials, and a construction project exploring soil-based techniques. The University of Hong Kong Institution: The University of Hong
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Charleroi Palais des Expositions revamp wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2026 ↗
A 1950s convention centre in Belgium, revitalised by architecture studios AgwA and Architecten Jan de Vylder Inge Vinck, has been awarded this year's Mies van de Rohe Award. The seven-year transformation by AgwA and Architecten Jan de Vylder Inge Vinck prioritised the conservation of the 50,000-square-metre Charleroi Palais des Expositions in Charleroi, Belgium, which was
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Stjärnorp Castle Ruin / Tengbom
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West of Lake Roxen, just outside Linköping, stands the ruin of Stjärnorp Castle, originally built between 1654 and 1662, most likely designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder. The estate comprised a four-storey stone main building with a stair tower facing the park to the west, and two wings facing Lake Roxen to the east. The castle is depicted in Erik Dahlbergh's Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna from 1697.
Sosokki Anac designs angular Abogoga cafe in Gimpo to resemble ancient ruins ↗
Monolithic brick volumes intended to evoke "the ruins of an undiscovered ancient civilisation" conceal this cafe in South Korea, designed by local architecture studio Sosokki Anac. Named Abogoga, the cafe and bakery sits alongside the Han River on the outskirts of Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province. Sosokki Anac divided the cafe across three red-brick forms, designed to
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AIM ARCHITECTURE puts a warehouse spin on HARMAY’s store in Beijing Hopson Mall ↗
What if shopping felt less transactional? AIM Architecture and beauty brand HARMAY have explored the question through the duo’s collaborations on past stores, including an outpost in Shanghai’s Hongqiao airport, a shop
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Soft Stone sofa by Gabriel Tan for ClassiCon ↗
Dezeen Showroom: German design brand ClassiCon worked with Singaporean designer Gabriel Tan on a round-cornered modular sofa that takes cues from both sculpture and architecture. The Soft Stone sofa comprises 11 different modules and is based on the staggered stone terraces in Porto's Parque da Cidade as well as the work of American sculptor Isamu
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Populous reveals plans to revamp home of Indian cricket in Kolkata ↗
Architecture studio Populous has unveiled plans to expand and redevelop Eden Gardens, an iconic cricket venue in Kolkata, India. The fan-first revamp of Eden Gardens, which is widely referred to as the "home of Indian cricket", will improve the venue's seating plan and hospitality options. Populous said the project deliberately focuses on enhancing the existing
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Pick up Dezeen Dispatch at Milan design week ↗
Dezeen is set to launch the first Milan design week edition of Dezeen Dispatch next week, featuring our pick of the best events, exhibitions and hotspots at the annual gathering. Those visiting Milan design week can pick up a free copy of the newspaper at select venues across the city, including Alcova, Nilufar, Palazzo Litta,
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El Pueblo de Los Angeles: The Spanish Origins of LA’s Urban Grid
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Today, the urban form of Los Angeles is characterized by 20th-century sprawl and extensive automotive infrastructure. However, the physical reality of the city's original core reveals a more complex history that is deeply rooted in Hispanic heritage. In fact, Los Angeles did not originate from the standardized American land system that defines most of the United States' territory. Instead, it is a product of the Spanish urban tradition in the Americas, which followed a structure repeated across major cities on the continent. The intersection of these systems created a layered urban geometry and history that remains visible in the city's contemporary street patterns.
Wildcoast House / Pandolfini Architects
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Set amongst the undulating sand dunes and dense moonah trees on the ocean side of the Mornington Peninsula, the Wildcoast House is rooted in its environment. Built on Bunurong Country of the Kulin Nations, the home is composed of three curving walls that provide a private retreat from the coastal environment.
Milan Design Week 2026 and Níall McLaughlin Architects’ Cathedral Precinct in Sydney: This Week’s Review
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As major cultural events, institutional transformations, and new architectural commissions unfold across different geographies, this week's discourse highlights how architecture operates at the intersection of public life, creativity, and long-term adaptation. With Milan Design Week 2026 foregrounding process, experimentation, and citywide participation, the projects and initiatives emerging this week point to a broader shift toward openness, accessibility, and experiential engagement across disciplines and urban contexts. Ongoing investments in cultural infrastructure, from new museums to large-scale renovations and competition-winning proposals, further underscore how institutions continue to recalibrate their spatial and social roles in response to evolving environmental, technological, and cultural demands.
