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Estudio Futuro renovates 1950s Buenos Aires home with terracotta patios and white steel addition architecture-design
Argentinian architecture practice Estudio Futuro has completed the renovation of PH Gainza, a 1950s concrete house in Buenos Aires. The project reorients the compact dwelling…
Iceland Bathhouse Competition Launched architecture-design
World Architecture Competitions has launched an international contest for a contemporary thermal retreat at Blue Lagoon, Iceland. The facility will serve as a tourist attraction…
Hiplok L1000: World's First Anti-Angle Grinder Security Link architecture-design
Hiplok has unveiled the L1000, which is recognized as the first anti-angle grinder security link globally, aimed at enhancing the reach of its D locks while avoiding the heft of…
Amonti Chalets: Alpine Hamlets Reimagined in South Tyrol architecture-design
Architekt Andreas Gruber has completed the Amonti Chalets in the Ahrntal Valley of South Tyrol, a project comprising 23 chalet apartments and a central main building on 6,500 m².…
Snøhetta's Shanghai Grand Opera House Opens in October architecture-design
Snøhetta's Shanghai Grand Opera House, completed in June 2026, will open to the public in October 2026. Located on the Huangpu River in the Houtan neighborhood, the building…
Centro Cultural Villas de San Pablo Opens in Barranquilla architecture-design
The Centro Cultural Villas de San Pablo, designed by ETH Zurich's Urban-Think Tank_next and Alejandro Restrepo Montoya, has opened in Barranquilla, Colombia. The 2,200 m² cultural…
Wayfinder Newport Hotel Features 1,000-Piece Art Collection of Rhode Island Artists architecture-design
Wayfinder Newport, a boutique hotel established by Phil Hospod and developed in partnership with Dovetail + Co and New York's Reunion Goods & Services, features an impressive…
RSHP's Capodichino Metro Station Opens in Naples architecture-design
London-based architecture firm RSHP has completed the Capodichino metro station on Naples' Line 1, linking the airport, central station, and port via a single infrastructure.…
Uau Studio's Algae Tower: A Bio-Facade That Grows, Shades, and Generates Energy architecture-design
Uau Studio, led by Gianluca Santosuosso, has designed the Algae Tower, a proposal for an office tower in Melbourne, Australia, that integrates photo-bio-reactor technology into…
Adaptive Reuse Projects Transform Domestic History into Public Spaces architecture-design
Adaptive reuse is reshaping the built environment by creatively repurposing existing structures, from homes to coffee shops. This approach aligns with the twenty-first-century…
Vallribera Noray wraps Sabadell house around a Liquidambar tree architecture-design
Vallribera Noray Arquitectes has completed a 210-square-meter single-family home in Sabadell, Spain, organized around a central bioclimatic courtyard anchored by a Liquidambar…
LAOS transforms 1950s Barcelona building into Sants Centro Social architecture-design
LAOS (Xavier Botet + Albert Saboya) has completed the rehabilitation of Sants Centro Social in Barcelona, a 1,000 m² project transforming a 1950 building into a flexible,…
Rosan Bosch Studio Designs Nature-Immersed Campus for Garzón School in Uruguay architecture-design
Rosan Bosch Studio has completed a new 900-square-meter campus for The Garzón School in Manantiales, Uruguay, set within a dense eucalyptus forest. The design, developed in close…
KI's Cognetic Technology Transforms Workplace Seating with Movement-Based Design architecture-design
KI Furniture has unveiled Cognetic Technology™, an innovative seating solution developed by industrial designer Aaron DeJule. This patented technology utilizes passive,…
Vondom and Ramón Esteve Launch Gum Outdoor Furniture Collection architecture-design
Spanish design house Vondom has unveiled the Gum outdoor furniture collection, designed by architect Ramón Esteve. The series uses continuous tubular aluminum lines to create…
Sanctum Retreat by arches in Lithuanian Forest architecture-design
Architecture firm arches has designed Sanctum, a nature therapy retreat nestled in a forest clearing near Bezdonys, Lithuania. The project, led by Arūnas Liola, Greta Gulbinskė,…
Room For Dreams Podcast Episode Challenges Screen-Obsessed Design Culture at Milan Design Week 2026 architecture-design
The fourth episode of the Room For Dreams podcast, recorded live at Milan Design Week 2026 in collaboration with INDX|GLOBAL, stages an experiential rebellion against the screen-…
Vari Architects Transforms Chongqing Pavilion into Italian Restaurant LAGO architecture-design
Vari Architects, led by Qi Fan, has completed LAGO Italian Family Kitchen, a 360-square-meter restaurant in Chongqing, China. The project, finished in 2025, converted a waterfront…
Tidsmaskinen After-School Center by BBP Arkitekter Blends Old and New architecture-design
BBP Arkitekter has completed the Tidsmaskinen (Time Machine) after-school activity center in Amager, Denmark, a 1,100 m² project that juxtaposes a 1918 villa with a new tower and…
Atelier Diving Bell Renews Birland Food Court in Liangzhu architecture-design
Atelier Diving Bell has officially unveiled a redesigned food court at the Birland Food Court in Hangzhou's Liangzhu Culture Village, a project set to enhance community…
Collège Cardinal Mercier by LT2A and OPEN ARCHITECTES architecture-design
LT2A and OPEN ARCHITECTES have completed the new building for Collège Cardinal Mercier in 2023, covering 3000 m². Located in a densely wooded landscape, the design continues the…
Casa Terra Catarina: A 600 m² Mountain Refuge by Nola Arquitetura architecture-design
Perched atop a mountain and enveloped by a dense araucaria forest, Casa Terra Catarina is a 600 m² countryside retreat designed by Nola Arquitetura. The project, completed in…
Perma Refuge on Serifos by MOLD Architects architecture-design
On the island of Serifos in Greece, MOLD Architects, led by Iliana Kerestetzi, is working on a project called Perma. This retreat will feature five homes integrated into a rocky…
Shatotto Designs Bangladesh Embassy in Bhutan, Inspired by 1971 Recognition architecture-design
Shatotto has completed the Chancery Complex and Ambassador's Residence for Bangladesh in Thimphu, Bhutan, a 70,000 ft² public building project led by Prof. Ar. Rafiq Azam. The…
Ghost Gum House Extension by Adriano Pupilli Architects in Manly, Australia architecture-design
Adriano Pupilli Architects completed a 197.0 m2 extension to Ghost Gum House in Manly, Sydney, Australia, in 2025. Photographs by Tom Ferguson document the project.
