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US enacts sweeping housing reform to expand affordable housing architecture-design
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a bipartisan Senate housing bill, automatically became law in the United States on July 11, 2026. Officially named the "Renewing Opportunity…
La Ceiba: A Caribbean City Built by Migration and Banana Capital architecture-design
La Ceiba, Honduras, emerged from the Leán Valley as a layered city shaped by successive migrations. The Garífuna people, exiled from Saint Vincent to Roatán in 1797 and later…
Scintillab: Design Turns Italian Classrooms into STEM Labs architecture-design
Scintillab, an educational kit co-designed by Fondazione OpenDot with CNR and promoted by Fondazione Agnelli and Ferrari, brings hands-on STEM learning to Italian primary schools.…
Pamoja House by Project 51 A (h) in Kerala Reimagines Multigenerational Living architecture-design
Pamoja House, designed by the Indian architecture firm Project 51 A (h), is a residence for a three-generation family in Muhamma, Kerala, completed in 2024. The project was driven…
Casa Glade: Ming Architects' Layered Facade House in Singapore architecture-design
Ming Architects has completed Casa Glade, a 900-square-meter residence in central Singapore. The house features a layered facade that shields family life from the public street…
Milan Design Week Podcast Debates Craft vs. Luxury architecture-design
During the 2026 Milan Design Week, the eighth episode of the Room For Dreams podcast was recorded live, hosted by Claire Brodka. The discussion, themed "The Luxury of Purpose,"…
Atelier Guo's Sugar House+ Micro-Architecture in Yangshuo architecture-design
Atelier Guo has completed a series of small-scale structures as part of the Sugar House+ initiative at the Yangshuo Sugar House hotel in China. The project, launched in 2022, uses…
Palm Beach Home Doubles as Wedding Venue for Homeowners architecture-design
Designer Celerie Kemble and architect Elizabeth Graziolo collaborated to create a Palm Beach residence designed for family gatherings, which also served as the homeowners' wedding…
Paulo Spessatto Renovates 390 m² Penthouse in Southern Brazil architecture-design
Architect Paulo Spessatto has renovated a 390-square-meter penthouse in southern Brazil for a couple of entrepreneurs. Rather than a full remodel, the project focused on strategic…
MAJU's Jello Lamp freezes gelatin wobble into 3D-printed table light architecture-design
MAJU, a studio based in Singapore and California, has introduced the Jello Lamp, a sculptural table light crafted through 3D printing. This innovative piece captures the delicate…
Lumens, CULTURED, and Ome Dezin Toast California Design in the Hollywood Hills architecture-design
The Woodrow Wilson House in Los Angeles, recently renovated, held a celebration organized by Lumens, CULTURED magazine, and Ome Dezin. This stunning midcentury Brutalist home was…
New Builds Mimic Historic Homes as Homeowners Reject Minimalism architecture-design
Homeowners are increasingly commissioning new builds designed to look like historic homes, moving away from the crisp minimalism of the 2010s. Architects report a surge in…
Passive House Standards Offer Critical Protection from Wildfire Smoke in NYC architecture-design
As smoke from wildfires in Canada enveloped New York City, air quality warnings urged residents to remain indoors, although the effectiveness of this advice varies depending on…
Pula's layered architecture: from Byzantine chapel to Venetian fortress architecture-design
This article explores the architectural palimpsest of Pula, Croatia, focusing on post-Roman structures that reveal centuries of imperial overlays. The surviving Byzantine-era…
David Macias's Threshold House Wins Colombian Architecture Award architecture-design
Threshold House (Casa Umbral), designed by David Macias, has clinched the top honor in the single-family housing category at the Regional Salons of Architecture and Urbanism, an…
Krueck Sexton Partners to Revamp Netsch's Brutalist UIC Buildings architecture-design
Krueck Sexton Partners (KSP) is spearheading a significant renovation of Jefferson Hall and Henry Hall, two Brutalist structures created by SOM's Walter Netsch at the University…
Quebec government unveils interior renovation plan for Montreal's Olympic Stadium architecture-design
The Quebec government has unveiled a renovation initiative for the interiors of Montreal's Olympic Stadium, which recently received approval for a permanent roof at a cost of $870…
Nana House by Daniel Fromer Integrates with Bahia's Landscape architecture-design
Nana House, designed by architect Daniel Fromer, was completed in 2022 in Santo André, Bahia, Brazil. The project integrates built volumes with the site's native vegetation,…
Final Trionda: adidas Unveils Specially Designed Ball for 2026 World Cup Decisive Matches architecture-design
Adidas has introduced Final Trionda, the official match ball for the semifinals, third-place match, and final of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Departing from the tradition of mere…
Loredana Papp-Dinea Defines Design Trends 2025 with Systematic Grids and Typographic Tension architecture-design
Design trends for 2025 across various disciplines emphasize the importance of structural grid alignments, typographic hierarchy, and materiality. Loredana Papp-Dinea's studio…
BIG stacks classrooms and pitched roofs across two new Madrid university buildings architecture-design