Platte-Lostraat Collective Housing / KPW architecten
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Platte-Lostraat – Collective Housing - The project, consisting of 28 apartments, is centrally located in Kessel-Lo, a sub-municipality of the city of Leuven, between the green structures of the Jan Vranckxpad, Trolieberg/Predikherenberg, and Michottepark. It has the potential and ambition to connect these green structures with eachother.
Flower-covered theatre forms centrepiece of Denise Scott Brown's photography exhibition ↗
A flower-covered theatre has been installed at the centre of an exhibition dedicated to architect Denise Scott Brown's photographs at the brutalist Yale architecture school building in New Haven, USA. Set within the Paul Rudolph-designed architecture school, Encounters: Denise Scott Brown Photographs aims to draw attention to the photographs taken by the highly influential architect
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Citations Virtually Nonexistent After Metro Resumed Fare Enforcement ↗
King County Metro restarted fare enforcement on its buses last spring after a five-year hiatus. But between May and December, the agency issued just eight citations for repeated non-payment, with none of those citations being resolved.
Christ & Gantenbein designs Seoul arts centre to have direct relationship with the elements ↗
Sun, wind and rain will be encouraged to enter the towering timber pavilion that defines Dongjak Art Space, which architecture studio Christ & Gantenbein is designing in Seoul, South Korea. Set to open in 2028, the 30-metre-high structure will sit alongside a subterranean gallery and offer an adaptable exhibition and events space for a residential
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Nice Projects designs Selfridges members' club 40 Duke Street as a collector's home ↗
London design studio Nice Projects has created the interior of a members' club for UK retailer Selfridges, using tactile materials, including burl wood and travertine, as the background for a mix of classic and contemporary furniture. Located next to the London flagship Selfridges store, 40 Duke Street will be open to Selfridges Unlocked members and
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Kulapat Yantrasast to explore Uzbek craft traditions in Milan design week exhibition ↗
Architect Kulapat Yantrasast has curated an exhibition exploring craft, cultural memory and environmental legacy in Uzbekistan for Milan design week 2026, as shown in this video produced by Dezeen. Titled When Apricots Blossom, the exhibition will bring together new works by 12 international designers developed in collaboration with Uzbek artisans. The project was commissioned by
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Timeless futurism defines Hong Kong cocktail bar Peridot by Studio Paolo Ferrari ↗
Over 20,000 tiny lights glow across this lime-green bar by Toronto-based Studio Paolo Ferrari, located at the top of Zaha Hadid Architects' The Henderson in Hong Kong. Peridot serves a menu of fermentation-forward, plant-based cocktails and fare to guests on the 38th floor of The Henderson building, which completed in 2024. Studio Paolo Ferrari approached
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ZGF wraps space shuttle in stainless-steel tower for California Science Center ↗
American architecture studio ZGF's building in Los Angeles is complete with a full-size space shuttle "in launch position" wrapped in a stainless steel cylinder. The Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center (Air and Space Center), designed by ZGF Architects and built by MATT Construction, took four years to complete. It is part of the California
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Payette creates timber farm stand rooted in the rhythms of New England ↗
US studio Payette has completed a pro-bono project called Land's Sake Farmstand in Massachusetts, USA, designed as a "functional and poetic" timber pavilion that emulates early agrarian buildings. Located just outside of Boston, the building is part of a community farm in Weston, Massachusetts. The site is owned by Land's Sake, a nonprofit focused on
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Kengo Kuma bases Quito skyscraper design on ancient ceramics ↗
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has released designs for a residential skyscraper in Quito, Ecuador, the studio's first in the city. The Qapital tower is set to be 32 storeys at 420 feet tall (128.5 metres), and joins a growing number of projects in Quito by international architecture studios developed by local office
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Proposed SOM supertall skyscraper next to Grand Central Station advances ↗
The developers for the 175 Park Avenue in New York City have submitted permits for the proposed supertall skyscraper by SOM in Midtown Manhattan, which would become the third-tallest in the city if completed. Developers RXR Realty and TF Cornerstone have brought attention back to the project, which was originally announced in 2019. The skyscraper
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Sukchulmok and BRBB Architects use sculptural forms for self-designed studio in Seoul ↗
South Korean studios Sukchulmok and BRBB Architects have transformed a 1970s brick building in Seoul into their own workspace and residence, contrasting its blocky exterior with curvilinear timber-lined interiors. Named Myeongnyun Sogul, the original residential building dates from 1974 and steps down a sloping corner site in Myeongnyun-dong, a neighbourhood defined by red-brick architecture. Sukchulmok
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Niall McLaughlin set to design new Sydney cathedral ↗
London studio Niall McLaughlin Architects has unveiled its initial design for a cathedral in Sydney, Australia, which will form part of the country's first new cathedral precinct in over 100 years. Set to be built in Sydney's Waitara suburb, the building forms part of a wider project to transform a 7.7-hectare site into a spiritual
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Light Rail Connection Arrives in Bellevue at a Political Inflection Point ↗
Completion of the full 2 Line has brought Bellevue so much closer to the rest of the region. That's set to provide Bellevue's slate of elected leaders, transformed to match the city in recent years, with major opportunities to advance progressive citybuilding.