Architects Collaborative Designs Residence with Tinted Courtyards in Noida architecture-design
Architects Collaborative has completed 'Relato de patios teñidos' (A Tale of Tinted Courts), a 750.0 m2 residence in Noida, India, completed in 2025. The project features tinted…
Casa Faye by Alhumaidhi Architects in Caracas architecture-design
Designed by Alhumaidhi Architects and curated by Miwa Negoro, Casa Faye is a private urban residence in Caracas, Venezuela, completed in 2025. The 1,601 m² house sits on a corner…
Casa Neeti-Lime: A Climate-Responsive Home in Gujarat by DINTERPLAY ARCHITECTS architecture-design
DINTERPLAY ARCHITECTS has completed Casa Neeti-Lime in Palanpur, Gujarat, India, a 560 m² residence that reinterprets traditional construction wisdom through passive environmental…
Guía de soluciones para construir con madera contralaminada (CLT) architecture-design
ArchDaily publica una guía sobre soluciones constructivas con madera contralaminada (CLT), un material que ha evolucionado desde su uso ancestral hasta incorporar nuevas…
Walzwerk Student Design Competition Launched by SFP Group architecture-design
The Swiss Finance & Property Group (SFP Group) has announced the Walzwerk Student Design Competition, an international ideas contest open to students of architecture, urban…
TAO Completes Bawan Village Visitor Center in Yunnan architecture-design
TAO (Trace Architecture Office) has completed the Bawan Village Visitor Center in Baoshan, China, with a project year of 2026. The 244.0 m2 structure is documented by…
Moss Country House by Pasparakis Friel in Donegal architecture-design
Pasparakis Friel has completed the Moss Country House in County Donegal, Ireland, a 130 m² renovation and extension of a former farmstead. The project, curated by Nina Vuga and…
Beijing's Shell Theatre Renovated by DUTS Design with 10% Interface Strategy architecture-design
The Shell Theatre, an outdoor venue from the 2008 Olympics on an island within Beijing's Chaoyang Park, has been renovated by DUTS design. The project follows a low-intervention…
UIA 2026 Congress in Barcelona and Henning Larsen's Environmental Analysis Platform architecture-design
The UIA World Congress of Architecture 2026 will be held in Barcelona under the theme 'Architectures for a Planet in Transition,' gathering professionals and researchers to…
Jiangshan Tonglumen Urban Terrace by gad architecture-design
The Jiangshan Tonglumen Urban Terrace, designed by gad, is a 21,810 m² mixed-use development in the central area of Jiangshan, Zhejiang province. Completed in 2025, the project…
VVS House by MCL Studio: Brutalist Portico in Córdoba Golf Course architecture-design
The VVS House, designed by Juan Micieli and completed in 2022, spans 1,000 square meters and is situated in a lush, low-density neighborhood in Córdoba, Argentina, overlooking a…
Timber Studio: Koichi Takada Architects' Creative Oasis in Tokyo architecture-design
Timber Studio, a five-storey commercial building designed by Koichi Takada Architects, opened in 2021 in Tokyo's Shibuya district, less than one kilometre from Shibuya Crossing.…
Shou Sugi Ban House: A Carbonized Wood Residence in Perth architecture-design
Sandy Anghie Architect has completed Casa Shou Sugi Ban, a residential project in Perth, Western Australia. The house is named after the traditional Japanese technique of charring…
WilkinsonEyre's CIBC Square Reconnects Toronto with Waterfront architecture-design
CIBC Square, a mixed-use development designed by WilkinsonEyre, is set to complete in 2026. Spanning 330,000 m², the project aims to reconnect downtown Toronto with its waterfront…
FCM Residence by Ximenes Leite Arquitectura in São Paulo architecture-design
The FCM Residence, designed by Ximenes Leite Arquitetura, is a 350 m² renovation of an existing house in São Paulo, Brazil, completed in 2024. The project aims to transform the…

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