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has designed two new buildings for the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (UFV) in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain. The Academic Center features four…
Diriondostudio Exposes 1965 Concrete Beams in Logroño Apartment Renovation architecture-design
Diriondostudio, led by architect David Domínguez Iriondo, transformed a deteriorated 90-square-metre apartment in a 1965 Logroño building into Vivienda GV65. Instead of hiding the…
Belgadia Palace Expands Odisha's Architectural Identity Beyond Temples architecture-design
Ananya Nayak's article, published July 20, 2026, argues that Odisha's architectural identity has been overly defined by its famous stone temples in Bhubaneswar, Konark, and Puri,…
Pratt Institute MFA Interior Design Thesis projects include hotel in former NYC train terminal architecture-design
Pratt Institute's School of Design has showcased MFA Interior Design thesis projects, including a hotel conversion of the Terminal Warehouse in New York City. The Terminal Hotel…
KUL Nosara: Two Tropical Beach Houses by QBO3 Arquitectos architecture-design
In Nosara, Costa Rica, QBO3 Arquitectos completed KUL Nosara, a residential development of two contemporary tropical beach houses. Designed by lead architect Mario Vargas, the…
Roser Padrés Designs Tactile Branding for Mercè 17 architecture-design
Graphic designer Roser Padrés has created a modular branding system for Mercè 17, an architectural platform. The visual identity uses warm sand tones and raw fiber papers,…
Populous's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium: Redefining the Fan Experience architecture-design
Opened in 2019, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, designed by Populous, is featured in Dezeen's Future Stadium series for its innovative approach that enhances the fan…
DHaus Designs Nanjing Townhouse Interior with Carlo Scarpa Influence architecture-design
DHaus has completed the interior of a townhouse in Nanjing's historic Mendong district, China, as part of a 50-unit development by a Chinese developer. The studio was commissioned…
Bahar Aryana's Spore Stools Glow When Strangers Share Body Language architecture-design
Bahar Aryana, a student of industrial design, has introduced Spore, a collection of stools shaped like mushrooms that light up in response to similar body language among nearby…
New Museum's Oberon Restaurant Blends Sustainable Dining with Art architecture-design
Oberon, the New Museum's ground-floor restaurant designed by OMA, opened in New York City as a plant-focused dining destination with carbon-negative operations. The 120-seat venue…
SINCLAIR COLLECTIVE designs experiential nightclub Midline Miami in Wynwood architecture-design
Midline Miami, a new nightclub by Eric Fuller and Jeremy Waks of BLNK CNVS, opened in Wynwood. Designed by one-year-old New York studio SINCLAIR COLLECTIVE, the venue uses…
Mercado Central: Tadu Arquitetura transforms Rio's historic Granado factory into cultural hub architecture-design
Tadu Arquitetura has completed the Mercado Central, a transformation of five historic buildings in Rio de Janeiro's city center that once housed the first Granado factory, opened…
Extrarradio Estudio strips Casa Ballenero to timber skeleton in Lastres architecture-design
Extrarradio Estudio, an architecture firm based in Madrid, has successfully renovated Casa Ballenero, a traditional 70-square-meter residence located in the historic center of…
Michel Architects Restores Lloyd Wright's De Jonghe Residence in LA architecture-design
Michel Architects has completed the restoration of the De Jonghe Residence, a 1959 house designed by Lloyd Wright in the hills of Los Angeles. The project, covering 1749 ft², was…
La Vaughn Belle's 'The House that Freedoms Built' Debuts at Rollins Museum architecture-design
La Vaughn Belle's artwork, titled 'The House that Freedoms Built,' is set to make its debut at the Rollins Museum of Art in Winter Park, Florida, on July 24th. This installation…
YN Studio wraps London extension in recycled plastic tiles mimicking slate architecture-design
YN Studio has finalized the Tile House project, a rooftop addition situated in Hackney, London, featuring recycled plastic tiles designed to resemble natural slate. The renovation…
Coca-Cola Launches Global Brand Refresh with Ribbon at Core architecture-design
Coca-Cola has introduced a refreshed global brand identity to promote uniformity in over 200 markets. This update emphasizes the Coca-Cola ribbon, which debuted in 1969, enhancing…
Studio GISTO Turns Bookcases into Load-Bearing Walls for Frakas architecture-design
Studio GISTO has built a production room inside Frakas Design Studio's Milan headquarters by using four bookcases as load-bearing walls. The intervention creates a dedicated space…
Andrea Ferro documents Dakar's endangered 1950s bubble houses architecture-design
Italian photographer Andrea Ferro has captured the remaining 1950s bubble houses in Dakar, Senegal, as they face demolition. Built from the 1950s to the 1970s using Wallace Neff's…
Tchoban Voss and Barcode Architects Win Competition for Dresden Administrative Center architecture-design
Tchoban Voss Architekten and Barcode Architects have taken the top spot in the design competition for the Stadtforum, which will serve as a new administrative center in Dresden,…

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