Op-Ed: Night Court Could Help Seattle Deliver Timely Justice ↗
Seattle’s courts face a simple challenge: the number of cases far exceeds available courtroom hours. Night court could help move cases more efficiently, improve access to justice, and ensure compliance with Washington’s strict speedy-trial requirements.
Two Long-Dormant Sites at Mount Baker Station Advance Toward Redevelopment ↗
Seattle's Mount Baker light rail station opened in 2009, but two sites that Sound Transit acquired for construction staging are finally moving forward with redevelopment plans that could add hundreds of homes.
Capitol Hill Landlords Lobbied Hard Against Crisis Care Center, Records Show ↗
Public records obtained by The Urbanist show strong pushback from a cadre of Capitol Hill landlords and business owners to siting a King County crisis care center on Broadway. That resistance nearly succeeded in derailing the project after bending the ear of former Mayor Bruce Harrell.
March 2026 · 2
Crystal City and the Limits of Master-Planned Urbanism ↗
You can’t plan a community into existence.
What Street Design Has to Do With the Housing Shortage ↗
What if the real constraint on housing isn’t just zoning?
February 2026 · 1
Placemaking Is Dead, Long Live Placemaking! ↗
A verb became a noun. A process became a product. And an approach became an adjective.
January 2026 · 1
Large Redevelopment Projects Aren't The Answer ↗
And why the median YIMBY should be more excited by incrementalism.
December 2025 · 4
The City That Refused to Stay Dying ↗
This Indiana city is no longer defined by what it lost, but by what its residents are building today.
Zoning and the Erosion of Civic Life: Notes Inspired by Léon Krier ↗
Good urbanism isn’t an academic abstraction but a lived experience we can see and feel in the world around us.
How a Dying Midcentury Mall Found New Life ↗
Rather than join the ranks of abandoned malls, Indianapolis' Glendale Mall demonstrates the promise of suburban retrofitting and the power of small, steady development over time.
Why State Housing Reform is Failing (and What We Can Do About It) ↗
Statewide zoning reform isn't producing the wins everyone expected. An architect reveals why: the permissions may have changed, but the reflexes never adapted.
November 2025 · 1
Complete Streets in Name Only: How Federal Transportation Policy Undermines Local Outcomes ↗
The Complete Streets concept has run its course, not necessarily because the vision was flawed, but because the system it embedded itself into was never built to support it.
October 2025 · 6
How Small Zoning Code Changes Can Unlock Big Opportunity ↗
Small, precise zoning code text revisions can be a game-changer for communities facing housing shortages.
How Bentonville Changed the Conversation with Developers ↗
Better communication isn’t complicated. If your city wants more incremental development, start there.
This Billion Dollar Project Is Justified by Bureaucracy, Not Need ↗
In Shreveport, Louisiana, a deeply controversial project aims to build a new highway directly through the city’s core.
How Building Community Can Drive More Housing Development ↗
Here's how Lafayette, Louisiana, became a national leader in supporting incremental developers and creating an ecosystem where community reinvestment thrives.
From Gatekeeping to Guidance: Sacramento’s Bet on Small Developers ↗
If you want more affordable, resilient, and context-sensitive housing, you need to equip your residents to build it. Here's how Sacramento did it.
When One Extra Unit Triggers a Giant Leap in Red Tape ↗
A fourplex is not a high-rise and shouldn’t be treated like one. Memphis is recognizing that.