News•Mar 10, 2026
Hotel Palácio De Tavira / Fragmentos
The Hotel Palácio de Tavira, slated for 2025 completion, revitalises a historic 18th‑ and 19th‑century palace in Tavira’s centre while adding a contemporary addition called the Medina. Architects Pedro Silva Lopes and Marcus Cerdeira preserved original façades, stone staircase, ceramics and wrought‑iron details, integrating discreet structural, acoustic, thermal and safety upgrades. The Medina comprises fragmented, organic volumes that echo Algarve roofscapes and Moorish medinas, creating a labyrinth of patios, terraces and narrow streets. Together the restored palace and new Medina form a 2,350 m² ensemble that blends memory with transformation.
By ArchDaily
News•Mar 10, 2026
Facing the Age of Robots? Material Innovation in Architectural Structures
Robotic systems are reshaping architectural construction by moving beyond simple automation to become material makers. Advanced six‑axis arms, mobile platforms and 3D‑printing robots now translate computational designs directly into built forms, enabling complex geometries and on‑site adaptation. Projects such as...
By ArchDaily
News•Mar 10, 2026
Aurva Illam House / Iki Builds
Aurva Illam, a 5,660 ft² prototype on Hyderabad’s urban fringe, reimagines luxury through reclaimed stone, rammed‑earth walls and passive‑solar geometry. The design stacks ascending vaults that create shade, harness stack‑effect ventilation and eliminate mechanical cooling. Integrated rainwater harvesting and terracotta insulation...
By ArchDaily
News•Mar 9, 2026
Self-Sustaining Farmhouse / Manoj Patel Design Studio
Manoj Patel Design Studio unveiled a 1,500 ft² self‑sustaining farmhouse on a 30,000 ft² plot near Vadodara, India. The design relies on self‑shading brick walls, curved and angular volumes, and a central glazed volume to maximize daylight, ventilation, and thermal comfort. Materials...
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News•Mar 9, 2026
Wood House / JAK Architecture
JAK Architecture transformed a fragmented Barwon Heads home into a cohesive, family‑focused residence while preserving the original footprint. Working with a $600,000 budget and a tight timeline, the firm added modest extensions that sit beneath the existing envelope, emphasizing restraint...
By ArchDaily
News•Mar 9, 2026
OMA / Shohei Shigematsu Designs Ellipsoidal Pavilion for Mushroom Cultivation at Casa Wabi in Oaxaca, Mexico
OMA’s New York office, led by Shohei Shigematsu, opened a 200 m² ellipsoidal pavilion at Fundación Casa Wabi in Oaxaca on 4 March 2026. The concrete‑shell structure serves as an incubator for mushroom cultivation, featuring three climate‑controlled chambers and a central viewing space. Its curved...
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News•Mar 9, 2026
Bondi House / Nick Kent Design
Bondi House, designed by Nick Kent Design, showcases a lightweight, steel‑framed structure that hovers above a native garden, creating a sculptural retreat in Bondi. The house uses a modular 150 UC portal‑frame system and a 2000 mm × 900 mm grid to accelerate construction and...
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News•Mar 6, 2026
Caetés House / Ateliê GR
Casa Caetés, designed by Gabriel Rodrigues Grinspum, is a 243 m² three‑story residence built on an urban mixed‑use lot for a large family of seven. The compact layout separates work, social, and intimate zones across street‑level, semi‑buried, and upper floors, integrating...
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News•Mar 6, 2026
Buildner and Kingspan Launch MICROHOME 2026 With €100K in Awards and Announce 10th Edition Winners
Buildner, in partnership with Kingspan, has launched MICROHOME 2026, the eleventh edition of its global micro‑home competition, offering a €100,000 prize pool. The contest challenges architects and designers to create modular, self‑sufficient homes no larger than 25 m² that prioritize sustainability, affordability...
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News•Mar 5, 2026
Kingdee Cloud Tower / HENN Architekten
Kingdee’s Cloud Tower, a 211‑metre highrise slated for 2025, will complete the company’s software park in Shenzhen’s Nanshan district, adding 98,800 m² of office, conference and restaurant space. The pentagonal, cantilevered form maximizes a narrow site, creating an open‑air lobby and...
By ArchDaily
News•Mar 3, 2026
Architecture as a Platform: What Makes a Building Evolve?
Architecture is increasingly being treated as a product, emphasizing performance, user experience, and scalability over pure aesthetic novelty. Architects now define spatial logic and system behavior before occupancy, embedding predictability and repeatability into buildings. This product mindset drives modularity, standardized...
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News•Mar 3, 2026
Understanding U-Value: The Foundation of Energy-Efficient Envelopes
The article explains that a building's envelope acts as a thermal regulator, and its performance hinges on the thermal transmittance, or U‑Value. U‑Value quantifies heat flow per square meter per degree Kelvin, linking directly to insulation quality. The piece outlines...
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News•Feb 27, 2026
Valckensteyn - Timber Residential Building / Powerhouse Company
Valckensteyn, Rotterdam’s first mass‑timber residential tower, has been completed, delivering 82 affordable rental homes in the post‑war Pendrecht district. Designed by Powerhouse Company for housing corporation Woonstad Rotterdam, the 7,970 m² building relies on a CL Cross‑Laminated Timber core, with demountable fibre‑cement...
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News•Feb 27, 2026
Floating House / CTA | Creative Architects
Vietnam endured 17 back‑to‑back storms in 2025, flooding 22 provinces and prompting architects Bui The Long, CTA | Creative Architects, Nha Xanh and 5G Construction Solutions to develop a Floating Prefab House. The structure operates as a garden bungalow in normal conditions and...
By ArchDaily
News•Feb 25, 2026
The Machine in the Age of Collective Practice
The article argues that artificial intelligence and generative systems are turning architectural tools into semi‑autonomous agents, reshaping how designers conceive, create, and claim authorship. It traces the evolution from compass to computer, showing that each tool restructured decision‑making, but AI...
By ArchDaily